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				<title>Rich Hill&apos;s Sinking Ship</title>
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			  ​It's looking more and more as if the Rich Hill Era is probably going to end before it begins here in St. Louis.&nbsp;Since Hill joined the team, I've been rooting for him to win the vacant fif...]]></description>
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				<title>Morgan Ensberg and The Night the Lights Went Out for Lidge</title>
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			​From the Twitter of Rob Neyer by way of Matthew Leach, we have a real blast from the past: Morgan Ensberg, former Houston Astros' third baseman,&nbsp;discussing Albert Pujols' shot in the 2005 N...]]></description>
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				<title>The Tigers&apos; Draw: The Tigers</title>
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			​So the verdict is in, and the Missouri Tigers ended up a 10 seed,&nbsp;much as I had feared they would following their ignominious defeat at the hands of Nebraska in the opening round of the Big...]]></description>
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				<title>Pushing the Panic Down, For Now</title>
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			​I'll admit it: I thought this Cardinal team was going to be an absolute juggernaut from the very beginning. First day of spring training, I thought they would be making opposing teams cry with t...]]></description>
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				<title>The Tigers Lay a Tournament Egg</title>
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			​The Missouri Tigers certainly didn't do themselves any favours in the Big 12 Tournament. Going in to the tournament, they were seen as a team playing their best basketball at the right time of t...]]></description>
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				<title>The Cards&apos; Two-Man Race By the Numbers</title>
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			  ​Going into spring training, I was really excited to see how the battle for the fifth and final spot in the Cardinals' rotation was going to shake out. Jaime Garcia, Rich Hill, Blake Hawksworth...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:08:41 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Game Notes: Metropolitans 17, Cardinals 11 - 4th March 2010</title>
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			 ​Ah, the first Cardinal game notes of the year. It can only mean one thing.&nbsp;Baseball is back.&nbsp;Sure, it was sloppy, ugly, and at times nearly unwatchable. Sure, the Cards got their asse...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:49:33 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>The Blues Begin the Stretch Run Standing Pat</title>
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			​The NHL's trade deadline came and went yesterday without the Blues making an major moves. They had Brad Boyes out there on the market, but found no offers to take. They did make a couple small m...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:15:24 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>In Which the Author is Forced to Defend Tony La Russa Against His Will</title>
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			 ​Well, it was inevitable, I suppose. Finally, after years of little passive-aggressive asides and snarky jabs being tossed surreptitiously toward Tony La Russa, someone came out and said it stra...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:41:59 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>The NHL&apos;s Momentum: Can They Keep it Going? </title>
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			​Yesterday we saw what has to go down as one of the&nbsp;single greatest sporting contests in recent history. Today, the NHL starts back up.&nbsp;The question, of course, is whether the NHL, afte...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:47:58 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Felipe Lopez: The Bargain of the Offseason</title>
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			  ​​​This is the lesson, boys and girls: don't ever, ever get into a staring contest with John Mozeliak.&nbsp;Not that Felipe Lopez was in a staredown, necessarily, but I think the lesson is a va...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:06:21 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Rethinking Steven Jackson</title>
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			​For quite some time now, I've heard various people talk about trading Steven Jackson. No one in particular; just general talk that Jackson should be dealt while he has so much value.&nbsp;All al...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:40:17 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Olympians Know How to Party</title>
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			 ​When I think of the Olympics, I think of a great, dignified competition between the greatest athletes the world has to offer. I think of the pageantry and the history and the majestic spectacle...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:52:10 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Tony Rasmus Still Talking</title>
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			Remember back in 2008, when Colby Rasmus' father Tony Rasmus&nbsp;made headlines all over the place posting nasty stuff on message boards after Colby was sent to the minors to begin the season in...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:17:10 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Team USA Survives (Barely) to Fight Another Day</title>
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			​We can all exhale now.&nbsp;I'll admit it: I fully expected the U.S. to get bounced against Switzerland. Not before the game, mind you, but sometime right around the end of the first period, a p...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:49:24 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Ron Wilson: &quot;We Didn&apos;t Come Here to Get a Participation Medal&quot; </title>
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			I really like Ron Wilson. Yeah, sure, he led the U.S. hockey team to a ginormous upset win over Canada, but he flat-out doesn't give a shit about that. And that's precisely why I like him so much...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:26:24 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>More Proof German People are Crazy: Nude Sledge Races</title>
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			​Normally, I'm in favour of pretty much anything that puts nudity front and center in the world. People just wear too damned many clothes, in my ever so humble opinion. I'm an ardent supporter of...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:10:47 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Playing the Odds on Tiger&apos;s Apology</title>
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			​I've actually found a reason to be interested in what Tiger Woods has to say at his press conference today. I know what you're thinking: but Aaron, how can you possibly think today's public appe...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:33:19 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>The Third Base Shuffle: Deja Vu All Over Again</title>
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			 ​Well, that's one day of spring camp under our collective belts. So what have we learned?&nbsp;Two words: absolutely nothing.&nbsp;That's right. I have no new epiphanies to share with you this m...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:09:33 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Mark Mulder Pulls a Brett Favre (Well, Sort Of) </title>
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			 ​So it seems Mark Mulder's career has finally come to an end. He announced his retirement just-&nbsp;What? He's not retiring? Oh. Huh. Well, then.&nbsp;Okay, hmm. Let's see, how do we fix this?&...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:23:35 -0600</pubDate>
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