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<title><![CDATA[Never seen anyone like the Great Mariano]]></title>
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When you're a 43-year-old baseball player, you're supposed to be raking your kids' Little League field. Or working tirelessly to drive those par-5's i...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 20, 2013 06:35:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eight ways to improve umpiring in MLB]]></title>
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We're not here to complain about umpiring. Been there, done that -- about two billion times. This time, we're here to help.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 15, 2013 09:15:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alex Cobb's historic 13-strikeout, 14-out performance]]></title>
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If you've perused those box scores from Friday night and your head hasn't exploded yet, there's good news. Three Strikes is here to help you digest th...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 11, 2013 07:21:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stark: MLB's next commissioner?]]></title>
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One of these days there is going to be a commissioner of baseball who isn't named Bud Selig. Here's an early look at some potential candidates.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 11:16:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What we've learned about the MLB season so far]]></title>
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There's still a long, long way to go, but here's what we've learned from the first 30 games or so.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 11:22:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLB's growing scheduling problem]]></title>
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It was the kind of April only Al Roker and Jim Cantore could love.         Snowouts in Minnesota. Back-to-back rain-and-cold-outs in Cleveland. ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 30, 2013 04:38:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Baserunning adventures of Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Jean Segura]]></title>
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I think we just found baseball's version of Leon Lett.   I'm talking about Brewers shortstop Jean Segura, who, like the mixed-up grandma who made a U-...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 20, 2013 08:41:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stark: Dodgers-Padres brawl fallout]]></title>
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The repercussions of the Dodgers-Padres brawl will be reverberating for months. Maybe longer.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 12, 2013 08:45:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The dominance of Yu Darvish and the Astros' anemic offense]]></title>
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As you watched Yu Darvish carve up the Astros on Tuesday night, did it enter your mind at all:    Could this team get no-hit like six times this year?...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 03, 2013 08:46:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLB -- Angels' surprising extended opener]]></title>
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It took extra innings, but the Angels won the first interleague Opening Day matchup playing NL-style baseball in Cincinnati.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 01, 2013 18:04:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Healthy, happy Ryan Howard renews sense of purpose]]></title>
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It's time for Phillies slugger Ryan Howard to get back something he never imagined he could ever lose -- the fun he once had playing baseball.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 29, 2013 06:33:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Atlanta Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons is bound for greatness]]></title>
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About to begin his first full major league season, pitcher-turned-shortstop Andrelton Simmons, at only 23 years old, is bound for greatness.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 25, 2013 10:03:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rollins wants WBC every two years]]></title>
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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- As the good vibes from another World Baseball Classic reverberate through San Pedro de Macoris, here's a fascinating suggestion fr...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 20, 2013 09:27:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Russell Martin gets earful from Canadians]]></title>
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BRADENTON, Fla. - Canada's moment in the World Baseball Classic may have come and gone. But Russell Martin found out Wednesday that his newfound villa...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 13, 2013 14:27:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An incredible journey for Miguel Cabrera]]></title>
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- The MVP is in San Juan, Puerto Rico, these days, working his special baseball magic for Team Venezuela. But it tells you something a...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 08, 2013 07:30:55 PST</pubDate>
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