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	<title>Comments on: The Athletics have released Manny Ramirez</title>
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		<title>By: rico7207</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316837</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rico7207]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He fits in great with Boston and their little league park. Let him go back. They deserve him.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He fits in great with Boston and their little league park. Let him go back. They deserve him.</p>
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		<title>By: jwbiii</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316492</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jwbiii]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guerrero may have more incentive to be making money
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/report_vlad_guerrero_pays_out_25k_a_month_in_child_support/10995128
 
But I&#039;ll go with (c) Neither.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guerrero may have more incentive to be making money<br />
<a href="http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/report_vlad_guerrero_pays_out_25k_a_month_in_child_support/10995128" rel="nofollow">http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/report_vlad_guerrero_pays_out_25k_a_month_in_child_support/10995128</a></p>
<p>But I&#8217;ll go with (c) Neither.</p>
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		<title>By: pisano</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316479</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pisano]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#039;t have said it any better, that moron should have been run out of baseball a long time ago.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I couldn&#8217;t have said it any better, that moron should have been run out of baseball a long time ago.</p>
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		<title>By: sebrng7</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316444</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sebrng7]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[that no class idiot should have retired a long time ago. he is a mouthy a--hole]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that no class idiot should have retired a long time ago. he is a mouthy a&#8211;hole</p>
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		<title>By: sisqsage</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316428</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sisqsage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would anybody be surprised by this?
The guy is still a clown. Before, he was a young, talented, &#039;roided up clown who produced big numbers.
Now he can&#039;t do any of that anymore...except the PEDs.
Next move: Mannyball the sequel?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would anybody be surprised by this?<br />
The guy is still a clown. Before, he was a young, talented, &#8216;roided up clown who produced big numbers.<br />
Now he can&#8217;t do any of that anymore&#8230;except the PEDs.<br />
Next move: Mannyball the sequel?</p>
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		<title>By: j0esixpack</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316420</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[j0esixpack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[... And worse steroids ;-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230; And worse steroids <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: j0esixpack</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316419</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[j0esixpack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manny we hardly knew ye.

No, wait, scratch that.  Actually we did, and frankly, it wasn&#039;t that great.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Manny we hardly knew ye.</p>
<p>No, wait, scratch that.  Actually we did, and frankly, it wasn&#8217;t that great.</p>
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		<title>By: apmn</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316389</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[apmn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sign with the Yankees. Just so that we can have Team RamRod.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sign with the Yankees. Just so that we can have Team RamRod.</p>
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		<title>By: chill1184</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316385</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chill1184]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to mention the Red Sox titles of 2004 and 2007, Bonds&#039; home run record and several others. However most asterisk people are hypocritical internet toughs and only want the asterisks on teams that they hate and not their own.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to mention the Red Sox titles of 2004 and 2007, Bonds&#8217; home run record and several others. However most asterisk people are hypocritical internet toughs and only want the asterisks on teams that they hate and not their own.</p>
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		<title>By: giantssb42champs</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316379</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[giantssb42champs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allday a little defensive aren&#039;t thou?  Let me guess, you also must think that the Pats three &quot;titles&quot; aren&#039;t tainted because all teams were secretly videotaping other teams practices.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allday a little defensive aren&#8217;t thou?  Let me guess, you also must think that the Pats three &#8220;titles&#8221; aren&#8217;t tainted because all teams were secretly videotaping other teams practices.</p>
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		<title>By: allday296</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316373</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[allday296]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That takes away all 4 Yankee rings from that era And pretty much everything else that happened on that era, as much BS as it is you can&#039;t asterisk every stat for 25 years.  We will never know what the truth is with every pitcher and hitter so just give it to them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That takes away all 4 Yankee rings from that era And pretty much everything else that happened on that era, as much BS as it is you can&#8217;t asterisk every stat for 25 years.  We will never know what the truth is with every pitcher and hitter so just give it to them.</p>
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		<title>By: losercubfan98</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316370</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[losercubfan98]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those damn drug tests. How is Manny supposed to exceed expectations when he can&#039;t even sneak in a shot of steroids every once in awhile??]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those damn drug tests. How is Manny supposed to exceed expectations when he can&#8217;t even sneak in a shot of steroids every once in awhile??</p>
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		<title>By: jwbiii</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316368</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jwbiii]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manny Ramirez was a better hitter than Shawn Green. Both born in 1972, Green retired after 2007.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Manny Ramirez was a better hitter than Shawn Green. Both born in 1972, Green retired after 2007.</p>
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		<title>By: allday296</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316366</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[allday296]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Juice or not one of the best right handed swings I have ever seen, plenty of pitchers he faced were on roids also, if he Has an asterisk you have to asterisk every win any team ever had while a juiced player participated which eliminates most teams over the last 20 years]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Juice or not one of the best right handed swings I have ever seen, plenty of pitchers he faced were on roids also, if he Has an asterisk you have to asterisk every win any team ever had while a juiced player participated which eliminates most teams over the last 20 years</p>
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		<title>By: pisano</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316361</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pisano]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I only hope this is the last we&#039;ll hear about this cheating scumbag, but I have a feeling there&#039;s more to come.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I only hope this is the last we&#8217;ll hear about this cheating scumbag, but I have a feeling there&#8217;s more to come.</p>
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		<title>By: dondada10</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316359</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dondada10]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vlad is 3 years younger... allegedly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vlad is 3 years younger&#8230; allegedly.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Marshall</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316358</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good.</p>
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		<title>By: micker716</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316357</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[micker716]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If only there was something that Manny could do, or take, to help him regain his bat speed and power.  Oh well.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If only there was something that Manny could do, or take, to help him regain his bat speed and power.  Oh well.</p>
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		<title>By: deadeyedesign23</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316355</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[deadeyedesign23]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah except this usually starts happening 5 years earlier.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah except this usually starts happening 5 years earlier.</p>
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		<title>By: chill1184</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316349</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chill1184]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who will be signed first again? Vlad or Manny? Im banking on Vlad]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who will be signed first again? Vlad or Manny? Im banking on Vlad</p>
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		<title>By: rmfields</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316348</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rmfields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Vladimir Guerrero can&#039;t make it back to the majors, no way Manny does. Vlad is three years younger and bat .290 with 13 home runs and 63 RBI last year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Vladimir Guerrero can&#8217;t make it back to the majors, no way Manny does. Vlad is three years younger and bat .290 with 13 home runs and 63 RBI last year.</p>
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		<title>By: astrosfan75956</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316344</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[astrosfan75956]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#039;s done.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;s done.</p>
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		<title>By: crispybasil</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316341</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[crispybasil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: jwbiii</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316337</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jwbiii]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty year old guy loses bat speed. Can slap singles to right, can&#039;t drive ball over left field fence. You have seen baseball players age before, haven&#039;t you?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forty year old guy loses bat speed. Can slap singles to right, can&#8217;t drive ball over left field fence. You have seen baseball players age before, haven&#8217;t you?</p>
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		<title>By: giantssb42champs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[giantssb42champs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Needs some of those Big Papi protein shakes. Power will return instantly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Needs some of those Big Papi protein shakes. Power will return instantly.</p>
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		<title>By: deathmonkey41</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/15/the-athletics-have-released-manny-ramirez/comment-page-1/#comment-316332</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[deathmonkey41]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bigger ballparks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bigger ballparks.</p>
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		<title>By: braddavery</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[braddavery]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And there is the third fitting end to Manny&#039;s career.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And there is the third fitting end to Manny&#8217;s career.</p>
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		<title>By: dawglb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dawglb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm, no power?? I wonder why?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm, no power?? I wonder why?</p>
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