<?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' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:10:23.186-07:00</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?max-results=100'/><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=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>397</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>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' alt='' /&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='http://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:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112886160902913404</id><published>2005-10-09T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-09T05:40:09.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball wood bat companies: 10-09-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9864931&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Angels top Yanks 11-7, lead series 2-1&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) - Garret Anderson had four hits and   drove in five runs as the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York   Yankees 11-7 on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five   American League Division Series."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9866214&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Saturday's Angels-Yankees game called off&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) - Rain has forced the postponement of   Saturday's Game Four in the American League Division Series   between the Los Angeles Angels and the New York Yankees."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9860554&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Mulder leads Cards to series lead, Braves tie&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) - Mark Mulder pitched 6 2/3 strong   innings and Reggie Sanders and David Eckstein both drove in a   pair of runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego   Padres, 6-2, in National League Division Series play Thursday   in St. Louis."&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://select.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/sports/baseball/08rhoden.html"&gt;[TS] Rainy Night in the Bronx Suits Anderson Fine&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;"As soon as the Angels' team bus pulled up to Yankee Stadium on Friday, an intermittent drizzle suddenly escalated to a heavy rain. And Garret Anderson loved it."&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/7576604-112886160902913404?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112886160902913404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112886160902913404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112886160902913404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112886160902913404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-wood-bat-companies-10-09-2005.html' title='baseball wood bat companies: 10-09-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112877520938882520</id><published>2005-10-08T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-08T05:40:09.456-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball batt: 10-08-2005</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://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051008/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_angels_yankees"&gt;Figgins Helps Angels Defeat Yankees 11-7 (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/20051008/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_angels_yankees"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051008/capt.nyff10910080459.alds_angels_yankees_nyff109.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=100&amp;amp;sig=viIpi7IMVm6GVakgP_YiBw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Los Angeles Angels' Chone Figgins (9) slides into third base after the ball hit him in the eighth inning during Game 3 of the American League Division Series, Friday Oct. 7, 2005, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The Big Unit was a big bust when the Yankees needed him most, and Chone Figgins&amp;#039; clutch plays pushed the Los Angeles Angels within one win of the AL championship series.&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/20051008/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_johnson"&gt;Johnson Flops in Yanks Postseason 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/20051008/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_johnson"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051008/capt.nyy11410080308.angels_yankees_nyy114.jpg?x=95&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=dx1flWw8QWlUpCse6C3TJg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="New York Yankees' Randy Johnson pitches in the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, Friday, Oct. 7, 2005 in New York. (AP Photo/Pool, Tim Shaffer)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Randy Johnson invited the fans at Yankee Stadium to boo him &amp;amp;#151; and they sure did. The Big Unit didn&amp;#039;t blame them.&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/20051008/sp_nm/al_angels_dc"&gt;Angels rise to occasion to lead Yanks (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/20051008/sp_nm/al_angels_dc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051008/i/r4136319335.jpg?x=121&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=CExNrz38R6gKpYQQmZ9eKg--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="Los Angeles Angels Garrett Anderson hits his three-run home run during the first inning of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees in New York October 7, 2005. Los Angeles Angels Vladimir Guerrero and Bengie Molina scored on the home run. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reuters - Angels manager Mike Scioscia pulled  out all the stops on Friday and his gambles paid off as Los  Angeles beat the New York Yankees 11-7 to move within one win  of reaching the League Championship Series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=234501&amp;src=rss"&gt;Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Bronx Banter: Game Three&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;"There's a 90 percent chance of heavy rain starting tonight around the scheduled first pitch of Game Three and continuing through Sunday.  In downtown Manhattan it's been overcast and unseasonably humid all day and as I look out the window now at 4:00, there are darker clouds rolling in and the wind has picked up considerably.  The odds of the Yankees getting rained out to night seem very high.  Still, on the off chance that the game is played tonight, here are my thoughts entering Game Three:"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=234129&amp;src=rss"&gt;Coalition of the Darkside :: Yankee Blogger Makes it Big!&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;" Sort of.   Our very own TC is quoted in today's Newsday, in a story about fan superstitions.  TC Lynch, a publisher from Staten Island, insists that no matter how many people come to his house to watch the game, a rocking chair with a Yankees shirt and cap must remain unused.   "During the Subway Series in 2000, I was just totally fed up one game and I threw the shirt and hat on..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=234104&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Randy wants us pumped up (in the rain?)&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;"Randy Johnson wants Yankee Stadium to be hopping when he takes the mound Friday night against the Angels.  He wants Yankees fans to be as pumped up as the fans in Arizona were when he pitched there.  This is what he said in Forecast Includes a Chance of Cheers. 	When he pitched for the [...]"&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/7576604-112877520938882520?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112877520938882520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112877520938882520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112877520938882520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112877520938882520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-batt-10-08-2005.html' title='baseball batt: 10-08-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112868880875872741</id><published>2005-10-07T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-07T05:40:08.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bat blem discount: 10-07-2005</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/20051007/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jim_litke"&gt;Sportsview: Testaverde May Regret Return (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/20051007/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jim_litke"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051007/capt.ny17210070034.jim_litke_ny172.jpg?x=114&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=dJ50r8S4ril5uxmetf4KmA--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde puts on his helmet as he arrives on the field at the Jets practice facility in Uniondale, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. When the   image of  Y.A. Tittle on his knees, a trickle of blood creasing his bald pate, was captured in September of 1964, Tittle was a month shy of his 38th birthday and beginning his 17th year in pro football. Testaverde will be almost four years older than that when he settles in over center Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, at the Meadowlands.    (AP Photo/Ed Betz,file)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - One picture of an old quarterback is worth a thousand words of warning. The iconic image for today&amp;#039;s NFL fans might well be T.O. with his mouth in gear, but to an earlier generation, a single black-and-white photo fixed what the game was about: Y.A. Tittle on his knees in the shadow of the goalposts, his blue New York Giants helmet lying on the ground a few feet away, a trickle of blood creasing his bald pate.&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/20051007/sp_usatoday/angelsarentanxioustoseebigunitonmound"&gt;Angels aren't anxious to see Big Unit on mound (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 - As the Angels try to get past the New York Yankees and into the American League Championship Series, it is Randy Johnson once again standing in their way. He will start Friday's Game 3 in Yankee Stadium, 10 years after he ended one of the Angels' most painful seasons. In Johnson's career, he is 15-6 against the Angels in 29 starts with a 2.93 ERA."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=233295&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: ANGELS[#01] Mussina Carries Yanks To Game 1 Victory - MLB Angels Podcast 10.05.05&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;"Host: Jon Wadsworth Producer: Sam Coutin  This podcast is simalcast on the "Pinstripe Pulse" Podcast Feed during the Yankee / Angels MLDS  [comments]  Angels Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/angels-podcast 		      POD THE VOTE!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=233225&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Go Go Cano - ALDS game 1&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 picked up 4 consecutive hits with 2 outs in the 1st inning and Robinson Cano&amp;#8217;s 3-run double was huge as it provided all the runs that Mike Mussina needed.  This is what cano said about the hit in Cano postgame interview: 	Were you particularly conscious of trying to hit the ball the other [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=233226&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: ALDS playoff roster&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;"Joe Torre and the Yankees decided to go with 11 pitcher and Alan Embree was the final guy aadded to the pitching staff as Wright left off ALDS roster. 	&amp;#8220;He&amp;#8217;s the manager; he makes the decisions,&amp;#8221; Wright said. &amp;#8220;There&amp;#8217;s one goal, and that&amp;#8217;s to win. I&amp;#8217;ll do whatever it takes.&amp;#8221;  	Could we see Jaret Wright later [...]"&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/7576604-112868880875872741?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112868880875872741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112868880875872741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112868880875872741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112868880875872741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-bat-blem-discount-10-07-2005.html' title='baseball bat blem discount: 10-07-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112860241144417654</id><published>2005-10-06T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-06T05:40:11.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'>tpx omoha xs 32 235 baseball bat: 10-06-2005</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/2005/10/06/sports/baseball/06yankees.html?ex=1286251200&amp;en=7d7e6c480b7fa546&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Small Ball, Dropped Balls and All Square&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;"An error by Alex Rodriguez helped the Angels tie Game 2, and a throwing error by Chien-Ming Wang helped put them ahead of the Yankees to stay in a 5-3 victory."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/sports/baseball/06pins.html?ex=1286251200&amp;en=b6936fd2de546454&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Give Marlins Permission to Speak With Girardi&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 gave the Florida Marlins permission on Wednesday to interview the bench coach Joe Girardi for their managerial vacancy."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_angels"&gt;Angels Beat Yanks 5-3, Tie ALDS at 1-1 (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/20051006/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_angels"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051006/capt.ans12410060517.yankees_angels_ans124.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=91&amp;amp;sig=ESSjgnaex94krl.5ujlKDw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Los Angeles Angels players point to teammate Orlando Cabrera after he hit a two-run single to put them ahead of the New York Yankees in the seventh inning of Game 2 of their American League Division Series in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Orlando Cabrera, Bengie Molina and the Angels&amp;#039; slick gloves got Los Angeles even against the New York Yankees. Cabrera scored the tying run after a costly error by Alex Rodriguez and hit a go-ahead single, Molina got two big hits and Los Angeles beat the Yankees 5-3 Wednesday night to tie their AL division series at one game apiece.&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/20051006/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_errors"&gt;Yanks' Errors, Lack of Hitting Costs Them (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/20051006/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_errors"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051006/capt.ans12010060447.yankees_angels_ans120.jpg?x=95&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=2ixHIl_A22WUDwOsw5EALw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="The New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez bobbles a hit for an error by Orlando Cabrera of the Los Angeles Angels in the sixth inning of Game 2 of their American League Division Series in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Alex Rodriguez may have been the most shocked person in the park. The Yankees&amp;#039; third baseman looked in his glove, and it was empty. The Gold Glove winner&amp;#039;s sixth-inning error on a lazy chopper led to the Angels&amp;#039; tying run, and Los Angeles rallied for a 5-3 victory Wednesday night to even the AL division series at one game apiece.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=233295&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: ANGELS[#01] Mussina Carries Yanks To Game 1 Victory - MLB Angels Podcast 10.05.05&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;"Host: Jon Wadsworth Producer: Sam Coutin  This podcast is simalcast on the "Pinstripe Pulse" Podcast Feed during the Yankee / Angels MLDS  [comments]  Angels Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/angels-podcast 		      POD THE VOTE!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=233225&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Go Go Cano - ALDS game 1&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 picked up 4 consecutive hits with 2 outs in the 1st inning and Robinson Cano&amp;#8217;s 3-run double was huge as it provided all the runs that Mike Mussina needed.  This is what cano said about the hit in Cano postgame interview: 	Were you particularly conscious of trying to hit the ball the other [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=233226&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: ALDS playoff roster&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;"Joe Torre and the Yankees decided to go with 11 pitcher and Alan Embree was the final guy aadded to the pitching staff as Wright left off ALDS roster. 	&amp;#8220;He&amp;#8217;s the manager; he makes the decisions,&amp;#8221; Wright said. &amp;#8220;There&amp;#8217;s one goal, and that&amp;#8217;s to win. I&amp;#8217;ll do whatever it takes.&amp;#8221;  	Could we see Jaret Wright later [...]"&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/7576604-112860241144417654?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112860241144417654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112860241144417654' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112860241144417654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112860241144417654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/tpx-omoha-xs-32-235-baseball-bat-10-06.html' title='tpx omoha xs 32 235 baseball bat: 10-06-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112851600781364490</id><published>2005-10-05T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-05T05:40:07.880-07:00</updated><title type='text'>then they started hitting us with baseball bats: 10-05-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9829753&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Cardinals, White Sox and Yankees pick up Game One wins&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) - Reggie Sanders hit a grand slam homer   and drove in six runs to lead the St Louis Cardinals to an 8-5   win over the San Diego Padres in the opening game of the   National League playoffs at Busch Stadium on Tuesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9829770&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Leyland replaces Trammell as Tigers 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) - Jim Leyland was hired as the new   manager of the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, just one day after   former Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell was fired."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9829636&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;GM Hart makes way for Daniels&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) - John Hart resigned as general manager   of the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, paving the way for 28-year-old   Jon Daniels to become the youngest GM in major league history."&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/2005/10/05/sports/baseball/05yanks.html?ex=1286164800&amp;en=445cfc22c2f6b18e&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Three Runs in First Are Enough to Keep the Angels at Bay&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;"Mike Mussina's pitching and Robinson Cano's hitting gave the Yankees a 4-2 victory in their playoff opener against the Angels."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/sports/baseball/05pins.html?ex=1286164800&amp;en=9238fd2cd76a9931&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Wright Off Roster, for Now; Womack Wins on Versatility&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;"After they invested $21 million in Jaret Wright, the Yankees would have never expected leaving him off their postseason roster."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051005/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_angels"&gt;Yankees Score Early to Beat Angels 4-2 (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/20051005/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_angels"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051005/capt.ans11610050225.yankees_angels_ans116.jpg?x=114&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=_p.av9s08DLIoVHX47ovow--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="Los Angeles Angels' Garret Anderson, right, competes with a fan to catch a foul ball hit by the New York Yankees' Robinson Cano in the third inning of Game 1 of their American League Division Series in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005. Anderson made the catch for an out.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Mike Mussina&amp;#039;s elbow held up just fine, and rookie Robinson Cano provided all the offense New York needed with a huge hit in his postseason debut.&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/20051005/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_white_sox_contreras"&gt;Contreras Shows Red Sox What They Missed (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/20051005/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_white_sox_contreras"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051004/capt.cxs10610042110.red_sox_white_sox_cxs106.jpg?x=89&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=vsPytowlXpnvAPVXzfu6lg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Chicago White Sox pitcher Jose Contreras starts the first inning against the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Division Series in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - First, Jose Contreras spurned the Boston Red Sox for New York. Now he&amp;#039;s rubbing it in.&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/20051005/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_knicks_curry_trade"&gt;NBA OKs Bulls' Trade of Curry to Knicks (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/20051005/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_knicks_curry_trade"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051005/capt.scsm10110050126.knicks_curry_trade_scsm101.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=84&amp;amp;sig=kR4Zgc06wx3NERnnc43uZQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="New York Knicks President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas, right, and coach Larry Brown, left, hold a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, in Charleston, S.C. about the trade for Chicago Bulls forward Eddy Curry. The trade sends Curry and veteran center Antonio Davis from Chicago to the Knicks for forwards Tim Thomas, Michael Sweetney and Jermaine Jackson. The Bulls also get a conditional first-round draft pick in 2006, two second-round selections in the future and the option of exchanging picks with New York at a later draft. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The New York Knicks are ready to take a chance on Eddy Curry. And while they want doctors to sign off on the health of the 22-year-old center&amp;#039;s heart first, they won&amp;#039;t be looking at Curry&amp;#039;s DNA profile.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=232766&amp;src=rss"&gt;Baseball's Savior :: No Surprises&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;"Someone wrote me asking if I'd do playoff predictions.  I'd do that, but frankly predicting the other series is irrelevant.  Then Yankees won their first of eleven games that they need to win another World Series.  While I'd like to see them win those eleven games in succession, they might lost a game or two, so repeating "Yankees sweep series" in a prediction column wouldn't provide much value to"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=232675&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Moosey Goosey&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;"Yanks hold on for the win.  Some two out magic, a good outing by Mussina, and Sturtze only giving up a solo home run (note to Joe Torre: don't put in Sturtze for the rest of the season) was enough for Mo to nail it down, though it didn't come easy.  Anywho, it takes some pressure off tomorrow's game.  Plus Boston got ass raped by the Chisox today, so all in all a good start to the playoffs."&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/7576604-112851600781364490?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112851600781364490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112851600781364490' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112851600781364490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112851600781364490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/then-they-started-hitting-us-with.html' title='then they started hitting us with baseball bats: 10-05-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112842960767020864</id><published>2005-10-04T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T05:40:07.753-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bats uk: 10-04-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9815644&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Detroit Tigers fire manager Trammell&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 Tigers fired manager Alan   Trammell on Monday, a day after the American League team posted   its 12th consecutive losing season."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9817264&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Yankees face Angels in playoffs with Red Sox in mind&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 New York Yankees, still smarting   from their defeat by Boston in last year's American League (AL)   Championship Series, begin a new playoff chase this week that   could bring a rematch with the world champion Red Sox."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9819021&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Tracy and Dodgers part ways after losing 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 Los Angeles Dodgers released   manager Jim Tracy on Monday, after the team recorded its first   losing season in five years."&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/2005/10/04/sports/baseball/04yanks.html?ex=1286078400&amp;en=5db51c1026902336&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Masters of Disruption Stalking the 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;"It is a devil of a matchup for the Yankees, this division series meeting with the Los Angeles Angels, and the devil is in the details."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051004/sp_nm/nba_curry_dc"&gt;Bulls deal Curry to New York Knicks after heart test snub (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;"Reuters - The Chicago Bulls traded Eddy Curry to  the New York Knicks on Monday after the center resisted a  controversial DNA test to help detect a heart condition."&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/7576604-112842960767020864?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112842960767020864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112842960767020864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112842960767020864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112842960767020864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-bats-uk-10-04-2005.html' title='baseball bats uk: 10-04-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112834320869193347</id><published>2005-10-03T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-03T05:40:09.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>easton 32 23 baseball bat: 10-03-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9807146&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Red Sox clinch AL wildcard after 10-1 romp&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;" BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox, the   World Series champions, earned the American League (AL) wild   card spot Sunday with a 10-1 victory over the AL East-winning   New York Yankees."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9807230&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Ramirez, Schilling lead Red Sox back to playoffs&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) - Manny Ramirez hit a three-run homer   and Curt Schilling pitched six strong innings as the Boston Red   Sox clinched the American League wild card with a 10-1 pounding   of the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on Sunday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9807183&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Oswalt pitches Astros to playoffs with win over Cubs&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) - Roy Oswalt pitched six innings for his   20th win of the season and drove in a run to help the Houston   Astros clinch the National League wildcard with a 6-4 victory   over the Chicago Cubs 6-4 in Houston on Sunday."&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/2005/10/03/sports/baseball/03yankees.html?ex=1285992000&amp;en=20e473859b8bf301&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Champagne Flows Again at Fenway, This Time for Sox&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;"Long before the last out of Sunday's rout of the Yankees, the Red Sox already knew they were headed to Chicago for the first round of the playoffs."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://select.nytimes.com/2005/10/03/sports/baseball/03vecsey.html"&gt;[TS] Jeter's Ready to Go, So Let the Postseason Begin&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;"Derek Jeter's bruised his right knee was the only Yankee detail from Sunday that really matters."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051002/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_white_sox_indians"&gt;ChiSox Dash Indians' Dreams of Playoffs (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/20051002/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_white_sox_indians"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051002/capt.ohtd10510022104.white_sox_indians_ohtd105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=87&amp;amp;sig=HgI8GoL_VnG7tYTapmxK4Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="From left, Cleveland Indians' Victor Martinez, Coco Crisp and Fernando Cabrera watch from the dugout in the eighth inning Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005 in Cleveland. Needing a win and then help from the New York Yankees to force a one-game playoff with Boston for the AL wild card, Cleveland dropped its season finale 3-1 to the Chicago White Sox. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - In the end, the Cleveland Indians&amp;#039; unexpected comeback came up a little short. With playoff baseball again in their sights, and when games mattered most, they simply collapsed.&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/20051002/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_red_sox"&gt;Red Sox Beat Yankees, Clinch Playoff Spot (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/20051002/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_red_sox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051002/capt.bxf11810022125.yankees_red_sox_bxf118.jpg?x=109&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=Fc7WwfAH.XJbQ1hGoNW65Q--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Boston Red Sox's Manny Ramirez watches his three-run homer off New York Yankees pitcher Scott Proctor during the fourth inning  at Fenway Park in Boston Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005. Looking on is Yankees catcher Jorge Posada   (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The Boston Red Sox joined the New York Yankees in the playoffs on Sunday and made their rivals&amp;#039; road just a little tougher. Reigning World Series MVP Manny Ramirez hit a three-run homer and also threw out Derek Jeter from the outfield on Sunday, and Curt Schilling shut the Yankees down long enough for the Red Sox to beat them 10-1 and clinch the AL wild-card berth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=230578&amp;src=rss"&gt;Baseball's Savior :: New York Yankees Clinch American League East for Eighth Straight Year&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;"Tomorrow's game doesn't mean a hill of beans, at least to the Yankees. This is due in large part to the Indians current choke job. If the Red Sox win, they get the Wild Card. If we win tomorrow and the Indians win, then the Red Sox and Indians go to a one game playoff for the wildcard.  Gary Sheffield is the man. He got things going with a huge two run homer in the first inning. In addition, he"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=230693&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Yankees win AL East with game 161 win&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;"Joe Torre and Don Mattingly were not sure that Joe Ausanio could help the Yankees hit Tim Wakefield on Saturday.  No matter, Boss hires Wakefield impersonator: 	&amp;#8220;Honestly,&amp;#8221; Ausanio said Friday night, &amp;#8220;I thought they were joking.&amp;#8221; 	&amp;#8220;They told me that Mark Newman remembered that I messed around with a knuckler &amp;#8230; and my pitching coaches Billy [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=230694&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Fridays game 160&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 loaded the bases with 1 out in the 1st inning against former-Yankee David Wells but only Hideki Matsui could drive in a run as the Yankees squandered a chance to jump out to a big league.  Wells took advantage of the reprieve and put in 7 solid innings limiting the Yankees to [...]"&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/7576604-112834320869193347?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112834320869193347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112834320869193347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112834320869193347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112834320869193347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/easton-32-23-baseball-bat-10-03-2005.html' title='easton 32 23 baseball bat: 10-03-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112825680855917803</id><published>2005-10-02T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-02T05:40:08.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>what baseball bats are made of: 10-02-2005</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/2005/10/02/sports/baseball/02yankees.html?ex=1285905600&amp;en=bb9812b687c8f23d&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Hard Slog Puts Yankees on Top, Boston and Cleveland on Edge&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;"Three months ago, they were a .500 team. But after getting the final out on Saturday, the Yankees were A.L. East champions for the eighth straight season."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=230578&amp;src=rss"&gt;Baseball's Savior :: New York Yankees Clinch American League East for Eighth Straight Year&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;"Tomorrow's game doesn't mean a hill of beans, at least to the Yankees. This is due in large part to the Indians current choke job. If the Red Sox win, they get the Wild Card. If we win tomorrow and the Indians win, then the Red Sox and Indians go to a one game playoff for the wildcard.  Gary Sheffield is the man. He got things going with a huge two run homer in the first inning. In addition, he"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=230693&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Yankees win AL East with game 161 win&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;"Joe Torre and Don Mattingly were not sure that Joe Ausanio could help the Yankees hit Tim Wakefield on Saturday.  No matter, Boss hires Wakefield impersonator: 	&amp;#8220;Honestly,&amp;#8221; Ausanio said Friday night, &amp;#8220;I thought they were joking.&amp;#8221; 	&amp;#8220;They told me that Mark Newman remembered that I messed around with a knuckler &amp;#8230; and my pitching coaches Billy [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=230694&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Fridays game 160&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 loaded the bases with 1 out in the 1st inning against former-Yankee David Wells but only Hideki Matsui could drive in a run as the Yankees squandered a chance to jump out to a big league.  Wells took advantage of the reprieve and put in 7 solid innings limiting the Yankees to [...]"&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/7576604-112825680855917803?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112825680855917803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112825680855917803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112825680855917803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112825680855917803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-baseball-bats-are-made-of-10-02.html' title='what baseball bats are made of: 10-02-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112817040934749486</id><published>2005-10-01T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-01T05:40:12.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bat review youth: 10-01-2005</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/2005/10/01/sports/baseball/01indians.html?ex=1285819200&amp;en=07495851e0db675d&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Chicago Hands Cleveland Extra-Innings Heartbreak&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;"After the Indians' fourth defeat in their last five games, they are a game behind the Yankees and the Red Sox in their attempt to qualify for the A.L. playoffs."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/01/sports/baseball/01pins.html?ex=1285819200&amp;en=a74e7171cfc92a37&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Steinbrenner's Ace? Reliever From 1995&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;"BOSTON, Sept. 30 - Keenly aware of his team's futility against the Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, the Yankees' principal owner, George Steinbrenner, has hired a knuckleball specialist to pitch batting practice on Saturday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051001/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_red_sox"&gt;BoSox Beat Yankees to Tie for AL East Lead (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/20051001/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_yankees_red_sox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051001/capt.bxf11210010030.yankees_red_sox_bxf112.jpg?x=81&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=3WHH3zx_hipVtke.vmzLwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="New York Yankees pitcherChien-Ming Wang watches as Boston Red Sox's Jason Varitek rounds third base after a solo home run in the second inning at Fenway Park in Boston Friday, Sept. 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - It&amp;#039;s all tied up in the AL East. Boston and New York. Two games to play. Jason Varitek homered, David Ortiz drove in another big run and David Wells pitched seven strong innings on Friday night to give the Red Sox a 5-3 victory over the Yankees, knotting the division on the season&amp;#039;s final weekend.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=230221&amp;src=rss"&gt;Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Bronx Banter: The Giambian Bargain&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;"Needing just one win to clinch a tie for the American League East, the Yankees went to Fenway Park last night and lost a game they could have won.  The decisive play came with the bases full of Red Sox in the sixth inning, one man out, the score 3-1 in favor of Boston, and an 0-2 count on Jason Varitek.  Varitek hit a weak grounder to Jason Giambi at first, who charged the ball and fired to Jorge Posada to force David Ortiz at home.  But Giambi failed to set himself before making the throw, d..."&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/7576604-112817040934749486?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112817040934749486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112817040934749486' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112817040934749486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112817040934749486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/baseball-bat-review-youth-10-01-2005.html' title='baseball bat review youth: 10-01-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112808400774959740</id><published>2005-09-30T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-30T05:40:07.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>aluminumn baseball bats: 09-30-2005</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/2005/09/30/sports/baseball/30yanks.html?ex=1285732800&amp;en=91885f8cab9f4eaa&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Pack Their First-Place Power for Boston&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 rode a towering first-inning home run by Jason Giambi to a victory over the Baltimore Orioles."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/sports/baseball/30pins.html?ex=1285732800&amp;en=cb02dc46dfd5160f&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Red Sox Sign Ex-Yanks Pitcher Stanton as Relief for the Short Haul&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 Boston Red Sox are tired and wobbly, but they are not finished. So the Red Sox acquired Mike Stanton, a left-handed relief pitcher and former Yankee, from the Washington Nationals yesterday, just in time to pitch against his old team this weekend."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://rss.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050930/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_giants_jets_stadium"&gt;Giants, Jets Agree on Plan for New Stadium (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://rss.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050930/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_giants_jets_stadium"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050929/capt.njme10509292348.giants_jets_stadium_njme105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=86&amp;amp;sig=CO8rhd0Cn6nPGErk8ycNeA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Acting New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey, seated, speaks as he signs the final agreement to jointly build a new stadium, worked out between the New York Giants and New York Jets Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005 in East Rutherford, N.J. Standing from left-to-right are: Carl Goldberg, Chairman NJSEA; John Mara, Chief Operating Officer NY Giants; Steve Tisch, member of NY Giants co-owner's family; Woody Johnson, NY Jets owner; Jay Cross, president NY Jets.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The New York Giants and Jets agreed Thursday to build a stadium in the Meadowlands that would become the first NFL venue to be owned and operated by two teams.&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://rss.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050929/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_nationals_red_sox_trade"&gt;Red Sox Acquire Stanton From Nationals (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://rss.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050929/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_nationals_red_sox_trade"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050929/capt.ny16409291924.nationals_red_sox_trade_ny164.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=110&amp;amp;sig=Oji4L_FUTuhI.6ASUVwrFA--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Stanton reacts to giving up a two-run home run to St. Louis Cardinals David Eckstein in the seventh inning in this Aug. 27, 2005 photo, in Washington. The  Nationals traded Stanton to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday for right-handers Rhys Taylor and Yader Peralta. Stanton could wind up pitching this weekend against his former team, the New York Yankees. If the Red Sox advance to the playoffs, Stanton would not be eligible for the postseason roster. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The Boston Red Sox acquired reliever Mike Stanton from the Washington Nationals on Thursday, adding another left-hander to the bullpen in their final, four-game push for the playoffs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=229006&amp;src=rss"&gt;Baseball's Savior :: Advantage Yankees&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;"Thank you Shawn Chacon.  He and the usual relief duo of Gordon/Rivera held the Orioles to one run on five hits and Alex Rodriguez homered for the 47th time as the Yankees topped the Orioles.  The Red Sox dropped their game to the Blue Birds, so the Yankees now have a one game lead in the AL East.  Four games, and the magic number is now four.  At worst, the Yankees will head into the shit box tied"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=228995&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: YANKEES[#31]  Red Sox Are Confident - New York Yankees Podcast 09-28-05&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;"[comments]    Yankees Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/yankees 		      POD THE VOTE!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=228859&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: That's More Like It&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;"Feelin' good with this win tonight, especially since Cleveland and Boston lost again.  Chacon is the freakin man.  Bernie was safe at home on that play and the ump, standing two feet away, missed the call.  In the end, Yanks still win so I'll stop there.  As long as we don't have to use more than the starter, Gordon, and Mariano, we stand a good chance to win every night. One game up with four to go!"&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/7576604-112808400774959740?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112808400774959740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112808400774959740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112808400774959740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112808400774959740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/aluminumn-baseball-bats-09-30-2005.html' title='aluminumn baseball bats: 09-30-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112799760924017050</id><published>2005-09-29T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T05:40:09.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>metalwood baseball bats: 09-29-2005</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/2005/09/29/sports/baseball/29yanks.html?ex=1285646400&amp;en=10812b31e1b44d0a&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Rebound From Start to Finish to Take East Lead&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;"After Mariano Rivera earned his 43rd save with a 1-2-3 ninth, the Yankees escaped and took a one-game lead in the A.L. East."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050928/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_tiebreaker_coin_flips"&gt;White Sox Would Host Wild-Card Tiebreaker (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 - The White Sox won coin flips Wednesday and would host the Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees if Chicago finishes with the same record as the AL East second-place team and a tiebreaker playoff is needed to determine the wild-card winner."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=229006&amp;src=rss"&gt;Baseball's Savior :: Advantage Yankees&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;"Thank you Shawn Chacon.  He and the usual relief duo of Gordon/Rivera held the Orioles to one run on five hits and Alex Rodriguez homered for the 47th time as the Yankees topped the Orioles.  The Red Sox dropped their game to the Blue Birds, so the Yankees now have a one game lead in the AL East.  Four games, and the magic number is now four.  At worst, the Yankees will head into the shit box tied"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=228995&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: YANKEES[#31]  Red Sox Are Confident - New York Yankees Podcast 09-28-05&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;"[comments]    Yankees Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/yankees 		      POD THE VOTE!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=228859&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: That's More Like It&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;"Feelin' good with this win tonight, especially since Cleveland and Boston lost again.  Chacon is the freakin man.  Bernie was safe at home on that play and the ump, standing two feet away, missed the call.  In the end, Yanks still win so I'll stop there.  As long as we don't have to use more than the starter, Gordon, and Mariano, we stand a good chance to win every night. One game up with four to go!"&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/7576604-112799760924017050?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112799760924017050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112799760924017050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112799760924017050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112799760924017050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/metalwood-baseball-bats-09-29-2005.html' title='metalwood baseball bats: 09-29-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112791120742250271</id><published>2005-09-28T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T05:40:07.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bats metal fatigue: 09-28-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9766737&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Plummer leads Broncos to easy victory over Chiefs&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) - Jake Plummer threw for a touchdown and   ran for another to lead the Denver Broncos to a convincing   30-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Invesco Field in   Colorado on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9768111&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Players union proposes big increase in drug bans&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) - Major League Baseball's (MLB) players'   union has proposed increasing the punishment for a first   positive test for performance-enhancing drugs from 10 days to   20 games."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9768309&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Marlins tell pitcher Burnett to leave team&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 Florida Marlins have told pitcher   AJ Burnett to leave after he criticized the team and manager   Jack McKeon."&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/2005/09/28/sports/baseball/28redsox.html?ex=1285560000&amp;en=dd2e70d28eee2bdc&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Tale of 2 Pitchers: Wakefield Wins, Schilling Doesn't&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;"Because the Red Sox split the day-night doubleheader and the Yankees lost, the Red Sox rejoined the Yankees in a tie for first place in the A.L. East."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050927/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jets_testaverde"&gt;Vinny Testaverde Set to Rejoin N.Y. Jets (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/20050927/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jets_testaverde"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050927/capt.ny15709271542.jets_testaverde_ny157.jpg?x=109&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=qlFyrv5VsAXL8tIe9Ml30Q--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde prepares to pass in the first quarter during the AFC Wildcard playoff against the Oakland Raiders in Oakland, Calif., in this Jan. 12, 2002 photo. Testaverde, who spent some of his best NFL seasons with the New York Jets, is set to rejoin the team to replace Chad Pennington, lost for the season with a shoulder injury.  The agreement was confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday Sept. 27, 2005 by a person with knowledge of the deal, but who declined to be identified. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Vinny Testaverde, who spent some of his best NFL seasons with the New York Jets, is set to rejoin the team to replace Chad Pennington, lost for the season with a shoulder injury.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050927/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jets_pennington_out"&gt;New York Jets Quarterback Out for Season (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/20050927/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jets_pennington_out"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050927/capt.ny17209270032.jets_pennington_out_ny172.jpg?x=127&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=lAG0_fkN1pqk.223ZwJgow--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="New York Jets' Chad Pennington, right, has his shoulder worked on after coming out of the game in the third quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Sept. 25, 2005.   Pennington will miss the rest of the season because of a torn right rotator cuff, The Associated Press learned Monday night, Sept. 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - For years, Jets quarterback Chad Pennington was a boy wonder.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=228177&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Felix Rodriguez 2005 = Felix Heredia 2004&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;"Q: How do you know when your bullpen is having a bad night? A: When Alan Embree gives the best performance. Just when it looked like the Yanks would come back and win after Sheff hit the grand slam, Leiter and Co. give another atrocious outing.  Absolutly pathetic.  Walk after walk after walk.  Sometimes it's like they all try to outdue each other at who can pitch the worst.  If they had some guys who could actu..."&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/7576604-112791120742250271?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112791120742250271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112791120742250271' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112791120742250271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112791120742250271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-bats-metal-fatigue-09-28-2005.html' title='baseball bats metal fatigue: 09-28-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112782480790753263</id><published>2005-09-27T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T05:40:08.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>mizuno baseball bats: 09-27-2005</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/2005/09/27/sports/baseball/27pins.html?ex=1285473600&amp;en=c1c36610af2ce192&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Small Will Get Start; Wright Is Sent to Bullpen&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;"BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 - Jaret Wright and Aaron Small pitched last Saturday. Wright gave up seven runs and got three outs. Small allowed no runs and got 20 outs. For Yankees Manager Joe Torre, starting Small the next time through the rotation was an easy decision."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050926/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Yanks, Bosox Headed for Fantastic Finish (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/20050926/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050925/capt.nyy11509252207.blue_jays_yankees_nyy115.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=85&amp;amp;sig=eU0cXkfQ24wenc82ZsyXzA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, left, greets Gary Sheffield, center, and Mark Bellhorn, right, at the plate after Sheffield's eighth inning three-run homer off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Vinnie Chulk, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Get ready for another best of seven between Boston and New York. Tied atop the AL East with seven regular-season games to go, the Red Sox and Yankees appear headed for a fantastic finish again.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050926/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_hate_mail_jeter"&gt;Report: Jeter Received Racist Hate Mail (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/20050926/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_hate_mail_jeter"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050926/capt.ny11109260932.hate_mail_jeter_ny111.jpg?x=95&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=vX6rADy7uCA9rCxsyms5hA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="New York Yankees' Derek Jeter smiles during a news conference where he was named captain of the Yankees in this June 3, 2003, file photo in Cincinnati. Jeter is the latest athlete to receive a threatening letter warning him to stop dating white women. The letter was mailed to Jeter at Yankee Stadium and called him a 'traitor to his race,' according to a story in the New York Daily News, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Jeter, whose father is black and mother is white, has been linked with women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds in New York's gossip columns.  (AP Photo/Al Behrman, file)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Yankees star Derek Jeter is the latest athlete to receive a threatening letter warning him to stop dating white women.&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/7576604-112782480790753263?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112782480790753263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112782480790753263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112782480790753263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112782480790753263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/mizuno-baseball-bats-09-27-2005.html' title='mizuno baseball bats: 09-27-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112773840958955076</id><published>2005-09-26T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-26T05:40:09.873-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseballs bats: 09-26-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9746849&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Jays knock off Yankees, Red Sox tie for top&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) - Shea Hillenbrand and Eric Hinske both   drove in a pair of runs as the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the   streaking New York Yankees with a 7-4 win in American League   play Saturday at Yankee Stadium."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9746851&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Astacio fills the void, Astros lead by two&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) - Ezequiel Astacio pitched six strong   innings starting in place of the injured Roger Clemens to lead   the Houston Astros to an 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs in   National League play Saturday at Wrigley Field."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9746850&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Klitschko survives three knockdowns, edges Peter&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) - Wladimir Klitschko survived three   knockdowns to score a unanimous decision over previously   unbeaten Samuel Peter in a heavyweight fight Saturday night in   Atlantic City."&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/2005/09/26/sports/baseball/26yankees.html?ex=1285387200&amp;en=c31eecc76646ad57&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;With Next Stage Uncertain, Williams Takes Bow&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;"Because playoff participation is not a certainty for the Yankees, the crowd turned fan appreciation day into an unofficial Bernie Williams appreciation day."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://select.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/sports/baseball/26anderson.html"&gt;[TS] If Yanks Have a Shot, Rivera Is the Reason&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;"The Yankees may need to win all seven games to make the playoffs, and if they do, Mariano Rivera will probably be the reason."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20050925/sp_nm/al_saturday_dc"&gt;Jays knock off Yankees, Red Sox tie for top (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/20050925/sp_nm/al_saturday_dc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050925/2005_09_24t234408_450x275_us_al_saturday.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=79&amp;amp;sig=slimZwjy.Sb_3MSwwG1Z9Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="New York Yankees pitcher Jaret Wright (L) is removed from the game with the Toronto Blue Jays after he walked batter Frank Catalanotto to load the bases in the second inning of their game in New York's Yankee Stadium September 24, 2005. The Yankees lost 7-4. (Ray Stubblebine/Reuters)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reuters - Shea Hillenbrand and Eric Hinske both  drove in a pair of runs as the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the  streaking New York Yankees with a 7-4 win in American League  play Saturday at Yankee Stadium.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=226182&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Cashman?s last year too?&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;"My last post, Bernie&amp;#8217;s farewell tour?, wondered if Bernie Williams would be back with the Yankees next year.  Another person that could be in his last year with the organization is Brian Cashman as Yankees afloat, but Cashman may bail notes. 	Cashman, 38, acknowledges he was approached by ownership representatives earlier this season about a [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=226183&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Bernie?s farewell tour?&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;"Bronx fans showed appreciation for a MLB career that started in 1991 and has continued with only one team, the Yankees, by cheering for Bernie Williams everytime his feet touched the field as  Last lap in Bronx for Bernie? notes. 	&amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t know how to take it,&amp;#8221; Williams said quietly. &amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t know if they&amp;#8217;re [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=226184&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Kaat likes Stick&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;"In Stick on the way out?, I noted that Gene Michael has filled many roles for the Yankees on and off the field and that his influence in the organization has waned.  Someone that still thinks Michael is useful is YES&amp;#8217; Jim Kaat.  Not only does he think that, he expressed it during [...]"&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/7576604-112773840958955076?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112773840958955076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112773840958955076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112773840958955076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112773840958955076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseballs-bats-09-26-2005.html' title='baseballs bats: 09-26-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112765200918463523</id><published>2005-09-25T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-25T05:40:09.223-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2004 baseball bats: 09-25-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9746849&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Jays knock off Yankees, Red Sox tie for top&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) - Shea Hillenbrand and Eric Hinske both   drove in a pair of runs as the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the   streaking New York Yankees with a 7-4 win in American League   play Saturday at Yankee Stadium."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9746851&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Astacio fills the void, Astros lead by two&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) - Ezequiel Astacio pitched six strong   innings starting in place of the injured Roger Clemens to lead   the Houston Astros to an 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs in   National League play Saturday at Wrigley Field."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9746850&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Klitschko survives three knockdowns, edges Peter&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) - Wladimir Klitschko survived three   knockdowns to score a unanimous decision over previously   unbeaten Samuel Peter in a heavyweight fight Saturday night in   Atlantic City."&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/2005/09/25/sports/baseball/25yankees.html?ex=1285300800&amp;en=bfd00dcea663a947&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;It's All Tied Up Approaching the Wire&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 Blue Jays ended the Yankees' winning streak at five games and left them tied with the Boston Red Sox in the American League East."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20050925/sp_nm/al_saturday_dc"&gt;Jays knock off Yankees, Red Sox tie for top (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/20050925/sp_nm/al_saturday_dc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050925/2005_09_24t234408_450x275_us_al_saturday.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=79&amp;amp;sig=slimZwjy.Sb_3MSwwG1Z9Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="New York Yankees pitcher Jaret Wright (L) is removed from the game with the Toronto Blue Jays after he walked batter Frank Catalanotto to load the bases in the second inning of their game in New York's Yankee Stadium September 24, 2005. The Yankees lost 7-4. (Ray Stubblebine/Reuters)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reuters - Shea Hillenbrand and Eric Hinske both  drove in a pair of runs as the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the  streaking New York Yankees with a 7-4 win in American League  play Saturday at Yankee Stadium.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=226182&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Cashman?s last year too?&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;"My last post, Bernie&amp;#8217;s farewell tour?, wondered if Bernie Williams would be back with the Yankees next year.  Another person that could be in his last year with the organization is Brian Cashman as Yankees afloat, but Cashman may bail notes. 	Cashman, 38, acknowledges he was approached by ownership representatives earlier this season about a [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=226183&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Bernie?s farewell tour?&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;"Bronx fans showed appreciation for a MLB career that started in 1991 and has continued with only one team, the Yankees, by cheering for Bernie Williams everytime his feet touched the field as  Last lap in Bronx for Bernie? notes. 	&amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t know how to take it,&amp;#8221; Williams said quietly. &amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t know if they&amp;#8217;re [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=226184&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Kaat likes Stick&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;"In Stick on the way out?, I noted that Gene Michael has filled many roles for the Yankees on and off the field and that his influence in the organization has waned.  Someone that still thinks Michael is useful is YES&amp;#8217; Jim Kaat.  Not only does he think that, he expressed it during [...]"&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/7576604-112765200918463523?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112765200918463523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112765200918463523' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112765200918463523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112765200918463523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/2004-baseball-bats-09-25-2005.html' title='2004 baseball bats: 09-25-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112756596846513904</id><published>2005-09-24T05:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-24T05:46:08.533-07:00</updated><title type='text'>craft wooden baseball bats: 09-24-2005</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/2005/09/24/sports/baseball/24yanks.html?ex=1285214400&amp;en=beda7c2a87812a97&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Chacon Baffles Blue Jays Again to Secure Lead&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;"Shawn Chacon twirled eight shutout innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Yankees supported him with four runs in the first inning."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/sports/baseball/24pins.html?ex=1285214400&amp;en=653c5cd37c1e477f&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Giambi's Back Is Tender, but It Won't Keep Him Out&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;"Jason Giambi missed his second start in a row last night with back spasms, but the injury did not seem serious. In fact, Giambi said he was fine and that he could have started. He seemed surprised when reporters told him he was not in the Yankees' starting lineup."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        {RSS:1,8} &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7576604-112756596846513904?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112756596846513904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112756596846513904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112756596846513904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112756596846513904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/craft-wooden-baseball-bats-09-24-2005.html' title='craft wooden baseball bats: 09-24-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112747920866050601</id><published>2005-09-23T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-23T05:40:08.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>engraved baseball bats: 09-23-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9734767&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Lieber leads Phillies to victory over Braves&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) - Jon Lieber pitched eight shutout   innings and the Philadelphia Phillies scored four runs in the   ninth inning to beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in National League   play at Turner Field on Thursday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9734727&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Payton signs one-year deal with Heat, reunites with Shaq&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) - Point guard Gary Payton signed a   one-year, $1.1 million contract with the Miami Heat on   Thursday, re-uniting him with center Shaquille O'Neal."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9734691&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Johnson dies from injuries sustained in title loss&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 world lightweight champion   Leavander Johnson died in hospital on Thursday, five days after   suffering brain damage in a title bout in Las Vegas."&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/2005/09/22/sports/baseball/22yanks.html?ex=1285041600&amp;en=029417a49aaf9156&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;A Nail-Biter Puts the Yankees in First Place&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 victory, coupled with a loss by the Red Sox, put the Yankees in first place in the A.L. East by half a game."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050923/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nl_rdp"&gt;Willis Wins Major-League Best 22nd Game (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/20050923/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nl_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050923/capt.nygb10209230005.marlins_mets_nygb102.jpg?x=70&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=mMYEhh8eFRIrybi0RNfLkA--" align="left" height="130" width="70" alt="Florida Marlins' Dontrelle Willis throws against the New York Mets in the second inning at Shea Stadium in New York, Thursday, Sept. 22,  2005. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Dontrelle Willis is first in the major leagues and seventh in the batting order. Florida&amp;#039;s left-hander became the majors&amp;#039; first 22-game winner with a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Thursday night, a game in which he batted seventh and kept the Marlins&amp;#039; wild-card hopes alive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=225194&amp;src=rss"&gt;No Sense Worrying :: This bullpen is conspiring to make me turn gray before I'm 30.&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;" Thursday, September 22, 2005 Home Game 78 Yankees 7 Orioles 6 Subway Race Winner: WW Cap Game: #2    Well, at least the starters are holding their own. Mussina did great ton..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=225127&amp;src=rss"&gt;I'm No Idiot: A Yankee Fan's View from New England :: Yankees Sweep Their Way to One Game Lead&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;"Another potential blowout was ruined by the ineffectiveness of the Yankees middle relief. Luckily, there are a few guys back there who know what they're doing, and they saved the day as usual. Taking a 7-1 lead into the 7th, Al Leiter replaced the returning Mike Mussina and looked sharp for one inning. He imploded in the 8th, surrendering 4 runs on 2 hits. Tanyon Sturtze came in and calmed things down, ending the 8th with a 7-5 lead. Tom Gordon came i..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=225107&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Two Halves Make a Whole&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;"Another win, but the bullpen gave up 5 runs in the last two innings.  This can't go on forever and work out in the end.  THE PEN'S GOTTA STEP UP!   Good to see Moose back and pitching well, though.  After Wang's and Dong's outings, looks like the starters may have to go eight every night."&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/7576604-112747920866050601?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112747920866050601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112747920866050601' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112747920866050601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112747920866050601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/engraved-baseball-bats-09-23-2005.html' title='engraved baseball bats: 09-23-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112739280790107446</id><published>2005-09-22T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-22T05:40:07.973-07:00</updated><title type='text'>worth powercell baseball bats: 09-22-2005</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/2005/09/21/sports/baseball/21yanks.html?ex=1284955200&amp;en=9cb26fa45698f878&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Sheffield Provides Power as Yanks Tread 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;"Though starter Aaron Small improved to 9-0, the game was a struggle all night for the Yankees."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://select.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/sports/baseball/21vecsey.html"&gt;[TS] [TS] [TS] Yankees Find a Way by Faith, Hope and History&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;"All of this fear, all of this trembling, was going to lead inevitably to this time of year, when the Yankees would be battling for first place."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050922/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Johnson Pitches Yankees Into First Place (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/20050922/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050922/capt.nyjj10509220136.orioles_yankees_nyjj105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=83&amp;amp;sig=R.dATfm8bghbxOoMZ8JcmQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Randy Johnson delivers a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The New York Yankees are back in a familiar spot: first place. Seeking their eighth straight division title, the Yankees took over sole possession of the AL East lead Wednesday night thanks to Randy Johnson&amp;#039;s clutch pitching and Boston&amp;#039;s meltdown at Tampa Bay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=223980&amp;src=rss"&gt;NYYBlog :: Bubba Blast, Yanks Forced to Use Mo&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;"Two nights ago, Bubba Crosby powered the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles with a walkoff home run off lefty Eric DuBose in the bottom of the 9th. 	Last night, the Yankees were forced to use closer Mariano Rivera in a blowout turned close as the Yankees won 12-9. Gary Sheffield also hit [...]"&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/7576604-112739280790107446?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112739280790107446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112739280790107446' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112739280790107446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112739280790107446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/worth-powercell-baseball-bats-09-22.html' title='worth powercell baseball bats: 09-22-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112730640906489229</id><published>2005-09-21T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-21T05:40:09.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'>big barrel baseball bats: 09-21-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9709776&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Alou, Bonds homer to lead Giants over the Nationals&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) - Moises Alou hit a three-run go-ahead   home run in the ninth inning and Barry Bonds belted career   homer No. 706 as the San Francisco Giants edged the Washington   Nationals 4-3 in National League play Tuesday at RFK Stadium."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9709737&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Ortiz smacks two homers as Red Sox maul Devil Rays&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) - David Ortiz hit a pair of home runs   and had four RBI as the Boston Red Sox held on to first place   in the American League East with a 15-2 thumping of the Tampa   Bay Devil Rays in American League play Tuesday in St.   Petersburg."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9709531&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Jaguars' Darius out for the season with knee injury&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) - Jacksonville Jaguars safety Donovin   Darius will miss the rest of the season due to a torn knee   ligament, the team said Tuesday."&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/2005/09/21/sports/baseball/21yanks.html?ex=1284955200&amp;en=9cb26fa45698f878&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Sheffield Provides Power as Yanks Tread 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;"Though starter Aaron Small improved to 9-0, the game was a struggle all night for the Yankees."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://select.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/sports/baseball/21vecsey.html"&gt;[TS] [TS] [TS] Yankees Find a Way by Faith, Hope and History&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;"All of this fear, all of this trembling, was going to lead inevitably to this time of year, when the Yankees would be battling for first place."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050921/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_baseball_today"&gt;Baseball 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 - Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m. EDT). Randy Johnson (14-8) faces Rodrigo Lopez (14-10) and the Baltimore Orioles."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=223980&amp;src=rss"&gt;NYYBlog :: Bubba Blast, Yanks Forced to Use Mo&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;"Two nights ago, Bubba Crosby powered the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles with a walkoff home run off lefty Eric DuBose in the bottom of the 9th. 	Last night, the Yankees were forced to use closer Mariano Rivera in a blowout turned close as the Yankees won 12-9. Gary Sheffield also hit [...]"&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/7576604-112730640906489229?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112730640906489229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112730640906489229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112730640906489229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112730640906489229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/big-barrel-baseball-bats-09-21-2005.html' title='big barrel baseball bats: 09-21-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112722000852879292</id><published>2005-09-20T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-20T05:40:08.583-07:00</updated><title type='text'>demarini dxlf2 f2 youth baseball bat: 09-20-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9697070&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Yanks' Crosby becomes an unlikely hero&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) - Bubba Crosby led off the bottom of the   ninth inning with his first home run of the season, giving the   New York Yankees a dramatic 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles   in American League play Monday night at Yankee Stadium."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9697052&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Pirates rookie Snell outduels Astros' Clemens&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) - Rookie Ian Snell pitched eight shutout   innings for his first major league victory as the Pittsburgh   Pirates blanked Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros 7-0 in   National League play Monday night in Pittsburgh."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9697087&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Barber leads Giants to victory over mistake-prone Saints&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) - Tiki Barber rushed for 83 yards and   scored a pair of touchdowns to lift the New York Giants to an   easy 27-10 victory over the mistake-prone New Orleans Saints in   National Football League play Monday night in East Rutherford,   New Jersey."&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/2005/09/20/sports/baseball/20yanks.html?ex=1284868800&amp;en=429999b28b98857b&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Crosby Show and Yanks Win Emmy for Drama&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;"Bubba Crosby, the No. 9-hitting right fielder, blasted the third home run of his career to beat the Baltimore Orioles at a tense Yankee Stadium."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/sports/baseball/20pins.html?ex=1284868800&amp;en=4826ce5a74fa0500&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Turf or No Turf, Sheffield Is Not Ready for Right Field&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 that Gary Sheffield would return to right field yesterday, when they returned to Yankee Stadium after playing six games on artificial turf. But Sheffield remained at designated hitter."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050920/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_giants_saints"&gt;Giants Trounce Saints, 27-10 (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/20050920/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_giants_saints"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050920/capt.eru10209200104.giants_saints_eru102.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=106&amp;amp;sig=Xl.ChtSg5Av.rHW96D06pw--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="New York Giants running back Tiki Barber cuts between New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Brian Young, left, and cornerback Jason Craft, right, as he runs six yards for a touchdown during the first quarter Monday night, Sept. 19, 2005 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Aside from a few superficial touches, it didn&amp;#039;t look, sound or feel like home. The New Orleans Saints better get used to it &amp;amp;#151; because this is how it&amp;#039;s going to be all season.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050920/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_orioles_yankees"&gt;Yankees Edge Orioles, 3-2 (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/20050920/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_orioles_yankees"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050920/capt.nyy10209200105.orioles_yankees_nyy102.jpg?x=98&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=pMEfP62JzvIU_Z9Ni0V8nA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="New York Yankees Chien-Ming Wang delivers a pitch to a Baltimore Orioles batter during the first inning at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005 (AP Photo/Ed Betz)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Rarely used reserve Bubba Crosby led off the bottom of the ninth inning with his first home run this season, giving the New York Yankees a 3-2 victory Monday night over the Baltimore Orioles.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20050920/sp_nm/nfl_saints_dc"&gt;Barber leads Giants to victory over mistake-prone Saints (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;"Reuters - Tiki Barber rushed for 83 yards and  scored a pair of touchdowns to lift the New York Giants to an  easy 27-10 victory over the mistake-prone New Orleans Saints in  National Football League play Monday night in East Rutherford,  New Jersey."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=223270&amp;src=rss"&gt;Coalition of the Darkside :: Memo to NY Post, Daily News Sports Editors&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;"RE: This Morning's Back Pages.   "I never hit a walk-off home run in my whole life," Crosby said later. "Not in my whole life. Not even in Little League." Dear Morons,  Bubba frickin' posed for your shutter sluts to nail the perfect "thousand words" back page photo, and maybe the biggest moment in the kid's career. Like GiambRhoido's grand slam in the rain, this was when "&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=223123&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: The Crosby Show&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;"Bubba Crosby picked a great time for his first home run of the year: in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game.  Glad to see the Yanks take this one, as both teams looked pretty flat.  Wang made like 30 assists and pitched well, though."&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/7576604-112722000852879292?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112722000852879292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112722000852879292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112722000852879292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112722000852879292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/demarini-dxlf2-f2-youth-baseball-bat.html' title='demarini dxlf2 f2 youth baseball bat: 09-20-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112713361063248388</id><published>2005-09-19T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-19T05:40:10.953-07:00</updated><title type='text'>senior league discount baseball bats: 09-19-2005</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/2005/09/19/sports/baseball/19yankees.html?ex=1284782400&amp;en=12792e270be9b215&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Wright's Bad Luck Part of Yankees' Rough Day&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;"Jaret Wright left in the third inning after the barrel of Eric Hinske's broken bat crashed into his right elbow."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/19/sports/baseball/19pins.html?ex=1284782400&amp;en=e9cd30fe548375ad&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Giambi Says He Won't Sit, but the D.H. Slot Is Taken&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;"TORONTO, Sept. 18 - Jason Giambi promised to be back in the Yankees' lineup Monday despite leaving Sunday's game after three innings with a back spasm. But Giambi may not be able to return as a designated hitter, because Gary Sheffield says he has felt no improvement in his injured left leg."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/19/sports/baseball/19redsox.html?ex=1284782400&amp;en=ae22899812423ab2&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Only Victory for Red Sox Takes Place in Toronto&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 first-place Red Sox still lead the Yankees by a game and a half in the A.L. East."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050919/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_dolphins_jets"&gt;Pennington Struggles but Jets Beat Miami (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/20050919/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_dolphins_jets"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050919/capt.eru20309190001.dolphins_jets_eru203.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=128&amp;amp;sig=YtMgnKZ9g9NHTlGyheHjRg--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="New York Jets' Laveranues Coles fends off Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder for a first down in the fourth quarter of the Jets 17-7 victory over the Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Chad Pennington struggled for most of the day against the Miami Dolphins, fumbling the opening snap, wobbling passes and missing receivers. Then came up big &amp;amp;#151; right when the Jets needed him.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20050919/sp_nm/al_sunday_dc"&gt;Wells helps Blue Jays trip up Yankees 6-5 (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/20050919/sp_nm/al_sunday_dc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050919/2005_09_18t195445_450x299_us_al_sunday.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=86&amp;amp;sig=1P59WRkcjtZjTv_D4GQZ7A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="New York Yankees short stop Derek Jeter fails to reach a single off the bat of Toronto Blue Jays batter Gregg Zaun during the sixth inning of American League action in Toronto September 18, 2005. The Blue Jays defeated the Yankees 6-5. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reuters - Vernon Wells drove in a pair of runs  and scored twice as the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the  red-hot New York Yankees with a 6-5 win on Sunday.&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/7576604-112713361063248388?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112713361063248388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112713361063248388' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112713361063248388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112713361063248388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/senior-league-discount-baseball-bats.html' title='senior league discount baseball bats: 09-19-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112704720917856655</id><published>2005-09-18T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-18T05:40:09.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>bat size for baseball: 09-18-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9682605&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Yankees blank Blue Jays for sixth straight win&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) - Shawn Chacon pitched eight shutout   innings and Bernie Williams drove in a lone run as the New York   Yankees slipped past the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday to their   sixth straight win."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9682604&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Phillies smash 10 runs in 9th to reel in Marlins&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 Philadelphia Phillies took   advantage of a series of errors to score 10 runs in the ninth   inning and steal an improbable 10-2 win over from the Florida   Marlins on Saturday in Miami."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9682446&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Gore builds two-shot lead at 84 Lumber&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) - PGA Tour rookie Jason Gore was closing   in on his first career title on Saturday, grabbing the   third-round lead at the 84 Lumber Classic in Farmington,   Pennsylvania."&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/2005/09/18/sports/baseball/18yankees.html?ex=1284696000&amp;en=b86a452d0199ef0c&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Rodriguez Wraps Up Yanks' Defensive Show&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;"Shawn Chacon gave New York's tired bullpen a much-needed rest by pitching eight innings, and the Yankees won their sixth straight."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050918/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_obit_clendenon"&gt;1969 World Series MVP Donn Clendenon Dies (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 - Donn Clendenon, the power-hitting first baseman who was the most valuable player in the New York Mets' 1969 World Series victory, died Saturday after a long fight with leukemia. He was 70."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050917/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_gretzky_s_debut"&gt;Injury Gives Gretzky a Lesson in Coaching (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/20050917/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_gretzky_s_debut"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050917/capt.png10109170251.wild_coyotes_png101.jpg?x=105&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=Bwxigy6m8urSidu23kFE.A--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Phoenix Coyotes managing pParter and head coach Wayne Gretzky watches his team compete against the Minnesota Wild in pre-season action from his suite Friday, Sept. 16, 2005, at the Glendale Arena in Glendale, Ariz. I(AP Photo/Matt York)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Wayne Gretzky got an early lesson in the harsh realities of coaching. Unexpected twists can ruin a good night.&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/7576604-112704720917856655?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112704720917856655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112704720917856655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112704720917856655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112704720917856655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/bat-size-for-baseball-09-18-2005.html' title='bat size for baseball: 09-18-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112696080776921373</id><published>2005-09-17T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-17T05:40:07.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>novelty extra large baseball bats: 09-17-2005</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;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/sports/baseball/16yanks.html?ex=1284523200&amp;en=e7db410e9dcabf7d&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;The Yankees Restore Order to Their Universe&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;"After losing 11 of their first 16 games to Tampa Bay, the Yankees completed a three-game sweep."&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/7576604-112696080776921373?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112696080776921373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112696080776921373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112696080776921373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112696080776921373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/novelty-extra-large-baseball-bats-09.html' title='novelty extra large baseball bats: 09-17-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112687440758461005</id><published>2005-09-16T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-16T05:40:07.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>1920s baseball bats: 09-16-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9660428&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Grieving Clemens delivers gritty effort&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 grieving Roger Clemens turned in a   gritty performance Wednesday in leading the Houston Astros to a   clutch 10-2 victory over the Florida Marlins at Minute Maid   Park, just hours after his mother had passed away."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9669764&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Unlikely foursome take lead at 84 Lumber Classic&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 unlikely foursome of South Korean   Charlie Wi and Americans Mark O'Meara, Shaun Micheel and Jason   Gore topped the leaderboard at the 84 Lumber Classic on   Thursday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9657995&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;ESPN in $2.4 billion baseball deal&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) - Baseball will return to   ESPN and its many platforms through 2013, under the terms of a   $2.4 billion deal announced Wednesday between the sports cable   giant and Major League Baseball."&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/2005/09/15/sports/baseball/15yanks.html?ex=1284436800&amp;en=995dea1965d22658&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Gordon and Rivera Slam the Door on the Devil Rays&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 remained two and a half games behind Boston in the A.L. East and a game behind Cleveland for the wild card."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050915/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Yanks Keep Pace in AL East, Wild-Card Race (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/20050915/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050915/capt.spd10909150205.yankees_devil_rays_spd109.jpg?x=95&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=wRpDmJzp74rDBEOM4euoqA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="New York Yankees' Derek Jeter lines a two-run single off Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher Travis Harper during the seventh inning Wednesday night Sept. 14, 2005 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Yankees' Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams scored. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The New York Yankees finally won consecutive games against the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and kept pace in both the AL East and wild-card races.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=220383&amp;src=rss"&gt;Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Bronx Banter: Victory At Last!&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;"It didn't come easy, but the Yankees finally took a series from the Devil Rays, by pulling out a 6-5 victory in Tampa last night."&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/7576604-112687440758461005?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112687440758461005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112687440758461005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112687440758461005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112687440758461005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/1920s-baseball-bats-09-16-2005.html' title='1920s baseball bats: 09-16-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112678800961484898</id><published>2005-09-15T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-15T05:40:09.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>louisville slugger deuce baseball bat: 09-15-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9655329&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Veteran center Francis retires after 23 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 Ron Francis announced   on Wednesday he was retiring from the National Hockey League   after 23 seasons."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9653723&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Woods has open mind on Presidents Cup pairings&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) - Tiger Woods, with a new caddie on his   bag for next week's Presidents Cup, does not mind who he   partners in the biennial showdown between the United States and   the Internationals."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9650848&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Quarterback McNabb in fitness fight to face 49ers&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) - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback   Donovan McNabb has a bruised chest and could be doubtful for   Sunday's home game with the San Francisco 49ers, his coach   said."&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/2005/09/15/sports/baseball/15yanks.html?ex=1284436800&amp;en=995dea1965d22658&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Gordon and Rivera Slam the Door on the Devil Rays&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 remained two and a half games behind Boston in the A.L. East and a game behind Cleveland for the wild card."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050915/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Yanks Keep Pace in AL East, Wild-Card Race (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/20050915/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050915/capt.spd10909150205.yankees_devil_rays_spd109.jpg?x=95&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=wRpDmJzp74rDBEOM4euoqA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="New York Yankees' Derek Jeter lines a two-run single off Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher Travis Harper during the seventh inning Wednesday night Sept. 14, 2005 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Yankees' Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams scored. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The New York Yankees finally won consecutive games against the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and kept pace in both the AL East and wild-card races.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=220383&amp;src=rss"&gt;Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Bronx Banter: Victory At Last!&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;"It didn't come easy, but the Yankees finally took a series from the Devil Rays, by pulling out a 6-5 victory in Tampa last night."&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/7576604-112678800961484898?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112678800961484898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112678800961484898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112678800961484898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112678800961484898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/louisville-slugger-deuce-baseball-bat.html' title='louisville slugger deuce baseball bat: 09-15-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112670160904142303</id><published>2005-09-14T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T05:40:09.096-07:00</updated><title type='text'>youth baseball bat: 09-14-2005</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/2005/09/14/sports/baseball/14yanks.html?ex=1284350400&amp;en=c41f7f35ed87b030&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;A Rout, Rout, Rout for the 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;"The Yankees moved two and a half games behind the Red Sox for the A.L. East lead while remaining a game behind the Indians in the wild-card race."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=219743&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Good Start&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;"That's what I wanna see.  Everybody hits.  What do I not want to see?  The Yanks get shut out tomorrow.   Boston got whipped by Toronto so the Yanks are just 2.5 out."&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/7576604-112670160904142303?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112670160904142303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112670160904142303' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112670160904142303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112670160904142303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/youth-baseball-bat-09-14-2005.html' title='youth baseball bat: 09-14-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112661520877613591</id><published>2005-09-13T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T05:40:08.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bats youth: 09-13-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9620249&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer wrecks Agassi's dream&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) - Roger Federer played dream-wrecker at   Flushing Meadows on Sunday when he downed sentimental favorite   Andre Agassi 6-3 2-6 7-6 6-1 in the U.S. Open men's singles   final."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9621064&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Roethlisberger on target as Steelers tame Titans&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) - Ben Roethlisberger threw for a pair of   touchdowns and Willie Parker rushed for an opening day record   161 yards as the Pittsburgh Steelers crushed the Tennessee   Titans, 34-7, on Sunday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9621040&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Giambi, Johnson lead Yankees past Red Sox&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) - Jason Giambi homered in the first   inning and Randy Johnson delivered seven sparkling shutout   innings to lead the New York Yankees to a 1-0 win over the   Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Sunday."&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/2005/09/13/sports/baseball/13yanks.html?ex=1284264000&amp;en=361cc9ba675e04c7&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Devil Rays Are No Joke to the 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;"Moments after an invigorating victory over the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees said they would have to fight to build on it. After all, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are next."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/sports/baseball/13chass.html?ex=1284264000&amp;en=4e0832d2c162a976&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;The Mets Coulda Been Contenders? Not at .500&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 resurrected their status as playoff contenders, but the Mets? They are beyond resuscitation."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050913/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_rangers_messier_retires"&gt;Messier Retires After 25 Years in NHL (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/20050913/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_rangers_messier_retires"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050912/capt.ny15109121842.rangers_messier_retires_ny151.jpg?x=95&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=9zuqNDKUqGxQs3sqcJA2wA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="New York Rangers'  Mark Messier acknowledges the fans after their game against the Buffalo Sabres at Madison Square Garden in New York, in this  March 31, 2004 file photo.  Messier retired Monday, Sept. 12, 2005 ending a 25-year career in which he won six Stanley Cup championships and ranked second only to Wayne Gretzky on the NHL all-time scoring list.  (AP Photo/Karen Vibert-Kennedy)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Mark Messier retired Monday, ending a 25-year career in which he won six Stanley Cup championships and ranked second only to Wayne Gretzky on the NHL all-time scoring list.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050913/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open"&gt;Federer Stands Alone Among Peers (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/20050913/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050912/capt.nyar10309121709.us_open_federer_nyar103.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=86&amp;amp;sig=03K9BSbGIK0Q.qqkEYRb4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, winner of the 2004 and 2005 U.S. Open men's singles, poses with his trophies from both years Monday, Sept. 12, 2005 in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Golfer Bobby Jones once said famously of the young Jack Nicklaus: &amp;quot;He plays a game with which I am not familiar.&amp;quot; Andre Agassi echoed that sentiment about Roger Federer at the U.S. Open: &amp;quot;He plays the game in a very special way that I haven&amp;#039;t seen before.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=219087&amp;src=rss"&gt; New York Yankees Baseball Blog: NYY=WIN! :: Who You Gonna Call? The Big Unit!&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;"When the Yankees needed someone to come through to give them a win on Sunday against the American League East leading Boston Red Sox, they went to Randy    Big Unit    Johnson.  With the win on Sunday the Yankees took the series from the Red Sox and stayed in contention for the division title.  Johnson gave what is recognized as his greatest performance of the season, and if it was any less of an effort the Yankees would be goin..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=218869&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: The Greatest Rivalry in Sports&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;"Big series with our old nemesis, Tampa Bay, starting tomorrow. I will settle for nothing short of a sweep.  Granted, the D-Rays have the best record in the AL since the All-Star Game, but the Yanks are overdue giving them a whoopin'."&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/7576604-112661520877613591?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112661520877613591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112661520877613591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112661520877613591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112661520877613591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-bats-youth-09-13-2005.html' title='baseball bats youth: 09-13-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112652880790682550</id><published>2005-09-12T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T05:40:08.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball mx 5 nike bat: 09-12-2005</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/2005/09/12/sports/baseball/12yankees.html?ex=1284177600&amp;en=2d18b783f6c15e21&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Giambi's Big Hit and Johnson's Grit Help Close the Gap&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 edged the Red Sox, cutting Boston's A.L. East lead to three games."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050912/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Federer Wins 2nd Straight U.S. Open Title (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/20050912/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050911/capt.xnyf16309112349.us_open_xnyf163.jpg?x=111&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=L47X_YNKm.8bF1CFsYZrcQ--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Roger Federer, of Switzerland, holds his trophy after winning the men's final against Andre Agass,i of the United States, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. Federer won, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Roger Federer, a man of panache and unparalleled perfection in finals, withstood Andre Agassi&amp;#039;s spirited upset bid to capture a second straight U.S. Open and sixth Grand Slam title.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050912/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Big Unit Dominates the Red Sox (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/20050912/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050911/capt.nyy10609112048.red_sox_yankees_nyy106.jpg?x=93&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=e_6z9wJtV8FF_G70VUSasA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson celebrates catcher John Flaherty's dramatic catch of a fourth inning Kevin Millar high pop fly by the Yankees dugout in the Yankees 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - With one fastball after another in the mid-90s, Randy Johnson helped the Yankees beat the Red Sox in a game that was as close as could be.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050912/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_agassi_loses"&gt;Agassi's Spectacular Run Comes to an End (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/20050912/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_agassi_loses"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050912/capt.xnyf17009120038.us_open_xnyf170.jpg?x=111&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=Lrpe4QKe_K6HJNLKm67iEA--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Roger Federer of Switzerland, left, and  Andre Agassi of the United States, appear after their mens final at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. Federer won 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1.  (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Andre Agassi&amp;#039;s run sure was fun while it lasted. The oldest finalist at the U.S. Open in 31 years teased fans Sunday, playing some of his best tennis in years for three sets and looking as if he might finish off his magical run with a title.&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/7576604-112652880790682550?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112652880790682550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112652880790682550' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112652880790682550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112652880790682550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-mx-5-nike-bat-09-12-2005.html' title='baseball mx 5 nike bat: 09-12-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112644240845357993</id><published>2005-09-11T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-11T05:40:08.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>aluminum baseball bats: 09-11-2005</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/2005/09/11/sports/baseball/11yankees.html?ex=1284091200&amp;en=efed397b8effe2b4&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Step In the Bucket in an Ugly Loss to Boston&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;"Curt Schilling cruised to an easy win on Saturday thanks to Manny Ramirez's power and some porous defense by the Yankees."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050911/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open_women_s_final"&gt;Clijsters Cruises by Pierce to Win Open (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/20050911/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open_women_s_final"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050911/capt.xnyf21709110235.us_open_xnyf217.jpg?x=97&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=22vqtPYGslkrA7D5GGCONg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Kim Clijsters of Belgium runs up into the stands after winning her womens final match against Mary Pierce of France at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005. Clijsters won 6-3, 6-1. (AP Photo/Jeff Zelevansky, Pool)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Winning a Grand Slam title wasn&amp;#039;t so hard for Kim Clijsters, after all. Clijsters, who came up short her first four tries, finally won her first major title Saturday night, cruising to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Mary Pierce at the U.S. Open. When she hit a service winner on the second championship point, Clijsters dropped her racket and covered her mouth with her hands.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050911/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_open_men_s_semis"&gt;Agassi to Face Federer in U.S. Open Final (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/20050911/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_open_men_s_semis"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050910/capt.xnyf11809101852.us_open_xnyf118.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=76&amp;amp;sig=v_ePP1OpECuiPAjA9c9Lvw--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Andre Agassi of the United States returns to Robby Ginepri of the United States during their mens semifinal match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday Sept. 10, 2005. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda, Pool)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - With a spry, childlike skip at the end to blow kisses to the crowd, Andre Agassi showed he still has legs and spirit aplenty, even if he is the oldest Grand Slam finalist in 31 years. The seemingly ageless marathon man had more energy than a buffer, younger mirror image of himself in baseliner Robby Ginepri to win a third straight five-setter at the U.S. Open on a broiling Saturday afternoon and give himself a shot at a ninth Grand Slam title.&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/7576604-112644240845357993?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112644240845357993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112644240845357993' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112644240845357993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112644240845357993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/aluminum-baseball-bats-09-11-2005.html' title='aluminum baseball bats: 09-11-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112635600764500788</id><published>2005-09-10T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-10T05:40:07.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the phisics of baseball bats: 09-10-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9615315&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Small comes up big again as Yankees down Red Sox&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) - Aaron Small won his seventh straight   decision and Alex Rodriguez had three hits and drove in two   runs as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 in   American League play Friday at Yankee Stadium."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9615263&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer and Agassi bid to set up dream final&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) - Roger Federer and Andre Agassi will be   looking to set up a dream final at the U.S. Open when they play   their respective semi-finals on Saturday at Flushing Meadows."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9615364&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Burrell, Howard power Phillies to big win&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, Sept 9 - Pat Burrell and Ryan Howard both hit   two-run homers as the Philadelphia Phillies scored a crucial   12-5 win over the Florida Marlins in National League play   Friday in Philadelphia."&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/2005/09/10/sports/baseball/10yanks.html?ex=1284004800&amp;en=5efdcb7bb73d0107&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Small Holds On, and the Offense Takes Off&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;"Aaron Small did not quite dominate Boston, but he held them down enough, and that was all the Yankees needed."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050910/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_red_sox_yankees"&gt;Yankees Cut Red Sox's Lead in AL East (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/20050910/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_red_sox_yankees"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050910/capt.nyha10509100052.red_sox_yankees_nyha105.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=92&amp;amp;sig=77AyOF9XwR1F_nKKPa6mXA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Boston Red Sox' Jason Varitek, right, is out at the plate as New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada (20) makes the tag in the third inning Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Boston arrived at Yankee Stadium with a September lead in the AL East for the first time in a decade, and Derek Jeter and Aaron Small promptly made it shrink. Jeter turned in two great defensive plays and drove in the go-ahead run, and Small won his seventh straight decision to lead the New York Yankees over the Red Sox 8-4 Friday night in the opener of a big three-game series.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050910/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Clijsters to Play Pierce in U.S. Open Final (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/20050910/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050909/capt.xnyf15809092240.us_open_xnyf158.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=95&amp;amp;sig=OX8IkF3WAAjQnz6ybQLKYQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Kim Clijsters, left, of Belgium, greets Maria Sharapova, of Russia, at the net following their match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005. Clijsters won, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Mary Pierce resorted to gamesmanship and Kim Clijsters recovered the spark she&amp;#039;d momentarily lost to set up a U.S. Open final between one of the oldest women in the game and the toughest on tour this year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=217570&amp;src=rss"&gt;Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Bronx Banter: This Ain't No Beauty Contest&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;"Johnny Damon lifted the first pitch of last night's game between the Yankees and Red Sox to right field for what appeared to be an easy fly out, but Matt Lawton, starting in place of the injured Gary Sheffield, perhaps unaware the game had begun, misplayed the ball so badly, staggering around right field like a man with an inner ear infection, that he didn't even come close to catching it.  The ball dropped in front of Lawton for what was inexplicably ruled a single (the old, "if he didn't to..."&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/7576604-112635600764500788?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112635600764500788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112635600764500788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112635600764500788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112635600764500788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/phisics-of-baseball-bats-09-10-2005.html' title='the phisics of baseball bats: 09-10-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112626960772047315</id><published>2005-09-09T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-09T05:40:07.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>easton blem baseball bats: 09-09-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9607007&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Women bid to reach final at US Open&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 women take center stage at the   U.S. Open on Friday when Kim Clijsters meets Maria Sharapova   and Mary Pierce takes on Elena Dementieva for a place in the   final."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9605789&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Devil Rays sting the Yankees, 7-4&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) - Carl Crawford had three hits, scored   three times and drove in a pair of runs as the Tampa Bay Devil   Rays delivered another setback to the New York Yankees with a   7-4 win in the Bronx on Thursday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9606013&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Carpenter first to 21 as Cardinals blank Mets&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) - Albert Pujols belted a pair of homers   and Chris Carpenter was brilliant tossing seven scoreless   innings to become baseball's first 21-game winner as the St.   Louis Cardinals blanked the New York Mets 5-0 on Thursday at   Busch Stadium."&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/2005/09/09/sports/baseball/09yanks.html?ex=1283918400&amp;en=f8d0c7e341db5ac0&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Stumble in the Basement&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;"On the eve of a series that could have significant bearing on the A.L. East championship, the Yankees and Chien-Ming Wang lost again to Tampa Bay."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/09/sports/baseball/09pins.html?ex=1283918400&amp;en=b83d695d4c004171&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Sheffield Believes a Quick Recovery Is Likely&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;"Gary Sheffield played through shoulder pain last season, and he has continued to play despite knee problems this summer. But Sheffield was out of the Yankees' lineup last night because the injury he sustained Wednesday did not improve overnight."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050908/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Hewitt Struggles but Reaches Open Semis (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/20050908/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050908/capt.xnyf13609082205.us_open_xnyf136.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=104&amp;amp;sig=d.rY3pAg2x_LrLxCAcJX.A--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Lleyton Hewitt, left, of Australia,  and Jarkko Nieminen, of Finland meet at the net after finishing their match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday Sept. 8, 2005. Hewitt won, 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - All Lleyton Hewitt needed were a couple good &amp;quot;Come ons!&amp;quot; to get him going. In trouble against unseeded Jarkko Nieminen, Hewitt finally broke out his trademark shouts in the fifth set Thursday. Sure enough, the 2001 champion and last year&amp;#039;s runner-up finished Nieminen off 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the U.S. Open semifinals for a fifth time.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050908/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jets_abraham"&gt;Abraham Relishes Being Called Overrated (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 - John Abraham pulled on his black Yankees cap with his very own words stitched to the back in big block letters: OVER RATED."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050908/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_agassi"&gt;Ageless Agassi Brings Magic to U.S. Open (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/20050908/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_agassi"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050908/capt.xnyf20509080548.us_open_xnyf205.jpg?x=79&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=vBLhpKnk809HJjxANYa7Rg--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Andre Agassi of the United States, left, and James Blake of the United States embrace after their match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday Sept. 7, 2005. Agassi won 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (6).  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Too busy still performing magic with his racket and creating memories for a new generation, Andre Agassi doesn&amp;#039;t have the time or interest to think about retirement. He left the U.S. Open in the wee hours Thursday morning after one more stirring match in a 20-year career filled with them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=216978&amp;src=rss"&gt;NYYBlog :: Yankees Lose Series to Devil Rays&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 lost the 3-game series to the Devil Rays 2-1. The Devil Rays are in last place in the American League East, and they defeated the Yankees tonight by a score of 7-4.  	Boxscore at MLB.com 	Tomorrow night, the Yankees will face the first place Boston Red Sox."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=216869&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Disgrazie!&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;"Nothing to say tonight, I'm busy screaming."&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/7576604-112626960772047315?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112626960772047315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112626960772047315' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112626960772047315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112626960772047315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/easton-blem-baseball-bats-09-09-2005.html' title='easton blem baseball bats: 09-09-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112618321006296016</id><published>2005-09-08T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-08T05:40:11.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseballs &amp; bats: 09-08-2005</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/2005/09/08/sports/baseball/08yanks.html?ex=1283832000&amp;en=d022d2e38cb199df&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Get the Details Right and Finally Beat the Devil Rays&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 found a way to beat the Devil Rays for only the fifth time in 15 games this season."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/sports/othersports/08olympics.html?ex=1283832000&amp;en=f053eadcf7517560&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;New York Mum as Los Angeles Says It Will Bid on 2016 Games&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;"A Los Angeles group declared its intention to bid for the 2016 Olympics, but the future of a potential New York bid remained far from clear."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/sports/baseball/08Chass.html?ex=1283832000&amp;en=b0a20fe4acb43e58&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Steinbrenner Hits Mute Button on the Devil Rays&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 will surely have something to say internally if the Devil Rays are the difference between the Yankees reaching the playoffs and not."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050907/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Pierce Stuns Mauresmo to Reach Open Semis (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/20050907/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050907/i/r250355326.jpg?x=104&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=0ypeXeD_KoVpB88B0uigrA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Robby Ginepri of the U.S. serves to Guillermo Coria of Argentina in their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York September 7, 2005.                REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Near the end of her career, Mary Pierce has regained the promise of her youth. Pierce&amp;#039;s resurgence continued Wednesday as she advanced to her first U.S. Open semifinals with a commanding 6-4, 6-1 win over friend and fellow Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo. She&amp;#039;ll play either Lindsay Davenport or sixth-seeded Elena Dementieva on Friday.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050907/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_islanders_dipietro"&gt;DiPietro OKs One-Year Deal With Islanders (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 - Rick DiPietro, the first goaltender chosen with the top pick in the NHL draft, signed a $2.5 million, one-year contract with the New York Islanders on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050907/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_notebook"&gt;Blake Joins Select Company in Quarterfinal (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/20050907/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_notebook"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050905/capt.xnyf17709052310.us_open_xnyf177.jpg?x=90&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=gRnDet6SmWxBun94yo0s6w--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="James Blake, of the USA, reacts after defeating Tommy Robredo, of Spain, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday Sept. 5, 2005. Blake defeated Robredo 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Rodney Harmon had no idea he was doing something special.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=216325&amp;src=rss"&gt;I'm No Idiot: A Yankee Fan's View from New England :: Matsui, Giambi Pull Yanks Out of 4-0 Hole&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;"Jaret Wright struggled through the first inning, giving up 4 runs after misplaying a bunt by Carl Crawford. He would recover, going 6 2/3 innings with 8 hits, 4 runs, 4 walks, and two strikeouts. The Yankees struggled early against Doug Waechter before Hideki Matsui hit the 400th home run of his professional career in the 4th and then drove in two more with a double in the 6th. After squandering an opportunity in the 7th, the Yanks finally took the lead in the 8th with a 2-run homer by Jason ..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=216396&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: YANKEES[#27] Lou Pinella, That Voodoo That Lou Do - New York Yankees Podcast 09-08-05&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;"After a great series with the A's over the weekend, that Yanks fall again to the Devil Rays.  Even after Wednesday win, the Yanks Record against Tampa Bay falls to 5-10 on the season.   Brian looks at the ramifications of the loss and takes a look at the upcoming epic series with the Red [...]"&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/7576604-112618321006296016?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112618321006296016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112618321006296016' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112618321006296016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112618321006296016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseballs-bats-09-08-2005.html' title='baseballs &amp; bats: 09-08-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112609680691833542</id><published>2005-09-07T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T05:40:06.966-07:00</updated><title type='text'>rawling baseball bats: 09-07-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9580298&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;U.S. Open braced for all-American clash&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 U.S. Open is set to come alive on   Wednesday night when Andre Agassi takes on James Blake in an   all-American quarter-final clash that even Hollywood might have   rejected as being too fanciful."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9583209&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Ortiz drills walk-off homer as Red Sox edge Angels&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) - David Ortiz hit a walk-off,   tie-breaking home run in the bottom of the ninth inning,   leading the Boston Red Sox to a dramatic 3-2 win over the Los   Angeles Angels in American League play at Fenway Park Tuesday   night."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9579780&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Clijsters, Sharapova light up 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) - The burning desire of Kim Clijsters   illuminated New York's midnight hour on Tuesday, and her reward   was a place in the U.S. Open semi-finals."&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/2005/09/07/sports/baseball/07yanks.html?ex=1283745600&amp;en=6b2eb2ae0b2eb2bf&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Fall to Dreaded Devil Rays&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;"Their series against Tampa Bay perhaps best sums up the struggles that have the Yankees fighting for their playoff lives."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050906/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Hewitt Advances to U.S. Open Quarterfinals (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/20050906/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050906/capt.xnyf12109061850.us_open_xnyf121.jpg?x=98&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=3rSepp5W3lfM_bsAsJAa6w--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Lleyton Hewitt, of Australia, reacts after defeating Dominik Hrbaty , of Slovakia, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005. Hewitt defeated Hewitt 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Lleyton Hewitt scored one for the fashion police. Hewitt advanced to the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open for the sixth straight year Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dominik Hrbaty, who drew as much attention for his unusual shirts as his play.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050906/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_nieminen"&gt;Finland's Nieminen Makes Tennis History (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/20050906/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_nieminen"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050906/capt.xnyf11209061727.us_open_xnyf112.jpg?x=101&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=EHfijMxAIanRS5EH72fBkA--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Jarkko Nieminen, of Finland, celebrates after winning his match against Fernando of Verdasco of Spain, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005. Nieminen won 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-3. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Playing solid and intelligent tennis, Finland&amp;#039;s Jarkko Nieminen made history at the U.S. Open.&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/7576604-112609680691833542?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112609680691833542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112609680691833542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112609680691833542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112609680691833542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/rawling-baseball-bats-09-07-2005.html' title='rawling baseball bats: 09-07-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112601040750982501</id><published>2005-09-06T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T05:40:07.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bats force between bae and ball: 09-06-2005</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/2005/09/05/sports/baseball/05yankees.html?ex=1283572800&amp;en=0b629a037a2cd861&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees Take Wild-Card Lead and Look East&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;"At 77-59, the Yankees are a game up on Oakland and two in front of the Cleveland Indians."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Davenport, Agassi in Action on Labor Day (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/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050904/capt.xnyf23109040038.us_open_xnyf231.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=77&amp;amp;sig=yJ.N7vfc7CrkKVx2gSu_pg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Lindsay Davenport returns a shot to Anabel Medina Garrigues, of Spain, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Lindsay Davenport, Andre Agassi, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Amelie Mauresmo highlight the Labor Day action at the U.S. Open.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_marathon_match"&gt;Sanguinetti Wins Lengthy Open Match (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/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_marathon_match"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050905/capt.xnyf19809050218.us_open_xnyf198.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=116&amp;amp;sig=BowTFjEq9Fw25Ygueeh5tg--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="Davide Sanguinetti, of Italy, returns to Paradorn Srichaphan, of Thailand, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005. Sanguinetti won, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - In the time it took Davide Sanguinetti to win his third-round match at the U.S. Open, he could have driven to Baltimore, flown to Denver, seen two movies or played a round of golf.&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/7576604-112601040750982501?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112601040750982501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112601040750982501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112601040750982501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112601040750982501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-bats-force-between-bae-and.html' title='baseball bats force between bae and ball: 09-06-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112592417320477574</id><published>2005-09-05T05:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T05:42:53.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bat wood: 09-05-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9557215&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Wells sharp in return as Red Sox sink Orioles&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) - David Wells pitched a complete-game   seven hitter on his return from a six-game suspension as the   Boston Red Sox knocked off the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 in   American League play Sunday in Boston."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9556028&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Seo and Matsui lead Mets to big win over Marlins&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) - Jae Seo pitched seven strong innings   and Kaz Matsui had three hits and scored three runs as the New   York Mets kept their National League wild card hopes alive with   a 7-1 win over the Florida Marlins Sunday in Miami."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9556942&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Venus swats Serena, Hewitt sweats&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) - Flushing Meadows witnessed another   curiously unsatisfying episode of the Venus and Serena Williams   story on Sunday."&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/2005/09/04/sports/baseball/04yanks.html?ex=1283486400&amp;en=668136eb8aaad251&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Small Stifles the Athletics in Stunning Fashion&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 rode Aaron Small's first major league shutout to a victory, restoring a sense of order to their pennant drive."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Davenport, Agassi in Action on Labor Day (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/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050904/capt.xnyf23109040038.us_open_xnyf231.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=77&amp;amp;sig=yJ.N7vfc7CrkKVx2gSu_pg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Lindsay Davenport returns a shot to Anabel Medina Garrigues, of Spain, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Lindsay Davenport, Andre Agassi, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Amelie Mauresmo highlight the Labor Day action at the U.S. Open.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_marathon_match"&gt;Sanguinetti Wins Lengthy Open Match (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/20050905/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_marathon_match"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050905/capt.xnyf19809050218.us_open_xnyf198.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=116&amp;amp;sig=BowTFjEq9Fw25Ygueeh5tg--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="Davide Sanguinetti, of Italy, returns to Paradorn Srichaphan, of Thailand, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005. Sanguinetti won, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - In the time it took Davide Sanguinetti to win his third-round match at the U.S. Open, he could have driven to Baltimore, flown to Denver, seen two movies or played a round of golf.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=214143&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Ashes to Ashes&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 other day in Misc from Wed&amp;#8217;s game, I wondered if the stuff that the fan that ran into the outfield of Safeco Field in the middle of the game between the Yankees and"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=214144&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Franchise record tied - 50 players used&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 tied their franchise record set in 1989 for the most players used in 1 season on Friday night when Wil Nieves became the 50th player used this season.  Earlier in the game Jorge DePaula entered as the 49th player.  Of course DePaula came into the game very early as Al Leiter [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=214145&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: &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;"Tino Martinez hurt his ribcage checking a swing when the Yankees played the Mariners.  This is what he said about it in Martinez To Miss Weekend. 	&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s sore,&amp;#8221; said Martinez, who didn&amp;#8217;t take batting practice yesterday. &amp;#8220;I have never had a problem there.&amp;#8221; 	Joe Torre said he would probably not use him for defense either and [...]"&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/7576604-112592417320477574?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112592417320477574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112592417320477574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112592417320477574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112592417320477574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-bat-wood-09-05-2005.html' title='baseball bat wood: 09-05-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112583760883650594</id><published>2005-09-04T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T05:40:08.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bats and senior league: 09-04-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9553606&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Small comes up big as Yankees blank the A's&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) - Aaron Small pitched a five-hit   shutout, the first shutout of his major league career, as the   New York Yankees blanked the Oakland Athletics 7-0 in American   League play Saturday in Oakland."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9553632&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Carpenter first to 20 wins as Cardinals win, Clemens injured&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) - Chris Carpenter pitched a complete   game eight-hitter to become the major league's first 20-game   winner as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Houston Astros 4-2   in National League play Saturday in Houston."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9553589&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Blake humbles Nadal, Agassi shines&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 panache of Rafael Nadal proved no   match for the appetite of an American making up for lost time   at the U.S. Open 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/2005/09/04/sports/baseball/04yanks.html?ex=1283486400&amp;en=668136eb8aaad251&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Small Stifles the Athletics in Stunning Fashion&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 rode Aaron Small's first major league shutout to a victory, restoring a sense of order to their pennant drive."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050904/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_marlins"&gt;Marlins Rally to Catch Mets 5-4 (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/20050904/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_marlins"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050904/capt.pps10509040041.mets_marlins_pps105.jpg?x=109&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=AucmQ5sPivZluWakrfrauQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Florida Marlins' Carlos Delgado (25) is congratulated by Miguel Cabrera after Delgado hit a two-out, two-run home run scoring Cabrera in the fourth inning against the New York Mets Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run double with two outs in the seventh inning Saturday night to cap a comeback by the Florida Marlins, who beat the New York Mets 5-4 to give manager Jack McKeon his 1,000th major league win.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20050904/sp_nm/al_saturday_dc"&gt;Small comes up big as Yankees blank the A's (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/20050904/sp_nm/al_saturday_dc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050904/2005_09_04t003921_450x366_us_al_saturday.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=105&amp;amp;sig=Hn9FZeV3MAXbyqiRUSf6gQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="New York Yankees Jason Giambi hits a three-run home run off Oakland Athletics' relief pitcher Justin Duchscherer in the seventh inning of their game in Oakland, California September 3, 2005. (Lou Dematteis/Reuters)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reuters - Aaron Small pitched a five-hit  shutout, the first shutout of his major league career, as the  New York Yankees blanked the Oakland Athletics 7-0 in American  League play Saturday in Oakland.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050904/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Blake Stuns No. 2 Nadal in U.S. Open (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/20050904/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050903/capt.xnyf16109031925.us_open_xnyf161.jpg?x=73&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=0ayHpIEHG_.je_6bBJuCgw--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="James Blake, of the United States, reacts during his match against Rafael Nadal lof Spain, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday Sept. 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Misfortune&amp;#039;s victim for so long, James Blake punctuated the Hollywood-like turnaround of his life and career by upsetting French Open champion Rafael Nadal on Saturday at the U.S. Open. Blake, who sank to No. 210 in the rankings last spring and needed a wild-card invitation to get into the Open, knocked off the No. 2 Nadal, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, as cheers, mixed with more than a few tears, cascaded down from his friends in packed Arthur Ashe Stadium.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=214143&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Ashes to Ashes&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 other day in Misc from Wed&amp;#8217;s game, I wondered if the stuff that the fan that ran into the outfield of Safeco Field in the middle of the game between the Yankees and"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=214144&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Franchise record tied - 50 players used&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 tied their franchise record set in 1989 for the most players used in 1 season on Friday night when Wil Nieves became the 50th player used this season.  Earlier in the game Jorge DePaula entered as the 49th player.  Of course DePaula came into the game very early as Al Leiter [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=214145&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: &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;"Tino Martinez hurt his ribcage checking a swing when the Yankees played the Mariners.  This is what he said about it in Martinez To Miss Weekend. 	&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s sore,&amp;#8221; said Martinez, who didn&amp;#8217;t take batting practice yesterday. &amp;#8220;I have never had a problem there.&amp;#8221; 	Joe Torre said he would probably not use him for defense either and [...]"&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/7576604-112583760883650594?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112583760883650594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112583760883650594' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112583760883650594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112583760883650594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-bats-and-senior-league-09-04.html' title='baseball bats and senior league: 09-04-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112575120973557460</id><published>2005-09-03T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T05:40:12.500-07:00</updated><title type='text'>rawlings pro maple wood baseball bat 460m: 09-03-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9550884&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Woods in charge at Deutsche Bank Championship&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) - World number one Tiger Woods carried   over his sizzling form to the Deutsche Bank Championship on   Friday carding a flawless six-under 65 to grab a one shot first   round lead at the $5.5 million event."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9551156&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Williams sisters set for clash in last 16&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 sporting world's most   extraordinary sibling rivalry will be on show again this   weekend after Venus and Serena Williams won their third round   matches at the U.S. Open on Friday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9551244&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Federer battles past Santoro into third round&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) - Defending champion Roger Federer came   through a tougher-than-expected test at the U.S. Open on   Friday, beating wily Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 to   reach the third round."&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/2005/09/03/sports/baseball/03yankees.html?ex=1283400000&amp;en=8271507ed0d69bed&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;At Least Yankees Get Some Rest in Ugly Loss&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 first game of a series that could be pivotal for their playoff chances, the Yankees lost badly to the A's."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050903/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Agassi, Davenport Highlight U.S. Open (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/20050903/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050901/capt.xnyf19509012122.us_open_xnyf195.jpg?x=110&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=NR_BdVy11rQ8Ev3eQKgt1w--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Andre Agassi acknowledges fans after defeating Ivo Karlovic, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Rafael Nadal highlight today&amp;#039;s action at the U.S. Open. Agassi takes on Tomas Berdych, Henin-Hardenne goes against Cho Yoon-jeong, and Nadal plays James Blake. Davenport plays Anabel Medina Garrigues tonight.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050903/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Athletics and Angels Keep Pace in AL West (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/20050903/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050903/capt.oas10409030334.yankees_athletics_oas104.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=123&amp;amp;sig=Wx5k2tPT8jSbro.duS3H0g--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="Oakland Athletics' Scott Hatteberg, right, is congratulated after hitting a three-run home run off New York Yankees' Jorge DePaula in the second inning by teammates Bobby Lielty (23) and Jay Payton (16) Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - After finishing their big three-game matchup against each other, the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels opened weekend series with impressive wins and stayed remained tied for the AL West lead.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050903/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nl_rdp"&gt;Willis, Hudson Use Bats for Big Wins (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/20050903/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nl_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050903/capt.gags10309030130.reds_braves_gags103.jpg?x=105&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=jharRUvZzOAlijt1V2OA4g--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson delivers to the Cincinnati Reds during the first inning, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Two of the top pitchers in the National League looked pretty good at the plate, too. Dontrelle Willis doubled and scored with a headfirst dive during his 19th win of the season Friday night, pitching into the ninth inning of Florida&amp;#039;s 4-2 victory over the visiting New York Mets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=213734&amp;src=rss"&gt;Coalition of the Darkside :: Yeah, That's It, God...Just Tear My Weekend Apart While You're at It&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;""Banged Around" going down for the count is one thing, but Moose, too?  As recently as a week ago, Mike Mussina was the rock of the Yankees' starting rotation. Now, his season might be over. Oh, c'mon already, God...just hit me with a truck or something, but this torturing me crap is starting to piss me off."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=213719&amp;src=rss"&gt;Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Bronx Banter: Brutal&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;"Kicking off the biggest series of the year thus far for the Yankees, Al Leiter faced ten batters and retired just two of them before being removed  from last night's game down 6-0 with runners on second and third.  Never mind that lead-off hitter Jason Kendell, who was hit with a 2-2 pitch to start the game, appeared to be thrown out stealing second but was called safe.  Or that when Mark Ellis followed Kendell's stolen steal by hitting a payoff pitch over Hideki Matsui's head in left that Ma..."&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/7576604-112575120973557460?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112575120973557460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112575120973557460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112575120973557460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112575120973557460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/rawlings-pro-maple-wood-baseball-bat.html' title='rawlings pro maple wood baseball bat 460m: 09-03-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112566480789027807</id><published>2005-09-02T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T05:40:07.956-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bat liquid metal review: 09-02-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9540045&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Agassi draws on experience to fell giant&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 faced a tall order at the   U.S. Open on Thursday and used all his 20 years of experience   at Flushing Meadows to down lofty Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the   second round."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9540775&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Mariners dump Yankees after Wright takes hit&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) - Jose Lopez and Miguel Ojeda both   belted home runs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 5-1 win over   the New York Yankees, who also lost starter Jaret Wright after   he was drilled by a line drive on Thursday at Safeco Field."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9538615&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Phillies strike early and hold on to beat Mets&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) - David Bell looped a two-run single in   the first inning as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York   Mets 3-1 to continue to set the pace in the National League   wild card race 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/2005/09/02/sports/baseball/02yanks.html?ex=1283313600&amp;en=4b77fefc14bcc816&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Sharp Start for Yankees Leads to a Painful 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;"A line drive struck Jaret Wright in the collarbone in the sixth inning, knocking him from the game and shifting momentum from the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050902/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Sharapova, Federer Take U.S. Open Stage (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/20050902/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050831/capt.xnyf16008312037.us_open_xnyf160.jpg?x=102&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=TpKqVWvtEraRBw0WuBTlog--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Maria Sharapova of Russia returns to Dally Randriantefy of Madagascar at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday Aug. 31, 2005. Sharapova won the match 6-1, 6-0. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams highlight the early schedule today at the U.S. Open. Top-ranked Sharapova takes on Julia Schruff and Serena Williams meets Francesca Schiavone.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050901/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_muller"&gt;Muller Loses Mojo, Match at U.S. Open (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/20050901/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_muller"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050901/capt.xnyf14409011845.us_open_xnyf144.jpg?x=99&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=smWWF7sk1Hje0s0gvYrIMA--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Gilles Muller of Luxembourg walks off the court after his match against Robby Ginepri of the United States at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday Sept. 1, 2005. Ginepri won the match 6-1, 6-1, 6-4.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Gilles Muller was the toast of the U.S. Open just two days ago. Now, he&amp;#039;s just toast. Muller fizzled in the encore to his shocking upset of Andy Roddick, going down in straight sets Thursday afternoon. Looking like the best player in tiny Luxembourg again, he fell 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 to doubles partner Robby Ginepri.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=212930&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Another One Bites the Dust&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;"Was really hoping to take 3 of 4 in Seattle, but I wasn't taking into account that Tanyon Sturtze has been blowing leads vintage Armando Benitez-style.  Ramiro Mendoza made his re-debut and gave up a homer, so it wasn't a good one.  Jaret Wright got hit with a line drive and the offense didn't show up, so I give this game two thumbs down. Big series with Oakland now.  Yanks need 2 out of 3 so they can only fall back another game to..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=213044&amp;src=rss"&gt;Yankees Podcast - Pinstripe Pulse on MySportsRadio.com :: :MSR: YANKEES[#25] Is Mendoza Secretly Pitching for Boston? - MLB Yankees Podcast 09-02-05&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;"The Yankees only got a split out of their four game series in Seattle and that frustrates hosts Matt Williamson and Anish Shroff.    Furthermore, Jared Wright got nailed in the collarbone by a comebacker, how significant an injury was it? Tune in and find out!   Also, now that he's back with the Yankees, is [...]"&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/7576604-112566480789027807?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112566480789027807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112566480789027807' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112566480789027807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112566480789027807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-bat-liquid-metal-review-09-02.html' title='baseball bat liquid metal review: 09-02-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112557840779232152</id><published>2005-09-01T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T05:40:07.846-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bat easton maple: 09-01-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9527498&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Leading ladies shine at windswept U.S. Open&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 windy remnants of Hurricane   Katrina proved more troublesome than any on-court opponent for   Maria Sharapova and the rest of the title contenders at the   U.S. Open on Wednesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9527720&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;League donates $1 million to relief, Saints look for a home&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 National Football League donated   $1 million to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday   and began the search for a temporary home for the New Orleans   Saints."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9528272&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Red Sox edge Devil Rays to maintain streak&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) - Kevin Millar belted a pair of home   runs and David Ortiz went deep for the fifth time in as many   games to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-6 win over the Tampa   Bay Devil Rays at Fenway Park 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/2005/09/01/sports/baseball/01yanks.html?ex=1283227200&amp;en=fc845b3f91cfb8f2&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Ancient Yank Outduels Young Mariner&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;"Felix Hernandez, 19, threw harder than the 42-year-old Randy Johnson. But Johnson was better for seven innings."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050901/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Big Unit Outpitches Rookie Hernandez (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/20050901/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050901/capt.watw12009010415.yankees_mariners_watw120.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=129&amp;amp;sig=qXRC0imNSd6v1GJopR28FQ--" align="left" height="129" width="130" alt="New York Yankees starting pitcher Randy Johnson reacts to Seattle Mariners' Jose Lopez being forced at second base to end the seventh innng Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 at Safeco Field in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The Mariners know they have something special in Felix Hernandez. Randy Johnson made sure everyone in Seattle didn&amp;#039;t forget what they used to have.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050901/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open"&gt;Davenport, Agassi in Action at U.S. Open (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/20050901/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050831/capt.xnyf24108310111.us_open_xnyf241.jpg?x=80&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=TWH8RLYCyLkVRaGJKat3Ag--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Lindsay Davenport, of the United States, waves to fans after beating  Na Li, of China, 6-4, 6-4, in their women's singles match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Lindsay Davenport, Andre Agassi, Amelie Mauresmo and Guillermo Coria are all in action today at the U.S. Open.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050901/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_tv_schedule"&gt;NHL Sets TV Schedule for Upcoming Season (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 - The NHL returns to TV on Oct. 5 when the Outdoor Life Network broadcasts the opening night game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers."&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/7576604-112557840779232152?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112557840779232152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112557840779232152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112557840779232152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112557840779232152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/09/baseball-bat-easton-maple-09-01-2005.html' title='baseball bat easton maple: 09-01-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112549200784928274</id><published>2005-08-31T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T05:40:07.900-07:00</updated><title type='text'>easton senior league baseball bats: 08-31-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9515849&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Roddick sent packing by unheralded Muller&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 little-known lefthander from   Luxembourg destroyed the U.S. Open dream of American Andy   Roddick on Tuesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9512944&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Belgium's Henin-Hardenne on the march&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) - Belgian seventh seed Justine   Henin-Hardenne marched through to the U.S. Open second round   with a 6-3 6-0 victory over Czech Zuzana Ondraskova on Tuesday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9515405&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Davenport advances past Li at U.S. Open&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, Aug 30 (Reuters) - American world number one   Lindsay Davenport carved out a 6-4 6-4 victory over   hard-hitting Li Na of China to reach the second round of the   U.S. Open on Tuesday."&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/2005/08/31/sports/baseball/31yanks.html?ex=1283140800&amp;en=70fff210fbf56791&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Chacon Slips When Yankees Need Him Most&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 a tight pennant race, the Yankees cannot afford more games like this. Shawn Chacon gave up eight runs over the second and third innings."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/sports/baseball/31felix.html?ex=1283140800&amp;en=3989129b8be6b63e&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;At 19, Hernandez Is a Rookie Without a Worry&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 only five big-league outings, Felix Hernandez is set to start Wednesday night against the Yankees."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050831/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;Roddick Exits in First Round of U.S. Open (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/20050831/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050831/capt.xnyf26908310304.us_open_xnyf269.jpg?x=115&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=XXs922BfoLRfi5.Ev5JL6w--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Andy Roddick, of the United States, reacts during his match against Gilles Muller, of Luxembourg, at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The worst birthday of Andy Roddick&amp;#039;s life ended with three straight tiebreak losses and a shocking first-round exit from the U.S. Open against a player making his debut in the tournament.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050831/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nl_rdp"&gt;Mets Win, Tighten the NL Wild-Card Race (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/20050831/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_nl_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050831/capt.nyff11008310232.phillies_mets_nyff110.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=86&amp;amp;sig=QUcSn1sKgrl9FHvyfopFUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="New York Mets David Wright (5) celebrates with teamate Ramon Castro after Castro hit a three run home run in the eighth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal looks on at Shea Stadium Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005 in New York. The Mets won the game 6-4. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Ramon Castro set off a celebration at Shea Stadium, capping a New York Mets&amp;#039; comeback that tightened the NL wild-card race even more.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050831/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_baseball_today"&gt;Baseball 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 - Philadelphia at New York Mets (7:10 p.m. EDT). Pedro Martinez (13-5) takes on Brett Myers (11-6) and the Phillies."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=211499&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: The Bellhorn Tolls for Thee&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;"Why the hell did the Yanks sign Mark Bellhorn?  Unless they're trying to learn the Red Sox' secrets from the inside, or Alan Embree was feeling lonely, I don't know where he'll play into the grand scheme of things.  Maybe Leiter hasn't been making the games long enough, so they figured they'd pick up Bellhorn to drag them out even further.  Can't wait to see his first walk and strikeout in pinstripes."&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/7576604-112549200784928274?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112549200784928274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112549200784928274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112549200784928274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112549200784928274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/easton-senior-league-baseball-bats-08.html' title='easton senior league baseball bats: 08-31-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112531921001702159</id><published>2005-08-29T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-29T05:40:10.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2002 youth baseball bats: 08-29-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9492445&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Giambi powers Yankees past Royals&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) - Jason Giambi belted two home runs in a   day of milestones as the New York Yankees pounded the Kansas   City Royals 10-3 to complete a three-game series sweep at   Yankee Stadium on Sunday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9493487&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Serena and Venus launch U.S. Open&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) - Twice former winner Serena Williams   will test her fitness against Taiwan's Yung-Jan Chan when the   U.S. Open starts at Flushing Meadows on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9491482&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Sharapova and Federer prepare to tough it out&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, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova cannot wait to   push the perfume and dresses to one side and commence battle at   the U.S. Open 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/2005/08/29/sports/baseball/29yankees.html?ex=1282968000&amp;en=434598af65968303&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Yankees' Numbers Add Up to a Big Day&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;"Jason Giambi belted a three-run home run in the third inning, giving him 1,000 runs batted in for his career, and the Yankees moved into the A.L. wild-card lead."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050829/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open"&gt;No. 1 Ranking Up for Grabs in U.S. Open (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/20050829/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050827/capt.nysc10508270341.tennis_glam_slam_nysc105.jpg?x=74&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=G7jkmHagKtcCOGFuxUpFoA--" align="left" height="130" width="74" alt="Tennis player Kim Clijsters, from Belgium, arrives at an event to kickoff the 2005 U.S. Open Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, in New York. The U.S. Open starts Aug. 29 and runs through Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Women&amp;#039;s tennis and the NFL have one thing in common: injuries galore. Tennis seems a tame game compared with football&amp;#039;s violence, but there&amp;#039;s no shortage of aches among the women trooping into the U.S. Open on Monday with their bandages and painkillers, physical therapists and chiropractors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=209864&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Book Giveaway Contest - Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees&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;"MVN and Matt McGough are giving you a chance to win a signed copy of Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees.  All you have to do is submit (email us) the list of players you think the Yankees will bring up on September 1st, the day [...]"&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/7576604-112531921001702159?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112531921001702159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112531921001702159' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112531921001702159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112531921001702159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/2002-youth-baseball-bats-08-29-2005.html' title='2002 youth baseball bats: 08-29-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112523280864517658</id><published>2005-08-28T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-28T05:40:08.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'>mt rushmore baseball bats: 08-28-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9490129&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Flower Alley wins Travers Stakes&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) - Flower Alley won the $1 million Travers   Stakes at Saratoga Springs in New York 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/2005/08/28/sports/baseball/28yankees.html?ex=1282881600&amp;en=400d3d98d222c266&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Newcomer Lawton Feels Right at Home Amid Yanks' Rally&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' final act in their five-run ninth at Yankee Stadium put Matt Lawton in the middle of a celebration with teammates he had met just a few hours earlier."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050827/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_royals_yankees"&gt;Yankees Win 8-7 With Aid From Royals Gaffe (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/20050827/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_royals_yankees"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050827/capt.nyjj10608272110.royals_yankees_nyjj106.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=95&amp;amp;sig=abKG8pCBnPaH4YtB4hmv9w--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Derek Jeter celebrates as he heads down the third base line to score the winning run on a single hit by Alex Rodriguez against the Kansas City Royals in the ninth inning Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Reliever Jeremy Affeldt threw away a potential game-ending double play, and the New York Yankees rallied for five runs in the ninth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-7 Saturday.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050827/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_giants"&gt;Giants Cool Down Mets With 2-1 Victory (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/20050827/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_giants"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050827/capt.fxpb10108272101.mets_giants_fxpb101.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=98&amp;amp;sig=E9VajTQANeVQN7Tei9Z7Vw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="New York Mets' starting pitcher Tom Glavine throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of their game in San Francisco, Saturday Aug. 27, 2005. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Jason Schmidt avenged an embarrassing loss to New York in June, outpitching Tom Glavine to help the San Francisco Giants end the Mets&amp;#039; five-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050827/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_women"&gt;Women Bring Glitz, Glamour to U.S. Open (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/20050827/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_us_open_women"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050827/capt.nysc10708270344.tennis_glam_slam_nysc107.jpg?x=63&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=zpNNevr0uQCc60v6RLzZmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="63" alt="Tennis player Bethanie Mattek arrives at an event to kickoff the 2005 U.S. Open, Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, in New York. The U.S. Open starts Aug. 29 and runs through Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Maria Sharapova was all over the city the past few days, unveiling her new perfume, showing off the diamond-encrusted watch she designed, doing TV shows and modeling her latest tennis dress.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=209864&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Book Giveaway Contest - Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees&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;"MVN and Matt McGough are giving you a chance to win a signed copy of Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees.  All you have to do is submit (email us) the list of players you think the Yankees will bring up on September 1st, the day [...]"&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/7576604-112523280864517658?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112523280864517658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112523280864517658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112523280864517658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112523280864517658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/mt-rushmore-baseball-bats-08-28-2005.html' title='mt rushmore baseball bats: 08-28-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112514640774069093</id><published>2005-08-27T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T05:40:07.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'>bombat baseball bats: 08-27-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9487047&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Open-Williams sisters aim to defy convention again&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 Williams sisters have never been   players who bowed to convention."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9480349&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Sharp Martinez leads Mets to sweep of Diamondbacks&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) - Pedro Martinez tossed six scoreless   innings for the streaking New York Mets who tamed Arizona   Diamondbacks 3-1 on Thursday to complete a four-game sweep and   keep pace in the National League wildcard race."&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/2005/08/26/sports/baseball/26yanks.html?ex=1282708800&amp;en=c700873c1dab670f&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;What's the Difference? Right Now, It's Chacon&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;"Shawn Chacon has allowed no more than three earned runs in any of his six Yankees starts."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050826/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_armstrong_doping"&gt;Armstrong Gets Backing From USA Cycling (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/20050826/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_armstrong_doping"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050826/capt.ny12608260118.armstrong_doping_ny126.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=92&amp;amp;sig=k2DxRm5NU5suRilDBcOMvg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this image from television, cyclist Lance Armstrong, right appears on CNN's 'Larry King Live' with Bob Costas by remote from New York, Thursday Aug. 25, 2005 to discuss recent allegations of doping. (AP Photo/CNN's 'Larry King Live')" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Lance Armstrong received strong backing Friday from cycling&amp;#039;s domestic governing body, which said accusations against the seven-time Tour de France champion are &amp;quot;completely without credibility.&amp;quot;&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050826/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_mcenroe_peta"&gt;McEnroe to Poke Fun at Self in PETA Ad (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/20050826/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_mcenroe_peta"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050826/capt.ny10708260254.people_mcenroe_ny107.jpg?x=98&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=yKQbjidspDMH.Vn4XLmPhw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Four-time U.S Open champion John McEnroe watches during the Serena Wiliams vs. Tatiana Golovin match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, in this Sept. 3, 2004, file photo.McEnroe, a winner of seven Grand Slam titles, stars in a new public service announcement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.  In the lighthearted spot to debut during U.S. Open coverage, which starts Aug. 29, 2005, McEnroe pokes fun at himself by unleashing a trademark tirade sure to get people interested in cat and dog overpopulation. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, file)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Tennis great John McEnroe is raising his well-known voice, this time in defense of cats and dogs. McEnroe, a winner of seven Grand Slam titles, will shoot a new public service announcement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=208880&amp;src=rss"&gt;A Yankee Fan Living in Boston :: Welcome Back!&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;"Welcome Back Bitch!! F - You Schill 5 innings Pitched9 Hits6 Runs6 Earned Runs   Our Savior has returned!! YEAH RIGHT YOU MOTHER FUCKERS!!! See you in October!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=208854&amp;src=rss"&gt;Baseball's Savior :: On Top, With Company&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 are in first place for the Wild Card. That's the good news. The bad news is, with the Indians looking like they'll be winning their game, we'll have a three way tie for first place. The Yanks accomplished all of this by taking three of four against the Blue Jays.  On Monday, Jaret Wright had another good outing since coming off of the disabled list. He threw seven shutout innings, and"&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/7576604-112514640774069093?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112514640774069093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112514640774069093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112514640774069093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112514640774069093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/bombat-baseball-bats-08-27-2005.html' title='bombat baseball bats: 08-27-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112506000805851287</id><published>2005-08-26T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T05:40:08.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>personalized baseball bats mini: 08-26-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9469709&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Blue Jays dump Yankees with fifth inning explosion&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) - Vernon Wells belted a three-run homer   to highlight a nine-run fifth inning, leading the Toronto Blue   Jays to a 9-5 pounding of the New York Yankees in American   League action at Yankee Stadium 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/2005/08/25/sports/baseball/25yanks.html?ex=1282622400&amp;en=dea7710d774b05c9&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Mussina Has an Inning to Forget&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;"Three weeks after a disastrous inning in Cleveland, fifth-inning thunder struck Mike Mussina again at Yankee Stadium."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;            &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=208880&amp;src=rss"&gt;A Yankee Fan Living in Boston :: Welcome Back!&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;"Welcome Back Bitch!! F - You Schill 5 innings Pitched9 Hits6 Runs6 Earned Runs   Our Savior has returned!! YEAH RIGHT YOU MOTHER FUCKERS!!! See you in October!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=208854&amp;src=rss"&gt;Baseball's Savior :: On Top, With Company&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 are in first place for the Wild Card. That's the good news. The bad news is, with the Indians looking like they'll be winning their game, we'll have a three way tie for first place. The Yanks accomplished all of this by taking three of four against the Blue Jays.  On Monday, Jaret Wright had another good outing since coming off of the disabled list. He threw seven shutout innings, and"&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/7576604-112506000805851287?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112506000805851287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112506000805851287' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112506000805851287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112506000805851287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/personalized-baseball-bats-mini-08-26.html' title='personalized baseball bats mini: 08-26-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112497360788491487</id><published>2005-08-25T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T05:40:07.970-07:00</updated><title type='text'>antique baseball equipment gloves bats: 08-25-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9457035&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Escalona single caps Yankees rally against Blue Jays&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) - Felix Escalona stroked a based-loaded   single with two out in the ninth to score the winning run and   lift the New York Yankees to 5-4 comeback win over the Toronto   Blue Jays at Yankee 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/2005/08/24/sports/baseball/24yanks.html?ex=1282536000&amp;en=482faef4d99f4a03&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Escalona More Than a One-Hit Wonder&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;"Felix Escalona smacked a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Yankees a thrilling victory."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/sports/baseball/24pins.html?ex=1282536000&amp;en=d48526ad5f5c55c4&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Jeter Had No Plans for Unexpected Day Off&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;"When last night's game between the Yankees and the Blue Jays began at Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter found himself in a familiar position: starting at shortstop and leading off. He was thrilled to be back on the field after missing Monday's game."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050824/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_gooden_wanted"&gt;Sheffield Laments Gooden's Latest Run-In (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/20050824/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_gooden_wanted"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050823/capt.ny15308231646.gooden_wanted_ny153.jpg?x=87&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=uRuvjkQE61yL70CBhH7uCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Former baseball star Dwight Gooden leaves the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Fla., in this March 14, 2005 file photo. Gooden was being sought by police Tuesday Aug. 23, 2005 on a felony warrant after he allegedly drove away from an officer who stopped him on suspicion of drunken driving. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Former baseball star Dwight Gooden allegedly fled police after being stopped for drunken driving &amp;amp;#151; and his nephew, New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield, says there is nothing his family can do to help anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt;"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=208387&amp;src=rss"&gt;Coalition of the Darkside :: Watching Moose Asplode&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 NY Post:   Mike Mussina didn't expect the spanking he received from the Blue Jays in the fifth inning.   Yet, he had an inkling the first four frames weren't as good as they looked.  "It wasn't great stuff. It may have looked like it was but it wasn't great," Mussina said.   No...ya think?   These guys work on a mound, but act like they belong in a pound. If the playoffs started right now--and they eked ..."&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/7576604-112497360788491487?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112497360788491487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112497360788491487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112497360788491487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112497360788491487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/antique-baseball-equipment-gloves-bats.html' title='antique baseball equipment gloves bats: 08-25-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112488720752750268</id><published>2005-08-24T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T05:40:07.610-07:00</updated><title type='text'>aluminum baseball bat history: 08-24-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9444601&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Wright on target for Yankees in Blue Jays rout&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) - Jaret Wright delivered seven scoreless   innings and combined with three relievers on a five-hit shutout   to lead the New York Yankees to a 7-0 rout of the slumping   Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 at Yankee Stadium on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9440794&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Sprained elbow for Giants quarterback Manning&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;" RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - New York Giants   quarterback Eli Manning suffered a sprained elbow during a   pre-season game against the Carolina Panthers, the team   announced on Monday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9438424&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Mets' Piazza goes on disabled list with broken bone&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;" RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - New York Mets all-star   catcher Mike Piazza has been placed on the 15-day disabled list   to recover from a hairline fracture in his left hand."&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/2005/08/23/sports/baseball/23yanks.html?ex=1282449600&amp;en=28bbde95e46b553c&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Triumphant Return to Stadium for Wright&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;"Nearly four months since his last game, Jaret Wright returned to Yankee Stadium and helped the Yankees pull even in the A.L. wild card race."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050823/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Yankees Tie A's for AL Wild-Card Lead (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/20050823/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050823/capt.nyy10208230124.blue_jays_yankees__nyy102.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=104&amp;amp;sig=XEvvGD_6XB5CYJ5ob.0BHw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="New York Yankees pitcher Jaret Wright follows through on a pitch to the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning Monday night, Aug. 22, 2005 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Jaret Wright&amp;#039;s second straight strong start following nearly four months on the disabled list pushed the New York Yankees into a tie with Oakland for the AL wild-card lead.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050823/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_jeter"&gt;Jammed Thumb Gives Jeter Rare Night Off (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 - Derek Jeter did not play in the Yankees' 7-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night because of a slightly jammed right thumb, only the third game New York's captain has missed this season."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=207475&amp;src=rss"&gt;Unbiased Yankee Fan :: Felix Escalona!&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;"Felix Escalona!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=207611&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Latin Yankees on ballot&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;"Mariano Rivera is one of the current and former Yankees that fans can vote for MLB&amp;#8217;s and Chevrolet&amp;#8217;s Latino Legends Team according to Chevy joins MLB to honor Latin players.  Rivera was at the press conerence to announce the program. 	Mariano Rivera watched the video montage rolling Tuesday morning on several monitors in a board [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=207612&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Arod?s usual&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;"You may be wondering what Alex Rodriguez had to eat when the Yankees were in Chicago.  According to Sox slide-stopping ploy: `Rally Panties&amp;#8217;, it was a bowl of minestrone and then bow-tie pasta with grilled chicken, jumbo shump and marinara. 	You might think a ballplayer who defiantly wears No. 13 as a jersey number would [...]"&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/7576604-112488720752750268?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112488720752750268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112488720752750268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112488720752750268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112488720752750268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/aluminum-baseball-bat-history-08-24.html' title='aluminum baseball bat history: 08-24-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112480080785713471</id><published>2005-08-23T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T05:40:07.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball bats ratings: 08-23-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9438424&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Mets' Piazza goes on disabled list with broken bone&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;" RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - New York Mets all-star   catcher Mike Piazza has been placed on the 15-day disabled list   to recover from a hairline fracture in his left hand."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9432173&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;Johnson pounded by White Sox batters in Yankees loss&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) - Tadahito Iguchi, Aaron Rowland and Paul   Konerko hit consecutive home runs off Randy Johnson in the   fourth inning as the White Sox downed the New York Yankees 6-2   in American League play in Chicago on Sunday."&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/2005/08/22/sports/baseball/22yankees.html?ex=1282363200&amp;en=1bfdd58242705079&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"&gt;Fiasco in Fourth Sinks Johnson and 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;"Randy Johnson, the future Hall of Famer who was expected to be a sure thing for the Yankees, gave up three successive home runs and four in all in the fourth inning."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050822/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;Big Unit Allows Four Homers in One Inning (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/20050822/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bba_al_rdp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050821/capt.ilbk10308212117.yankees_white_sox_ilbk103.jpg?x=97&amp;amp;y=130&amp;amp;sig=sRl9oHP8IUUddrR4X6dEhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="New York Yankees' starting pitcher Randy Johnson stands on the mound after giving up a three-run homer to Chicago White Sox's Chris Widger during the fourth inning, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, in Chicago. Johnson also gave up back-to-back-to-back solo homers to White Sox's Tadahito Iguchi, Aaron Rowand and Paul Konerko. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Randy Johnson could not believe he allowed a home run to Chris Widger on a pitch he threw where he wanted. Maybe Johnson shouldn&amp;#039;t have been so surprised. After all, three other Chicago players had already homered off him &amp;amp;#151; in that inning.&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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050822/ap_on_sp_so_ga_su/soc_mls_chivas_usa_metrostars"&gt;Chivas Ties MetroStars 3-3 on Late Goal (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/20050822/ap_on_sp_so_ga_su/soc_mls_chivas_usa_metrostars"&gt;&lt;img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050822/capt.eru10308220050.chivas_usa_metrostars_eru103.jpg?x=130&amp;amp;y=98&amp;amp;sig=f5H_tDqBF2DuVjB6l_RiXA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Chivas USA forward Juan Francisco Palencia fights for control of the ball with New York/New Jersey MetroStars midfielder Michael Bradley, left, and forward Mike Magee, right, during the first half Sunday night, Aug. 21, 2005 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Amado Guevara scored his third goal of the game in the final minute, giving the MetroStars a 3-3 tie with Chivas USA on Sunday 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/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20050819/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_islanders_moves"&gt;Islanders Sign Defenseman Bouchard (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 - Defenseman Joel Bouchard signed a one-year contract Friday with the New York Islanders, his eighth NHL team."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=206555&amp;src=rss"&gt;I'm No Idiot: A Yankee Fan's View from New England :: Return to the Bronx is All Wright&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;"Jaret Wright continued to prove that his early season troubles were purely medical as he returned to the mound he left on April 23, as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 7-0. Wright shut the Jays down to the tune of 7 innings, no runs, 4 hits, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. All of Wright's walks came in the first inning as he got out of a bases loaded 2-out situation by getting Greg Zaun to fly out to left. The game had been filled mostly with missed opportun..."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=206632&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Chacon provides more than expected&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;"To say that Shawn Chacon has exceedeed any and all expectations anyone had for him when the Yankees traded for him is an understatement.  He has pitched in 6 games (1 relief appearance) and has given up 7 runs (6 earned for 1.64 era) on 27 hits (.221 baa) and 11 walks (1.15 whip). [...]"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    &lt;a href="http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=206634&amp;src=rss"&gt;Off the Facade :: Waiver trade not likely&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;"According to the Yankees&amp;#8217; general manager, Brian Cashman, the chances of the team making a trade before August 31st (the deadline for players to be on a team&amp;#8217;s roster in order to be eligble to play for them in the playoffs) are low.  From Jeter reluctantly rests Cashman said he doesn&amp;#8217;t anticipate the Yankees making [...]"&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/7576604-112480080785713471?l=fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/feeds/112480080785713471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7576604&amp;postID=112480080785713471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112480080785713471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7576604/posts/default/112480080785713471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fatbatbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/08/baseball-bats-ratings-08-23-2005.html' title='baseball bats ratings: 08-23-2005'/><author><name>fatbatbaseball</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16103794124494723722</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576604.post-112471440734717935</id><published>2005-08-22T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T05:40:07.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'>injuries due to aluminum bats in american legion baseball: 08-22-2005</title><content type='html'>    &lt;a href="http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&amp;storyID=9428839&amp;src=rss/sportsNews"&gt;U.S. Open champion Kuznetsova eyes New Haven 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) - U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova   spearheads a strong women's field at the Pilot Pen tournament   which begins in New Haven, Connecticut on Sunday."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;a href="http:/
