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	<title>Sunday Rafters Report &amp; Moustakas’ AFL Rising Stars Performance</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/sunday-rafters-report-moustakas-afl-rising-stars/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/09/sunday_rafters_report_moustakas_afl_rising_stars.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Sunday Rafters Report &amp; Moustakas’ AFL Rising Stars Performance" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Time for the Sunday Rafters Report which includes my notes on Mike Moustakas&amp;#8217; performance in Saturday&amp;#8217;s AFL Rising Stars Showcase.
Thursday, November 5th (8-7 Loss)
CF-Jarrod Dyson:  1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SO
SS-Jeff Bianchi:  0-4, 1 SO, 1 E
RHP-Aaron Hartsock:  2.0 IP, 3 H,&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fansided posted 31 hours ago from kingsofkauffman.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/kansas_city_royals/"&gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/aaron_crow/"&gt;Aaron Crow&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brandon_wood/"&gt;Brandon Wood&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 04:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>News and Notes</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/news-and-notes-5/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/09/news_and_notes_5.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="News and Notes" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is kind of weird&amp;#8230; according to Rob Biertempfel&amp;#8217;s Twitter , the Pirates and Phillies will wrap up Spring Training with games on April 2 and 3. In Philly. Opening up the season at home is enough of a risk to freeze, but I guess that will serve as a bit of a transition from the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;bmac21 posted 13 hours ago from raisethejollyroger.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/pittsburgh_pirates/"&gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/donnie_veal/"&gt;Donnie Veal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jose_tabata/"&gt;Jose Tabata&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chase_utley/"&gt;Chase Utley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jeff Pearlman continues to loathe his job</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/jeff-pearlman-continues-to-loathe-his-job/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/09/jeff_pearlman_continues_to_loathe_his_job.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Jeff Pearlman continues to loathe his job" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The working conditions are terrible . None of his colleagues do their job .  The whole damn operation is a waste of time . I&#39;m just waiting for the &quot;I don&#39;t believe in nothin&#39; no more, I&#39;m goin&#39; to law school!&quot; post. 
 
Not that I don&#39;t see where Pearlman is coming from. Press boxes are bad&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hardball Times found this 14 hours 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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Available as a resource</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/available-as-a-resource/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/09/available_as_a_resource.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Available as a resource" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Back in April, I asked Jeff Moorad  if he would be involved in player personnel decision making. Here was his response: 
 I believe in letting the club&amp;#8217;s GM take a leadership role in all personnel decisions &amp;#8212; I&amp;#8217;ll be available as a resource as needed. 
 At the time, this was&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Melvin Nieves posted 37 hours ago from thesacrificebunt.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/san_diego_padres/"&gt;San Diego Padres&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/kevin_towers/"&gt;Kevin Towers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jed_hoyer/"&gt;Jed Hoyer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Hip Hip Parade!</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Before sharing our eyewitness account of the Yankees Ticker Tape Parade, let’s discuss last week’s poll results. The turn out was pretty abysmal with only 6 votes. We’ll give you a reprieve this week because you were probably too tired from staying up all night, watching the World Series to&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Travelingbaseballbabes posted 3 days ago from travelingbaseballbabes.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/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/hank_aaron/"&gt;Hank Aaron&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/vicente_padilla/"&gt;Vicente Padilla&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brad_ziegler/"&gt;Brad Ziegler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Wednesday Rafters Report</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/wednesday-rafters-report/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/04/wednesday_rafters_report.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Wednesday Rafters Report" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It&amp;#8217;s time for the midweek Rafters Report and also some must see TV news.
Monday, November 2nd (10-2 Loss)
CF-Jarrod Dyson:  1-4, 2 SO
3B-Mike Moustakas:  0-3, 2 SO
RHP-Blake Wood:  3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
Tuesday, November 3rd (6-5 Win)
LF-Jarrod Dyson:  3-4, 1 ER, 1 3B, 1 CS
3B-Mike&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fansided posted 5 days ago from kingsofkauffman.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/kansas_city_royals/"&gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brandon_wood/"&gt;Brandon Wood&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/aaron_crow/"&gt;Aaron Crow&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Top Birthday WARs</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Who’s the top player on your day?&amp;nbsp; Mine is Big Ed Walsh.&amp;nbsp; 


God mocks those born on November 15.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazin&#39; Avenue found this 12 days ago on baseballthinkfactory.org &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/ed_walsh/"&gt;Ed Walsh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MMO Mailbag: What About Catchers? Mets Non-Tenders?</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mmo-mailbag-what-about-catchers-mets-non-tenders/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/04/mmo_mailbag_what_about_catchers_mets_non_tenders.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="MMO Mailbag: What About Catchers? Mets Non-Tenders?" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    As we&amp;#8217;ve done for the last two off seasons, we&amp;#8217;ll try to get to your mailbag questions and comments at least once a week. Unfortunately, Christian has moved on, so until someone new decides they want to respond to site mail, you&amp;#8217;ll have to contend with me. I may not get as&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;joed86 posted 5 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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/angel_pagan/"&gt;Angel Pagan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/josh_beckett/"&gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/joe_dimaggio/"&gt;Joe DiMaggio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jeff Francoeur Has Successful Surgery</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/jeff-francoeur-has-successful-surgery/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/03/jeff_francoeur_has_successful_surgery.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Jeff Francoeur Has Successful Surgery" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;     
 On Monday, Jeff Francoeur underwent successful surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. 
 The following is the official press release from the Mets: 
 New York Mets rightfielder Jeff Francoeur today underwent successful surgery to repair a tear of the collateral ligament in&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;joed86 posted 6 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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&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/howard_johnson/"&gt;Howard Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/atlanta_braves/"&gt;Atlanta Braves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Francoeur has successful surgery</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/francoeur-has-successful-surgery/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/03/francoeur_has_successful_surgery.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Francoeur has successful surgery" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Via the Mets…    Francoeur today underwent successful surgery to repair a tear of the collateral ligament in his left thumb. The surgery was performed in Atlanta by Dr. Gary Lourie . Following the surgery, Lourie and Mets Medical Director Dr. David Altchek of the Hospital for Special Surgery in&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 6 days ago from theropolitans.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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&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/atlanta_braves/"&gt;Atlanta Braves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The 2009 RSBS World Series of Metaphors (Game 1)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/the-2009-rsbs-world-series-of-metaphors-game-1-1/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/10/28/the_2009_rsbs_world_series_of_metaphors_game_1_1.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="The 2009 RSBS World Series of Metaphors (Game 1)" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In this epic best of three game battle of metaphors -- mixed, extended, absolute and beyond -- Jeff and Allen pair wits and leave it to YOU, the dear reader, to decide the champion (based on the quality of the metaphor, not the person because Jeff would destroy Al in a popularity contest). The&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;RSBS posted 12 days ago from redstatebluestate.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/alex_rodriguez/"&gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ryan_howard/"&gt;Ryan Howard&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/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mets&#39; Francoeur has surgery on hand</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK - Mets right fielder Jeff Francoeur has undergone thumb surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazin&#39; Avenue found this 6 days ago on ajc.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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&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/eric_bruntlett/"&gt;Eric Bruntlett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ryan_church/"&gt;Ryan Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Francoeur Has Surgery on Thumb</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/francoeur-has-surgery-on-thumb/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/03/francoeur_has_surgery_on_thumb.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Francoeur Has Surgery on Thumb" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jeff Francoeur underwent a surgical operation on his left thumb today, according to Marty Noble of MLB.com:
The thumb injury which, at times, seemed to make Jeff Francoeur a better hitter has been repaired. The Mets right fielder underwent surgery to repair a tear of the collateral ligament in&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;mlbnotebook posted 6 days ago from mlbnotebook.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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jeff Reed Adds Yet Another Citation</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/jeff-reed-adds-yet-another-citation/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/10/28/jeff_reed_adds_yet_another_citation.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Jeff Reed Adds Yet Another Citation" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jeff Reed got a citation for his community service from the PA House of Representatives.  Reed also signed autographs for $10 bucks and paper towel dispensers for an extra $10 last night. 
It was all for a good cause, The Greater Washington County Food Bank. Donations also are being accepted at&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;rumbunter posted 12 days ago from rumbunter.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/pittsburgh_pirates/"&gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jeff Pearlman Vs. Mark McGwire</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; If I had to name the most pompous, self-righteous and judgmental mainstream sportswriter around it would probably be Jeff Pearlman.&amp;nbsp; At the same time, Pearlman is also one of the most talented sportswriters around.&amp;nbsp; His pieces at Sports Illustrated and his personal blog are daily&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BBTF&#39;s Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 9 days ago on amazinavenue.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/mark_mcgwire/"&gt;Mark McGwire&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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Sunday Rafters Report</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/sunday-rafters-report-1/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/sunday-rafters-report-1/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/01/sunday_rafters_report_1.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Sunday Rafters Report" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Sunday which means it is time for another update on the Royals prospects playing in the AFL.
Thursday, October 29th (3-0 Win)
CF-Jarrod Dyson:  2-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
SS-Jeff Bianchi:  1-4
RHP-Aaron Hartsock:  1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO
Friday, October 30th (6-5 Loss)
3B-Mike&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fansided posted 8 days ago from kingsofkauffman.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/kansas_city_royals/"&gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/josh_beckett/"&gt;Josh Beckett&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brandon_wood/"&gt;Brandon Wood&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ian_kennedy/"&gt;Ian Kennedy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/aaron_crow/"&gt;Aaron Crow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Frenchy surgery on Monday</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;  Jeff Francoeur&#39;s  surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb will take place Monday morning. Francoeur originally suffered the injury Aug. 23 against Philadelphia while making a diving catch the half-inning before he hit into a game-ending unassisted triple play. He gutted through the final weeks of the season playing with the injury, which resulted in discomfort during some swings. Francoeur, 25, hit .311 with 10 homers and 41 RBI in 289 at-bats after joining the Mets in a trade with&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Circling The Bases found this 7 days ago on nydailynews.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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&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/atlanta_braves/"&gt;Atlanta Braves&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ryan_church/"&gt;Ryan Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jamie McCourt Billed Dodgers For Lover’s Trip?</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/jamie-mccourt-billed-dodgers-for-lover-s-trip/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/10/28/jamie_mccourt_billed_dodgers_for_lover_s_trip.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Jamie McCourt Billed Dodgers For Lover’s Trip?" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Finally, we have the big breakthrough in the McCourts divorce case. With Jamie McCourt attempting to get her job as Dodger CEO back after she was fired by club owner and husband Frank , the Dodgers filed legal documents today against Jamie&amp;#8217;s claim that are akin to an atom bomb. 
   
 The&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rover found this 12 days ago on sportsbybrooks.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/jamie_mccourt/"&gt;Jamie McCourt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_dodgers/"&gt;Los Angeles Dodgers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The 2009 RSBS World Series of Metaphors (Game 3)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/the-2009-rsbs-world-series-of-metaphors-game-3-1/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/10/30/the_2009_rsbs_world_series_of_metaphors_game_3_1.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="The 2009 RSBS World Series of Metaphors (Game 3)" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In this epic best of three game battle of metaphors -- mixed, extended,
absolute and beyond -- Jeff and Allen pair wits and leave it to YOU,
the dear reader, to decide the champion. The humbled loser will be forced to shower the winner with a carefully constructed essay of praise.&amp;nbsp;  For&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;RSBS posted 10 days ago from redstatebluestate.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/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/shane_victorino/"&gt;Shane Victorino&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/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jeff Pearlman: McGwire being embraced by baseball, but he robbed the game</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/jeff-pearlman-mcgwire-being-embraced-by-baseball-but/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/jeff-pearlman-mcgwire-being-embraced-by-baseball-but/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/10/30/jeff_pearlman_mcgwire_being_embraced_by_baseball_b.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Jeff Pearlman: McGwire being embraced by baseball, but he robbed the game" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When most people think of Mark McGwire, one of three things enters their minds:
    
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hardball Times found this 10 days ago on sportsillustrated.cnn.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/mark_mcgwire/"&gt;Mark McGwire&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jeff_francoeur/"&gt;Jeff Francoeur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
	
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