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		<title><![CDATA[Save Big on Baseball Games]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to take the family out for a day at the ballpark? It's going to cost you. Here are 4 smart ways to spend less.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:41:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Don Mattingly, L.A. Dodgers Hitting Coach / MLB Legend Continues Winning Ways ON and OFF the Field During NLCS Playoffs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_10/ai_n30885784]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mattingly's upstart Baseball & Softball Equipment business taking off as Dodger's make their Championship Run!  SHELTON, Conn. -- Don Mattingly, current Los Angeles Dodgers Hitting Coach and former New York Yankee is now enjoying success on and off the field with the recent successes of both his emerging Mattingly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Replay isn&#39;t only item MLB should modify]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200808/ai_n28051493]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[So this morning we wake up to a brave new world. On the same day a man of color accepts the nomination to be president of the United States, Major League Baseball will allow the umpires to use instant replay.     Really, which one did you think...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MLB chase is on to get healthy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200808/ai_n28051511]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[They spent the entire baseball season vying to be contenders in September only to discover their postseason hopes may rest more on medical reports than scouting reports.     "So much is going to depend on health," says Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams, whose team is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Baseball to use instant replay]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080827/ai_n28041047]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Replay ball!   Umpires will be allowed to check video on home run calls starting Thursday after Major League Baseball, guardian of America's most traditional sport, reversed its decades-long opposition to instant replay.   "Like everything else in life, there are times that you have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paul Hagen: Latin ballplayers need to get drug-policy message]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km4470/is_200808/ai_n28034727]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ONLY A cynic would suggest that baseball hasn't made great strides in implementing a drug-testing policy over the last decade. And yet, a glance at the list of players who have been suspended reveals a troubling glitch in the system.So far this year, there have been 37 minor leaguers disciplined...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STARS    Thursday    -- Jim Edmonds, Cubs, hit a grand slam and another home run, driving in five runs in an 11-4 rout of the Brewers.   -- Grady Sizemore, Indians, hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs in a 9-4 rout...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Major league baseball does not believe in the Olympian ideal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The women give you Jennie Finch and Cat Osterman, dominant pitchers who are the faces of international women's softball.The men give you Brandon Knight and Jeremy Cummings, a pair of 30-something minor leaguers contemplating retirement.Unlike the NHL and WNBA, which pause their seasons every 4 years, major league baseball won't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Great American Business Model]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great national pastime isn't just a game ? it?s a hugely successful, $6 billion business that any company can learn a few tricks from. It?s tough to be a serious major league baseball fan these days without having at least a decent grasp of what the great American pastime...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Baseball, The Great American Business Model: The Genesis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the notion of baseball as America&#8217;s Pastime &#8212;  it&#8217;s also one of America&#8217;s savviest businesses. From its  origins amid scandal to its modern-day experiments in online media and revenue  sharing, here&#8217;s how the business of Major League Baseball evolved.  Organizational Structure  After the 1919...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[MLB's Revenue-Sharing Formula]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MLB's revenue-sharing program prevents large-market teams, like the Yankees and Red Sox, from dominating the league every year. Here's how the program affects revenues, payroll, and the competitive balance of baseball.    Identifying the Imbalance    	  	  In 1999, a &#8220;blue ribbon&#8221; panel...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Great American Business Model]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great national pastime isn't just a game — it's a hugely successful, $6 billion business that any company can learn a few tricks from. It's tough to be a serious major league baseball fan these days without having at least a decent grasp of what the great American pastime...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Baseball Inc.: The Genesis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the notion of baseball as America's Pastime —  it's also one of America's savviest businesses. From its  origins amid scandal to its modern-day experiments in online media and revenue  sharing, here's how the business of Major League Baseball evolved.  Organizational Structure  After the 1919...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Revenue Model: Why Baseball Is Booming]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baseball has found increasingly inventive ways to ramp up revenue — from actually reducing the number of seats in stadiums to selling streaming video of baseball games online — hitting record highs for five consecutive years.              ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[MLB's Labor and R&D Formula]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MLB's basic labor structure, in place for more than 30 years now, keeps players from charging the full amount their skills would draw on the open market for at least six years, allowing savvy teams to get young talent on the cheap.        ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[MLB to discuss maple-bat safety]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200806/ai_n27509342]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball's Safety and Health Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet today in New York to discuss what many consider is an epidemic of maple bats exploding on contact with the baseball and the barrels becoming dangerous projectiles.     Is maple on its way to becoming...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Replay may start Aug. 1]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080614/ai_n26687673]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Instant replay might be coming to Major League Baseball in an instant.   Moving faster than expected and coming after a rash of blown calls, baseball wants to put replay into effect by August for home- run disputes in hopes of fine-tuning the system by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[High school baseball: Pond, others may be drafted by MLB teams]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080605/ai_n25485632]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2007 class was a fantastic year for Utah high school baseball players taken in the Major League First-Year Player Draft. Garrett Nash was taken in the fourth round, and Tanner Robles, Cole Abbott, James Mahler and Zach Jones all had their names called.   The 2008 class is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Safety of maple bats sticky issue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200806/ai_n25476969]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach Don Long still can't feel part of his upper lip or smile after a broken bat whirled dozens of feet and slashed his left cheek April 15.     Fan Susan Rhodes was sitting four rows behind the visiting dugout at Dodger Stadium 10...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Babe&#39;s granddaughter hopeful]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200806/ai_n25476928]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today at Game On!     Should MLB retire No. 3?     If you honor Babe Ruth, does that take away from Jackie Robinson?     And if you honor both of them, should Roberto Clemente be included?     Linda...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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