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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Reuben Hickling</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuben Hickling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: NORM ECKLES</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NORM ECKLES]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GEORGE STEINBRENNER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON  THE YANKEES... ALSO GLAD YOU FINALLY ANOTHER ONE.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GEORGE STEINBRENNER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON  THE YANKEES&#8230; ALSO GLAD YOU FINALLY ANOTHER ONE.</p>
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		<title>By: XTrust_No1X</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Steve! For your edifaction, the Yankees only take the best of the best! Every player in MLB wants to wear the Legendary Yankees pinstripes, but only the very best get to put the pinstripes on. The Yankees completed the biggest trade of this off-season by obtaining Granderson. We&#039;ve been wanting him for some time now, and finally we were able to get him, withot losing any of our starting lineup, in other words, the New York Yankees braintrust out smarted yet another team out of their best player, for little or nothing. Now, after this season coming up, the Future Hall of Famer Andy Pettite will most likely be retiring, opening a spot on the Yankees starting rotation that will be filled by the Mega Free Agent Cliff Lee. But, we&#039;ll talk about that AFTER the Legendary 27 Time, World Series Champions, New York Yankees brush aside any and all challengers to win their 28th World Series, and have yet another 2 million plus person Ticker Tape Parade down the Canyon of Heroes and some more Keys to the Greatest City in the World handed out to the victorious New York Yankees. Now, that&#039;s the way to open the biggest and best new Shrine to greatness, that can only be rivaled historicaly by the Roman Colisieum. Pride, Tradition Greatness, that&#039;s the New Yankees Stadium, home to the Greatest Professional Franchise in the history of sports, the Legendary New York Yankees!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Steve! For your edifaction, the Yankees only take the best of the best! Every player in MLB wants to wear the Legendary Yankees pinstripes, but only the very best get to put the pinstripes on. The Yankees completed the biggest trade of this off-season by obtaining Granderson. We&#8217;ve been wanting him for some time now, and finally we were able to get him, withot losing any of our starting lineup, in other words, the New York Yankees braintrust out smarted yet another team out of their best player, for little or nothing. Now, after this season coming up, the Future Hall of Famer Andy Pettite will most likely be retiring, opening a spot on the Yankees starting rotation that will be filled by the Mega Free Agent Cliff Lee. But, we&#8217;ll talk about that AFTER the Legendary 27 Time, World Series Champions, New York Yankees brush aside any and all challengers to win their 28th World Series, and have yet another 2 million plus person Ticker Tape Parade down the Canyon of Heroes and some more Keys to the Greatest City in the World handed out to the victorious New York Yankees. Now, that&#8217;s the way to open the biggest and best new Shrine to greatness, that can only be rivaled historicaly by the Roman Colisieum. Pride, Tradition Greatness, that&#8217;s the New Yankees Stadium, home to the Greatest Professional Franchise in the history of sports, the Legendary New York Yankees!</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Greene</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Greene]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never thought Bradley was that much anyway and anyone who gets him is in the hole immediately.  He is a positive nothing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Never thought Bradley was that much anyway and anyone who gets him is in the hole immediately.  He is a positive nothing.</p>
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		<title>By: AJ Gallo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AJ Gallo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever positive strides the Mariners had accomplished in their drive to beat the Angels in that division, they just ruined it with this deal.  Bringing this cancer to Seattle will cause them a Safeco-sized headache.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever positive strides the Mariners had accomplished in their drive to beat the Angels in that division, they just ruined it with this deal.  Bringing this cancer to Seattle will cause them a Safeco-sized headache.</p>
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		<title>By: grape_vine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grape_vine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cliff Lee&#039;s gonna wonder what&#039;s up with his karma lately.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cliff Lee&#8217;s gonna wonder what&#8217;s up with his karma lately.</p>
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		<title>By: curt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[curt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Carlos Silva and Carlos Zambrano, we&#039;ve got a Carlos &quot;tag team&quot; in more ways than one!  Bring on those Chicago dogs!  (And I mean that in more ways than one also.)
I hope Milton finds some inner peace though.  For a multi-millionaire, he&#039;s one unhappy dude.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Carlos Silva and Carlos Zambrano, we&#8217;ve got a Carlos &#8220;tag team&#8221; in more ways than one!  Bring on those Chicago dogs!  (And I mean that in more ways than one also.)<br />
I hope Milton finds some inner peace though.  For a multi-millionaire, he&#8217;s one unhappy dude.</p>
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		<title>By: schmiggs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jaime, did you see any of the Cubs games on tv?  Milton Bradley is not average in the outfield, he is absolutely brutal in the outfield!  I feel sorry for the Seattle fans.  Hopefully Junior and Figgins can keep Bradley&#039;s head on straight, otherwise you might as well call it a year now.  Good riddance to bad news.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jaime, did you see any of the Cubs games on tv?  Milton Bradley is not average in the outfield, he is absolutely brutal in the outfield!  I feel sorry for the Seattle fans.  Hopefully Junior and Figgins can keep Bradley&#8217;s head on straight, otherwise you might as well call it a year now.  Good riddance to bad news.</p>
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		<title>By: Vern</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vern]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big upside of the deal for Chicago? Silva is a one-man economic stimulus plan for local burger joints and hotdog vendors.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Big upside of the deal for Chicago? Silva is a one-man economic stimulus plan for local burger joints and hotdog vendors.</p>
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		<title>By: Ry</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So pimpin_pete, if the Mariners are to get Castillo and then move Figgins to 2nd...where do you play Castillo?  He&#039;s certainly not going to be a DH.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So pimpin_pete, if the Mariners are to get Castillo and then move Figgins to 2nd&#8230;where do you play Castillo?  He&#8217;s certainly not going to be a DH.</p>
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		<title>By: Drano</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drano]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Riddance Milt....in all honesty we would&#039;ve taken a new whirlpool or team bus for your sorry butt. Best of luck to the Mariners and at least it&#039;s a bail out of sorts to any Seattle shrink looking for a new patient.
Cubs Fan.....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Riddance Milt&#8230;.in all honesty we would&#8217;ve taken a new whirlpool or team bus for your sorry butt. Best of luck to the Mariners and at least it&#8217;s a bail out of sorts to any Seattle shrink looking for a new patient.<br />
Cubs Fan&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Ed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks, Mariners  I did NOT want him coming to St. Pete! :-D]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Mariners  I did NOT want him coming to St. Pete! <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WTF?  The Mariners were doing such a nice job the last couple weeks?  They massively upgrade their own roster while watching their chief rival lose two of its best players.  So what makes for a fine encore, why signing one of the biggest malcontent a-holes in the game of course!  Good luck with your clubhouse now...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WTF?  The Mariners were doing such a nice job the last couple weeks?  They massively upgrade their own roster while watching their chief rival lose two of its best players.  So what makes for a fine encore, why signing one of the biggest malcontent a-holes in the game of course!  Good luck with your clubhouse now&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Illifer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Illifer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I can at least speak for the rabid USSM/Lookout Landing part of Mariners fandom when I say that I have no problem with Bradley taking ABs away from Junior at DH. Griffey was resigned to be a good club house influence and be, essentially, a mascot, not to be the everyday DH.
We still need a 1b (Gamel? Branyan? Luke Scott?), but I bet the typical lineup will be Michael Saunders in LF and Bradely at DH. Griffey is a bat off the bench at this point in his career, not the everyday starter.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I can at least speak for the rabid USSM/Lookout Landing part of Mariners fandom when I say that I have no problem with Bradley taking ABs away from Junior at DH. Griffey was resigned to be a good club house influence and be, essentially, a mascot, not to be the everyday DH.<br />
We still need a 1b (Gamel? Branyan? Luke Scott?), but I bet the typical lineup will be Michael Saunders in LF and Bradely at DH. Griffey is a bat off the bench at this point in his career, not the everyday starter.</p>
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		<title>By: MW</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MW]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gee, as a Cubs fan I wish I could say I&#039;m excited about this development. But frankly there are so many other problems with this team, this is a borderline irrelevant development.
Get rid of Soriano; THEN we&#039;re talking.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee, as a Cubs fan I wish I could say I&#8217;m excited about this development. But frankly there are so many other problems with this team, this is a borderline irrelevant development.<br />
Get rid of Soriano; THEN we&#8217;re talking.</p>
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		<title>By: Stevo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stevo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don&#039;t need a HEADCASE PUNK! He&#039;d be a crowd pleaser in N.Y. @ Yankee Stadium!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We don&#8217;t need a HEADCASE PUNK! He&#8217;d be a crowd pleaser in N.Y. @ Yankee Stadium!</p>
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		<title>By: michael gilberti</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[michael gilberti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why don&#039;t the Cubs do a deal, Bradley for Vernon Wells?  Bad contract for worser contract . . . but at least Wells can still play the field and hit when his head&#039;s right.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why don&#8217;t the Cubs do a deal, Bradley for Vernon Wells?  Bad contract for worser contract . . . but at least Wells can still play the field and hit when his head&#8217;s right.</p>
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		<title>By: Jamie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Bradley behaves and puts up a .370+ OBP, that&#039;s an amazing return for Carlos Silva. He&#039;s actually a pretty average outfielder (according to UZR, anyway), but if the Mariners don&#039;t think he&#039;s good enough they can use him in a DH platoon with Griffey and still sign someone else for LF (since this doesn&#039;t raise their payroll a dime).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Bradley behaves and puts up a .370+ OBP, that&#8217;s an amazing return for Carlos Silva. He&#8217;s actually a pretty average outfielder (according to UZR, anyway), but if the Mariners don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s good enough they can use him in a DH platoon with Griffey and still sign someone else for LF (since this doesn&#8217;t raise their payroll a dime).</p>
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		<title>By: Pimpin Pete</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pimpin Pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cubs get Carlos Silva
Mets get Milton Bradley
Mariners get Luis Castillo
Slide Jose Lopez to 3rd and put Figgins at 2nd (or anywhere)
Everyone&#039;s happy.  Or less miserable.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cubs get Carlos Silva<br />
Mets get Milton Bradley<br />
Mariners get Luis Castillo<br />
Slide Jose Lopez to 3rd and put Figgins at 2nd (or anywhere)<br />
Everyone&#8217;s happy.  Or less miserable.</p>
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