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	<title>Comments on: Ichiro Suzuki treats his bats &#8220;like a rock musician with a guitar&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: freeagentsignee</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-372414</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go Ichiro!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go Ichiro!</p>
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		<title>By: indaburg</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370837</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[indaburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, no. I hate the Red Sox too. I&#039;m a Rays fan. A rare species, the Floridus raysfanus. It is afraid of sunlight, hence the domed stadium, and crowded spaces, hence the empty stadium.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, no. I hate the Red Sox too. I&#8217;m a Rays fan. A rare species, the Floridus raysfanus. It is afraid of sunlight, hence the domed stadium, and crowded spaces, hence the empty stadium.</p>
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		<title>By: badintent</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370696</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[badintent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I smell a Red Sox fan/fool ! Ichiro is  also Japanese and smarter than all of us.Trade for him the steal of the year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I smell a Red Sox fan/fool ! Ichiro is  also Japanese and smarter than all of us.Trade for him the steal of the year.</p>
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		<title>By: indaburg</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370391</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[indaburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: beaverdam21</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370330</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[beaverdam21]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the highlights of my small town upbringing was seeing Dock Ellis play on the local minor league team (Southern League)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the highlights of my small town upbringing was seeing Dock Ellis play on the local minor league team (Southern League)</p>
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		<title>By: cur68</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370329</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cur68]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stud, eh Sally? I hope your husband isn&#039;t a big dude or I&#039;m in trouble. If he is I bet I run faster. I sure hope I do.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stud, eh Sally? I hope your husband isn&#8217;t a big dude or I&#8217;m in trouble. If he is I bet I run faster. I sure hope I do.</p>
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		<title>By: indaburg</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370292</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[indaburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, stud. Batman? I don&#039;t know. Would Batman ever make this face?

http://c0368312.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/56376_large.jpg

Robin, maybe.

That said, Ichiro is a rock star. I hate that he&#039;s a Yankee.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, stud. Batman? I don&#8217;t know. Would Batman ever make this face?</p>
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<p>Robin, maybe.</p>
<p>That said, Ichiro is a rock star. I hate that he&#8217;s a Yankee.</p>
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		<title>By: girardisbraces</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[girardisbraces]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up your butt, Jobu....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Up your butt, Jobu&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: crnvic847</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370239</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[crnvic847]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gracias.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gracias.</p>
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		<title>By: cubsrice</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370237</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cubsrice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hats for bats...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hats for bats&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: natstowngreg</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370213</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[natstowngreg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was my first thought as well. Oh, to be young, rich, and able to afford backup musical instruments.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was my first thought as well. Oh, to be young, rich, and able to afford backup musical instruments.</p>
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		<title>By: cur68</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/ichiro-suzuki-treats-his-bats-like-a-rock-musician-with-a-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-370161</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cur68]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bat Case? Really? Draws moisture out of the bats? As in Aquaman proof? Well slap my ass and call me  Studly, I didn&#039;t see this one developing. You saw it here, folks. Ichiro Suzki might really be Batman.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bat Case? Really? Draws moisture out of the bats? As in Aquaman proof? Well slap my ass and call me  Studly, I didn&#8217;t see this one developing. You saw it here, folks. Ichiro Suzki might really be Batman.</p>
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		<title>By: kander013</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kander013]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So that&#039;s why Nishi can&#039;t hit? I knew it was the damn bat case. It always is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So that&#8217;s why Nishi can&#8217;t hit? I knew it was the damn bat case. It always is.</p>
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		<title>By: kevinbnyc</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kevinbnyc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He can do whatever the hell he wants with his bats as long as he keeps hitting.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He can do whatever the hell he wants with his bats as long as he keeps hitting.</p>
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		<title>By: philliesblow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[philliesblow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I guess Ichiro is not a Who fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVG9u_nxWBI]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I guess Ichiro is not a Who fan.</p>
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		<title>By: elmaquino</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[elmaquino]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dock Ellis on his LSD-fueled no-hitter:

&quot;I started having a crazy idea in the fourth inning that Richard Nixon was the home plate umpire, and once I thought I was pitching a baseball to Jimi Hendrix, who to me was holding a guitar and swinging it over the plate&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dock Ellis on his LSD-fueled no-hitter:</p>
<p>&#8220;I started having a crazy idea in the fourth inning that Richard Nixon was the home plate umpire, and once I thought I was pitching a baseball to Jimi Hendrix, who to me was holding a guitar and swinging it over the plate&#8221;</p>
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