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	<title>More Surgeries On Tap For This Week</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/more-surgeries-on-tap-for-this-week/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/09/raul_ibanez.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="More Surgeries On Tap For This Week" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As we found out last week, tis the season for surgeries.

This week there are three more surgeries set for some notable players. Let&#39;s take a look at who is going under the knife this week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;adamb77 posted 9 hours ago from theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&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/raul_ibanez/"&gt;Raul Ibanez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cameron_maybin/"&gt;Cameron Maybin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/florida_marlins/"&gt;Florida Marlins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/billy_wagner/"&gt;Billy Wagner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The 2009 MLB Season Has Belonged To A-Rod</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/the-2009-mlb-season-has-belonged-to-a-rod/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/01/the_2009_mlb_season_has_belonged_to_a_rod.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="The 2009 MLB Season Has Belonged To A-Rod" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   
 The 2009 Major League Baseball season began with the startling revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids in 2003. That was followed quickly by a bizarre and totally unbelievable admission from A-Rod that a cousin had bought performance-enhancing drugs for him&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ryphilli posted 8 days ago from rumorsandrants.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/alex_rodriguez/"&gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/barry_bonds/"&gt;Barry Bonds&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/hank_aaron/"&gt;Hank Aaron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Offseason Business</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/offseason-business/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/09/offseason_business.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Offseason Business" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Under Contract: 1. Cliff Lee- $9M 2. Greg Dobbs- $1.35M 3. Ryan Howard- $19M 4. Jimmy Rollins- $7.5M 5. Chase Utley- $15M 6. Raul Ibanez- $11.5M 7. Jayson Werth- $7M 8. Cole Hamels- $6.65M 9. JC Romero- $4M 10. Brad Lidge- $11.5M 11. Jamie Moyer- $8M 12. Ryan Madson- $4.5M Total= $105M for only&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;weshouldbegms posted 47 hours ago from pabaseball.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/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The Walking Wounded</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/the-walking-wounded-1/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/09/the_walking_wounded_1.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="The Walking Wounded" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Is there a doctor in the house? &amp;#0160; Apparently, there are a few very busy doctors in the Phillies clubhouse since the season ended. &amp;#0160; It had already been disclosed that Scott Eyre was pitching the latter half of the season with bone chips in his elbow , so the fact that he will have&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PhilliesPhollowers posted 42 hours ago from myteamrivals.typepad.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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies Notes: Lidge, Happ, Feliz</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; After falling short in their quest to repeat as world champions, Ruben Amaro Jr. &amp;amp; Co. are charged with the task of putting the organization in position to take the crown in 2010.  Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and the Insider Staff reviewed the Phillies&#39; &#39;09 campaign and discussed what&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mets Fever found this 36 hours ago on mlbtraderumors.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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/j_a_happ/"&gt;J.A. Happ&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/roy_halladay/"&gt;Roy Halladay&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cliff_lee/"&gt;Cliff Lee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/pedro_feliz/"&gt;Pedro Feliz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Olney On What&#39;s Facing The Yankees And Phillies</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; We haven&#39;t had a World Series rematch since the Yankees and Dodgers squared off in 1977 and then again in 1978, but that doesn&#39;t stop ESPN&#39;s Buster Olney from looking at what stands in the way of another Yanks-Phils Fall Classic in 2010. 
 Let&#39;s round up some hot stove talk... 
 
 Olney guesses&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mets Fever found this 36 hours ago on mlbtraderumors.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_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&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/andy_pettitte/"&gt;Andy Pettitte&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chien-ming_wang/"&gt;Chien-Ming Wang&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/pedro_feliz/"&gt;Pedro Feliz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies Under the Knife</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/phillies-under-the-knife/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/09/phillies_under_the_knife.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Phillies Under the Knife" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Raul Ibanez, Scott Eyre one other Phillies player will undergo surgery : 
 It turns out that Lidge was injured this year, but it’s not his knee. On Wednesday, Lidge will have surgery to repair loose bodies in his elbow. In addition, he will need to have his flexor/pronator tendon examined. If&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;StatsGuru posted 45 hours ago from baseballmusings.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/raul_ibanez/"&gt;Raul Ibanez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/scott_eyre/"&gt;Scott Eyre&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/houston_astros/"&gt;Houston Astros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Lidge, Eyre, Ibanez To Have Surgery</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; Brad Lidge, Scott Eyre and Raul Ibanez will each have surgery next week. 
 It turns out that Lidge was injured this year, but it&amp;#8217;s not his knee.  On Wednesday, Lidge will have surgery to repair loose bodies in his elbow.  In addition, he will need to have his flexor/pronator tendon&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;baseballmusings.com found this 45 hours ago on philliesnation.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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/scott_eyre/"&gt;Scott Eyre&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/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Lidge, Ibanez and Eyre to have surgeries | phillies.com: News</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/lidge-ibanez-and-eyre-to-have-surgeries-phillies-com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/09/lidge_ibanez_and_eyre_to_have_surgeries_phillies_c.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Lidge, Ibanez and Eyre to have surgeries | phillies.com: News" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; PHILADELPHIA -- It turns out Phillies closer Brad Lidge was more injured in 2009 than he let on.
 
He will have surgery Wednesday to remove a loose body from his right elbow. He also will have his right flexor/pronator tendon evaluated. If the tendon needs to be repaired, Lidge is unlikely to&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PhilliesPhollowers posted 2 days ago from myteamrivals.typepad.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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&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/scott_eyre/"&gt;Scott Eyre&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Brad Lidge likely needs elbow surgery</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/brad-lidge-likely-needs-elbow-surgery/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/09/brad_lidge_likely_needs_elbow_surgery.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Brad Lidge likely needs elbow surgery" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Update : According to the Philadelphia Daily News , Brad Lidge likely will undergo elbow surgery to remove loose bodies. 
 Fantasy Impact: This is not considered to be serious, but it will be for the best. The Phillies need to get him healthy and rested this off season. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;novafantasysports posted 2 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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Lidge, Ibanez, Eyre to Have Surgery Next Week</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/lidge-ibanez-eyre-to-have-surgery-next-week/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/09/lidge_ibanez_eyre_to_have_surgery_next_week.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Lidge, Ibanez, Eyre to Have Surgery Next Week" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It turns out Phillies closer Brad Lidge was more injured in 2009 than he let on. He will have surgery Wednesday to remove a loose body from his right elbow. He also will have his right flexor/pronator tendon evaluated....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Phillies Nation found this 2 days ago on zozone.mlblogs.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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&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/raul_ibanez/"&gt;Raul Ibanez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/scott_eyre/"&gt;Scott Eyre&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/sports_illustrated/"&gt;Sports Illustrated&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies pick up Cliff Lee&#39;s 2010 option</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;   A full year against National League batters? Yes please! (AP Photo)  This was expected but today the Phillies made the inevitable move. Todd Zolecki reports ( via Twitter ) that the Phillies have picked up the option for 2010 on Cliff Lee &#39;s existing contract. Lee had previously stated that&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Macho Row posted 3 days ago from macho-row.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/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cliff_lee/"&gt;Cliff Lee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/pedro_feliz/"&gt;Pedro Feliz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/raul_ibanez/"&gt;Raul Ibanez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Happy Memories of 2009 - Champs get their bling and a win</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/happy-memories-of-2009-champs-get-their-bling-and-a/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/06/happy_memories_of_2009_champs_get_their_bling_and_.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Happy Memories of 2009 - Champs get their bling and a win" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  We all have fond memories of the 2009 baseball season for our Phillies. Over the next few days I will be sharing some of my fondest memories of the season. We all have our own moments that stand out and many of us will share the same fond memories. Feel free to share yours in the comments&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Macho Row posted 3 days ago from macho-row.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/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/pat_burrell/"&gt;Pat Burrell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/geoff_jenkins/"&gt;Geoff Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/adam_eaton/"&gt;Adam Eaton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/raul_ibanez/"&gt;Raul Ibanez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Johnny Damon had value</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/johnny-damon-had-value/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/04/johnny_damon_had_value.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Johnny Damon had value" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As Red Sox Nation sits down on their collective couches hoping for an implosion in the Bronx, we continue to look at Johnny Damon with wonder.  Here is a 35 year old outfielder that has had a physical metamorphosis only equalled to classic rocker Jim Morrison. Finishing the regular season with&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fenwaywest posted 5 days ago from fenwaywest.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/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/johnny_damon/"&gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Myers Wonders Of Furure</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/myers-wonders-of-furure/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/05/myers_wonders_of_furure.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Myers Wonders Of Furure" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Update: Brett Myers Is now left to wonder if he has worn the Phillie uniform for the last time. As last night&#39;s World Series came to a close, Myers became a free agent. He told Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Is it going to be upsetting if they don&#39;t need me? Yeah. It will be. But&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;novafantasysports posted 4 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/brett_myers/"&gt;Brett Myers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phils exploring alternatives to Feliz; Lidge&#39;s elbow examined</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;The Phillies are actively exploring options at third base other than Pedro Feliz, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said today. The team has until Monday to exercise a $5.5 million dollar contract option on Feliz for the 2010 season. More than anything else, we want to see what options may be out&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nova Fantasy Sports Headline Newsfeed found this 3 days ago on philly.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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/pedro_feliz/"&gt;Pedro Feliz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Congratulations, Yankee fans</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;As I posted on Squawker Lisa&#39;s Facebook page last night, I want to congratulate her and all of our Yankee fan readers on championship #27. The better team won, and, as I also wrote on Facebook, at least Shane Victorino made the final out. My side hasn&#39;t won very much lately, but I did beat Lisa&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;subwaysquawkers posted 4 days ago from subwaysquawkers.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/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&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/pedro_martinez/"&gt;Pedro Martinez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Quote of the Day: Johnny Damon</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/quote-of-the-day-johnny-damon/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/02/quote_of_the_day_johnny_damon.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Quote of the Day: Johnny Damon" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In Lupica&#39;s column , via CTB reader comeoneman: 
 
 &quot;What were you doing going to third?&quot; Damon was asked in the Yankee clubhouse. 
 
Johnny Damon smiled and said, &quot;Trying to keep (Lidge) from throwing a slider.&quot;  
And in case you&#39;ve missed the comments in ATH this morning, eagle-eyed and&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hardball Times found this 7 days ago on hardballtimes.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/johnny_damon/"&gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/willie_mays/"&gt;Willie Mays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brandon_phillips/"&gt;Brandon Phillips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>One Play Changes Everything</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; I know this has been said before, but one play in last night&amp;#8217;s game was so important that it bears repeating: Johnny Damon&amp;#8217;s steal of second and third base with two outs in the ninth inning. 
 First, let&amp;#8217;s go over, really simply, how he did it. 
 Damon stealing second itself&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;RebeccaOptimist posted 7 days ago from puristbleedspinstripes.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_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/johnny_damon/"&gt;Johnny Damon&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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/mark_teixeira/"&gt;Mark Teixeira&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>A-Rod Still Sucks In Postseason</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/a-rod-still-sucks-in-postseason/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/02/a_rod_still_sucks_in_postseason.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="A-Rod Still Sucks In Postseason" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Alex Rodriguez may have had a big part in helping the New York Yankees take a 3-1 series lead last night over the Philadelphia Phillies, but the highest paid players in major league baseball is still not living up to postseason expectations.

Rodriguez struck out six times in the first two&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;KnoxAnimal posted 7 days ago from knoxanimal.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/alex_rodriguez/"&gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&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/brad_lidge/"&gt;Brad Lidge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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