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		<title>Nats Sign Ankiel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Agents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals have signed former St. Louis Redbird and Kansas City Royals outfielder Rick Ankiel to a one year, $1.5 million deal &#8212; according to SI&#8217;s Jon Heyman. Ankiel becomes a fourth outfielder in the Nationals&#8217; outfield mix, but is expected to compete for a starting job with Roger Bernadina. The Ankiel story is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bad News Is . . . Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jason Marquis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Livan Hernandez]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Pavano]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals&#8217; search for a top-of-the-rotation pitcher continues, with Kansas City ace Zack Greinke headed to Milwaukee, where he will lead a revamped Brewers&#8217; rotation. The Brewers landed Greinke on Sunday (along with Yuniesky Betancourt and $2 million) in exchange for Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, Jeremy Jeffress and Jake Odorizzi &#8212; a packet of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willingham Headed To Oakland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oakland A's]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[josh willingham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Josh Willingham has been traded to the Oakland Athletics for former Oklahoma State bopper Corey Brown and pitcher Henry Rodriguez, who features a 98 mph fastball and a devastating curve. It&#8217;s tough to see Willingham go and Nationals&#8217; fans are bound to be disappointed in the return: neither Brown nor Rodriguez are considered among the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia Lands Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/jordan-zimmermann/philadelphia-lands-lee</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Desmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan Zimmermann]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the new starting rotation of the Philadelphia Phillies: Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels &#8212; and Cliff Lee. Lee, the cherry-on-the-cake free agent of major league baseball, has signed a five year $120 million deal with the Phillies, a surprise for the Yankees and Rangers (who reportedly outbid the Phillies), and one that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three In A Row</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberto Gonzalez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Morse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ross Detwiler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ross Dewiler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Morse&#8217;s home run and his three RBIs, combined with the steady pitching of Ross Detwiler, resulted in a 7-2 spanking of the Houston Astros on Thursday at Nats&#8217; Park &#8212; and a three of four game series triumph. With Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Dunn out of the starting line up as a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duo In The Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jim Riggleman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Nationals fans, all agog over new team ace Stephen Strasburg, have come back to earth. That reality is reflected in team blogs, in newspaper reports &#8212; and in the young phenom&#8217;s own judgment. In a classic pitcher&#8217;s duel, Strasburg went head-to-head against Kansas City&#8217;s Brian Bannister, whose command of the strike zone and an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats End Slump, 2-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Livan Hernandez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Capps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nyjer Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyler Clippard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday&#8217;s 2-1 win at Nationals Park may be taken as &#8220;Exhibit #1&#8243; that pitching &#8212; good pitching &#8212; wins ballgames. While the Nationals squeezed out only three hits against the more-than-mediocre Bruce Chen (et. al.), Livan Hernandez mastered the Royals line-up through seven complete innings, scattering eight hits and striking out five. The Nats relied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dunn, Atilano Clip Dodgers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adam Dunn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backed by two homers from Adam Dunn, right handed rookie starter Luis Atilano subdued the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, 5-1. It was Atilano&#8217;s first start. The rookie threw an effective mix of fastballs, curves and change-ups in notching his first major league victory &#8212; earning the praise of both Dodger skipper Joe Torre and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defanged</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Diamondbacks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals won their six straight game, coming from five runs down to beat Jon Garland and theÂ Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Friday night at Nationals Park. The Nats were keyed by Josh Willingham&#8217;s seventh inning bases-loaded single that put the Nats up 7-5. The Nats won despite another poor outing for their starter. Collin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can The Nats Sign Strasburg?</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/kansas-city-royals/can-the-nats-sign-strasburg</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Draft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nats got their man with the first pick in the MLB Draft last night &#8212; but can they sign him? It is a â€œpossible landmark case,â€ writes The Washington Postâ€™s Dave Sheinin, â€œbringing together baseballâ€™s most notorious agent, a pitcher who has been called the best prospect in history and the worst franchise in [...]]]></description>
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