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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[Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 18, 2009 02:41:07 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Los Angeles Dodgers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Dodgers have a young nucleus that will keep them in the NL West hunt at least for next season. But the Rockies are closing in fast.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 23, 2009 06:35:14 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kiss 'Em Goodbye: St. Louis Cardinals]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 St. Louis Cardinals. Some people thought the Cards could win the entire thing on pitching and Pujols -- but they were dismissed in an NLDS sweep, and now face real questions.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 12, 2009 02:03:42 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Cincinnati Reds]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Cincinnati Reds, who were unable to overcome Dusty Baker's highly questionable managerial tactics.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 02, 2009 07:27:02 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Successes, struggles and sabermetrics]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus analyzes the best and worst performances of the 2009 MLB season through its sabermetric lens.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 02, 2009 06:24:25 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Cleveland Indians, who nearly made it to the World Series in 2007 but have imploded since then.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 22, 2009 02:23:14 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Milwaukee Brewers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Milwaukee Brewers, who -- despite a slugging young core -- fell completely out of the NL Central race.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 17, 2009 02:29:24 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BP Daily: The AL/NL gap]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus examines the gap between AL and NL teams and finds it's even wider than expected. Consider this: If the Blue Jays and Dodgers swapped divisions, they might also swap records.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 02, 2009 01:43:01 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BP Daily: Explaining the JUMP metric]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Want to know more about Baseball Prospectus' JUMP metric for predicting MVP races? Here's a detailed explainer.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 31, 2009 06:38:17 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BP Daily: Mauer won't win MVP]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus brings out a new metric to predict MVP voting -- JUMP -- and finds that Joe Mauer doesn't have much of a chance at the AL award. The NL MVP, though, should be a runaway for Albert Pujols.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 31, 2009 04:15:15 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BP Daily: NL contenders and tough schedules]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus examines the NL playoff odds for the remaining contenders by focusing on schedule strength. The San Francisco Giants are sliding while the division leaders (Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers) are in prime position.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 28, 2009 03:23:38 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BP Daily: Sorting out AL playoff chances]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus analyzes the AL schedules in the final five weeks of the season, and finds the White Sox are almost dead in the water and the Rays are in trouble, but the Rangers and Twins have life.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 27, 2009 04:53:29 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BP Daily: What to make of Mark Reynolds]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baseball Prospectus examines Arizona Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds, dismissed by some as a big whiffer (204 K last year) with subpar defense. Not so fast: He could develop as one of the NL's more complete players over time.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 21, 2009 01:27:57 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wednesday Wangdoodles]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[...Joey Votto should keep all this messy stuff to himself. Well, the heck with them. &bull; Jay Jaffe on Juan Pierre, Manny Ramirez, and why the Dodgers don&#39;t seem to have missed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 23, 2009 23:29:28 PDT EST</pubDate>
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