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	<title>Comments on: Astros and Mets considering free agent Daisuke Matsuzaka</title>
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		<title>By: dirtyharry1971</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436257</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyharry1971]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He would look great in a mets uniform]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He would look great in a mets uniform</p>
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		<title>By: mazblast</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436136</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mazblast]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#039;re going to take a chance on has-beens, take a chance on younger has-beens.  I fail to see any upside here, even for teams which know they can&#039;t contend.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re going to take a chance on has-beens, take a chance on younger has-beens.  I fail to see any upside here, even for teams which know they can&#8217;t contend.</p>
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		<title>By: proudlycanadian</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436103</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[proudlycanadian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is the one.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is the one.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436101</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#039;t we all? Her married name was Molly Bloom, I think....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t we all? Her married name was Molly Bloom, I think&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: kiwicricket</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436100</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwicricket]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pedro Gomez is yet to deny Nepal is an island. 

(Come on chaps...been drinking in anticipation of the &#039;stop-pause-go-stop-pause-go&#039; game??? It was sarcasm)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pedro Gomez is yet to deny Nepal is an island. </p>
<p>(Come on chaps&#8230;been drinking in anticipation of the &#8216;stop-pause-go-stop-pause-go&#8217; game??? It was sarcasm)</p>
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		<title>By: phillyphannn83</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436099</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyphannn83]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is why no team should ever pay for the rights to give a Japanese player a contract ever again. This guy is a total bust.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is why no team should ever pay for the rights to give a Japanese player a contract ever again. This guy is a total bust.</p>
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		<title>By: proudlycanadian</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436093</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[proudlycanadian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh that Molly! We heard about her even in Toronto.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh that Molly! We heard about her even in Toronto.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436087</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Molly McDonald, in eighth grade. Those Catholic junior high school girls were very advanced for their age.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Molly McDonald, in eighth grade. Those Catholic junior high school girls were very advanced for their age.</p>
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		<title>By: jwbiii</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436085</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jwbiii]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matsuzaka is a guy you sort of like a division rival to sign, because he&#039;s bad at pitching, but sort of not, because you really don&#039;t w a n t   t o   w a t c h   h i m   p i t c h.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matsuzaka is a guy you sort of like a division rival to sign, because he&#8217;s bad at pitching, but sort of not, because you really don&#8217;t w a n t   t o   w a t c h   h i m   p i t c h.</p>
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		<title>By: proudlycanadian</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436084</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[proudlycanadian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caviar and chopped egg? Who stole your Kishka?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caviar and chopped egg? Who stole your Kishka?</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436074</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t like Kaepernick with my caviar and chopped egg. They look like rabbit shit.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t like Kaepernick with my caviar and chopped egg. They look like rabbit shit.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436073</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never say Nauru.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Never say Nauru.</p>
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		<title>By: jwbiii</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436070</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jwbiii]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnny&#039;s cousin probably meant to say Nauru.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Johnny&#8217;s cousin probably meant to say Nauru.</p>
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		<title>By: proudlycanadian</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436066</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[proudlycanadian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I understand that Alderson will be scouting Colin Kaepernick. He has heard that Kaepernick has a live arm and is a baseball free agent. The Mets can offer him more than he is currently making. For the same reason, they are considering Seattle&#039;s QB.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand that Alderson will be scouting Colin Kaepernick. He has heard that Kaepernick has a live arm and is a baseball free agent. The Mets can offer him more than he is currently making. For the same reason, they are considering Seattle&#8217;s QB.</p>
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		<title>By: proudlycanadian</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436064</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[proudlycanadian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Damon&#039;s cousin is geographically challenged. Nepal is landlocked.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Damon&#8217;s cousin is geographically challenged. Nepal is landlocked.</p>
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		<title>By: dondada10</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436059</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dondada10]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcum will be the only starter the Mets bring into camp from outside the organization.  I don&#039;t even see Sandy Alderson&#039;s perfunctory Chris Young signing happening.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marcum will be the only starter the Mets bring into camp from outside the organization.  I don&#8217;t even see Sandy Alderson&#8217;s perfunctory Chris Young signing happening.</p>
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		<title>By: kiwicricket</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436057</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kiwicricket]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in....Jonny Damon&#039;s cousin will be representing the small Island nation of Nepal however.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just in&#8230;.Jonny Damon&#8217;s cousin will be representing the small Island nation of Nepal however.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436054</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In other news, Dave Roberts announced today that he would not be playing in the World Baseball Classic for the Ryukyu team.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In other news, Dave Roberts announced today that he would not be playing in the World Baseball Classic for the Ryukyu team.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gator</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436053</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Kiyo-chan turned to weep on my shoulder, I realized that the Rodans were doomed.....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Kiyo-chan turned to weep on my shoulder, I realized that the Rodans were doomed&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: pisano</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436051</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pisano]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[proudly.... and so does the rest of the American League East, or for that matter, the rest of the entire American League. If either the Mets or the Astros are thinking about signing him, they shouldn&#039;t be in a hurry, because  as we all know when he&#039;s on the mound, he&#039;s definitely not in a hurry.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>proudly&#8230;. and so does the rest of the American League East, or for that matter, the rest of the entire American League. If either the Mets or the Astros are thinking about signing him, they shouldn&#8217;t be in a hurry, because  as we all know when he&#8217;s on the mound, he&#8217;s definitely not in a hurry.</p>
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		<title>By: proudlycanadian</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/03/astros-and-mets-considering-free-agent-daisuke-matsuzaka/comment-page-1/#comment-436049</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[proudlycanadian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still think that he should be in the Red Sox rotation this season.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still think that he should be in the Red Sox rotation this season.</p>
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