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	<title>Down the Left Field Line: Life, Baseball &#38; Eric Byrnes</title>
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	<description>Arizona Diamondbacks - 2007 NL West Division Champions!</description>
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		<title>Broken Dreams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before the Alk-Star break, I dreamt that the Cardinals won this year&#8217;s World Series. My subconscious must have been patched in to an alternate universe as the LA Dodgers swept the Cards in the NLDS. Too many men left on base, especially in the first game, a costly error in the second game and just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/broken-dreams/</link>
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		<title>Mark Reynolds&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[hit 44 homers and batted in 102 runs. He even stole 24 bases. 
Very nice, but&#8230;
HE STRUCK OUT 215 TIMES!!!!
He says he doesn&#8217;t care, but he should, because the team finished in the cellar. (Worse than I figured. I had them fourth. But I wasn&#8217;t figuring on the injury bug). 
Now, the team&#8217;s lousy performance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/mark-reynolds/</link>
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		<title>Belated Congratulations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[to Ichiro Suzuki for his 9th consecutive 200-hit season;
to Derek Jeter for passing Lou Gehrig to become the all-time Yankees hits leader; and
to our own ERIC BYRNES for being the Diamondbacks&#8217; nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award this year. The Clemente award honors community service.
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		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/belated-comgratulations/</link>
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		<title>This Unassisted Triple Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[on Aug 23rd by Phillies second baseman Eric Bruntlett ended the  game as the Phillies beat the Mets 9-7. There have only been 33 unassisted triple plays in regular season history. Click the link to see it.


I like rare plays, whoever makes them.
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		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/this-unassisted-triple-play/</link>
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		<title>Aug 22, 2000</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eric Byrnes debuted in the major leagues with the Oakland A&#8217;s. 
Byrnesie, too bad that for the second year in a row, you are spending your anniversary on the disabled list. I remember 2006, when the Diamondbacks were playing the Giants on your anniversary. I went down to the premium seats as you were warming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/aug-22-2000/</link>
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		<title>Shoeneweiss on DL with Depression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
  
NEWS ITEM:

PHOENIX &#8212; Scott Schoeneweis has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Arizona Diamondbacks because of depression, less than three months after his wife was found dead at their home. 
The 35-year-old left-hander spent three weeks on the bereavement list after his wife, Gabrielle, was found dead on May 20 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/shoeneweiss-on-dl-with-depression/</link>
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		<title>Greening MLB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got a notice on my Facebook page that there was article talk about how the sports world was looking to be more clean and green. Here is my response:
Speaking as a baseball fan, I think MLB could be more green by going retro at the park. Manually operated scoreboards instead of these monster [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/greening-mlb/</link>
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		<title>J-Up on DL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Justin Upton was put on the 15 Day DL Thursday because of an oblique strain. Didn&#8217;t he have on the those last year? 
Upton is batting .301 with 20 homers and 66 RBIs this season. He seems to be fulfilling his promise as a hitter, but he&#8217;s been on the DL all three years he&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/j-up-on-dl/</link>
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		<title>Surgery for Webb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brandon Webb&#8217;s season officially ended Monday when he had surgery on his right shoulder. He only pitched once &#8212; Opening Day &#8212; a lackluster start that ended in a no decision.
Webby at first refused surgery, opting for a more conservative approach aimed at strengthening his shoulder with the goal of pitching in September. But the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/surgery-for-webb/</link>
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		<title>Pete Rose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just had inductions to the Hall of Fame and the ritual would not be complete without a mention of Pete Rose.
ROSE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME. Yeah, he bet in baseball, but unlike the 1919 Black Sox, there is no evidence that he bet against himself or his team or otherwise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://byrnesblog.com/pete-rose/</link>
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