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Reckless Oswalt Leads Phils on Mound, Bases

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Phillies third base coach Sam Perlozzo saw me coming and put up a stop sign.

I, at least, held up.

“What?” Perlozzo shouted in mock anger. “It was a planned play!”

 

If that was a planned play, this is the Great American Novel.

Let’s not kid ourselves, OK?

Roy Oswalt pitched eight brilliant innings Sunday night, but also ran the bases with reckless abandon.

And even that worked out.

“Comical,” Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins told me...

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