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		<title>Goodbye Godzilla</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fivetoolplayer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.writingthepine.com/?p=2542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I saw you for the last time in pinstripes, I watched you hit a home run in Game 6 of the 2009 World Series.  I was outside of the stadium by the Great Hall and saw you pull one off of Pedro.
Today, you officially agreed to be the new DH for the Anaheim Angels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Section 203: Fist Pump Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.writingthepine.com/2009/12/09/section-203-fist-pump-edition/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=section-203-fist-pump-edition</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.writingthepine.com/?p=2465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been hiding under a rock the past week you might have missed the premiere of MTV&#8217;s &#8220;Jersey Shore.&#8220;  The word &#8220;awesome&#8221; cannot fully comprehend, encompass, and describe the show.  It is simply amazing.  The last time I&#8217;ve seen this many self-proclaimed guidos and guidettes?  The Yankees Championship parade.
That said, after staying up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>27</title>
		<link>http://www.writingthepine.com/2009/11/05/27/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=27</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fivetoolplayer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly 8 years after the heart-breaking loss to the Diamonbacks in the 2001 World Series, the Yankees are once again the World Series champions.  After not fully appreciating the 4 title run in the late &#8217;90s, this playoff run will long be remembered by me.  And before I go into some thoughts on [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>fivetoolplayer</dc:creator>
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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>Section 203: 25-Man Playoff Roster</title>
		<link>http://www.writingthepine.com/2009/10/02/section-203-25-man-playoff-roster/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=section-203-25-man-playoff-roster</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fivetoolplayer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Joba Chamberlain&#8217;s forgettable start against the K.C. Royals in the Yankees regular season finale (which I attended), I think the Yankees are going to go with a 3-man rotation with 7-8 relief pitchers.  That means they&#8217;ll carry 14-15 position players with them to the ALDS against their likely opponents, the Detroit Tigers.  Who should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Guy Power Rankings &#8211; Midseason Special Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.writingthepine.com/2009/07/14/asian-guy-power-rankings-midseason-special-edition/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=asian-guy-power-rankings-midseason-special-edition</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheWritingIllini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After seeing three Asian players selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2006 and two in 2007, I was disappointed to see that Ichiro was the only Asian player selected to the All-Star game.  The last few reserve selections – especially in the outfield – are usually toss-ups, but I felt that Shin-Soo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Section 203 &#8211; A Yankees Blog &#8211; 7/6/2009 Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.writingthepine.com/2009/07/06/section-203-a-yankees-blog-762009-edition/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=section-203-a-yankees-blog-762009-edition</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fivetoolplayer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Section 203 &#8211; the new home of the Bleacher Creatures and my new Yankees Blog as well.
Blue Jays v. Yankees &#8211; 7/5/2009
At first it looked like a bigger blowout than the typical haircut of the Bridge and Tunnel crowd in South Jersey in the summer.  Brett Cecil worked methodically to ensure his team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Guy Power Rankings: 06/29/2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has happened since the last edition of the Asian Guy Power Rankings &#8211; we witnessed the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Blake Griffin’s career.  Mariano Rivera recorded his 500th career save.  However, it’s been a pathetically slow and uneventful two weeks for the AGPR.  Daisuke Matsuzaka was disqualified from the AGPR in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Guy Power Rankings: 06/15/2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daisuke Matsuzaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Wright]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hideki Matsui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hideki Okajima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ichiro Suzuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.A. Happ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kosuke Fukudome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the second edition of the Asian Guy Power Rankings, headlined by a brand spanking new banner, courtesy of FiveToolPlayer’s artistically talented brother. I have made a few minor tweaks to the AGPR format. AGPR will now be released every other Monday morning and feature the top five performers (thanks to reader Warrior13 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Guy Power Rankings: Inaugural Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheWritingIllini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Akinori Iwamura]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hideki Matsui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hideki Okajima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ichiro Suzuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenji Johjima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kosuke Fukudome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Suzuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shin-Soo Choo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takashi Saito]]></category>

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Welcome to the Asian Guy Power Rankings. Each month, the top ten major league baseball players will be ranked in accordance to their most recent performances. Here are the necessary requirements to qualify for the list: (a) must be an active player on a major league baseball team’s roster; (b) must be of at least [...]]]></description>
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