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WASHINGTON -- Chase Utley sat in the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse and watched as Cole Hamels was chased from a game 1,000 miles away. Ryan Jensen Jersey . Eight years ago might as well be an eternity.Back then Utley made the signature play on the base paths in the decisive Game 5 and Hamels was lights out as they won the World Series together with the Philadelphia Phillies. Not far from Utley on Thursday were two other members of that team: catcher Carlos Ruiz and pitcher Joe Blanton.Utley, Ruiz and Blanton have been reunited with the Dodgers and face fellow 2008 World Series winner Jayson Werth of the Washington Nationals in the NL Division Series. Trades and signings have brought all four players to this point, knowing it could be their last chance to win another championship.Were all in different roles, different stages of our careers, said Blanton, the Phillies Game 4 starter and home run slugger in 2008 who is now a setup man for Los Angeles. The mindsets still the same. ... Winning is just a matter of a bunch of things: breaks going your way, getting hot at the right time, just the way game plays out, matchups.From the 2008 champions, only Pat Burrell and Shane Victorino went on to get another ring. Shortstop Jimmy Rollins reflected on Burrell and Victorinos triumphs when he was traded to the Dodgers before last season and hoped it would be his chance.Rollins last week thought about how funny it was that four of his former Philadelphia teammates are back in the playoffs against each other with the same goal in mind.Both of these teams are great teams that have a chance to get it done, said Rollins, now an analyst for TBS. I cant pull either way, but it shows you how much in baseball from year to year you dont know whats going to happen, you dont know when youre going to lose a teammate, a trades going to happen. Im glad to see them in it. I just hope they all do well when its their turn at bat.Utley, Ruiz and Werth are all 37 years old and dont know how many more postseason at-bats they have left. Utley is on a one-year deal, Ruiz is at the end of his contract and Werth has one season left before he could again hit unrestricted free agency.The rare air of October isnt lost on any of them.I feel like Im real hungry, Ruiz said. I feel like I want to win and I want to win and do my best to help the team. Definitely at the end of my career to have another shot to go to the World Series, its huge. Well take it one game at a time the same way we did in 08.Werth, who left the Phillies after their World Series defeat in 2009 to sign a $126 million, seven-year deal with the Nationals, appreciates every chance he has left. He has made the playoffs in seven of the past 10 seasons between Philadelphia and Washington but hasnt been able to break through since 2008.As you get older, you get less and less opportunities, Werth said. Im not going to have too many of these chances left. You dont want to take them for granted, but at the same time youve just got to play baseball.Hamels, now 32 and with the Texas Rangers, said looking back he didnt understand the value of winning a championship so young. Even return trips to the playoffs in 2009, 2010 and 2011 didnt bring the same success.Thats why those from the 2008 Phillies appreciate what they did back then as they focus on the task of trying to do it again.If you win a World Series with somebody, you create an everlasting bond, Werth said. Im assuming that (Utley, Ruiz and Blanton are) going to try beat me, and Im going to be trying to beat them. ... Its just business out there.---AP Sports Writer Howard Fendrich contributed to this report. Ronnie Stanley Jersey . After Martin Skrtel put the Reds in front from close range at Stamford Bridge after only four minutes, Hazard hit back in the 17th with a superb strike. 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Superstar Gold Coast recruit Jarryd Hayne will make his first NRL start for the club at five-eighth in Saturdays vital clash with Wests Tigers.A dual Dally M Medallist as a fullback for Parramatta, code-hopper Hayne played 52 minutes - mostly in the halves - in his return to rugby league against the Warriors on Sunday and coach Neil Henry is in no hurry to move him from that position.The Titans 24-14 loss in that match has dropped them from seventh to 10th on the ladder and leaves their hopes of a first finals appearance since 2010 hanging by a thread.Henry said it was still uncertain whether Hayne would play the full 80 minutes against the Tigers but he was confident he was ready to start delivering for his new club.He was certainly tired at times but got through it okay, Henry said of Haynes performance against the Warriors.Hes pulled up fine. We still have options around the rotation there anyway.Regular five-eighth Tyrone Roberts knee injury and the good form of incumbent fullback David Mead made Heenrys decision on where to play Hayne a relatively easy one. Chris Wormley Jersey. Although Hayne made his name as a fullback, he also played 14 matches for Parramatta at five-eighth.Hayne also wore the No.6 jersey for City in the 2012 Country clash in Mudgee.Hes quite keen to fit in with the team, Henry said.Everyone assumes hell be fullback but we see no real reason to throw him back there with Meady doing such a good job.Haynes positional selection means he wont line up against incumbent NSW fullback James Tedesco, but it does set up a clash with another Tigers young gun - in-form pivot Mitchell Moses.Henry has no doubt Hayne can be successful in his return to league.Hes (Hayne) certainly showed hes still got it, hasnt he? Henry said.Hes a great threat carrying the ball. 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