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<title><![CDATA[Chat wrap: Cubs, Rivera, surprises, more!]]></title>
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One reader called it "epic." I don't know about that, but it was a two-and-a-half hour marathon chat session</a?. Which means we discussed just about ...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 21, 2013 13:05:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best pitchers never to start in postseason]]></title>
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Watching Felix Hernandez the other night prompted me to look up the pitchers with the highest career Wins Above Replacement who never started a postse...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 14:08:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Travis Wood may or not be for real]]></title>
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I made a quick point about Cubs starter Travis Wood in an earlier post. As Jedi Johnson points out on the View From the Bleachers blog, Wood has eight...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 09:55:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thoughts: Stop Harper before he gets hurt]]></title>
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Quick reactions from Monday's games ...   If you've seen the scary video of Bryce Harper crashing face-first into the wall at Dodger Stadium, you ...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 06:50:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weekend wrap: Is Jose Bautista back?]]></title>
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In April, Jose Bautista had turned into a three true outcomes type of player: home run, walk or strikeout. He hit seven home runs and had a slugging p...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 12, 2013 22:55:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Did Dusty learn anything this weekend?]]></title>
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On Friday afternoon, Aroldis Chapman had a rare bad outing trying to finish up the Cincinnati Reds' 6-2 lead over the Chicago Cubs. So bad, in fact, t...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 05, 2013 21:25:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thoughts: What's wrong with Matt Cain?]]></title>
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Some quick reactions to Monday's fine major league baseball action ...  The good news for the Giants: A 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks to snap a fiv...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 30, 2013 06:30:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[April grades: Braves best in NL]]></title>
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With apologies to the nice starts of the Pirates and Rockies, the most important story line of April has been the Braves' opening up a 3.5-game lead o...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2013 22:35:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hall of Famers without their home parks?]]></title>
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One of the first major impacts Bill James made as a sabermetrician was pointing out the huge effect that ballparks had on statistics. I mean, people a...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 19, 2013 06:00:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thoughts: Cano's great at-bat, Gentry's D]]></title>
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Some reaction to Tuesday's excellent slate of games ...  Wanted to check out those gritty Diamondbacks so was watching their game against the Yanke...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 17, 2013 06:35:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weekend wrap: Strasburg is no Kershaw]]></title>
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Sunday's day of aces turned more into a game of Crazy Eights -- there were some crooked numbers put up against several of baseball's top pitchers and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 07, 2013 20:55:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten lessons from Opening Day]]></title>
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It's one of the best days of the year. Maybe the best. Especially if your team won. Here are 10 things to take away from Monday's action.  1. Bryce ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 01, 2013 22:20:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Write it down: NL final standings]]></title>
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OK, here are my final AL standings. Here are the NL standings. Yes, we can all laugh at this at the end of the season. FYI: All runs scored and allowe...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 01, 2013 14:25:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SweetSpot TV: NL predictions]]></title>
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Eric and I pick our NL division winners, playoff teams and then World Series matchup -- but with a few other bold predictions thrown in! Check here fo...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 31, 2013 10:00:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SweetSpot awards: Joey Votto for MVP]]></title>
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Earlier, the SweetSpot bloggers overwhelmingly supported Mike Trout for AL MVP and Justin Verlander for the AL Cy Young Award. Let's see how the predi...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 31, 2013 09:30:41 PDT</pubDate>
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