In his place, the Phillies elevated Victorino, previously a part-timer, to the every day centerfield job.

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On his follow through, he looks more like a power-hitter muscling a drive into the right-centerfield gap than a master ball-striker like Vijay Singh.

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Some, like 1985's Centerfield and 1997's Blue Moon Swamp, were more successful than others, but most have been characterized by an almost violent resistance against his past.

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Now, all the action in centerfield is producing a side effect: The middle of the pitch has become congested, leaving spaces out wide for wingers to exploit.

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The Phils were able to parlay some of the centerfield savings into the acquisition of relief pitcher Brad Lidge, who came through big time after a couple of rough years in Houston.

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During this brief time, the umpires determined that the baseball had bounced out of the glove of a fan sitting in the front row of the right centerfield seats at the Great American Ball Park.

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It was still dark outside when I arrived but the sky was lit up by an incredibly large moon glowing over the ballpark -- a baseball cathedral transformed into a church thanks to a 50-by-50-foot altar in centerfield.

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To accomplish the desired effect, he assigned a dozen reporters (and himself) to chronicle the game-day activities of an eclectic collection of individuals, from Henry, Lucchino and Epstein to such players as Boston's Bill Mueller and Lou Merloni and New York's Hideki Matsui and Mariano Rivera--and even the guy who's been working the centerfield scoreboard at Fenway for the past dozen years.

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