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A 36-year-old second baseman and the "not-Cole Hamels" part of the Cole Hamels trade are quickly dominating the post season headlines.

You've done it, Jake Diekman my boy, you've made it to the playoffs in your 28th year. Bet you didn't see this coming when you were part of a different franchise, hurling for the IronPigs at 26 and watching Delmon Young get picked off second while beckoning at a cartoon bird only he can see.

But here you are, hastily evacuated from Philadelphia and sent to the furthest thing from a divisional rival.