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	<title>Comments on: Report: Bud Selig to get a two-year extension</title>
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		<title>By: K. Harker</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-246228</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[K. Harker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baseball will continue to lose out to football as America&#039;s sport until this old, greedy a-hole retires. The central problem with baseball is that the same teams routinely make it to the playoffs, because the same teams have all the money. Baseball should be run  the same way as football - everyone puts in, and everyone gets the same amount back. Then it really could be anyone in the playoffs. But he stubbornly refuses to even consider alternatives. 

Plus, I think he&#039;s a really scummy human being, apart from his acts as commissioner. 

Just my opinion, but I think he&#039;s bad for the game.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Baseball will continue to lose out to football as America&#8217;s sport until this old, greedy a-hole retires. The central problem with baseball is that the same teams routinely make it to the playoffs, because the same teams have all the money. Baseball should be run  the same way as football &#8211; everyone puts in, and everyone gets the same amount back. Then it really could be anyone in the playoffs. But he stubbornly refuses to even consider alternatives. </p>
<p>Plus, I think he&#8217;s a really scummy human being, apart from his acts as commissioner. </p>
<p>Just my opinion, but I think he&#8217;s bad for the game.</p>
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		<title>By: mashoaf</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-246071</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mashoaf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought the extension before this one was suppose to be his last. It was going to get us through the labor talks and then bud was suppose to step down. I guess he had other things on his mind of how to save the game. You never know what crazy ideas he&#039;ll come up with. Maybe his next idea will be introducing shoulder pads to try and get ratings up and change the slogan to Slugfest.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought the extension before this one was suppose to be his last. It was going to get us through the labor talks and then bud was suppose to step down. I guess he had other things on his mind of how to save the game. You never know what crazy ideas he&#8217;ll come up with. Maybe his next idea will be introducing shoulder pads to try and get ratings up and change the slogan to Slugfest.</p>
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		<title>By: R.D.</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-246004</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R.D.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OF COURSE! He&#039;s NOT PLAYING!! SILLY!!!!!!!

And he just put off ANY action regarding Pete Rose THAT much longer.

Unless Rose dies first.

And then again, death didn&#039;t help Shoeless Joe.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OF COURSE! He&#8217;s NOT PLAYING!! SILLY!!!!!!!</p>
<p>And he just put off ANY action regarding Pete Rose THAT much longer.</p>
<p>Unless Rose dies first.</p>
<p>And then again, death didn&#8217;t help Shoeless Joe.</p>
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		<title>By: cur68</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245806</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cur68]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He places the horse on a soap box first &lt;i&gt;then&lt;/i&gt; gets out the ladder.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He places the horse on a soap box first <i>then</i> gets out the ladder.</p>
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		<title>By: stex52</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245800</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stex52]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indeed. Much of the political thought (and satire) of the late sixties anticipated attitudes of today. Except, of course, it is now our generation that is the &quot;oppressors.&quot; Ironic, I suppose, but that might not be the right word for it..

They also couldn&#039;t anticipate how much easier technology would make it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indeed. Much of the political thought (and satire) of the late sixties anticipated attitudes of today. Except, of course, it is now our generation that is the &#8220;oppressors.&#8221; Ironic, I suppose, but that might not be the right word for it..</p>
<p>They also couldn&#8217;t anticipate how much easier technology would make it.</p>
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		<title>By: bbk1000</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245793</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bbk1000]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wrong, both in fact and opinion.....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wrong, both in fact and opinion&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245771</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It anticipated the Patriot Act, that&#039;s for sure...remember the closing scene?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It anticipated the Patriot Act, that&#8217;s for sure&#8230;remember the closing scene?</p>
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		<title>By: crisisjunky</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245747</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[crisisjunky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe he doesn&#039;t really exist at all...
maybe we&#039;ve all been watching a Woody Allen sequel all these years.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe he doesn&#8217;t really exist at all&#8230;<br />
maybe we&#8217;ve all been watching a Woody Allen sequel all these years.</p>
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		<title>By: ikedavisnose</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245744</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ikedavisnose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;sob sob&quot;       sad moment for the game of baseball]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;sob sob&#8221;       sad moment for the game of baseball</p>
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		<title>By: paperlions</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245731</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[paperlions]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know...there is a lot of opinion I also like from Costas as well...it just seems like any time I see him on TV lately he is being asked to moralize (whether it is about baseball or football), and he has no problem stepping up to the plate and moralizing like hell while largely ignoring context and fact.  I suppose it isn&#039;t his fault that he is asked to opine on such issues so frequently, but he doesn&#039;t have to bust out the extension ladder to climb up on his high horse every time.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know&#8230;there is a lot of opinion I also like from Costas as well&#8230;it just seems like any time I see him on TV lately he is being asked to moralize (whether it is about baseball or football), and he has no problem stepping up to the plate and moralizing like hell while largely ignoring context and fact.  I suppose it isn&#8217;t his fault that he is asked to opine on such issues so frequently, but he doesn&#8217;t have to bust out the extension ladder to climb up on his high horse every time.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin S.</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245716</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin S.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mention the word &quot;steroids&quot; anywhere in earshot of him and see what happens.  There&#039;s a lot about Costas I really enjoy, but on that subject PL&#039;s right, he&#039;s a sanctimonious windbag.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mention the word &#8220;steroids&#8221; anywhere in earshot of him and see what happens.  There&#8217;s a lot about Costas I really enjoy, but on that subject PL&#8217;s right, he&#8217;s a sanctimonious windbag.</p>
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		<title>By: simon94022</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[simon94022]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &quot;neutral&quot; commissioner sort of made sense in the days before the Players Association.  It makes no sense at all now.  The Commissioner is hired by the owners to be the CEO, just like all the other sports.

And by comparison to the other 3 commissioners, Bud Selig has done a remarkable, excellent job.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A &#8220;neutral&#8221; commissioner sort of made sense in the days before the Players Association.  It makes no sense at all now.  The Commissioner is hired by the owners to be the CEO, just like all the other sports.</p>
<p>And by comparison to the other 3 commissioners, Bud Selig has done a remarkable, excellent job.</p>
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		<title>By: loge23</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245707</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[loge23]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does this mean we&#039;re stuck with the Wilpons??]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this mean we&#8217;re stuck with the Wilpons??</p>
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		<title>By: poontangible</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245706</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[poontangible]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob is not sanctimonious; he simply loves everything about the game (like the rest of us) and isn&#039;t afraid to show it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bob is not sanctimonious; he simply loves everything about the game (like the rest of us) and isn&#8217;t afraid to show it.</p>
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		<title>By: stex52</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stex52]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are right. I was over-cautious in my praise. The sensibilities expressed in that movie still appeal to me 45 years later.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are right. I was over-cautious in my praise. The sensibilities expressed in that movie still appeal to me 45 years later.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245700</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More like the Prince Myshkin....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More like the Prince Myshkin&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: bennoj</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245699</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bennoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo



(On the other hand, 2 more years of Bud Lite jokes!!!!!!!)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo</p>
<p>(On the other hand, 2 more years of Bud Lite jokes!!!!!!!)</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245679</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, one of the great unsung classics - for all its post-sixties street smarts, a film that was twenty year ahead of its time. 

have you noticed that &lt;i&gt;nobody&lt;/i&gt; likes the telephone company?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, one of the great unsung classics &#8211; for all its post-sixties street smarts, a film that was twenty year ahead of its time. </p>
<p>have you noticed that <i>nobody</i> likes the telephone company?</p>
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		<title>By: stex52</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245678</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stex52]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great movie, OG. One of my favorite comedies of the period. The greatest force for evil and destruction in the world is the phone company.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great movie, OG. One of my favorite comedies of the period. The greatest force for evil and destruction in the world is the phone company.</p>
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		<title>By: Ari Collins</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ari Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haha, TPC. Great movie!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haha, TPC. Great movie!</p>
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		<title>By: contraryguy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[contraryguy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bud Selig is the Vladimir Putin of baseball.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bud Selig is the Vladimir Putin of baseball.</p>
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		<title>By: anonyfan</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245639</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[anonyfan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were hoping this day would never come, but here it is. 

That sour taste in your mouth could only mean that the ruthless, calculating, greedy used car salesman has broken his promise to retire after this season. Baseball fans have been sold yet another lemon by CEO SELIG!

CEO SELIG, possessing unprecedented power, has presided over an industry during an unprecedented rate of growth - growth that has largely been achieved through enormous amounts of public dollars in tax subsidies, infrastructure improvements, taxes, surcharges, and public financing of stadium construction, while astronomically hiking prices at the gates, concessions and merchandise. 

Franchises worth less than $100mil just 25 years ago are now approach values of $1bil or more. These franchise values could not have been achieved without significant, if not excessive leveraging of public assets in the host communities.

There is far more to dislike about MLB during CEO SELIG&#039;s tenure as the so-called Commissioner of Baseball, far more than is necessary to go into at length at this juncture. Most of you know his various transgressions against the game.

Thus, I am extending this invitation to for any and all to join #OpEjectBud

And, if CEO Selig doesn&#039;t leave, we will launch #OccupyMLB until Ownership convenes an emergency executive session then naming and installing CEO SELIG&#039;s successor. 

That successor MUST be &lt;b&gt;neutral&lt;/b&gt; and cannot hold any executive title or responsibilities within MLB, Inc. or related companies. The successor MUST retain all of the powers that CEO Selig possessed (except, obviously, the part about simultaneously being CEO of MLB, Inc and Commissioner of the sport. No conflict of interests, right? Nahhhhh.) and pledge to do the following:

- FREE PETE ROSE
- End the integrity-averse policy of the ASG winner deciding Home Field Advantage for the Postseason.
- Pledge in writing and certified by the POTUS that the number of play-off teams can NEVER exceed 1/3 of the total # of teams in MLB.
- Make Umpiring Honorable again.
- As Alyssa Milano gracefully exits her 30&#039;s, we need a new superhot chronically single seductress to be the games #1 female fan. Find that girl. Use Alyssa as the barometer of perfection. She&#039;s timeless.
- Keep stadiums UNsafe. Some accidents are terrible tragedy and others are unintentional comedic genius.

We are AnonyFans. We are Baseball. We never forgive. We never forget. Expect us Always. 

#OpEjectBud]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We were hoping this day would never come, but here it is. </p>
<p>That sour taste in your mouth could only mean that the ruthless, calculating, greedy used car salesman has broken his promise to retire after this season. Baseball fans have been sold yet another lemon by CEO SELIG!</p>
<p>CEO SELIG, possessing unprecedented power, has presided over an industry during an unprecedented rate of growth &#8211; growth that has largely been achieved through enormous amounts of public dollars in tax subsidies, infrastructure improvements, taxes, surcharges, and public financing of stadium construction, while astronomically hiking prices at the gates, concessions and merchandise. </p>
<p>Franchises worth less than $100mil just 25 years ago are now approach values of $1bil or more. These franchise values could not have been achieved without significant, if not excessive leveraging of public assets in the host communities.</p>
<p>There is far more to dislike about MLB during CEO SELIG&#8217;s tenure as the so-called Commissioner of Baseball, far more than is necessary to go into at length at this juncture. Most of you know his various transgressions against the game.</p>
<p>Thus, I am extending this invitation to for any and all to join #OpEjectBud</p>
<p>And, if CEO Selig doesn&#8217;t leave, we will launch #OccupyMLB until Ownership convenes an emergency executive session then naming and installing CEO SELIG&#8217;s successor. </p>
<p>That successor MUST be <b>neutral</b> and cannot hold any executive title or responsibilities within MLB, Inc. or related companies. The successor MUST retain all of the powers that CEO Selig possessed (except, obviously, the part about simultaneously being CEO of MLB, Inc and Commissioner of the sport. No conflict of interests, right? Nahhhhh.) and pledge to do the following:</p>
<p>- FREE PETE ROSE<br />
- End the integrity-averse policy of the ASG winner deciding Home Field Advantage for the Postseason.<br />
- Pledge in writing and certified by the POTUS that the number of play-off teams can NEVER exceed 1/3 of the total # of teams in MLB.<br />
- Make Umpiring Honorable again.<br />
- As Alyssa Milano gracefully exits her 30&#8242;s, we need a new superhot chronically single seductress to be the games #1 female fan. Find that girl. Use Alyssa as the barometer of perfection. She&#8217;s timeless.<br />
- Keep stadiums UNsafe. Some accidents are terrible tragedy and others are unintentional comedic genius.</p>
<p>We are AnonyFans. We are Baseball. We never forgive. We never forget. Expect us Always. </p>
<p>#OpEjectBud</p>
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		<title>By: joshftw</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So at this point, he&#039;s probably earned himself a fancy military uniform and the title &quot;Commissioner For Life,&quot; right?
Or perhaps &quot;El Commissionare?&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So at this point, he&#8217;s probably earned himself a fancy military uniform and the title &#8220;Commissioner For Life,&#8221; right?<br />
Or perhaps &#8220;El Commissionare?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about if I just go out back and throw up in the bushes?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about if I just go out back and throw up in the bushes?</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245634</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;For all we know, Bud was replaced by a robot years ago&quot;

Remember the telephone company executives from &lt;i&gt;The President&#039;s Analyst&lt;/i&gt;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;For all we know, Bud was replaced by a robot years ago&#8221;</p>
<p>Remember the telephone company executives from <i>The President&#8217;s Analyst</i>?</p>
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		<title>By: paperlions</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245627</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[paperlions]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy crap....talk about lesser of 2 evils, if the alternative is Costas....long live Bud.  I prefer Bud&#039;s bungling tectonic-plate-speed approach to that stumpy sanctimonious blowhard.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy crap&#8230;.talk about lesser of 2 evils, if the alternative is Costas&#8230;.long live Bud.  I prefer Bud&#8217;s bungling tectonic-plate-speed approach to that stumpy sanctimonious blowhard.</p>
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		<title>By: Chipmaker</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245621</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chipmaker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there an option for a third year, which vests automatically if World Series ratings are high enough?

I presume that the robot technology is from the Futurama universe, where ethanol powers the fuel cells. Every writer would be in favor of that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there an option for a third year, which vests automatically if World Series ratings are high enough?</p>
<p>I presume that the robot technology is from the Futurama universe, where ethanol powers the fuel cells. Every writer would be in favor of that.</p>
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		<title>By: askabutcher</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[askabutcher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for Bud to step down and let baseball get into OUR century. I think Greenie from Mike &amp; Mike would be a good fit.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time for Bud to step down and let baseball get into OUR century. I think Greenie from Mike &amp; Mike would be a good fit.</p>
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		<title>By: Kyle</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/10/report-bud-selig-to-get-a-two-year-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-245610</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depressing but inevitable. Like most things!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Depressing but inevitable. Like most things!</p>
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		<title>By: poontangible</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[poontangible]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get lost Bud... you&#039;ve had your time.  It&#039;s past time for Bob Costas to take over.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get lost Bud&#8230; you&#8217;ve had your time.  It&#8217;s past time for Bob Costas to take over.</p>
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