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<title><![CDATA[Eades, Wahl square off in SEC showdown]]></title>
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It's the final weekend of the regular season, but it may be the biggest start of the year for a pair of SEC rivals, and they'll go toe-to-toe Saturday...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 16:39:13 PDT</pubDate>
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The strength of the 2013 MLB draft class is, once again, college pitching. The depth in college hitters is below average despite a handful of first-ro...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 09, 2013 07:46:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>May 09, 2013 04:46:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best of the Pacific Northwest]]></title>
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The Pacific Northwest has established itself as a bit of an underrated area for baseball in recent years. In the past three drafts, 12 players from th...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 15:32:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reese McGuire leads another talented crop from the Pacific Northwest - MLB Draft]]></title>
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The Pacific Northwest has established itself as a bit of an underrated area for baseball in recent years. In the past three drafts, 12 players from th...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 12:32:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Crunch time for Stanek, Eades and Manaea]]></title>
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There are two elite prospects in the 2013 draft class, and both are college pitchers. Stanford ace Mark Appel is the top talent for the second straigh...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 06:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>May 02, 2013 03:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Draft rules could impact Houston's plan]]></title>
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The MLB draft&#x26;#039;s new rule may be only a year old, but clubs already have their strategies down to a science. It may differ from team to team depen...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 25, 2013 12:38:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>April 25, 2013 09:38:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weekend watch: Shipley, Peterson face off]]></title>
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<pubDate>April 18, 2013 08:06:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>April 18, 2013 05:06:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The biggest draft dilemmas]]></title>
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<pubDate>April 11, 2013 10:31:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>April 11, 2013 07:31:54 PDT</pubDate>
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When Keith Law released his first Future 50 nearly three weeks ago, several of the prospects ranked in the bottom half of the top 30 and beyond were p...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 04, 2013 08:49:06 PDT</pubDate>
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