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	<title>NYPost_Mets: The Mets have told J.J. Putz that they don&#39;t intend to pick up his 2010 option and will buy him out instead for $1 million.</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/nypost-mets-the-mets-have-told-j-j-putz-that-they-don/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/05/nypost_mets_the_mets_have_told_j_j_putz_that_they_.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="NYPost_Mets: The Mets have told J.J. Putz that they don&#39;t intend to pick up his 2010 option and will buy him out instead for $1 million." style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;NYPost_Mets: The Mets have told J.J. Putz that they don&#39;t intend to pick up his 2010 option and will buy him out instead for $1 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 3 days ago on twitter.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jj_putz/"&gt;J.J. Putz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mets Tell Putz They Will Not Pick Up His 2010 Option</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; According to Bart Hubbuch of The NY Post , the Mets have informed reliever J.J. Putz that they will not pick up his $9.1MM option for 2010, instead paying him a $1MM buyout. Hubbuch says the club cited health concerns when breaking the news to Putz. 
    
   
  
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mets to decline Putz&#39;s option</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; The Mets have told reliever J.J. Putz
 that they plan to decline his $8.6 million option for 2010 and buy him out for $1 million instead. 
 The club cited health concerns in making the long-expected move, pointing to elbow surgery and forearm problems that caused the former All-Star closer to&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 3 days ago on nypost.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/seattle_mariners/"&gt;Seattle Mariners&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jj_putz/"&gt;J.J. Putz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/sean_green/"&gt;Sean Green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mets Decline Putz Option, Add Bowman To 40 Man Roster</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mets-decline-putz-option-add-bowman-to-40-man-roster/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/05/mets_decline_putz_option_add_bowman_to_40_man_rost.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Mets Decline Putz Option, Add Bowman To 40 Man Roster" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    According to Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post in a post to his Twitter account, the Mets have told reliever J.J. Putz that they will decline his option and instead buy him out for $1 million dollars. 
 Not really a big surprise considering the Mets would have had to pay him over $9 million&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;joed86 posted 3 days ago from metsmerizedonline.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jj_putz/"&gt;J.J. Putz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/howard_johnson/"&gt;Howard Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Breaking News : Mets decline J.J Putz’s option !!</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/breaking-news-mets-decline-j-j-putz-s-option/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/05/breaking_news_mets_decline_j_j_putz_s_option.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Breaking News : Mets decline J.J Putz’s option !!" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In what should come as a surprise to no one, Bart Hubbach The NY Post, reported that the the Mets have informed reliever J.J. Putz that they will not pick up his $9.1MM option for 2010, They will instead buy him out for a cool million bucks (  damn I wish I was a injured baseball player  !!)&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;realdirtymets posted 3 days ago from nleastchatter.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jj_putz/"&gt;J.J. Putz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mets to Buy Out JJ Putz</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mets-to-buy-out-jj-putz/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/05/mets_to_buy_out_jj_putz.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Mets to Buy Out JJ Putz" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Bart Hubbuch  of the NY Post is reporting  the Mets will buy out JJ Putz for $1 million rather than pick up his option. Earlier today it was reported that Putz would be owed over $9 million dollars on that option. Health concerns were the main issue behind the decision. 
 Many forget that Putz&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;msilva177 posted 3 days ago from nybaseballdigest.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jj_putz/"&gt;J.J. Putz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies Better With Ibanez</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/phillies-better-with-ibanez/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/10/30/phillies_better_with_ibanez.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Phillies Better With Ibanez" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Update: At least that&#39;s what Jimmy Rollins believes. According to The New York Post&#39;s Bart Hubbuch, Rollins thinks the Phillies are better off with Raul Ibanez in left field than they were with Pat Burrell. &amp;quot;There were less balls falling in the outfield (compared to when Burrell was&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;novafantasysports posted 9 days ago from novafantasysports.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jimmy_rollins/"&gt;Jimmy Rollins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/raul_ibanez/"&gt;Raul Ibanez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/pat_burrell/"&gt;Pat Burrell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>More on Melvin</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/more-on-melvin/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/10/29/more_on_melvin.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="More on Melvin" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post has also heard Bob Melvin&#39;s name, Hubbuch believes that Melvin is waiting for the Nationals to decide on their next manager before he decides whether he&#39;s taking the Mets Bench coach position. In regards to the Nationals vacancy it&#39;s believed that interim manager&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;edfever posted 9 days ago from metsfever.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/washington_nationals/"&gt;Washington Nationals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bob_melvin/"&gt;Bob Melvin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mets Wil Not Go After Aroldis Chapman or John Lackey</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; Bart Hubbach tweeted that the Mets will not be involved in the Aroldis Chapman sweepstakes after they learned that his price tag will be above $60 million.  Good move by the Mets. $60 million, in my opinion, is to much for an unproven player.  Also Jon Heyman tweeted that the Mets will not go&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;metsfansforever posted 14 days ago from metsfansforever.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/aroldis_chapman/"&gt;Aroldis Chapman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/john_lackey/"&gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jon_heyman/"&gt;Jon Heyman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_holliday/"&gt;Matt Holliday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>PED Use Behind Minor Leaguer’s Death?</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/ped-use-behind-minor-leaguer-s-death/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/10/25/ped_use_behind_minor_leaguer_s_death.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="PED Use Behind Minor Leaguer’s Death?" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Barth Hubbuch of the NY Post brings up an interesting point  over at his twitter  when he speculates about the possibility of PED use in the death of Mets minor leaguer Rafael Castro. 
 18-year-olds don&amp;#8217;t normally drop dead of heart attacks, either. You have to wonder how rampant PED use&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;msilva177 posted 14 days ago from nybaseballdigest.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>News: Mets Out of Chapman Sweepstakes</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; Bart Hubbuch, in a post to Twitter , says the Mets will not be pursuing LHP Cuban Defector Aroldis Chapman . 
 Hubbuch says the Mets made this decision after learning about his $40-$60 million price tag. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lone Star Ball found this 14 days ago on metsblog.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/aroldis_chapman/"&gt;Aroldis Chapman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Twitter / Bart Hubbuch: The Mets won&#39;t be pursuing ...</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/twitter-bart-hubbuch-the-mets-won-t-be-pursuing/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/10/25/twitter_bart_hubbuch_the_mets_won_t_be_pursuing.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Twitter / Bart Hubbuch: The Mets won&#39;t be pursuing ..." style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! The Mets won&#39;t be pursuing Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman after being told he wants up to $60 million to sign. about 1 hour ago from web  NYPost_Mets Bart Hubbuch Footer 2009 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Goodies API Business Help Jobs Terms&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pinstripe Alley found this 14 days ago on twitter.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/aroldis_chapman/"&gt;Aroldis Chapman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Acta Era Begins – Indians Name Manny Acta as Manager</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/acta-era-begins-indians-name-manny-acta-as-manager/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/10/25/acta_era_begins_indians_name_manny_acta_as_manager.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Acta Era Begins – Indians Name Manny Acta as Manager" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Let the Many Acta era begin. Today the Indians made it official, hiring the 40-year-old as their manager. Team spokesman Bart Swain said Sunday that Acta has signed a three-year contract with a club option for 2013. Additional terms were not disclosed. 
 Acta was fired by the Washington&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cartman posted 14 days ago from indiansconfidential.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/manny_acta/"&gt;Manny Acta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cleveland_indians/"&gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/washington_nationals/"&gt;Washington Nationals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Tribe Shows Faith, Hires Manny Acta</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/tribe-shows-faith-hires-manny-acta/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/10/25/tribe_shows_faith_hires_manny_acta.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Tribe Shows Faith, Hires Manny Acta" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It is official Indians fans, Manny Acta is the new boss in town. Team spokesman Bart Swain reported today that the former Manager of the Washington Nationals has agreed on a three-year contract with a club option for the 2013 season. The 40-year old native of the Dominican Republic managed two&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;LeBrownsTown posted 14 days ago from lebrownstown.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/manny_acta/"&gt;Manny Acta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/washington_nationals/"&gt;Washington Nationals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/national_teams/dominican_republic/"&gt;Dominican Republic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The Associated Press: Indians hire Manny Acta as manager</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;1 hour ago CLEVELAND  The Cleveland Indians have hired Manny Acta as their manager. Team spokesman Bart Swain said Sunday that Acta has signed a three-year contract with a club option for 2013. Additional terms were not disclosed. Acta was fired by the Washington Nationals in July. The Indians&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Circling The Bases found this 14 days ago on google.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/manny_acta/"&gt;Manny Acta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cleveland_indians/"&gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bartlett_giamatti/"&gt;Bartlett Giamatti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/washington_nationals/"&gt;Washington Nationals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bobby_valentine/"&gt;Bobby Valentine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
	
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