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	<title>Evan Grant Is A Genius And I Love Him</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/evan_grant_is_a_genius_and_i_love_him/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/evan_grant_is_a_genius_and_i_love_him/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/11/18/evan_grant_is_a_genius_and_i_love_him.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Evan Grant Is A Genius And I Love Him " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The writer who left Dustin Pedroia off his AL MVP ballot is.... extremely witty.... a snappy dresser .... friends with Don King.... really extremely witty&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 3 hours ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/dustin_pedroia/"&gt;Dustin Pedroia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/kevin_youkilis/"&gt;Kevin Youkilis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/grady_sizemore/"&gt;Grady Sizemore&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/carlos_pena/"&gt;Carlos Pena&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/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:51:14 +1900</pubDate>
	
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		<category>Dustin Pedroia</category>
	
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	<title>Believe it or not, Evan Longoria knows some attractive women</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/believe_it_or_not_evan_longoria_knows_some_attractive/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/believe_it_or_not_evan_longoria_knows_some_attractive/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/11/13/believe_it_or_not_evan_longoria_knows_some_attract.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Believe it or not, Evan Longoria knows some attractive women " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(includes photo of scantily clad lady friend)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 5 days ago from sports.yahoo.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/evan_longoria/"&gt;Evan Longoria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/carlos_pena/"&gt;Carlos Pena&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cole_hamels/"&gt;Cole Hamels&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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:26:25 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Vegas not favoring your team in 2009?  Don&#39;t worry about it</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/vegas_not_favoring_your_team_in_2009_don_t_worry_about/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/vegas_not_favoring_your_team_in_2009_don_t_worry_about/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/11/13/vegas_not_favoring_your_team_in_2009_don_t_worry_a.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Vegas not favoring your team in 2009?  Don&#39;t worry about it " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Free baseball gambling lessons, and a look at the &#39;09 World Series odds for the Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs, Phillies and Devil Rays.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 5 days ago from sports.yahoo.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/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chicago_cubs/"&gt;Chicago Cubs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&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/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:23:32 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Who You Got for the AL Cy? A B&amp;C Argument</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/who_you_got_for_the_al_cy_a_b_c_argument/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/who_you_got_for_the_al_cy_a_b_c_argument/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/11/13/who_you_got_for_the_al_cy_a_b_c_argument.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Who You Got for the AL Cy? A B&amp;C Argument " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cogent arguments for Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, Matsuzaka, Francisco Rodriguez, and J. P. Howell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 5 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/cliff_lee/"&gt;Cliff Lee&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/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&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/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/daisuke_matsuzaka/"&gt;Daisuke Matsuzaka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:46:52 +1900</pubDate>
	
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		<category>Cliff Lee</category>
	
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	<title>AL MOY TRAVESTY! Maddon Only Gets 27 Of 28 First Place Votes</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/al_moy_travesty_maddon_only_gets_27_of_28_first_place/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;One idiot kept Joe Maddon from being unanimous Manager Of The Year. Devil Ray Town cries out for JUSTICE.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 6 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/joe_maddon/"&gt;Joe Maddon&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/new_york_yankees/"&gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/terry_francona/"&gt;Terry Francona&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/minnesota_twins/"&gt;Minnesota Twins&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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:44:51 +1900</pubDate>
	
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		<category>Joe Maddon</category>
	
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		<category>Terry Francona</category>
	
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	<title>Who You Got for AL Manager of the Year? A B &amp; C Argument</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/who_you_got_for_al_manager_of_the_year_a_b_c_argument/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/who_you_got_for_al_manager_of_the_year_a_b_c_argument/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/11/12/who_you_got_for_al_manager_of_the_year_a_b_c_argum.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Who You Got for AL Manager of the Year? A B &amp; C Argument " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cases are made for Joe Maddon of the Devil Rays, Ron Gardenhire of the Twins, Tito Francona of the Red Sox and Mike Scioscia of the Angels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 6 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/joe_maddon/"&gt;Joe Maddon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/terry_francona/"&gt;Terry Francona&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ron_gardenhire/"&gt;Ron Gardenhire&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/mike_scioscia/"&gt;Mike Scioscia&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/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:57:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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		<category>Joe Maddon</category>
	
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	<title>A Rational Plan To Save The World Series</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/a_rational_plan_to_save_the_world_series/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;So I just heard the news that Game 5 won’t be resumed tonight, but Wednesday night at the earliest. Needless to say, I’m SUPER PISSED because this pushes back my beloved Devil Rays winning the World Series from Thursday until Friday.
There’s a rational fix to this: get both teams ....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 21 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:59:17 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Guest Post: The Regal Madness Of Jonny Gomes</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/guest_post_the_regal_madness_of_jonny_gomes/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/guest_post_the_regal_madness_of_jonny_gomes/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/10/21/guest_post_the_regal_madness_of_jonny_gomes.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Guest Post: The Regal Madness Of Jonny Gomes " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Great new and old photos of Johnny Gomes -- his 2006 proto-Rayhawk/mullethawk and much, much more&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 28 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/jonny_gomes/"&gt;Jonny Gomes&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/coco_crisp/"&gt;Coco Crisp&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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:16:32 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Why the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Will Win the World Series</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/why_the_tampa_bay_devil_rays_will_win_the_world_series/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/why_the_tampa_bay_devil_rays_will_win_the_world_series/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/10/21/why_the_tampa_bay_devil_rays_will_win_the_world_se.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Why the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Will Win the World Series " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The team of teams vs. a team from Philly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 28 days ago from www.walkoffwalk.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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&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/alcs/"&gt;ALCS&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/carlos_pena/"&gt;Carlos Pena&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/joe_blanton/"&gt;Joe Blanton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:42:18 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>More pix of my soxhawk -- paying off ALCS bet</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/more_pix_of_my_soxhawk_paying_off_alcs_bet/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/more_pix_of_my_soxhawk_paying_off_alcs_bet/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/10/20/more_pix_of_my_soxhawk_paying_off_alcs_bet.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" More pix of my soxhawk -- paying off ALCS bet " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A Red Sox fan learns the hard way not to bet against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 29 days ago from curtsbloodysock.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/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:14:12 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Red Sox fan/writer pays off ALCS bet -- with a mohawk!</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/red_sox_fan_writer_pays_off_alcs_bet_with_a_mohawk/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;Red Sox fan/writer pays off ALCS bet -- with a mohawk! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 29 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/alcs/"&gt;ALCS&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/akinori_iwamura/"&gt;Akinori Iwamura&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jed_lowrie/"&gt;Jed Lowrie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:11:41 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The 2008 Phillies As Rocky Characters</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/the_2008_phillies_as_rocky_characters/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;How would you cast Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Brett Myers, Shane Victorino and other Phillies as? Who would you have be Rocky Balboa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 29 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/ryan_howard/"&gt;Ryan Howard&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/chase_utley/"&gt;Chase Utley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cole_hamels/"&gt;Cole Hamels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/brett_myers/"&gt;Brett Myers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:00:36 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>VIDEO: When Dick Vitale Goes Nuts, He Really….</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Quite possibly the greatest crowd reaction shot from the biggest win in Devil Ray history. After Rocco’s RBI single puts our beloved Devil Rays ahead for good in the 5th, Dick Vitale ....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 29 days ago from www.bugsandcranks.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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/rocco_baldelli/"&gt;Rocco Baldelli&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/ncaa_basketball/dick_vitale/"&gt;Dick Vitale&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:00:58 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Guest Post: The Second Coming Of Rocco</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/guest_post_the_second_coming_of_rocco/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/10/14/guest_post_the_second_coming_of_rocco.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Guest Post: The Second Coming Of Rocco " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cliff Lee? Brad Lidge? There&#39;s only one true comeback player of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 10/14/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.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/cliff_lee/"&gt;Cliff Lee&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/rocco_baldelli/"&gt;Rocco Baldelli&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/cleveland_indians/"&gt;Cleveland Indians&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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:26:07 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Defending champs are in trouble</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;We spend a lot of time on his blog debating the merits of managers and to what degree their decisions or personality impact a team’s record. It’s one of those formula’s nobody will ever figure out. Joe Maddon, a 54-year-old man with white hair and Buddy Holly glasses, is the ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 10/14/2008 from yankees.lhblogs.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/joe_maddon/"&gt;Joe Maddon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/evan_longoria/"&gt;Evan Longoria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cliff_floyd/"&gt;Cliff Floyd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tim_wakefield/"&gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bj_upton/"&gt;B.J. Upton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:01:00 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Cliff Floyd continues to grab headlines</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/cliff_floyd_continues_to_grab_headlines/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/10/13/cliff_floyd_continues_to_grab_headlines.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Cliff Floyd continues to grab headlines " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Floyd&#39;s beefing with Big Papi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 10/14/2008 from victoriatimes.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/david_ortiz/"&gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cliff_floyd/"&gt;Cliff Floyd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/milwaukee_brewers/"&gt;Milwaukee Brewers&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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:59:56 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>VIDEO: Mohawk Bikini Wax (Best Devil Rays Fans Ever!)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Actual news footage. The Finest Woman in Devil Ray blogging today suggested this on her blog Her Rays! two weeks ago, and now it&#39;s on the news. Awesome. Red Sox fans look South and despair.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 10/9/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:28:00 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The 2008 Red Sox As Bond Villains</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/the_2008_red_sox_as_bond_villains/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/10/08/the_2008_red_sox_as_bond_villains.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" The 2008 Red Sox As Bond Villains " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I suppose there might be better ways to prepare you for the Devil Rays-Red Sox ALCS, but they escape me at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 10/8/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/curt_schilling/"&gt;Curt Schilling&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/dustin_pedroia/"&gt;Dustin Pedroia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/kevin_youkilis/"&gt;Kevin Youkilis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/coco_crisp/"&gt;Coco Crisp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jonathan_papelbon/"&gt;Jonathan Papelbon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 07:02:36 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Breaking News: Red Sox Fans Not Very Intelligent</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Playing the Angels and chanting &quot;Beat LA&quot; -- seriously? The California/Anaheim Angels ain&#39;t the Lakers fools. Get it together/enjoy it while you can before the Devil Rays run wild .... on YOU.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 10/7/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.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/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/fenway_park/"&gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/nba/boston_celtics/"&gt;Boston Celtics&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/nba/los_angeles_lakers/"&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 04:14:42 +2000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Surging Devil Rays stage another clubhouse party for the ages</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/surging_devil_rays_stage_another_clubhouse_party_for/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/10/06/surging_devil_rays_stage_another_clubhouse_party_f.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Surging Devil Rays stage another clubhouse party for the ages " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;How do you follow up drinking from an athletic supporter? Jonny Gomes, Joe Maddon and the rest of the Devil Rays managed to do a pretty good job in Chicago. Much better than the Phillies apparently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;dichalk posted 10/7/2008 from sports.yahoo.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/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&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/jonny_gomes/"&gt;Jonny Gomes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chicago_white_sox/"&gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/evan_longoria/"&gt;Evan Longoria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/joe_maddon/"&gt;Joe Maddon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 03:00:47 +2000</pubDate>
	
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