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<title><![CDATA[Buster Olney -- The San Francisco Giants in 2010 might be all about how physically fit Pablo Sandoval is]]></title>
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The Giants lost again Saturday and will soon be eliminated, and in time their focus will shift to 2010, as John Shea writes. Pablo Sandoval will like...]]></description>
<pubDate>September 27, 2009 05:17:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cincinnati Reds  hitter Joey Votto cares more about consistency than RBIs - ESPN The Magazine]]></title>
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Almost all hitters reduce the game to its simplest parts. Almostall hitters are not Joey Votto, writes Buster Olney in ESPN The Magazine's MLB Preview.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 18, 2013 11:38:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Breaking down baseball's biggest issues - MLB]]></title>
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Breaking down some of the biggest issues baseball faces today:  Issue at hand: Mike Trout gets $510,000 in his 2013 contract with the Angels.  Expli...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 03, 2013 03:11:59 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Decisions to play in World Baseball Classic are all about self-interest - MLB]]></title>
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A player approached the manager of his major league team and asked for some guidance in deciding whether to participate in the World Baseball Classic....]]></description>
<pubDate>March 02, 2013 02:58:23 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Empty responses from those tied to PEDs - MLB]]></title>
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TAMPA, Fla. -- A longtime player chatted recently about watching Melky Cabrera in the All-Star Game last summer. "Remember when he hit that home run?...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 18, 2013 02:30:04 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time is gaining on New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter - MLB]]></title>
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Don't tell Derek Jeter this, but time is gaining on him.  He has heeded Satchel Paige's advice and refrained from looking back, and la...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 17, 2013 02:51:56 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bruce Rondon playing key role for Detroit Tigers in 2013 - MLB]]></title>
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- For some of the Detroit Tigers, Bruce Rondon is still more rumor than fact. They've heard about how he throws lightning bolts, a fas...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 16, 2013 02:31:12 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The media must not fall into the trap of certainty on Ryan Braun - MLB]]></title>
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After Ryan Braun's news conference last February, after he'd won the appeal of his suspension, there were many words written about how truthful he sou...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 06, 2013 02:41:20 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Houston Astros betting on patience, while Oakland gets deep - MLB]]></title>
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All of the baseball moons and stars have aligned for a memorable 2013 season for the Houston Astros, in the way that the '62 Mets and the 2003 Detroit...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 05, 2013 02:37:19 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two degrees of Roberto Clemente - MLB]]></title>
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The 12-year-old had hit home runs before, with his first having been so memorable, in the way it smashed the back windshield of a truck parked beyond ...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 03, 2013 02:54:29 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What New York Yankees need to go right in 2013 - MLB]]></title>
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Travis Hafner could have signed with the Tampa Bay Rays. Ultimately, he chose the Yankees, to take advantage of the opportunity they have at DH and at...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 01, 2013 02:17:57 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Buster Olney argues that steroid users should be allowed in Cooperstown - ESPN The Magazine]]></title>
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In ESPN The Magazine, Buster Olney argues that it's pointless, and rather silly, to ban all PED users from the baseball Hall of Fame.]]></description>
<pubDate>December 10, 2012 11:16:01 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bobby Valentine can thank social media for recent firing - ESPN The Magazine]]></title>
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In ESPN The Magazine, Buster Olney writes that thanks to the 24-7 world of social media, baseball has lost a former mainstay: The quotable, hot-headed manager.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 16, 2012 09:43:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo's controversial decisions are paying off - ESPN The Magazine]]></title>
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This season, Nats GM Mike Rizzo made arguably the gutsiest decision in baseball history. As Buster Olney writes in ESPN The Magazine's DC Issue, that's how Rizzo has built the team into a winner -- one provocative move at a time.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 01, 2012 07:31:21 PDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>March 28, 2012 04:25:51 PDT</pubDate>
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