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<title><![CDATA[Getting young fans into the card hobby]]></title>
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Upper Deck's Chris Carlin discusses reaching an agreement with the MLBPA to produce baseball cards, and the programs that Upper Deck has instituted to...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 03, 2013 11:00:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bud Selig calls for tougher drug penalties on violations]]></title>
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Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig wants tougher penalties for major league players who violate the sport's drug agreement.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 02, 2013 10:55:15 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLBPA head: $189 million? Yeah, right]]></title>
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Add Michael Weiner, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, to the list of those who are skeptical of Hal ...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 27, 2013 11:37:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Weiner, MLBPA boss, says media shouldn't jump to conclusions about PED reports]]></title>
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Baseball union head Michael Weiner says reporters should refrain from jumping to conclusions about media reports linking players to a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 21, 2013 08:30:30 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Puello refers questions to MLBPA]]></title>
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Adam Rubin Cesar Puello briefly speaks with media Wednesday morning.   PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- During a 22-second press conference, Cesar Puello s...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 20, 2013 06:06:41 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dave Prouty promoted to general counsel of MLBPA]]></title>
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Dave Prouty has been promoted to general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 06, 2013 08:41:24 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLBPA must fight to protect members and weed out cheaters in wake of latest PED scandal - MLB]]></title>
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Rick Reed became an important part of the New York Mets' rotation in 1997, posting a 2.89 ERA in his 33 appearances. But he was not wholly embraced by...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 30, 2013 03:31:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former players gather to honor former MLBPA boss Marvin Miller]]></title>
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Baseball players urged that Marvin Miller be put in the Hall of Fame as they spoke Monday night during a memorial for the union leader.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 21, 2013 12:46:33 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hughes &#x26; D-Rob file for arbitration]]></title>
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Phil Hughes, David Robertson, Joba Chamberlain and Boone Logan have all filed for arbitration, according to the MLBPA.  Hughes made $3.2 million in ...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 15, 2013 16:07:04 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLB, players' union reach deal to test for HGH]]></title>
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Baseball and the players' association have agreed to expand the sport's drug program to include in-season blood testing for human growth hormone and a new test devised to catch players using testosterone, The New York Times reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 10, 2013 07:24:47 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Marvin Miller, MLBPA's first leader, dies at 95]]></title>
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Marvin Miller, the soft-spoken union head who led baseball players in a series of strikes and legal battles that won free agency, revolutionized sports and made athletes multimillionaires, died Tuesday. He was 95.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 27, 2012 04:34:04 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drug testing on MLBPA's agenda during meetings]]></title>
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Major League Baseball players expect to discuss changes to the disciplinary portion of the game's drug testing program when the union holds its annual executive board meetings in New York this week.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 26, 2012 05:49:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MLBPA leader Michael Weiner's good fight against inoperable brain cancer]]></title>
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The odds are long for MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner. But baseball's "regular genius" will not give in to inoperable brain cancer.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 20, 2012 11:19:18 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Union to monitor Miami Marlins after payroll purge]]></title>
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The players' association will monitor the Miami Marlins following their payroll purge, saying it is too early to determine whether the salary cuts will cause any issues under baseball's labor contract.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 20, 2012 08:43:31 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Melky Cabrera's agents unaware of scheme, according to union]]></title>
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The baseball players' union concluded Melky Cabrera's agents didn't know about a scheme to create a phony website in a defense of his positive drug test but said they failed to properly manage the employees of the firm who tried to carry out the scheme.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 06, 2012 14:49:23 PST</pubDate>
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