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2B – Daily News – Saturday, October 16, 2010 Doc and the Freak: opposites with similar success National League Championship Series PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum have little in common except performance on the mound. Nicknamed the Freak, Lincecum is a shaggy-haired, skinny kid who looks more like a bat boy than one of the best pitchers in the majors. Known as Doc, the bearded Halladay is bigger, stronger and can probably pass for a professor. Lincecum is quirky. He has an unorthodox delivery, doesn’t ice his arm, and munches on treats like Philly cheesesteaks or ice cream before starts. Halladay is robotic. He has perfect mechanics, a tireless work ethic and doesn’t let anything prevent him from fol- lowing his routine. Who’s the better pitcher? They’ll showcase their stuff when the San Francisco Giants play the two-time NL champion Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the league championship series on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park. ‘‘It’s going to be a tremendous matchup,’’ Giants manag- er Bruce Bochy said Friday. ‘‘You have two of the best pitch- ers in the game. We have all the respect for Halladay. Tremendous command in the strike zone, great stuff, great competitor. And, we have a good one going, too. Two dif- ferent styles. Their guy’s probably a little bit more conven- tional than Tim with his unique delivery. But when it comes down to it, he’s in the same position. They have four-plus pitches they can throw at any time with good command.’’ Both pitchers were sensational in their postseason debuts last week. Halladay threw the second no-hitter in postseason histo- ry in Philadelphia’s 4-0 victory over Cincinnati. A day later, Lincecum tossed a two-hitter with 14 strikeouts in San Fran- cisco’s 1-0 win over Atlanta. Neither guy expects an encore. It doesn’t mean they’re not trying. ‘‘That’s the beauty of it. I don’t look at it as pressure. I look at it as a challenge,’’ Halladay said. ‘‘Getting to this point, you put in so much work to get here that once you do, it’s been nothing but excitement. And you don’t feel like there’s a certain standard you have to live up to. I feel like I need to go out and pitch the way that I normally pitch, exe- cute pitches and be aggressive. It’s been nothing but a chal- lenge and something I look forward to. I just haven’t felt the pressure of having to live up to something or do something.’’ Lincecum certainly won’t be overwhelmed by the spot- Tim Lincecum light. ‘‘You get a taste of what it’s like to play in postseason ball. I think it can’t do anything but help me,’’ he said about his success in his first start. ‘‘I feel like the All-Star game last year helped me prepare for the postseason scenario, just with the heightened atmosphere and how crazy it gets. But my approach on this game is the same as any other start Obvi- ously, it’s a big game. But I don’t want to get too overamped. I want to take it just like any other start.’’ Halladay lived up to enormous expectations in his first season in Philadelphia after 12 years with Toronto. The 33- year-old right-hander finished 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA. He tied CC Sabathia for most wins and led the majors in com- plete games (nine), shutouts (four) and innings (250 2-3). Halladay threw a perfect game in May, made his seventh All-Star game and is the leading candidate to win his second Cy Young Award. While Lincecum is freakish in that he doesn’t follow standard practices, Halladay goes overboard. He’s legendary for his workout routine that starts at 5:30 a.m. EDT. ‘‘There’s never a guarantee of whether a guy’s going to be good or not, or how good he can be,’’ Halladay said. ‘‘It just kind of happens. I think there’s a lot of internal makeup that’s involved. But it’s a great part about this game. You don’t have to be 6-9 and 280 pounds to be a defensive line- man. You can take all different shapes and sizes and do the job. So that’s what makes it fun.’’ Cole Hamels, the 2008 World Series MVP, said he tried Roy Halladay working out with Halladay once in spring training. He did- n’t make it back for another day. ‘‘It’s insanity. I have a newborn. I needed every minute of sleep I can get it,’’ Hamels said. ‘‘He gets there at 5:30. That means he’s up at 4:30. That’s the personality he has and he’s had success with it.’’ Even after throwing a no-hitter, Halladay didn’t take a break from his normal day. He turned down an invitation to David Letterman’s ‘‘Late Show’’ and other media appear- ances. ‘‘As far as who he is and how he goes about things and what makes him good, those are the things that I feel like I’ve learned about him,’’ Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. ‘‘And the things that I think are better than what I real- ly imagined was definitely his command and his routine. It’s so regimented, He’s so focused and everything.’’ Lincecum, the reigning two-time Cy Young Award win- ner, had an up-and-down year after emerging as the most dominant pitcher in the league in his first two full seasons. The 26-year-old righty rebounded in September after a career-worst five-start losing streak in August, and finished 16-10 with a 3.43 ERA. The Halladay-Lincecum matchup is the marquee pitch- ing duel in a series that features a handful of aces. San Fran- cisco flip-flopped its Nos. 2 and 3 starters, and will send Jonathan Sanchez against three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt in Game 2. Matt Cain faces Hamels when the series shifts to AT&T Park on Tuesday. Bonds trial witness list includes former players SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecu- tors on Friday submitted the lineup of witnesses they intend to call during the much-delayed Barry Bonds perjury trial and it includes Rockies first baseman Jason Giambi and the home run king’s former personal trainer at the center of the case. Bonds has pleaded not guilty to lying to a grand jury in 2003 when he denied knowingly taking steroids. The former Giants star’s trial is sched- uled to start March 21 in San Francisco. The trial was delayed for two years while prose- cutors unsuccessfully appealed a judge’s order barring them from show- ing the jury urine tests showing steroid use they said belonged to Bonds and other evidence col- YANKS (Continued from page 1B) run homer in the first, Texas already had more runs than it scored in all the 1998 and 1999 division series against New York. The Rangers scored only one run in each of those while being swept in three games both times. They lost the last three games in the 1996 after win- ning their playoff debut in old Yankee Stadium. Plus, Sabathia had allowed only two earned runs in his two ALCS starts for the Yankees last season. In the division series against the Rays, when Texas won a postseason series for the first time ever, Hamilton hit .111 with only two singles and one RBI. He hit .359 with 32 homers and 100 RBIs in the regular season but missed 24 games in September because of two fractured ribs after crashing into an outfield wall making a catch. Hamilton pulled a pitch down the right-field line for his first postseason homer came after Elvis Andrus drew a leadoff walk and Young hit a liner to left-cen- ter for a single, sending the already worked-up crowd of 50,935 into another frenzy. But the Rangers missed out on a much bigger start against Sabathia. After another extended gap between starts, eight days of rest since Game 1 of the AL division series lected by Bonds’ personal trainer, Greg Anderson, unless the trainer testified. The trainer told a judge last year and steadfastly maintains he will go to prison rather than testify against Bonds. The prose- cutors said they expect Anderson to keep his vow of silence and have asked U.S. District Judge Susan Illston to jail him if he refuses to testify when called. Anderson previously spent a year in prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating Bonds’ perjury case. Anderson also pleaded guilty to steroids distribu- tion for his participation in a steroids ring centered at the now-defunct Bay Area Laboratory Co-oper- ative in Burlingame. Bonds’ former girl- friend, Kimberly Bell, against Minnesota, the Yan- kees’ big left-hander labored through the first. Sabathia walked three, gave up three hits and was pitch- ing to the ninth batter when he finally got out of a bases- loaded jam on his 36th pitch — the 20th ball. That high pitch clipped catcher Jorge Posada’s mitt and ricocheted hard off the brick-facade backstop. Posada turned, retrieved the ball and flipped it to Sabathia to get Nelson Cruz out trying to score. Cruz immediately point- ed at home plate while pleading with umpire Gerry Davis, and Washington ran out to join the conversation. But replays showed clearly that Sabathia tagged Cruz on his left arm before his feet slid across the plate. Young put the Rangers up 5-0 with a two-run dou- ble in the fourth before Hamilton took an inning- ending called third strike. That was it for Sabathia in the shortest of his seven postseason games for the Yankees over two Octobers — and his shortest in 36 starts this year, his two post- season starts included. Sabathia gave up five runs on six hits and four walks, throwing 93 pitches over four innings. Sabathia had seven days of rest before his first-round start against Minnesota, when he threw 111 pitches in six innings while giving up four runs in the Yankees’ 6-4 victory. also is expected to testify. Prosecutors said Bonds told her he was taking steroids prior to the 2000 baseball season. ‘‘Ms. Bell will further testify to personal obser- vations regarding changes in the defendant’s body during the period of time beginning in the year 2000, including bloating, acne on the shoulders and back, hair loss, and testi- cle shrinkage,’’ the court papers state. The list of 25 witnesses includes no new names from the near-identical list prosecutors filed in Febru- ary 2009, a month before Bonds’ trial was original- ly supposed to start. Giambi, a potential free agent who played for Col- orado in 2010 and intends to play next year, is expected to discuss his own steroid use and his NCAA Saturday’s Top 25 games No.1 Ohio St.at No.18 Wis., 4 p.m., ESPN No.3 Boise State at San Jose State, 5 p.m. No. 4 TCU vs.BYU, 1 p.m., VERSUS No.5 Nebraska vs.Texas, 12:30 p.m., ABC No.6 Oklahoma vs.Iowa State, 4 p.m., CSNB No.7 Auburn vs.No.12 Ark., 12:30 p.m., CBS No.8 Alabama vs.Mississippi, 6 p.m., ESPN2 No.9 LSU vs. McNeese State, 4 p.m. No.10 S.Carolina at Kentucky, 3 p.m., ESPN2 No. 11 Utah at Wyoming, 3 p.m. No. 13 Michigan State vs. Illinois, 9 a.m. No.15 Iowa at Michigan, 12:30 p.m., ESPN No.16 Florida St.vs.Boston Co., 9 a.m., ESPN No.17 Ari.at Wash.St., 4:30 p.m., VERSUS No.19 Nevada at Hawaii, 8:30 p.m. No.20 Oklahoma St.at Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. No.21 Missouri at Texas A&M, 9 a.m., CSNB No. 22 Florida vs. Mississippi State, 4 p.m. No.23 Air Force at San Diego State, 5 p.m. No.24 Oregon St.at Wash., 7:15 p.m., ESPN Saturday’s other televised games Minnesota at Purdue, 9 a.m., ESPN2 Vanderbilt at Georgia, 9 a.m., CSNC W.Michigan at Notre Dame, 11:30 a.m., NBC California at Southern Cal, 12:30 p.m., CSNB West WL T Pct PF PA Kansas City 3 1 0 .750 77 57 RAIDERS 23 0 .400 111 134 Denver 2 3 0 .400 104 116 Chargers 2 3 0 .400 140 106 East WL T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 4 1 0 .800 135 81 New England 3 1 0 .750 131 96 Miami Buffalo South Houston 3 2 0 .600 118 136 Jacksonville 3 2 0 .600 107 137 Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 132 95 Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 136 101 North WL T Pct PF PA Baltimore 4 1 0 .800 92 72 Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 86 50 Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 100 102 Cleveland 1 4 0 .200 78 97 NFC West MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA x-Galaxy 17 6 5 56 41 22 x-Salt Lake 14 4 10 52 41 18 x-Seattle 14 9 6 48 38 33 x-FC Dallas 12 2 14 50 41 24 x-QUAKES 12 8 7 43 30 28 Colorado 11 8 9 42 39 29 Chivas USA 8 16 4 28 30 38 Houston 7 15 6 27 37 48 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA x-New York 14 8 6 48 35 27 x-Columbus 13 8 7 46 35 31 Kansas City 10 12 6 36 32 33 Chicago 8 12 8 32 33 37 Toronto FC 8 13 7 31 28 37 New England 8 15 5 29 31 48 Philadelphia 7 14 7 28 32 45 D.C. ————————————————— Friday’s result Seattle FC 2, Chivas USA 1 Saturday’s games Houston at San Jose, 7 p.m.,CSNB+ Columbus at Toronto FC, 1 p.m. D.C. United at Chicago, 1 p.m. New York at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Kansas City at New England, 5 p.m. FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Arizona 3 2 0 .600 88 138 Seattle WL T Pct PF PA 2 2 0 .500 75 77 St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 83 96 49ERS 05 0 .000 76 130 East WL T Pct PF PA Washington 3 2 0 .600 89 92 N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 106 98 Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 122 103 Dallas South Atlanta 4 1 0 .800 113 70 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 74 80 New Orleans 3 2 0 .600 99 102 Carolina 0 5 0 .000 52 110 North WL T Pct PF PA Chicago 4 1 0 .800 92 74 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 119 89 Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 63 67 Detroit ————————————————— Sunday’s games 6 19 3 21 19 44 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Oakland at San Francisco,1:05 p.m.,CBS Atlanta at Philadelphia, 10 a.m., FOX Baltimore at New England, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Detroit at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Houston, 10 a.m. Miami at Green Bay, 10 a.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Seattle at Chicago, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 1:15 p.m., FOX Indianapolis at Washington, 5:20 p.m., NBC Monday’s game Tennessee at Jacksonville, 5:30 p.m. 1 4 0 .200 126 112 1 3 0 .250 81 87 WL T Pct PF PA San Diego 2 2 0 .500 66 92 0 5 0 .000 87 161 WL T Pct PF PA Best-of-7 Friday Game 1 result New York 6, Texas 5 New York leads series 1-0 Saturday Game 2 New York (Hughes 18-8) at Texas (Lewis 12-13), 1:07 p.m., TBS relationship with Ander- son. The list includes for- mer baseball players Bobby Estalella, Arman- do Rios, Marvin Benard, Benito Santiago, Randy Velarde and Jason’s broth- er, Jeremy. Estalella is expected to testify that Bonds told him he used steroids. The prosecutors will call the other retired players and former foot- ball player Larry Izzo to the witness stand to dis- cuss their steroid use and dealings with Anderson. Though the judge has barred prosecutors from presenting the urine sam- ples collected by Ander- son, they said in Friday’s court papers that they will show the jury the results from another positive drug test that allegedly belongs to Bonds. The prosecutors said NFL AFC they have a urine sample Bonds submitted as part of a Major League Base- ball testing program before the 2003 season. The prosecutors said that sample shows Bonds test- ing positive for steroid use. The court papers also said prosecutors plan to play a conversation between Bonds’ former business partner, Steve Hoskins, and Anderson that Hoskins allegedly recorded in the Giants’ locker room during the 2003 season. The record- ing purportedly captures Anderson telling Hoskins how he helped inject Bonds with steroids. Bonds countered late Friday with his own wit- ness list, which includes one of his attorneys. Bonds’ legal team said they may call attorney MLB NLCS Best-of-7 Saturday Game 1 San Francisco (Lincecum 16-10) at Phila.(Halladay 21-10), 4:57 p.m., FOX Series tied 0-0 Sunday Game 2 San Francisco (Sanchez 13-9) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 13-13), 5:19 p.m., FOX ALCS Michael Rains to ‘‘testify to promises and represen- tations made by the Gov- ernment prior to Mr. Bonds’ grand jury testi- mony, as well as interac- tions between the Govern- ment and Mr. Bonds after the promises and repre- sentations were made, but before he testified.’’ Bonds’ list also includes Mark Letendre, a former San Francisco Giants trainer who is cur- rently Major League Baseball’s director of umpire medical services. His lawyers also plan to call a medical doctor who is a steroids expert to dis- cuss side effects and Har- vey Shields, another of Bonds’ personal trainers. Bonds’ lawyers said they haven’t listed all the witnesses they may call. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division Dallas Kings WL OT Pts GF GA 3 0 0 6 13 8 3 1 0 6 10 6 SHARKS 10 1 3 5 5 Ducks 1 3 1 3 10 21 Phoenix 1 1 0 2 5 5 Central Division Nashville 3 0 0 6 11 6 Detroit WL OT Pts GF GA 2 1 1 5 12 11 Chicago 2 2 1 5 16 15 St. Louis 2 1 0 4 10 6 Columbus 1 2 0 2 7 10 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Colorado 3 1 0 6 14 13 Edmonton 2 1 0 4 9 6 Minnesota 1 1 1 3 8 8 Vancouver 1 2 1 3 7 11 Calgary 1 2 0 2 3 8 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA ODDS Glantz-Culver Line For Oct. 16 MLB Playoffs Saturday at Philadelphia-170 SanFrancisco +160 New York -125 NFL Sunday 8 (45) at St.Louis at Houston 4.5 (45) Kansas City at New England 2.5 (44.5) Baltimore New Orleans 4 (43.5) atTampa Bay at Philadelphia 2.5(42.5) at N.Y. Giants 10(44.5) at Chicago 6.5 (37.5) at Green Bay OFF(OFF) 3 (41.5) at San Francisco 6.5(41.5) at Minnesota 1.5 (44.5) Tennessee Off Key Green Bay QB questionable NHL at Montreal -110 at New Jersey-130 Ottawa -110 Boston+110 Colorado -120 atN.Y.Islanders +100 at Philadelphia-145 at Florida -110 Washington -135 at Minnesota-160 at Dallas -130 at Chicago -150 Detroit -115 at Calgary -140 at San Jose-220 Pittsburgh+125 TampaBay -110 atNashville +115 Columbus +140 St.Louis +110 Buffalo+130 atPhoenix -105 Edmonton+120 Atlanta+180 Atlanta Detroit Seattle Miami at Pittsburgh 13.5 (37.5) Cleveland N.Y. Jets atDenver Oakland Dallas Indianapolis 3 (44) atWashington Monday 3 (45) atJacksonville at Texas +115 Philadelphia 2 1 1 5 10 9 N.Y. Islanders1 1 2 4 13 14 Pittsburgh 2 3 0 4 13 13 N.Y. Rangers 1 1 1 3 13 13 New Jersey 1 3 1 3 9 17 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Toronto 4 0 0 8 16 9 Montreal 2 1 1 5 10 10 Ottawa Buffalo Boston Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 3 0 0 6 12 8 Washington 3 1 0 6 14 9 Carolina 2 1 0 4 8 7 Atlanta Florida ————————————————— Friday’s results Atlanta 5, Anaheim 4, SO Chicago 5, Columbus 2 Colorado 3, New Jersey 2 Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 1 Montreal 2, Buffalo 1 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Toronto 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT Saturday’s Games Atlanta at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.,CSNC Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3 p.m., NHLN Boston at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 4 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Washington at Nashville, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Phoenix at Anaheim, 5 p.m. Carolina at Vancouver, 6 p.m. 2 2 0 4 13 14 1 2 0 2 6 5 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. 1 2 1 3 7 12 1 3 1 3 9 14 1 1 0 2 5 5