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			<title><![CDATA[The internal trade deadline]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the hours after Alex Anthopoulos was named as general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, he returned to his hotel room in Baltimore and just absorbe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 22, 2009 01:50:31 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FBO: The rise of the mighty mites]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Football Outsiders analyzes NFL Week 15. Thoughts (among many): who keeps calling Romo a December bust? What's up with Brett Favre? Who decides that players are "too small?" (Uh, Brees/Welker/Jerome Harrison)? How good is Andre Johnson?]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 21, 2009 03:30:51 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tango: Unheralded glove men of the '00s]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How come great fielders are often ignored by Gold Glove voters? Stat guru Tom Tango has a theory.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 17, 2009 04:40:02 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Defense highlights offseason moves]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Coco Crisp is nearing a deal with the Oakland Athletics, according to late word from MLB Trade Rumors' Tim Dierkes. Presumably Crisp will slot into Oa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 20, 2009 03:22:57 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cubs better off without Bradley or Silva]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...computer nerd, but he runs his team like it's a business. As more teams turn their baseball operations over to people who, like Zduriencik, bring rational approaches to their jobs, it's going to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 19, 2009 04:12:03 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is Seattle Milton Bradley's last chance?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Difficult teammates come with all forms of behavior. Albert Belle was known as Mr. Freeze to the others in the Indians' clubhouse because he liked to ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 19, 2009 02:16:25 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Strikes -- Happy Halladays edition]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...and, since it's my blog, it is now -- then the debate about the best pitcher in baseball these past eight years is over. Halladay It's Roy Halladay, friends. And hardly anybody else is...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 18, 2009 08:28:08 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The case for Contreras]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubbed "The Bronze Titan" by Fidel Castro because of his formidable mound exploits in international competition, Cuban pitcher Jose Contreras' once-il...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 18, 2009 07:53:53 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AFC running backs take over in fantasy football]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...only seven in the top 20. What a turnaround that is. Of course, this isn't fantasy baseball, where we need to track the strengths and weaknesses of the American and National League; in fantasy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 18, 2009 06:09:44 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The numerous potential bargains]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...Abreu went on to have a fantastic season, becoming one of the best per-dollar values in baseball. Considering how this offseason is playing out, there are going to be good players still looking for...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 18, 2009 01:54:27 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FanGraphs: The all-decade, all-value lineup]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Erik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 18, 2009 01:29:35 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BP: Best and worst teams of the '00s]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus brings the heat with a controversial idea: the best team ... of the entire 2000s ... was the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Wait, what? They lost in the ALCS. Ah, but you can prove it with metrics. To explore, come inside.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 17, 2009 04:17:06 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analyzing Gonzalez and Atkins to the Orioles]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...American League. At this point, having a premium late-game reliever would make more sense, both in baseball and financial terms. If anything, the loss of the second-round pick is the real negative here...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 17, 2009 04:55:19 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aroldis Chapman awaits offers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...appeared to have accomplished very little. Because of bad weather, the workout took place indoors at the Baseball USA complex in Houston. Chapman wore sneakers for his bullpen session. He threw just 40-50 pitches...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 16, 2009 07:50:55 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New state of the Phillies' farm system]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...of their top 10 prospects -- and six of their top seven heading into last season -- according to Baseball America. So was that mission really accomplished -- by essentially swapping Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor and Travis d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 16, 2009 06:43:28 PST EST</pubDate>
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