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		<title>What&#8217;s in a borough?</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/whats-in-a-borough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yankees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/?p=157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Consider the following scenario: Andy Pettite returns to New York to be a part of opening the new stadium in 2009 and to help the team get back to the playoffs after a disappointing season. And he&#8217;s even willing to take a pay cut, say $13.5 million or thereabouts. Only here&#8217;s the catch &#8212; he&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=157&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The one that got away</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/the-one-that-got-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bad Choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Lowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Javy Vazquez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a start to the off-season marked by failed trades and missed free agents, the Braves finally made a big splash.
The Braves impressed Derek Lowe during a meeting at Turner Field last week and then lured him to Atlanta with the four-year deal that he and his agent Scott Boras were seeking.
A Major League source [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=149&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Returns</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/on-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yankees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Pettite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday Hijinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Returning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The weeks after Christmas and New Year&#8217;s are a time when many people are actively engaged in the process of returning. Returning gifts, Returning to work, returning home after a trip, returning to the real world, returning to the spouse you left after witnessing his atrocious behavior at the company holiday party, and, last but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=142&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Forward</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/moving-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prospects]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another trade deadline behind us, another year of Manny demanding a trade, and nothing coming of it, and he finally gets his wish. In a rare instance of a trade with no clear loser (Joe Torre excepted), the Red Sox replaced Manny with a more versatile, younger outfielder with similar stats, the Dodgers finally got [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=103&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Queens Drama</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/queens-drama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yankees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Kay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snarkiness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/?p=81</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the temperature rises here in New York, so does the bad blood between the crew from Queens and the boys from the Bronx. And we don&#8217;t mean the Yankees and Mets players &#8212; the sense of rivalry between the two NY teams has long since evaporated; the Subway Series now means little more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=81&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Value Bonds</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/valuebonds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bonds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Padres signed the recently cut Brett Tomko. The excellent Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors thinks this is a no-lose situation for the Pads: 
He actually has good command, posting respectable K/BB ratios in recent years.  The longball did him in this year with the Royals.  A move back to the NL and PETCO should help, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=79&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Wouldn&#8217;t Like Me When I&#8217;m Angry</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/you-wouldnt-like-me-when-im-angry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Astros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odious players]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/?p=77</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shawn Chacon got demoted to the bullpen. Shawn Chacon got mad. Shawn Chacon got waived. We&#8217;re thinking of starting a new section here at DTS dedicated to baseball player&#8217;s making asses out of themselves. Adam Dunn, Todd Jones, and now Chacon have each, in turn, made baseball players everywhere look bad. On the 1-Roger Clemens scale [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=77&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Me and Mr. Jones</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/me-and-mr-jones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tigers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrath]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well technically Adam Dunn and Mr. Jones &#8212; Todd Jones that is. Jones joins Dunn in kindergarten today, penning a pout piece for the Detroit Free Press, in which he fires more heat at San Francisco Chronicle reporter, Henry Schulman, than he&#8217;s sending toward the plate nowadays. Apparently Schulman committed the arch sin of describing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=73&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s Come Un-Dunn</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/hes-come-un-dunn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[immaturity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The baseball universe seems to be conspiring against our desire to post often and vigorously throughout the weekend, providing little of interest and little worthy of comment. With the important and interesting side of baseball lacking in compelling stories, we&#8217;re forced to turn to the petty and ridiculous side. With that, we present Adam Dunn, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=71&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Schill Says Farewell to Hill</title>
		<link>http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/schill-says-farewell-to-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Wills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[R*d S*x]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Curt Schilling announced he would undergo season ending surgery today.  He also intimated that this surgery would bring an end to his lengthy and impressive career. While a number of debates surround Schill&#8217;s career (to name a few: is he a Hall of Fame candidate? Was he ever really the true ace of a staff? What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=droppedthirdstrike.wordpress.com&blog=3728987&post=69&subd=droppedthirdstrike&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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