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		<title>Yoenis Cespedes could rejoin the Athletics next week</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/yoenis-cespedes-could-rejoin-the-athletics-next-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.J. Short</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoenis Cespedes wasn&#8217;t ready to return from the disabled list when he was first eligible on Tuesday, but he could rejoin the Athletics&#8217; lineup next week. According to Jane Lee of MLB.com, Cespedes took 28 swings in the batting cage today without pain and is scheduled to take full batting practice tomorrow. He hopes to&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152983&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diamondbacks and Miguel Montero agree to five-year, $60 million extension</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/diamondbacks-and-miguel-montero-agree-to-five-year-60-million-extension/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/diamondbacks-and-miguel-montero-agree-to-five-year-60-million-extension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 23:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D.J. Short</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Diamondbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miguel Montero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Louis Cardinals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yadier Molina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com reports that the Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero have agreed to a five-year, $60 million contract extension. The deal is expected to be officially announced at a press conference tomorrow. Montero was due to hit free agency this offseason, but he&#8217;ll now be signed through the 2017 season. The new&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152963&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rays outfielder Brandon Guyer out for season</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/rays-outfielder-brandon-guyer-out-for-season/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/rays-outfielder-brandon-guyer-out-for-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 22:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Pouliot</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Guyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bush]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It just hasn&#8217;t been Brandon Guyer&#8216;s year. He&#8217;s still facing a $5 million lawsuit because a drunk Matt Bush was driving his vehicle at the time he nearly killed a guy, and now he&#8217;s going to require shoulder surgery and miss the rest of the season. Guyer, a 26-year-old outfielder, had been in the majors&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152958&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>East &gt; West &gt; Central</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/east-west-central/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 22:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Pouliot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the way it&#8217;s working in both the American and National Leagues to date this year: AL East vs. AL Central: 37-20 &#8211; .649 AL East vs. AL West: 29-22 &#8211; .568 AL West vs. AL Central: 33-29 &#8211; .532 NL East vs. NL Central: 45-33 &#8211; .577 NL East vs. NL West: 34-25 &#8211;&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152938&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chipper Jones is very impressed with Stephen Strasburg</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/chipper-jones-is-very-impressed-with-stephen-strasburg/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/chipper-jones-is-very-impressed-with-stephen-strasburg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 22:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Pouliot</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atlanta Braves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chipper Jones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chipper Jones has been teammates with future Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz and he got to see plenty of Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Kevin Brown during their heydays. Stephen Strasburg, though, might outclass them all: &#8220;He has the best stuff, the best repertoire of pitches that I&#8217;ve seen on&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152952&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rockies place Ramon Hernandez on DL with hand injury</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/rockies-place-ramon-hernandez-on-dl-with-hand-injury/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/rockies-place-ramon-hernandez-on-dl-with-hand-injury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ramon Hernandez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After watching Ramon Hernandez perform poorly while playing through tendinitis in his left hand for most of the season the Rockies have placed the veteran catcher on the disabled list. Hernandez played well enough for the Reds in 2010 and 2011 that the Rockies gave him a two-year, $6.4 million contract at age 37, but he&#8217;s&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152948&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Curt Schilling&#8217;s company told employees it was selling their homes; didn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/curt-schillings-company-told-employees-it-was-selling-their-homes-didnt/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/curt-schillings-company-told-employees-it-was-selling-their-homes-didnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only did Curt Schilling&#8217;s company go belly-up and lay everyone off, it allegedly boned some of them via a relocation program that apparently didn&#8217;t do what it was supposed to do: Some of the hundreds of 38 Studios employees laid off yesterday were hit with a second round of bad news this week when&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152941&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Juan Carlos Oviedo gets visa, arrives in Florida next week</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/juan-carlos-oviedo-gets-visa-arrives-in-florida-next-week/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/juan-carlos-oviedo-gets-visa-arrives-in-florida-next-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heath Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Carlos Oviedo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week Juan Carlos Oviedo reportedly received his work visa, but then it turned out he received a pardon from the U.S. State Department that&#8217;s necessary before getting a visa but hadn&#8217;t gotten the actual visa yet. Now he has both, with Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reporting that Oviedo has finally been&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152933&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Hall designated for assignment by the Orioles</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/bill-hall-designated-for-assignment-by-the-orioles/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/bill-hall-designated-for-assignment-by-the-orioles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Hall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Baseball seems to have come to a complete stop, news-wise, in the past couple of hours. That&#8217;s OK. It&#8217;s a holiday weekend. Everyone is firing up the grill and cracking coldies I guess. Of course teams are releasing guys. Our third one of the day is Bill Hall, who was just DFA&#8217;d by the Orioles. Hall&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152931&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Jays place Ben Francisco on DL, call up David Cooper</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/blue-jays-place-ben-francisco-on-dl-call-up-david-cooper/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/blue-jays-place-ben-francisco-on-dl-call-up-david-cooper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Francisco exited yesterday&#8217;s game with a strained hamstring and today the Blue Jays placed him on the disabled list while recalling first baseman David Cooper from Triple-A. Francisco has played sparingly for the Blue Jays, getting most of his starts versus left-handed pitching and hitting just .206 with a .535 OPS in 37 plate&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152913&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pirates designate Nate McLouth for assignment</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/the-pirates-designate-nate-mclouth-for-assignment/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/the-pirates-designate-nate-mclouth-for-assignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Pirates signed Nate McLouth to a $1.75 million deal in December, they were hoping he&#8217;d at least be a shadow of the productive hitter he once was for them.  Instead, he wasn&#8217;t even a shadow of the shadow and now, according to Ben Nicholson-Smith of MLB Trade Rumors, they&#8217;ve designated him for assignment.&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152920&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mets release D.J. Carrasco, eat $1.2 million salary</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/mets-release-d-j-carrasco-eat-1-2-million-salary/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/mets-release-d-j-carrasco-eat-1-2-million-salary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, D.J. Carrasco and his $1.2 million salary passed through waivers unclaimed after the reliever was designated for assignment by the Mets last week and today they released the veteran right-hander. Carrasco&#8217;s solid track record suggested he was a nice bargain signing for two years and $2.4 million last offseason, but he proved to&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152907&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expert: DNA on the syringes, cotton balls match Clemens</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/expert-dna-on-the-syringes-cotton-balls-match-clemens/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/expert-dna-on-the-syringes-cotton-balls-match-clemens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After several weeks of what often sounded like pointless, boring testimony, things are finally heating up for the prosecutors in the Clemens case: A forensic scientist testified that two cotton balls and a syringe needle allegedly saved after a steroids injection tested positive for Roger Clemens&#8217; DNA, a key moment on Friday as the government&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152908&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/expert-dna-on-the-syringes-cotton-balls-match-clemens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Jhoulys Chacin&#8217;s shoulder injury isn&#8217;t getting any better</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/jhoulys-chacins-shoulder-injury-isnt-getting-any-better/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/jhoulys-chacins-shoulder-injury-isnt-getting-any-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colorado Rockies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jhoulys Chacin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jhoulys Chacin&#8216;s shoulder injury hasn&#8217;t gotten any better in three weeks on the disabled list, so the Rockies are sending the 24-year-old right-hander for a second opinion. &#8220;We just can&#8217;t figure out what&#8217;s going on right now,&#8221; general manager Dan O&#8217;Dowd told Thomas Harding of MLB.com. &#8220;Our medical people are very creative people. They&#8217;re looking&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152903&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>David Segui backs up Brian McNamee in the Clemens trial</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/david-segui-backs-up-brian-mcnamee-in-the-clemens-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/david-segui-backs-up-brian-mcnamee-in-the-clemens-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Segui hit pretty well off Roger Clemens in his career, going 14 for 38, walking six times and driving in six in 44 plate appearances.  yesterday, he hit Clemens again: Former Major Leaguer David Segui testified at the federal perjury trial of Roger Clemens on Thursday, backing up Brian McNamee&#8217;s claim that the strength&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152845&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Stauffer gets second opinion on lingering elbow injury</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/tim-stauffer-gets-second-opinion-on-lingering-elbow-injury/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/tim-stauffer-gets-second-opinion-on-lingering-elbow-injury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cory Luebke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego Padres]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Stauffer is on the disabled list for the second time this season because of a sprained right elbow and was able to make just one start in between DL stints, so not surprisingly he sought a second opinion on the injury. Rob Terrnova of the North County Times reports that Stauffer was examined recently&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152852&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/tim-stauffer-gets-second-opinion-on-lingering-elbow-injury/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>John Maine to sign with the Yankees</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/john-maine-to-sign-with-the-yankees/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/john-maine-to-sign-with-the-yankees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And with this, John Maine will have completed most of his East Coast Bias career tour. All he needs now is a stop in Philly: The Yankees will be signing former Mets/Red Sox righty John Maine to a Minor League deal, source says. Maine&#8217;s been working out with Yanks — Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) May 25,&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152860&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/john-maine-to-sign-with-the-yankees/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Brewers may turn to Manny Parra as rotation replacement</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/brewers-may-turn-to-manny-parra-as-rotation-replacement/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/brewers-may-turn-to-manny-parra-as-rotation-replacement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milwaukee will be without Marco Estrada for at least 3-4 starts because a quadriceps strain and he was only in the rotation to begin with as an injury replacement for Chris Narveson, so the Brewers are running short on starters. Instead of dipping down into the minors for help manager Ron Roenicke indicated that he&#8217;ll&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152865&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Berkman out at least 8-10 weeks after knee surgery</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/lance-berkman-out-at-least-8-10-weeks-after-knee-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/lance-berkman-out-at-least-8-10-weeks-after-knee-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lance Berkman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The total extent of Lance Berkman&#8216;s knee injury was unclear until he underwent surgery this morning and now the verdict is in, as the Cardinals announced that he&#8217;ll miss &#8220;approximately 8-10 weeks.&#8221; According to the team the surgery repaired Berkman&#8217;s torn meniscus, but there was no mention of his ACL after the veteran switch-hitter and&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152879&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Adam Jones extension reported to be six years and &#8220;in the $85 million range&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/the-adam-jones-extension-reported-to-be-six-years-and-in-the-85-million-range/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/the-adam-jones-extension-reported-to-be-six-years-and-in-the-85-million-range/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Jones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been conflicting reports all morning about where the Adam Jones deal is going to come down. Some people have pegged at as north of $100 million. Ken Rosenthal says, however, that he&#8217;s hearing it will be six years and &#8220;in the $85 million range.&#8221; If so, this seems like a pretty good deal&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152878&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Wedge says cutting Chone Figgins &#8220;is not even an option for us&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/eric-wedge-says-cutting-chone-figgins-is-not-even-an-option-for-us/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/eric-wedge-says-cutting-chone-figgins-is-not-even-an-option-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chone Figgins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people were surprised&#8211;or perhaps more accurately disappointed&#8211;that the Mariners chose not to drop Chone Figgins when they needed a roster spot for Miguel Olivo&#8216;s return yesterday. And for those same people manager Eric Wedge has some bad news. Wedge told Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times that dropping Figgins &#8220;is not even an option&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152842&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yankees COO Lonn Trost is crazy</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/yankees-coo-lonn-trost-is-crazy/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/yankees-coo-lonn-trost-is-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=152864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in YankeeLand denied the Yankees are for sale story, but Lonn Trost is not satisfied with denials. He wants action! Trost was on the Boomer and Carton Show yesterday. When the topic came up, Trost said: &#8220;With respect to Major League Baseball, we (the Yankees) will ask the commissioner (Bud Selig) to undertake an&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152864&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Snoop Dogg threw a pretty good first pitch last night</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/snoop-dogg-threw-a-pretty-good-first-pitch-last-night/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/snoop-dogg-threw-a-pretty-good-first-pitch-last-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snoop Dogg threw out the ceremonial first pitch at last night&#8217;s White Sox-Twins game in Chicago and actually showed off a pretty decent arm once he was done mugging for the cameras:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152831&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>The Dodgers are upping their profile in international signings</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/the-dodgers-are-upping-their-profile-in-international-signings/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/the-dodgers-are-upping-their-profile-in-international-signings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under Frank McCourt, the Dodgers spent the least amount of money of all 30 teams on international signings last year. Indeed, over McCourt&#8217;s entire tenure, international signings were all put kicked to the curb in terms of priority. That was something the new Dodgers owners said they&#8217;d change. And, according to the Los Angeles Times,&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152841&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/the-dodgers-are-upping-their-profile-in-international-signings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Josh Hamilton hasn&#8217;t homered in two weeks</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/josh-hamilton-hasnt-homered-in-two-weeks/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/josh-hamilton-hasnt-homered-in-two-weeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Josh Hamilton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=152827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Josh Hamilton got off to amazing home run pace, going deep 18 times in his first 31 games. However, since homering nine times in a six-game stretch from May 7 to May 12&#8211;including his four-homer game on May 8&#8211;he&#8217;s yet to leave the ballpark. Hamilton is homerless since May 12, which is a span of&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152827&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ryan Howard, Chase Utley take live batting practice</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/ryan-howard-chase-utley-take-live-batting-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/ryan-howard-chase-utley-take-live-batting-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chase Utley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Howard and Chase Utley continue to inch their way back to playing shape. Yesterday Utley took batting practice and then some grounders.  According to the report by Bob Brookover, however, the infield practice was limited and, given that playing second is what gives his knee the most trouble, there&#8217;s a lot of reason for&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152835&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hideki Matsui is struggling at Triple-A for the Rays</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/hideki-matsui-is-struggling-at-triple-a-for-the-rays/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/hideki-matsui-is-struggling-at-triple-a-for-the-rays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gleeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because the Rays don&#8217;t have a pressing need for a designated hitter Hideki Matsui likely needs to put up some impressive numbers at Triple-A to turn his minor-league contract into a return to the majors. So far at least it isn&#8217;t happening, as the 38-year-old Matsui has hit just .121 with zero homers in nine&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152820&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fake buyers for fake Yankees sale identified</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/fake-buyers-for-fake-yankees-sale-identified/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/fake-buyers-for-fake-yankees-sale-identified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, if the New York Daily News can report a Yankees sale that everyone else is calling &#8220;complete fiction,&#8221; why can&#8217;t the people who are interested in buying the Yankees be completely fictional? That&#8217;s the question Larry Granillo asks at Wezen-Ball today, and he profiles the potential suitors. While I&#8217;d love to see Bruce Wayne buy&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152819&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Haren and Pujols come up big: are the Angels finally turning the corner?</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/haren-and-pujols-come-up-big-are-the-angels-finally-turning-the-corner/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/haren-and-pujols-come-up-big-are-the-angels-finally-turning-the-corner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point you have to hit rock bottom. It&#8217;s just that, if you can&#8217;t hit anything, even rock bottom looks hard.  But maybe last night the Angels finally turned things around, putting together a game that went the way they hoped things would go often this year. The Pujols signing aside, the team&#8217;s strength&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152814&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Beer-fueled naked man streaks the Phillies Cardinals game</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/beer-fuled-naked-man-streaks-the-phillies-cardinals-game/</link>
		<comments>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/beer-fuled-naked-man-streaks-the-phillies-cardinals-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Calcaterra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t look Ethel! We mentioned the streaker from last night&#8217;s Phillies-Cardinals fan in the recaps this morning, but Jeff Passan has his story.  His name is Collin J. Grundstrom. And you will be shocked to learn that alcohol was involved. Also, will someone please think of the children? One row in front of Grundstrom sat&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hardballtalk.nbcsports.com&#038;blog=15932931&#038;post=152805&#038;subd=nbchardballtalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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