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		<title>Section 203: Yanks Advance to their 40th World Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clock struck 12 and there were two strikes on Gary Matthews, Jr.  Mo bent at the waist, held his form and delivered a third strike to finally put away a pesky, resilient Angels squad.  At 12:01, the Yankees won their 40th American League Pennant and will face the defending World Series champs, the Philadelphia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Section 203:  Opportunity Squandered</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Yankees had a chance to jump to a 3-0 lead in the ALCS but just failed to execute. 
Dear Joe Girardi,
Yes, you can overmanage a game.  Mike Scoscia had an opportunity to pinch run for Jeff Mathis but decided not to because that would remove his bat.  It paid off when Mathis delivered the game-winning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Section 203: Yankees/Angels Preview and Predictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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I hope we don&#8217;t see this again.  It happened in &#8216;02.  It happened again in &#8216;05.  They&#8217;ve always played us tough, rallied behind their monkey to pummel our bullpen (Mo included), and protected their homefield.  (Which isn&#8217;t in Los Angeles.  It&#8217;s in Anaheim.  That&#8217;s like if the NY Giants called themselves the New York Giants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLB Playoff Predictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing The Pine&#8217;s 
Inaugural MLB Playoff Predictions


A panel of 11 self-proclaimed baseball experts (and non-experts) made up of WTP writers and friends cast their predictions for the upcoming 2009 MLB playoffs.  Let&#8217;s introduce the starting lineup:

PineTimePlayer &#8211; Owns a pink &#8220;Derek Jeter&#8221; jersey.
HomeTownHero &#8211; Middle name is &#8220;Steinbrenner.&#8221;  &#8216;Nuff said.
WritingIllini - Roots for all things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Section 203: Playoff Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately it&#8217;s been all fun and games for the Bronx Bombers after sweeping the Red Sox over the weekend to clinch the AL East, beating the Royals with their Triple-A team on Monday night, and last night&#8217;s come-from-behind walk-off victory off the bat of Juan Miranda.
This was the 15th walk-off and the 50th come-from-behind victory [...]]]></description>
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