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		<title>Curb Your Enthusiasm . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . because, while the Nationals keep winning in Philly, they still have seven games to play and, no matter what they do, will finish no better than third. We&#8217;re not just being killjoys: while it&#8217;s wonderful to see our Anacostia Nine play so well (especially at &#8220;Nats Park North&#8221;), there are some among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detwiler Throws A Gem . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball Tonight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can never have too much pitching, but it appears that (if yesterday is any indication), the Nationals have more than enough for next year. Ross Detwiler is the latest evidence &#8212; the young lefty produced another more-than-solid outing on Tuesday night, at the back end of a day-night double header, taming the Philadelphia Phillies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should L.A.&#8217;s Kershaw Win The Cy Young?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Dodgers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The McCovey's]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clayton Kershaw]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A regular reader of ours, an L.A. native, keeps pounding away about his beloved Dodgers &#8212; and like all good partisan fans, he predicted they&#8217;d win the N.L. West and then sweep their way through the post-season. &#8220;They&#8217;re the new Giants,&#8221; he said last April, &#8220;except that they&#8217;re better.&#8221; Such expectations have not been realized: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Werth Rattles The Snakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Diamondbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jayson Werth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jayson Werth&#8217;s three run home run &#8212; and the pitching of lefty Ross Detwiler &#8212; led the Washington Nationals to a 4-1 victory over the reeling Arizona Diamondbacks at Nationals Park on Monday night. The Werth home run (he was 2-4 in the victory) provided the difference in the game, with the slumping free agent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Rocky In Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ross Detwiler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wilson Ramos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nine are notoriously mediocre on the road &#8212; and the road includes places like Colorado where, on Thursday, the Nationals&#8217; bats once again proved vulnerable to good (but not great) pitching. The Colorado Rockies, suffering through their own sub-.500 season, beat the Nationals easily, 6-3, extending the team&#8217;s road woes this year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uggla Powers Braves &#8212; And Billy Beane&#8217;s Lousy Swaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Diamondbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chien-Ming Wang]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chien-Ming Wang still isn&#8217;t ready for prime time. The former Yankee and new Nationals&#8217; righthander struggled through five innings against the Braves yesterday, giving up seven hits and two runs through five innings &#8212; and the Nationals fell to Atlanta in the final game of their three game set, 6-4. While Wang recovered from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ankiel Blasts The Braves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Diamondbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livan Hernandez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s quite possible that finally &#8212; five months into the 2011 baseball season &#8212; the Nationals have finally found their leadoff hitter. Batting in the first slot in the line-up last night, centerfield veteran Rick Ankiel blasted two home runs in leading the Nationals to a 5-3 victory over the Braves at Nationals Park. Ankiel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon A Time In Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a reason why the Washington Nationals don&#8217;t like the Arizona&#8217;s Diamondbacks. Since the days of hotdogging Eric Byrnes, the D-Backs have been known as a showboating franchise with a nasty streak &#8212; and they proved it again during the just-concluded four game series with the Nationals. While the Nationals were able to pull out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats Nipped In St. Louis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jordan Zimmermann pitched solidly and steadily in the second game of a day-night doubleheader, but could not come away with a win, as the Washington Nationals dropped the third game of their set with the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3. Zimmermann threw six complete innings, and while he gave up eight hits and five runs, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Still Early . . . Right?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals are now 1-4 and have lost three in a row. After a good start on Wednesday night in Florida (the Nats took a 4-0 lead on the solid pitching of Livan Hernandez), the Nationals fell to the Marlins, 7-4. The game was a symbol of what Washington seems to do so well: [...]]]></description>
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