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	<title>Comments on: A-Rod on coming off the bench: &#8220;I&#8217;ll be ready&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: thebigtim2012</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/12/a-rod-on-coming-off-the-bench-ill-be-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-381946</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigtim2012]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@thebadgyswon

If a man like a rod who has been caught cheating multiple times on the field as well as his blatant steroid use makes it to Cooperstown baseball would lose what little credibility it has left]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@thebadgyswon</p>
<p>If a man like a rod who has been caught cheating multiple times on the field as well as his blatant steroid use makes it to Cooperstown baseball would lose what little credibility it has left</p>
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		<title>By: pjmarn6</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pjmarn6]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a guaranteed $30,000,000 a year and bonuses for getting in post season games, I would sit on the bench too.  I want to know the name of the idiot who guaranteed him $30,000,000 a year for 5 more years when he will be 42 and needs a cane to get to the plate.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a guaranteed $30,000,000 a year and bonuses for getting in post season games, I would sit on the bench too.  I want to know the name of the idiot who guaranteed him $30,000,000 a year for 5 more years when he will be 42 and needs a cane to get to the plate.</p>
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		<title>By: kitshky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kitshky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was actually the best laugh I&#039;ve had all day ... I really hope that &#039;s what you were going for.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was actually the best laugh I&#8217;ve had all day &#8230; I really hope that &#8216;s what you were going for.</p>
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		<title>By: vicksprman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[vicksprman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow I guess Granderson gets a pass who has looked equally bad. I guess money does matter.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow I guess Granderson gets a pass who has looked equally bad. I guess money does matter.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It sounds more like he took notes from Crash Davis and understands that the cliches are his friends.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It sounds more like he took notes from Crash Davis and understands that the cliches are his friends.</p>
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		<title>By: jehzsa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jehzsa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good to know that he&#039;s not disappointed. Which makes a lot of sense if he wants &quot;to be in there in the worst way&quot;.

I think he can manage that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good to know that he&#8217;s not disappointed. Which makes a lot of sense if he wants &#8220;to be in there in the worst way&#8221;.</p>
<p>I think he can manage that.</p>
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		<title>By: ebrownwareagle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ebrownwareagle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m a betting man and for my money (which I could be wrong), I say if you bench A-Rod, with a hurt Jeter. They will lose.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a betting man and for my money (which I could be wrong), I say if you bench A-Rod, with a hurt Jeter. They will lose.</p>
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		<title>By: mackie66</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mackie66]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone can make this story a bigger drama its &quot;hardball talk&quot;.   You guys wouldn&#039;t know a &quot;team&quot; player if he stole home and bit u guys in the azz.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If anyone can make this story a bigger drama its &#8220;hardball talk&#8221;.   You guys wouldn&#8217;t know a &#8220;team&#8221; player if he stole home and bit u guys in the azz.</p>
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		<title>By: thebadguyswon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thebadguyswon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future Hall of Famer on the pine. Makes sense.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Future Hall of Famer on the pine. Makes sense.</p>
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		<title>By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is getting ridiculous.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is getting ridiculous.</p>
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		<title>By: bloodysock</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/12/a-rod-on-coming-off-the-bench-ill-be-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-381816</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bloodysock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought he looked in the mirror and saw a centaur.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought he looked in the mirror and saw a centaur.</p>
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		<title>By: Utley's Hair</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Utley's Hair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So...he wasn&#039;t ready when he was starting---even when all he had to do was sit on his butt in between at bats---but he will be if he doesn&#039;t know when it&#039;ll happen?  Ohhkaayy...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So&#8230;he wasn&#8217;t ready when he was starting&#8212;even when all he had to do was sit on his butt in between at bats&#8212;but he will be if he doesn&#8217;t know when it&#8217;ll happen?  Ohhkaayy&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: jxegh</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jxegh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You think he&#039;ll be saying that next year when he&#039;s benched during the regular season?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You think he&#8217;ll be saying that next year when he&#8217;s benched during the regular season?</p>
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		<title>By: 18thstreet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[18thstreet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to make a bigger deal out of this. So help me, I never want this story to end.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to make a bigger deal out of this. So help me, I never want this story to end.</p>
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		<title>By: darthicarus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[darthicarus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully he took notes from Our Lord &amp; Protector Derek Jeter &amp; won&#039;t be using the little boy&#039;s room when the team needs him to step up &amp; strikeout.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully he took notes from Our Lord &amp; Protector Derek Jeter &amp; won&#8217;t be using the little boy&#8217;s room when the team needs him to step up &amp; strikeout.</p>
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