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		<title>Three Ways To Fix The Cubs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jayson Werth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cubs dismissed G.M. Jim Hendry on Friday &#8212; who was tearful and blubbery in his departure (&#8220;whaddayou, Jim, some kinda Hollywood finocchio . . .?). But the firing wasn&#8217;t exactly a surprise. The Cubs are going nowhere, and a lot of that has to do with the contract decisions that Hendry inked: $136 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did The Nats &#8220;Hit It Out of the Park?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Draft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alex Meyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nationals have released their almost-but-not-quite final take on the &#8220;2011 MLB First Year Player Draft,&#8221; and while the attention of the fans has been focused on sixth overall pick Anthony Rendon (how is his health? do they really need a third baseman) &#8212; and the apparent &#8220;steal&#8221; they got with twenty-third overall pick Kentucky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats Take Rendon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Draft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nationals fans can be excused for thinking that the last two years were the &#8220;golden age&#8221; of the MLB first year player draft. In each of the last two years, the Nationals picked first overall, and selected what are, arguably, the two best amateur players ever drafted in the majors: Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats, Capps Defrock Friars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 18:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida Marlins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Capps pitched out of a based loaded jam in the ninth inning to preserve a Washington Nationals and John Lannan win in San Diego, 5-3. The victory marked an all-the-way back start for the Washington mainstay, who had his best outing of the year &#8212; a seven inning, seven hit semi-gem that fed off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockies Take Series, Storen Arrives</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[St. Louis Cardinals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Bruney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Olsen&#8217;s steady mound presence and ability to pitch out of jams could not save the Nats from a three game losing streak, as Washington dropped three out of four games in Colorado. The final contest, played before over 40,000 Rockies fans at Coors Field, resulted in an itchy close Rockies 2-1 victory. The Nats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Season Ends With Win In 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nyjer Morgan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Gonzalez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Cabrera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.D. Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Riggleman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Hanrahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lasting Milledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logan Kensing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centerfieldgate.com/?p=2718</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals finished the 2009 season on a high note, winning their seventh in a row, 2-1, in fifteen innings inÂ Atlanta. The game winning RBI was plated on a line driveÂ by AlbertoÂ Gonzalez , whose single in the 15th inning drove in Elijah Dukes with what turned out to be the winning run. The win [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mets and Dibs at &#8220;Chatter Up&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Draft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nats-Mets match-up has sparked another friendly exchange of questions from â€œN.L. Leastâ€ bloggers. This time the N.L. East Chatter communityÂ and the guys from The Real Dirty Mets Blog (TRDMB) and Phillies Phandom providedÂ  questions for Centerfield Gate (CFG) on the state of the Nats. Some of these questions go a little farther afield than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jimenez Tames Nats</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/colorado-rockies/jimenez-tames-nats</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nyjer Morgan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals walked into a buzzsaw on Tuesday, losing the first in a three game series against the Colorado Rockies, 4-3. The buzzsaw was Rockies&#8217; starter Ubaldo Jimenez, who pitched eight strong innings for Colorado and appeared to gain strength with each Washington batter.Â The 25-year-old gave up seven hits in eight innings, raising his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats&#8217; Draft Now A Success</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/baseball/nats-draft-now-a-success</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The details of the Strasburg signing are now becoming known. The San Diego State righthanderÂ has signed a four year contract for a total $15.1 millionÂ guaranteed, with a $7.5 million bonus and $7.6 million in salary. The contract includes a number of unreported incentives. There are unconfirmed reports that the Nationals had weighed in with an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can The Nats Sign Strasburg?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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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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