<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604</id><updated>2009-02-21T05:44:12.619-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Baseball News Posts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>397</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113154360740848765</id><published>2005-11-09T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-09T05:40:07.490-08:00</updated><title type='text'>vintage baseball bats: 11-09-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/sports/baseball/08rookie.html?ex=1289106000&amp;en=fed9366b1f543563&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Top A.L. Rookie Seeks More Moments to Savor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Huston Street of the Oakland A's become the third A.L. closer to win Rookie of the Year. Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano finished second."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113154360740848765?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113154360740848765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113154360740848765' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113154360740848765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113154360740848765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/11/vintage-baseball-bats-11-09-2005.html' title='vintage baseball bats: 11-09-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113145720840258973</id><published>2005-11-08T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T05:40:08.483-08:00</updated><title type='text'>official baseball bat size weight: 11-08-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10187726&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Warriors edge Knicks 83-81&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Jason Richardson scored 24   points and Troy Murphy had 11 points and 10 rebounds to help   the Golden State Warriors edge the New York Knicks 83-81 at   Madison Square Garden on Sunday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10177859&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Davis rushes streaking Panthers past Buccaneers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stephen Davis ran for a pair of   touchdowns in leading the streaking Carolina Panthers to a   fifth straight win, a 34-14 road victory over the Tampa Bay   Buccaneers in National Football League play on Sunday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10177223&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Holmstrom leads high-flying Wings to 13th win of the season&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings won their   league-high 13th game of the season, defeating the slumping   Blues 4-1 in National Hockey League in St Louis on Sunday with   Tomas Holmstrom leading the attack with two goals and an   assist."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/sports/baseball/08rookie.html?ex=1289106000&amp;en=fed9366b1f543563&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Top A.L. Rookie Seeks More Moments to Savor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Huston Street of the Oakland A's become the third A.L. closer to win Rookie of the Year. Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano finished second."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051107/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_nba_rdp"&gt;Knicks Drop to 0-3 Under Brown (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051107/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_nba_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051106/capt.nypm10211062100.warriors_knicks_nypm102.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=106&amp;amp;sig=p8fp98t5Q47L8x38CnG5LQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Golden State Warriors' Baron Davis, right, drives around New York Knicks' Stephon Marbury in the second half of NBA play in New York on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005. The Warriors won the game 83-81.   (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Larry Brown tinkered with his lineup again in the New York Knicks&amp;#039; latest loss, playing rookies David Lee, Channing Frye and Nate Robinson together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113145720840258973?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113145720840258973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113145720840258973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113145720840258973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113145720840258973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/11/official-baseball-bat-size-weight-11.html' title='official baseball bat size weight: 11-08-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113128440852291034</id><published>2005-11-06T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T05:40:08.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'>child size baseball bat: 11-06-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113128440852291034?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113128440852291034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113128440852291034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113128440852291034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113128440852291034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/11/child-size-baseball-bat-11-06-2005.html' title='child size baseball bat: 11-06-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113119800933439699</id><published>2005-11-05T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-05T05:40:09.403-08:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bat chemical properties: 11-05-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/sports/ncaafootball/04tech.html?ex=1288760400&amp;en=ca9b674a0e825adf&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;For College Football Thrills, Go South and Stop at the Calf&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"New York sports fans looking for Grade A college football can journey to where a calf predicts final scores."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://select.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/sports/baseball/04araton.html"&gt;[TS] Sports of The Times: Fold 'Em Before Poker Can Hold 'Em&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://select.nytimes.com/"&gt;select.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Too bad it took a stylish and heavy-hitting Yankee with an average annual income of $25 million to stimulate debate on the dangers of poker."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/sports/baseball/04baseball.ready.html?ex=1288760400&amp;en=bf500b98b3829185&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Hire Pe a as First-Base Coach&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Tony Pe a is a five-time All-Star catcher who resigned as manager of the Kansas City Royals in May."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_wizards_knicks"&gt;Wizards Spoil Brown's Home Knicks Debut (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_wizards_knicks"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051105/capt.msg10311050155.wizards_knicks_msg103.jpg?x=89&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=DPn_82ofGmHgY_t6txHjJA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="New York Knicks head coach Larry Brown reacts during the second quarter against the Washington Wizards, Friday, Nov. 4, 2005, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The Washington Wizards turned Larry Brown&amp;#039;s big night into another home-opening loss for the New York Knicks. Gilbert Arenas scored 27 points, and Antawn Jamison and Jarvis Hayes keyed the decisive spurt as the Wizards beat the Knicks 86-75 on Friday night in Brown&amp;#039;s first home game as Knicks coach.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113119800933439699?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113119800933439699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113119800933439699' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113119800933439699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113119800933439699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/11/baseball-bat-chemical-properties-11-05.html' title='baseball bat chemical properties: 11-05-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113111160749329372</id><published>2005-11-04T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T05:40:07.573-08:00</updated><title type='text'>best baseball bats: 11-04-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=249413&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Offseason Hijinx&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Suddenly some news.  These things come in bunches: 1. Jeter wins the Gold Glove2. A-Rod yelled at for playing poker3. Matt Lawton tests positive for steroids after playing so amazingly for the Yanks4. Lee Mazzilli back on the Yankee bench There are also now like 500 "awards" to vote for online and such in various categories, so vote if you're completely bored off your ass"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113111160749329372?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113111160749329372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113111160749329372' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113111160749329372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113111160749329372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/11/best-baseball-bats-11-04-2005.html' title='best baseball bats: 11-04-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113102520856403603</id><published>2005-11-03T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T05:40:08.636-08:00</updated><title type='text'>easton reflex bx40 baseball bats: 11-03-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9564811&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Agassi and Coria endure, Davenport strolls&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andre Agassi delved deep into his 20   years of experience at Flushing Meadows to see off belligerent   Belgian Xavier Malisse in five sets at the U.S. Open on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9564550&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Davenport hits top form at right time in New York&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lindsay Davenport felt she was hitting   top form at exactly the right time after steamrolling Nathalie   Dechy of France 6-0 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S.   Open for the ninth year in a row."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9564398&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;All-time leading receiver Rice retires&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerry Rice, the National Football   League (NFL) all-time leading receiver, announced on Monday he   was retiring from the sport."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_knicks_celtics"&gt;Celtics Spoil Larry Brown's Knicks Debut (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_knicks_celtics"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051103/capt.mack11111030336.knicks_celtics_mack111.jpg?x=103&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=ZvPM_ejnle8Vk.rRZpqv3g--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="New York Knicks head coach Larry Brown, center, holds on to the play board late in the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics during their season opening game in Boston, Wednesday Nov. 2, 2005.   With the 114-100 win, the Celtics handed Brown his first loss at the helm of the Knicks. At left is Matt Barnes.  At right is Jamal Crawford. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Ricky Davis scored nine of his 27 points in overtime, when the Boston Celtics went on a 9-0 run to beat New York 114-100 in the season opener on Wednesday night and spoil Larry Brown&amp;#039;s debut as Knicks coach.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_drugs_lawton"&gt;Ex-All-Star Lawton Suspended for Steroids (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_drugs_lawton"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051102/capt.ny16911022317.drugs__lawton_ny169.jpg?x=125&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=KijYFAOQfCE2hSCmLsh7Mw--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Matt Lawton prepares his bat for a spring training at-bat against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, in this March 25, 2005 photo, in St. Petersburg, Fla. . Lawton was suspended Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, for a positive steroids test, becoming the 12th player penalized for violating major league baseball's policy. An All-Star with Minnesota in 2000 and Cleveland in 2004, Lawton hit a combined .254 with 13 homers and 53 RBIs this season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cubs and Yankees.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Former All-Star outfielder Matt Lawton was suspended Wednesday for a positive steroids test, becoming the 12th player penalized for violating major league baseball&amp;#039;s policy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=249413&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Offseason Hijinx&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Suddenly some news.  These things come in bunches: 1. Jeter wins the Gold Glove2. A-Rod yelled at for playing poker3. Matt Lawton tests positive for steroids after playing so amazingly for the Yanks4. Lee Mazzilli back on the Yankee bench There are also now like 500 "awards" to vote for online and such in various categories, so vote if you're completely bored off your ass"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113102520856403603?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113102520856403603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113102520856403603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113102520856403603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113102520856403603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/11/easton-reflex-bx40-baseball-bats-11-03.html' title='easton reflex bx40 baseball bats: 11-03-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113050320777452924</id><published>2005-10-28T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-28T05:40:07.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>easton baseball bats connexion: 10-28-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/sports/baseball/27base.html?ex=1288065600&amp;en=e2061e76eacd343c&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Cashman Agrees to Stay With Yanks&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The Yankees completed negotiations with General Manager Brian Cashman, reaching agreement on a three-year contract for more than $5 million."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=245885&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Next Year's Series: Rockies vs. Mariners&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"What is going on in Major League Baseball?  Teams with some of the longest draughts around are winning it all or coming close.  The Red and White Sox World Series champs in consecutive years?  The Astros win the pennant?  I guess these things end eventually (unless you're a Cubs fan, of course; that team is in a whole new world of cursed).  Strange that they're all winning around the same time, though.   This is what happens when t..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113050320777452924?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113050320777452924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113050320777452924' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113050320777452924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113050320777452924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/easton-baseball-bats-connexion-10-28.html' title='easton baseball bats connexion: 10-28-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113041680757010641</id><published>2005-10-27T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-27T05:40:07.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'>where to buy connexion baseball bats: 10-27-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/sports/football/26mara.html?ex=1287979200&amp;en=fa45c0b393c7c7ae&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Wellington Mara, the Patriarch of the N.F.L., Dies at 89&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The New York Giants' co-owner, who began as a ball boy in 1925 for the franchise that his father founded."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/sports/othersports/26marathon.html?ex=1287979200&amp;en=4a516caa700f8ef7&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Marathoners Go the Distance From Ethiopia to New York&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Kassahun Kabiso and his roommate, Retta Feyissa, serve as hosts for other Ethiopian runners in their two-bedroom apartment in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113041680757010641?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113041680757010641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113041680757010641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113041680757010641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113041680757010641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/where-to-buy-connexion-baseball-bats.html' title='where to buy connexion baseball bats: 10-27-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113033040982383789</id><published>2005-10-26T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T05:40:09.900-07:00</updated><title type='text'>youth blemished baseball bats: 10-26-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10030511&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Vick, Dunn lead Falcons to victory over Jets&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Vick scored a pair of   touchdowns on short runs and the Atlanta Falcons held off a   late comeback bid to hold off the New York Jets 27-14 in   National Football League play in Atlanta on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10043739&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;YES Network catches Berra for 'Movie'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It may not be "Dinner and a   Movie," but legendary New York Yankees Hall of Famer Yogi Berra   will co-host a series of sports-related movies on the YES   Network."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/sports/football/26mara.html?ex=1287979200&amp;en=fa45c0b393c7c7ae&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Wellington Mara, the Patriarch of the N.F.L., Dies at 89&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The New York Giants' co-owner, who began as a ball boy in 1925 for the franchise that his father founded."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/sports/othersports/26marathon.html?ex=1287979200&amp;en=4a516caa700f8ef7&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Marathoners Go the Distance From Ethiopia to New York&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Kassahun Kabiso and his roommate, Retta Feyissa, serve as hosts for other Ethiopian runners in their two-bedroom apartment in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113033040982383789?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113033040982383789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113033040982383789' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113033040982383789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113033040982383789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/youth-blemished-baseball-bats-10-26.html' title='youth blemished baseball bats: 10-26-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113024400824242407</id><published>2005-10-25T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-25T05:40:08.300-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bat youth 26 16: 10-25-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/sports/baseball/25yanks.html?ex=1287892800&amp;en=0d2045f572f95e64&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Signals Suggest Cashman Will Remain With Yankees&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Brian Cashman could announce his intention to return as the Yankees' general manager as early as Tuesday. Cashman's contract expires next Monday, but he has given no signals that he intends to leave."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051025/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_jets_falcons"&gt;Testaverde Costs Jets; Falcons Win 27-14 (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051025/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_jets_falcons"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051025/capt.gajb10110250218.jets_falcons_gajb101.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=99&amp;amp;sig=I3.Z8DELdQrZ7mjrG2Y4aQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde (16) fumbles as he is sacked by Atlanta Falcons Keith Brocking (56) and Demorrio Williams (51) during the first quarter Monday, Oct. 24,  2005 in Atlanta.  Atlanta recovered the ball. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Vinny Testaverde look every bit like a 41-year-old quarterback. Testaverde fumbled three times in the first 17 1/2 minutes, leading to two touchdowns, and the Falcons dealt New York another road loss, beating the Jets 27-14 on Monday night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051025/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_bowa"&gt;Bowa Set to Coach Third for the Yanks (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"AP - Larry Bowa is set to become third-base coach of the New York Yankees. At the World Series as an ESPN analyst, Bowa said he's spoken with both Yankees manager Joe Torre and general manager Brian Cashman. Before Bowa's deal can be finalized, Cashman must decide whether to accept a new contract from New York &amp;#151; his current deal expires Oct. 31."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051025/sp_nm/nfl_monday_dc"&gt;Vick, Dunn lead Falcons to victory over Jets (Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051025/sp_nm/nfl_monday_dc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20051025/2005_10_25t011829_450x348_us_nfl_monday.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=100&amp;amp;sig=oTSUgevQfOJEjrYRIeQl0g--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick (R, 7) runs for yardage to set up a first quarter touchdown as New York Jets defensive end Bryan Thomas (99) tries to catch up during their NFL game in Atlanta, Georgia October 24, 2005. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reuters - Michael Vick scored a pair of  touchdowns on short runs and the Atlanta Falcons held off a  late comeback bid to hold off the New York Jets 27-14 in  National Football League play in Atlanta on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113024400824242407?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113024400824242407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113024400824242407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113024400824242407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113024400824242407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-bat-youth-26-16-10-25-2005.html' title='baseball bat youth 26 16: 10-25-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113015760760326201</id><published>2005-10-24T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-24T05:40:08.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball on three bats still bank hubley: 10-24-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113015760760326201?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113015760760326201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113015760760326201' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113015760760326201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113015760760326201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-on-three-bats-still-bank.html' title='baseball on three bats still bank hubley: 10-24-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-113007122538314852</id><published>2005-10-23T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-23T05:40:29.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'>reviews on easton cxn baseball bat: 10-23-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-113007122538314852?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/113007122538314852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=113007122538314852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113007122538314852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/113007122538314852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/reviews-on-easton-cxn-baseball-bat-10.html' title='reviews on easton cxn baseball bat: 10-23-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112998480849696214</id><published>2005-10-22T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-22T05:40:08.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>louisville slugger baseball bat manufacturer: 10-22-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10010675&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Chiefs dodge Hurricane Wilma to beat Dolphins&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trent Green passed for 289 yards and   the Kansas City Chiefs rolled up a season-high 462 yards in   offence as the Chiefs beat the Miami Dolphins 30-20 in a rare   Friday night National Football League game in Miami."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10010685&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Hasek sharp as Sens beat Lightning&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dominik Hasek made 23 saves and Daniel   Alfredsson scored a key short-handed goal as the Ottawa   Senators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 in National Hockey   League play Friday in Tampa, Florida."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=10010727&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Japan's Takahashi easily wins skating title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi, ranked 15   in the world, landed seven triple jumps in a near faultless   routine to win the free skating and easily take the overall   Skate America men's title on Friday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051022/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_world_series_out_of_pinstripes"&gt;Four Ex-Yanks on the Mound in World Series (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051022/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_world_series_out_of_pinstripes"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051021/capt.cxs12310212159.world_series_cxs123.jpg?x=99&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=K7KYrokyCwdUjvM3y800rQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Houston Astros pitcher Andy Pettitte, left, looks on from the dugout along with his father Tommy Pettitte, top, and brother-in-law Mike Tupa, second from right, and Darren Dunn, far right, at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, during practice for the World Series, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, in Chicago. The Astros play in their first World Series when they face the Chicago White Sox in Game 1 on Saturday night, Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Not long ago, Jose Contreras, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Orlando Hernandez were all in the New York Yankees&amp;#039; rotation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=242500&amp;src=rss"&gt; New York Yankees Baseball Blog: NYY=WIN! :: Looking For Answers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Well the end of another disappointing season in New   York usually means that several players    heads are on the chopping block.  Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is not the type of guy to take his knocks with a team to hopefully win a championship in a few years, he wants to win now.  And he pays for it, with the Ya..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112998480849696214?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112998480849696214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112998480849696214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112998480849696214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112998480849696214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/louisville-slugger-baseball-bat.html' title='louisville slugger baseball bat manufacturer: 10-22-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112989840759459020</id><published>2005-10-21T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T05:40:07.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>best prices on 3 baseball bats: 10-21-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9588877&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Pierce beats listless Mauresmo to reach semi-finals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Amelie Mauresmo slumped out   of the U.S. Open on Wednesday following a listless 6-4 6-1   defeat by fellow Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in the quarter-finals."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9589057&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer out to put record straight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobody beats Roger Federer five times   and gets away with it, so Argentine David Nalbandian has   reasons to be fearful in Thursday's quarter-final at the U.S.   Open."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9584625&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Veteran center Damphousse retires after 18 seasons&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran center Vincent Damphousse is   retiring after 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, he   said on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/sports/baseball/21chass.html?ex=1287547200&amp;en=d5ca50e03840178c&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Two New Members Join Atlanta in an Exclusive Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Membership in the club is growing. No longer are the Atlanta Braves the exclusive member. Welcome, Yankees and Cardinals."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nlcs"&gt;Astros Beat Cardinals, Win First Pennant (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nlcs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051020/capt.sts14210200349.nlcs_astros_cardinals__sts142.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=105&amp;amp;sig=WlzBLszDURUXORb6spsJBg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Houston Astros' Luke Scott (30) leaps on top of his teammates as they celebrate their 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 to win the National League Championship pennant in St. Louis, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte grabbed the champagne, went right for Roy Oswalt and showed the Houston Astros how to celebrate a trip to the World Series. Experts at this from their days with the Yankees, Clemens and Pettitte drenched their fellow ace in a bath of bubbly, pouring one bottle on his head, another down his back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_rdp"&gt;Isles' Satan Cool Toward Shootout Rule (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051020/capt.msg10510200241.islanders_rangers_msg105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=124&amp;amp;sig=HolLxrRXpL2z.p6xN3hSrg--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="New York Islanders congratulate  Miroslav Satan (81) of Slovakia after he scored the winning shot in an overtime shootout to help the Islanders to a 3-2 victory over  the New York Rangers, Wedensday, Oct. 19, 2005, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Miroslav Satan is cool toward the NHL&amp;#039;s new shootout tiebreaker.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_marlins_girardi"&gt;Marlins Lure Girardi to Be New Manager (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_marlins_girardi"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051019/capt.ny16810191943.marlins_girardi_ny168.jpg?x=90&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=5biXO9xwrePbTy_Pkky8Zw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="New York Yankees bench coach Joe Girardi, shown in this 2005 photo,  was on the verge of accepting an offer to become Florida's manager, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria said Wednesday Oct. 19, 2005.  (AP Photo/Steven J. Nesius)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Lured by the chance to manage, Joe Girardi is giving up pinstripes for teal. The New York Yankees&amp;#039; bench coach accepted his first managerial job Wednesday, signing a three-year contract with the Florida Marlins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=241221&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Cup o' Joes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Torre stays, Girardi goes.  Kinda funny that Joe G got a managing job after coaching for one season and Willie Randolph had to wait all those years just to get an offer."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112989840759459020?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112989840759459020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112989840759459020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112989840759459020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112989840759459020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/best-prices-on-3-baseball-bats-10-21.html' title='best prices on 3 baseball bats: 10-21-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112981201250476829</id><published>2005-10-20T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-20T05:40:12.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>rawlings c555 big stick baseball bat: 10-20-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9934927&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flying start puts Purdy ahead in Las Vegas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Ted Purdy took advantage of   ideal early conditions by firing birdies on his first four   holes to grab a two-shot third round lead at the Las Vegas   championships on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/20/sports/baseball/20yanks.html?ex=1287460800&amp;en=6d8c37fdd8faeafe&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Girardi to Marlins; Mazzone Talks End&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The Yankees lost two coaches on Wednesday - one they had, and one they had their sights on."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nlcs"&gt;Astros Beat Cardinals, Win First Pennant (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nlcs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051020/capt.sts14210200349.nlcs_astros_cardinals__sts142.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=105&amp;amp;sig=WlzBLszDURUXORb6spsJBg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Houston Astros' Luke Scott (30) leaps on top of his teammates as they celebrate their 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 to win the National League Championship pennant in St. Louis, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte grabbed the champagne, went right for Roy Oswalt and showed the Houston Astros how to celebrate a trip to the World Series. Experts at this from their days with the Yankees, Clemens and Pettitte drenched their fellow ace in a bath of bubbly, pouring one bottle on his head, another down his back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_rdp"&gt;Isles' Satan Cool Toward Shootout Rule (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051020/capt.msg10510200241.islanders_rangers_msg105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=124&amp;amp;sig=HolLxrRXpL2z.p6xN3hSrg--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="New York Islanders congratulate  Miroslav Satan (81) of Slovakia after he scored the winning shot in an overtime shootout to help the Islanders to a 3-2 victory over  the New York Rangers, Wedensday, Oct. 19, 2005, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Miroslav Satan is cool toward the NHL&amp;#039;s new shootout tiebreaker.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_marlins_girardi"&gt;Marlins Lure Girardi to Be New Manager (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_marlins_girardi"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051019/capt.ny16810191943.marlins_girardi_ny168.jpg?x=90&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=5biXO9xwrePbTy_Pkky8Zw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="New York Yankees bench coach Joe Girardi, shown in this 2005 photo,  was on the verge of accepting an offer to become Florida's manager, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria said Wednesday Oct. 19, 2005.  (AP Photo/Steven J. Nesius)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Lured by the chance to manage, Joe Girardi is giving up pinstripes for teal. The New York Yankees&amp;#039; bench coach accepted his first managerial job Wednesday, signing a three-year contract with the Florida Marlins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=241221&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Cup o' Joes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Torre stays, Girardi goes.  Kinda funny that Joe G got a managing job after coaching for one season and Willie Randolph had to wait all those years just to get an offer."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112981201250476829?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112981201250476829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112981201250476829' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112981201250476829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112981201250476829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/rawlings-c555-big-stick-baseball-bat.html' title='rawlings c555 big stick baseball bat: 10-20-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112972560842333832</id><published>2005-10-19T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-19T05:40:08.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bats ash wood maple: 10-19-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9588877&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Pierce beats listless Mauresmo to reach semi-finals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Amelie Mauresmo slumped out   of the U.S. Open on Wednesday following a listless 6-4 6-1   defeat by fellow Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in the quarter-finals."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9589057&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer out to put record straight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobody beats Roger Federer five times   and gets away with it, so Argentine David Nalbandian has   reasons to be fearful in Thursday's quarter-final at the U.S.   Open."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9584625&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Veteran center Damphousse retires after 18 seasons&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran center Vincent Damphousse is   retiring after 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, he   said on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/19/sports/baseball/19yanks.html?ex=1287374400&amp;en=ccb03c8ff7f8db20&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Torre Talks to Steinbrenner, Then Decides to Return&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Over an hourlong meeting, Yankees Manager Joe Torre and George Steinbrenner, the team's principal owner, forged a d tente in their cold war."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051019/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_torre"&gt;Torre, Steinbrenner Patch Things Up (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051019/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_torre"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051018/capt.nyjj10810181945.yankees_torre_nyjj108.jpg?x=129&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=e1sYqIb8OgrGOzgcdcxgGA--" align="left" height="130" width="129" alt="New York Yankees manager Joe Torre answers questions durinig a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Torre announced his plans to return as the team's manager. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - When Joe Torre arrived to board a private plane that would take him to his meeting with George Steinbrenner, he wasn&amp;#039;t sure of his future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051019/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_hockey_today"&gt;Hockey Today (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"AP - New York Islanders at New York Rangers (7 p.m. EDT). The surprising Rangers, leaders of the Atlantic Division with Jaromir Jagr's six power-play goals providing a boost to the offense, face the Islanders in the first of three games between the rivals in a four-game span."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=240819&amp;src=rss"&gt;A Yankee Fan Living in Boston :: Joe Torre, Joe Jackson, Joe Blow&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Joseph's coming back! So what's with Clemens' mother, on her deathbed mentioned Joe Jackson's name three times, what is that all about? Either she dated him or the White Sox will win the World Series.  For Red Sux fans who don't know shit as usual Joe Jackson played on the 1917 World Series winner Chicago White Sox, two years later his team fixed the world series and lost, even though Joe hit the best during that series he took mon..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112972560842333832?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112972560842333832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112972560842333832' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112972560842333832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112972560842333832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-bats-ash-wood-maple-10-19.html' title='baseball bats ash wood maple: 10-19-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112963920769488197</id><published>2005-10-18T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T05:40:07.760-07:00</updated><title type='text'>discount baseball bats blem: 10-18-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9938349&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Mathis interception lifts Jaguars past Steelers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rashean Mathis intercepted a Tommy   Maddox pass and raced 41-yards for a touchdown to earn the   Jacksonville Jaguars a 23-17 overtime win over the Pittsburgh   Steelers at Heinz Field Sunday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9951399&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Knicks guard Houston announces retirement&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" TORONTO (Reuters) - New York Knicks guard Allan Houston has   decided to retire after battling with knee injuries for the   past two seasons."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/sports/baseball/18yanks.html?ex=1287288000&amp;en=79edeb3bccb085a7&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Interested In Braves' Mazzone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"George Steinbrenner has never underestimated the importance of a pitching coach. At times he places too much emphasis on it, believing the coach to be part teacher, part magician."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051018/ap_on_sp_ho_ga_su/hkn_nhl_rdp"&gt;Rangers' Lundqvist Makes 23 Saves (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051018/ap_on_sp_ho_ga_su/hkn_nhl_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051018/capt.msg10810180202.panthers_rangers_msg108.jpg?x=91&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=TJQP6MRNzcDloedJZgMp9g--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist of Sweden acknowledges fans cheers at the conclusion of the Rangers 4-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers, Monday, Oct. 17, 2005, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Henrik Lundqvist is trying to stay in the present, figuring his future with the New York Rangers is secure if he keeps winning games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051018/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_knicks_houston_retires"&gt;Knicks Guard Allan Houston Retires (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051018/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_knicks_houston_retires"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051017/capt.nydk10610172338.knicks_houston_retires_nydk106.jpg?x=77&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=es65yYLPe56WgHHx9JNbeA--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="New York Knicks' Allan Houston stands with his wife Tamara, his daughter Remie and son Allan, III after a a news conference to announce his retirement  in Greenburgh, N.Y.,  Monday, Oct.  17,  2005.   Houston, unable to recover from knee injuries that kept him out much of the last two seasons, was one of the NBA's best outside shooters. (AP Photo/David Karp)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - New York Knicks guard Allan Houston retired Monday, unable to recover from knee injuries that kept him out much of the last two seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051018/sp_usatoday/demonsstillhauntgoodenandfamily"&gt;Demons still haunt Gooden and family (USATODAY.com)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"USATODAY.com - For baseball star Gary Sheffield, it is time to rest his throbbing left thigh, the one that hobbled him throughout the postseason as his New York Yankees were eliminated. But there's a deeper ache no one has been able to diagnose, much less treat, one that has nagged his soul for two decades. It is a pain so personal that it leaves the slugging outfielder depressed, scared, confused and angry."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=240250&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: YANKEES[#36] Mailbag Show - New York Yankees Podcast 10-18-05&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Show: Pinstripe Pulse #36 Team: New York Yankees Host: Anish Shroff Producer: Sam Coutin  [comments]    Yankees Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/yankees 		      POD THE VOTE!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112963920769488197?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112963920769488197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112963920769488197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112963920769488197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112963920769488197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/discount-baseball-bats-blem-10-18-2005.html' title='discount baseball bats blem: 10-18-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112955283602849147</id><published>2005-10-17T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T05:40:36.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>sale youth baseball bats: 10-17-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9588877&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Pierce beats listless Mauresmo to reach semi-finals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Amelie Mauresmo slumped out   of the U.S. Open on Wednesday following a listless 6-4 6-1   defeat by fellow Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in the quarter-finals."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9589057&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer out to put record straight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobody beats Roger Federer five times   and gets away with it, so Argentine David Nalbandian has   reasons to be fearful in Thursday's quarter-final at the U.S.   Open."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9584625&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Veteran center Damphousse retires after 18 seasons&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran center Vincent Damphousse is   retiring after 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, he   said on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112955283602849147?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112955283602849147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112955283602849147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112955283602849147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112955283602849147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/sale-youth-baseball-bats-10-17-2005.html' title='sale youth baseball bats: 10-17-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112946640855835932</id><published>2005-10-16T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T05:40:08.626-07:00</updated><title type='text'>discount easton baseball bats: 10-16-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9588877&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Pierce beats listless Mauresmo to reach semi-finals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Amelie Mauresmo slumped out   of the U.S. Open on Wednesday following a listless 6-4 6-1   defeat by fellow Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in the quarter-finals."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9589057&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer out to put record straight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobody beats Roger Federer five times   and gets away with it, so Argentine David Nalbandian has   reasons to be fearful in Thursday's quarter-final at the U.S.   Open."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9584625&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Veteran center Damphousse retires after 18 seasons&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran center Vincent Damphousse is   retiring after 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, he   said on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112946640855835932?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112946640855835932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112946640855835932' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112946640855835932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112946640855835932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/discount-easton-baseball-bats-10-16.html' title='discount easton baseball bats: 10-16-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112938000872349063</id><published>2005-10-15T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T05:40:08.786-07:00</updated><title type='text'>elements in baseball bats: 10-15-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9564811&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Agassi and Coria endure, Davenport strolls&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andre Agassi delved deep into his 20   years of experience at Flushing Meadows to see off belligerent   Belgian Xavier Malisse in five sets at the U.S. Open on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9564550&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Davenport hits top form at right time in New York&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lindsay Davenport felt she was hitting   top form at exactly the right time after steamrolling Nathalie   Dechy of France 6-0 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S.   Open for the ninth year in a row."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9564398&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;All-time leading receiver Rice retires&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerry Rice, the National Football   League (NFL) all-time leading receiver, announced on Monday he   was retiring from the sport."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/15/sports/baseball/15yanks.html?ex=1287028800&amp;en=b5ee305bf64416d1&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yanks' Silence Could Be Saying a Lot&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"There is a tense atmosphere around George Steinbrenner's Yankees now, and Manager Joe Torre and General Manager Brian Cashman have not inflamed it."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=238668&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: 2005 Postmortem, Part I&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"As much as silence has gripped the Yankees front office, so has silence gripped me. I&amp;#8217;ve been struggling to assess this season. I&amp;#8217;m still not ready to break down 2005 and look forward to 2006. But after reading an article in Saturday&amp;#8217;s New York Times, I have a few thoughts that I want to get [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112938000872349063?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112938000872349063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112938000872349063' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112938000872349063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112938000872349063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/elements-in-baseball-bats-10-15-2005.html' title='elements in baseball bats: 10-15-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112929360720639082</id><published>2005-10-14T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T05:40:07.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>all star baseball bats: 10-14-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9919512&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Hole-in-one puts Stadler in three-way tie for Vegas lead&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - A hole-in-one helped to push Kevin   Stadler into a three-way tie for the lead with fellow Americans   Justin Leonard and Michael Allen midway through the first round   of the Las Vegas Championship on Thursday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/sports/baseball/14yanks.html?ex=1286942400&amp;en=99d8e1902849da4c&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Gordon and Martinez Mull Their Futures as Yankees&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"In the home clubhouse on Thursday, Tino Martinez and Tom Gordon packed up boxes, perhaps signifying an end to their tenures with the team."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_sp_ho_ga_su/hkn_devils_rangers"&gt;Rangers Skate Past Devils 4-1 (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_sp_ho_ga_su/hkn_devils_rangers"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051014/capt.nyjj10510140142.devils_rangers_nyjj105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=90&amp;amp;sig=eJ9F0G3pj45MfM2H28gomw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="New York Rangers goal tender Henrik Lundqvist, of Sweden, right, blocks New Jersey Devils' Brian Gionta's second attempt at a goal as Rangers' Tom Poti moves in to help during the third period Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Gionta eventually scored on the play, recording the Devils' only goal of the game. Lundqvist recorded 20 saves in 21 attempts in the Rangers' 4-1 win. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Martin Rucinsky and Ville Nieminen scored 17 seconds apart in the first period and rookie goalie Henrik Lundqvist made 20 saves for his first NHL victory as the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=237612&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Goodbye Girardi?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The Yankees could have 2 open coaching jobs (and perhaps more because none of the coaches have contracts for next year) if Joe Girardi follows Mel Stottlemyre (see Goodbye Mel) out the door.  Supposedly, he has an offer from the Marlins according to Officials: Girardi has bid from Fish.  That is not confirmed, [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=237595&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: More Cashman speculation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"With the Yankees&amp;#8217; season over and his contract with the team set to expire at the end of the month, Cashman may opt to look elsewhere.  The article says that George Steinbrenner wants Cashman to continue to be the Yankees&amp;#8217; GM: 	The Boss wants to bring Cashman back for 2006 and beyond, two people familiar [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=237596&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Leiter retiring?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Al Leiter enjoys talking to the media and he was one of the few (only one?) that did when the Yankees got back to Yankee Stadium after the ALDS ended.  Perhaps his propensity to chat it up is why Leiter&amp;#8217;s next pitch might be for GOP if his MLB career is over.  He [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112929360720639082?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112929360720639082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112929360720639082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112929360720639082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112929360720639082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/all-star-baseball-bats-10-14-2005.html' title='all star baseball bats: 10-14-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112920720841244517</id><published>2005-10-13T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T05:40:08.513-07:00</updated><title type='text'>lou gerhig baseball bats: 10-13-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9906905&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Orioles promote Perlozzo to full-time manager&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Baltimore Orioles removed the   interim tag from Sam Perlozzo's role as manager by signing him   to a three-year contract on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9901234&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Pirates hire former Dodgers manager Tracy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Jim   Tracy has been hired to coach the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team   said."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9900500&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Stoudemire out for four months after surgery&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) Oct 12 - Phoenix Suns forward Amare   Stoudemire will be out of action for four months after having   surgery on his left knee."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/13/sports/othersports/13marathon.html?ex=1286856000&amp;en=19b3535cefc36eb8&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Running to New York on Wings of Water&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Who could think of running 26.2 miles in New Orleans at a time like this, when much of what belonged in the air has crashed to the ground?"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051013/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_stottlemyre"&gt;Yankees Coach Fires Salvo at Team Owner (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051013/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_stottlemyre"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051011/capt.nyff10210111719.yankees_pinstripe_pallor_nyff102.jpg?x=65&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=N0H.5hKEOnEvDCaMZvGGwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="65" alt="New York Yankees' Robinson Cano, left,  stands outside the press gate at Yankee stadium Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005 in New York. New York was eliminated from the postseason on Monday night with a 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in Game 5 of the AL division series. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Almost certain he&amp;#039;s stepping down after 10 years as New York Yankees pitching coach, Mel Stottlemyre had harsh words Wednesday for George Steinbrenner and the owner&amp;#039;s treatment of manager Joe Torre.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=237612&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Goodbye Girardi?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The Yankees could have 2 open coaching jobs (and perhaps more because none of the coaches have contracts for next year) if Joe Girardi follows Mel Stottlemyre (see Goodbye Mel) out the door.  Supposedly, he has an offer from the Marlins according to Officials: Girardi has bid from Fish.  That is not confirmed, [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=237595&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: More Cashman speculation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"With the Yankees&amp;#8217; season over and his contract with the team set to expire at the end of the month, Cashman may opt to look elsewhere.  The article says that George Steinbrenner wants Cashman to continue to be the Yankees&amp;#8217; GM: 	The Boss wants to bring Cashman back for 2006 and beyond, two people familiar [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=237596&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Leiter retiring?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Al Leiter enjoys talking to the media and he was one of the few (only one?) that did when the Yankees got back to Yankee Stadium after the ALDS ended.  Perhaps his propensity to chat it up is why Leiter&amp;#8217;s next pitch might be for GOP if his MLB career is over.  He [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112920720841244517?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112920720841244517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112920720841244517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112920720841244517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112920720841244517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/lou-gerhig-baseball-bats-10-13-2005.html' title='lou gerhig baseball bats: 10-13-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112912080775129652</id><published>2005-10-12T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-12T05:40:07.810-07:00</updated><title type='text'>sellers of antique baseball bats: 10-12-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9881641&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Angels eliminate Yanks, advance to ALCS&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Angels   rallied to clinch the ALDS with a 5-3 Game Five victory over   the New York Yankees on Monday, winning a wild contest that saw   both starting pitchers gone by the third inning."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9881706&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Heatley on target to lift Sens over Leafs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dany Heatley scored a goal and had two   assists before netting the only goal of the shootout to lead   the Ottawa Senators to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Maple   Leafs at the Corel Center on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9881471&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Reed's late field goal gives Steelers victory in San Diego&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeff Reed kicked a 40-yard field goal   with six seconds on the clock to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a   24-22 road victory over the San Diego Chargers at the Qualcomm   Stadium on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/sports/baseball/12yanks.html?ex=1286769600&amp;en=a655359ded6bf72e&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Time for Reflection and Dissection in Yankees' World&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The Yankees had hoped to be in Chicago yesterday for the A.L.C.S., but their ouster by the Angels forced them to take a longer flight."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_alcs_here_s_ozzie"&gt;Guillen Not Afraid to Buck Tradition (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_alcs_here_s_ozzie"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051010/capt.cxs10810101829.playoffs_white_sox_cxs108.jpg?x=91&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=2Oy_grYRtTlybGxDB6QFxQ--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen meets the media during a news conference at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Monday, Oct. 10, 2005. The White Sox will meet either the New York Yankees or the Los Angeles Angels in the American League Championship Series beginning on Tuesday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - When Ozzie Guillen speaks, heads turn. Who knows what he might say next? What opinionated, four-letter-word spiel might come tumbling out as he waxes on about a game that makes him both ill and ecstatic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_angels_colon_out"&gt;Injured Angels Ace Left Off ALCS Roster (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_angels_colon_out"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051011/capt.ans10610110112.yankees_angels_ans106.jpg?x=116&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=bDsqMsaJwt1E6wc4JmoA3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Bartolo Colon reacts as he leaves the game due to a strained right shoulder after a conference with manager Mike Scioscia, back right, in the top of the second inning of Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees, Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, in San Diego. Coming out to talk to him is third baseman Chone Figgins.  (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Injured ace Bartolo Colon was left off the Los Angeles Angels&amp;#039; roster for the AL championship series Tuesday and will not pitch at all against the Chicago White Sox.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_pinstripe_pallor"&gt;Yankees Deal With Another Postseason Flop (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_pinstripe_pallor"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051011/capt.ans11810110201.yankees_angels_ans118.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=120&amp;amp;sig=_m0gOZZxRStO2.WJMSS7Xg--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui reacts after striking out in the first inning of Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - George Steinbrenner didn&amp;#039;t spend &amp;#36;203 million for this. He paid out a major league-record amount to get the New York Yankees their first World Series title since 2000. Instead of another ring, he wound up with underachieving Bronx Bums, pinstriped pariahs who flopped for the fifth straight season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=236341&amp;src=rss"&gt;Coalition of the Darkside :: the saga of the yankees season summed up in one set of statistics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Rodriguez 1, R Cano 1, H Matsui 3  Team LOB: 11   By the way, I hate you Alex Rodriguez. Always have, always will.  At least I feel vinidcated in my hatred now .    2-15.  0 RBI in the series.  You're overpaid and overrated, Alex.    See you all next year."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=236256&amp;src=rss"&gt;No Sense Worrying :: Comfortably Numb.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"After witnessing game 7 at the Stadium last year, my Yankee related anger and depression has subsided a bit. (of course I'll still be in a rather foul mood at work tomorrow, especially when my boss will inevitably stick is head into my office and tell me "They stink.") This was a tough loss to take. But after a season of mediocrity (by NY standards) I was just happy they made it this far.  And hey, hockey's back. At least I kno..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=236342&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: YANKEES[#35] Angels Send Yankees Packing For Winter - New York Yankees Podcast 10-11-05&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Show: Pinstripe Pulse #35 Team: New York Yankees Host: Anish Shroff Producer: Sam Coutin  [comments]    Yankees Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/yankees 		      POD THE VOTE!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112912080775129652?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112912080775129652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112912080775129652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112912080775129652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112912080775129652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/sellers-of-antique-baseball-bats-10-12.html' title='sellers of antique baseball bats: 10-12-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112903440829856688</id><published>2005-10-11T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T05:40:08.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>red line baseball bats: 10-11-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9881641&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Angels eliminate Yanks, advance to ALCS&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Angels   rallied to clinch the ALDS with a 5-3 Game Five victory over   the New York Yankees on Monday, winning a wild contest that saw   both starting pitchers gone by the third inning."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9881706&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Heatley on target to lift Sens over Leafs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dany Heatley scored a goal and had two   assists before netting the only goal of the shootout to lead   the Ottawa Senators to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Maple   Leafs at the Corel Center on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9881471&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Reed's late field goal gives Steelers victory in San Diego&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeff Reed kicked a 40-yard field goal   with six seconds on the clock to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a   24-22 road victory over the San Diego Chargers at the Qualcomm   Stadium on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/sports/baseball/11angels-wire.html?ex=1286683200&amp;en=f62ceaadcdcaa59c&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Crash in Anaheim&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Adam Kennedy hit a go-ahead triple that sent Yankees outfielders crashing to the ground and the Angels beat New York, 5-3, Monday to advance to the A.L.C.S. against the White Sox."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/sports/baseball/11chass.html?ex=1286683200&amp;en=e6381853fccda8fe&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Game 5 Endurance Test for Angels and Yanks&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"The Yankees have to stop meeting West Coast teams like this - flying cross-country to play Game 5 with no day off after Game 4."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051010/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_angels_yankees"&gt;Yankees Force Decisive Game 5 Vs. Angels (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051010/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_angels_yankees"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051010/capt.nyjj11110100234.angels_yankees_nyjj111.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=89&amp;amp;sig=AIfCFIYiYS_Xg817aLBzsg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Jorge Posada slides safely into home plate ahead of the tag from Los Angeles Angels catcher Bengie Molina in the seventh inning during Game 4 of the American League Division Series Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Posada scored on a fielder's choice ground ball hit by Derek Jeter to Angels' third baseman Chone Figgins who made the throw home. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and the New York Yankees are still around &amp;amp;#151; by the slimmest of margins. Slow-footed catcher Jorge Posada barely beat the tag for the go-ahead run on Jeter&amp;#039;s seventh-inning bouncer, and New York scratched out a 3-2 victory Sunday night over the Los Angeles Angels to force a decisive fifth game in California.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051010/sp_nm/nfl_testaverde_dc"&gt;Testaverde makes winning switch from couch to quarterback (Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051010/sp_nm/nfl_testaverde_dc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051010/i/r1317885452.jpg?x=96&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=ZJjD6hfNQT6KLFqAGz8szQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Vinny Testaverde looks to the scoreboard after throwing his third interception of the second half against the Cleveland Browns at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, September 19, 2004." border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reuters - Vinny Testaverde brushed off the rust  of his brief retirement to lead the New York Jets to a 14-12  victory over the previously undefeated Tampa Bay Buccaners at  the weekend.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051010/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_jim_litke"&gt;Sportsview: ChiSox 'Nation' Pretty Small (AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/"&gt;us.rd.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051010/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_jim_litke"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051010/capt.iljl10510100225.blue_jackets_blackhawks_iljl105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=84&amp;amp;sig=CSHPB9SgI.6o5g5mxx3d3g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko, left, and back-up catcher Chris Widger chat during a Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game at the United Center, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, in Chicago. Konerko, Widger and the rest of the White Sox had the day off as they wait to face the winner of the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels for the American League Champion Series. (AP Photo/Joshua Lott)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Anybody looking for the White Sox Nation is going to need more than a map.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=236341&amp;src=rss"&gt;Coalition of the Darkside :: the saga of the yankees season summed up in one set of statistics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Rodriguez 1, R Cano 1, H Matsui 3  Team LOB: 11   By the way, I hate you Alex Rodriguez. Always have, always will.  At least I feel vinidcated in my hatred now .    2-15.  0 RBI in the series.  You're overpaid and overrated, Alex.    See you all next year."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=236256&amp;src=rss"&gt;No Sense Worrying :: Comfortably Numb.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"After witnessing game 7 at the Stadium last year, my Yankee related anger and depression has subsided a bit. (of course I'll still be in a rather foul mood at work tomorrow, especially when my boss will inevitably stick is head into my office and tell me "They stink.") This was a tough loss to take. But after a season of mediocrity (by NY standards) I was just happy they made it this far.  And hey, hockey's back. At least I kno..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=236342&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: YANKEES[#35] Angels Send Yankees Packing For Winter - New York Yankees Podcast 10-11-05&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/"&gt;rd.sportsblogs.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"Show: Pinstripe Pulse #35 Team: New York Yankees Host: Anish Shroff Producer: Sam Coutin  [comments]    Yankees Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/yankees 		      POD THE VOTE!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112903440829856688?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112903440829856688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112903440829856688' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112903440829856688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112903440829856688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/red-line-baseball-bats-10-11-2005.html' title='red line baseball bats: 10-11-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112894800767052760</id><published>2005-10-10T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T05:40:07.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>miken freak baseball bats: 10-10-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9588877&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Pierce beats listless Mauresmo to reach semi-finals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Amelie Mauresmo slumped out   of the U.S. Open on Wednesday following a listless 6-4 6-1   defeat by fellow Frenchwoman Mary Pierce in the quarter-finals."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9589057&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer out to put record straight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobody beats Roger Federer five times   and gets away with it, so Argentine David Nalbandian has   reasons to be fearful in Thursday's quarter-final at the U.S.   Open."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9584625&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Veteran center Damphousse retires after 18 seasons&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/"&gt;go.reuters.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran center Vincent Damphousse is   retiring after 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, he   said on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003759.html"&gt;Baseball News: braves can clbaseball card prices the division title&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Lee At 10:29 AM 9/23/2004 -0400, Lee Sinins wrote: &gt;4) The Yankees clbaseball card pricesed a postseason berth. -------------------------------------------------------------- baseball card prices: all card prices --------------------------------------------------------------..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/baseball/archives/003754.html"&gt;Baseball News: bandbox vulgarity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.capspecialties.com/"&gt;www.capspecialties.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;" Tomorrow night, one of our liveliest and most cherished local rituals will be revived: hating the New York Yankees. So, unfortunately, will a couple of the worst: vulgar chants and obscene sidewalk fashion. The "Yankees suck" culture has bebaseball..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/sports/baseball/10curry.ready.html?ex=1286596800&amp;en=35f68249a9579019&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Williams Seemingly Close to an Emotional Farewell&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;From:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;www.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;"With the Yankees facing elimination, Bernie Williams, who has been a Yankee since signing as a 17-year-old in 1986, could be playing his final game in the Bronx tonight."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112894800767052760?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112894800767052760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112894800767052760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112894800767052760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112894800767052760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/miken-freak-baseball-bats-10-10-2005.html' title='miken freak baseball bats: 10-10-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11877876560845728811'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>