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		<title>Spring Training roster, 03/15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I need to write about the trip, still, but this is quicker and those photos are someplace else.
Locks That We Knew Going Into Camp and I Really Can Stop Mentioning,
01 SS Theriot
02 RF The Fuk
03 1B D Lee
04 3B A Ram
05 CF Byrd
06 LF Soriano
07 CA Soto
08 2B Fontenot
09 SP Dempster
10 SP Z
11 SP Wells [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2010/03/14/spring-training-roster-0315/</link>
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		<title>Aaron Miles freedom day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s been too long between blog entries when there&#8217;s 150 spam messages waiting for me. Let me tell you, the post I only write in my head are super.
Cubs trade IF Aaron Miles &#38; DH Jake Fox (and $1 million) to the A&#8217;s for RP Jeff Gray, ?P Ronny Morla, ?? Matt Spencer.
and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/12/03/aaron-miles-freedom-day/</link>
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		<title>centerfield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[better example of the state of local baseball coverage
- 7 days and running dedicated to commentary on Sammy Sosa&#8217;s face without, I dunno, having someone find him and take another picture.
- Phil Rogers writing a column about how little budget room the Cubs have, then writing about how the Cubs must pick up Curtis Granderson&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/11/12/centerfield/</link>
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		<title>On the new owner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Ricketts did the best possible job introducing himself and his family as new owners for the Cubs. Everyone liked him, so much so hat no one made much of a fuss when he mentioned tickets were going up next season. He did a good job of positioning himself as an owner who&#8217;d be focused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/11/03/on-the-new-owner/</link>
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		<title>10 good things for the Cubs in 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because the only thing I love more than being a cynic is being a contrarian. In no order.

No one got seriously hurt. Low bar, but still. Yes, they lost Ramirez for half the season, but I mean more of injuries that will carry over to 2010. No one&#8217;s elbow or shoulder was irrevocably damaged. Rich [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/10/07/10-good-things-for-the-cubs-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>roster moves made easy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times did Len bring up the &#8220;tough roster decision they&#8217;ll have to make on Monday?&#8221; Five times? Fifteen? Fifty? It&#8217;s really not that hard&#8230;
Fuld&#8212;&#8211;&#62;Johnson
Hart&#8212;&#8211;&#62;Guzman
Hoffpauir&#8212;-&#62;A Ram
First two are really obvious. Everything Sam Fuld is doing is what Reed Johnson normally does, so you don&#8217;t need both. Kevin Hart has barely pitched, and then usually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/07/06/roster-moves-made-easy/</link>
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		<title>Games 11 to 20 and a lot of old copy on Angel Guzman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4-6. 4-6 doesn&#8217;t actually look good no matter how you look at it.
11: W 7-5
12: W 7-2
13: L 0-3
14: L 1-7
15: L 3-4
16: L 2-8
17: W 10-3
18: L 2-7
19: W 11-3
Let&#8217;s look at it another way.
Runs Scored: 0 1 2 2 3 7 7 10 10 11 (5.3)
No 4s, no 5s, no 6s. Lots of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/04/30/games-11-to-20-and-a-lot-of-old-copy-on-angel-guzman/</link>
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		<title>after 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6-4! 6-4 doesn&#8217;t look great, just one loss away from event, but if you stack together a season worth of 6-4, that&#8217;s 97 wins. I think that&#8217;ll work.
MVP, by win probably added:
(1 = worth 1 game over five hundred)
0.86 Soriano
0.74 Fukudome
0.55 Marmol
0.38 Koyie Hill
0.32 Lilly
Win probably doesn&#8217;t consider fielding at all, so no Reed. Otherwise, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/04/17/after-10/</link>
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		<title>a whole lot of nothing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have other stuff I want to say, but I can&#8217;t find a way to make that interesting. For some reason, that&#8217;s stopping me, but I&#8217;m blocked.
At least, Cubs wise, it&#8217;s not my fault. There&#8217;s really not a lot meaningful going on. Stuff like the last spot of the bullpen only matters if Angel Guzman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/03/23/a-whole-lot-of-nothing/</link>
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		<title>Pool D, Game 4 (DOM 1 &#8211; NED 2, F/11)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So.
This was kind of a conflicting 11th inning. It was impossible to root against the Netherlands. But the whole advantage to having Marmol pitch for the DR instead of in Mesa was to prove himself in situations just like this, game on the line, one run league, the pressure of the world on him.
And, well, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecubsfan.com/2009/03/10/pool-d-game-4-dom-1-ned-2-f11/</link>
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