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						<title><![CDATA[Pro baseball in '09? Outlook seems dim]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The Diamond is looking for business, and prospects aren't good. The 12,134-seat ballpark on The Boulevard, home to the Richmond Braves from 1985-2008, doesn't have a professional-baseball tenant scheduled for next season. The facility is owned and operated by the Richmond Metropolitan Authority. Yesterday, RMA General Manager Mike Berry said he is &quot;less than optimistic&quot; that pro ball will be played in Richmond next season.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:07:51 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Manuel's mother dies in Roanoke]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - A grieving Charlie Manuel was in the Philadelphia Phillies' dugout yesterday for Game 2 of the NLCS, just hours after his mother died. The Phillies said that June Manuel died Friday morning at Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was 87. The Phillies had no information about the cause of death. June Manuel still lived in Buena Vista, Va., where the Phillies manager was raised. She is survived by 10 children. Funeral arrangements were pending.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:07:51 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[A move that's truly a winner]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Common sense often is the first victim when winning is at stake in major college and professional sports. Yet, here are the Boston Red Sox, intent on winning another World Series, and along the way, the Red Sox displayed a great deal of common sense. On, July 31, the Red Sox got rid of a star player, Manny Ramirez. They showed it is never the wrong time to do the right thing.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:07:58 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Cost of doing business in Class AA]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Got $15 million for a Class AA baseball franchise? That's about what it's going to take from a potential local ownership group to purchase a Class AA Eastern League club.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:07:53 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Red Sox beat Angels 3-2, move on to ALCS and Rays]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news. When it turns to October, no one dominates like Boston. ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:15:28 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[K-Rod, Napoli helps Angels avert another sweep ]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[BOSTON - Francisco Rodriguez's biggest save of a record-breaking season came in a tie game.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 01:02:29 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Danks keeps White Sox alive]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Thanks to John Danks and the White Sox, Chicago still has one team standing. Danks pitched another big game to save the season and well-traveled DeWayne Wise delivered a two-run double as the White Sox beat Tampa Bay 5-3 yesterday, trimming the Rays' lead in their AL playoff series to 2-1. Game 4 in the best-of-five matchup is today in Chicago, with Gavin Floyd facing Tampa Bay's Andy Sonnanstine.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:07:58 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Phils blast way to NLCS berth]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The Philadelphia Phillies found plenty of power to go with their pitching, right in time for the National League Championship Series. Pat Burrell broke out of his slump in a big way with two homers, one a three-run shot, and Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth added solo drives yesterday to lead the Phillies to a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that clinched their first trip to the NLCS since 1993.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:07:58 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[One drought ends; another continues]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Manny Ramirez and manager Joe Torre needed only three games to help the Los Angeles Dodgers win their first postseason series in 20 years. The Dodgers wrapped up their stunning three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the NL division series with a 3-1 victory Saturday night, their first series win since Orel Hershiser led Los Angeles to the 1988 World Series title.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:07:55 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Drew's homer boosts Red Sox over Angels 7-5]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Boston's latest postseason win over the Los Angeles Angels moved the team with baseball's best record to the verge of elimination. J.D. Drew stunned Francisco Rodriguez with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the defending World Series champions beat the Angels 7-5 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in their first-round AL playoff series.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 4 Oct 2008 00:23:02 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[GM says Knights will stay in Charlotte]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The vice president/general manager of Charlotte's Class AAA franchise yesterday dismissed Internet and TV reports that suggested Charlotte's baseball club may relocate to Richmond because of Charlotte ballpark issues. &quot;There is no truth to the rumors and misinformation regarding any conversations with the [Charlotte] Knights either selling to any group in Richmond or relocating our franchise to Richmond,&quot; Dan Rajkowski said yesterday.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 4 Oct 2008 00:07:53 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Rays rally to beat White Sox 6-2, lead series 2-0]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The young, resilient Tampa Bay Rays are one win from breezing into baseball's American League championship series. All-Star Scott Kazmir settled down after a shaky start, Akinori Iwamura hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and the AL East champions beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 tonight for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 21:44:08 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Cub flub: Manny, Dodgers take 2-0 lead over Cubs ]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- After two duds by the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers look ready to run Chicago's championship drought to 100 years.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:12:41 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Victorino's shot drops Sabathia]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[National League Division Series American League Division Series With one more loss to the Phillies, CC Sabathia and the Milwaukee Brewers will have all winter to rest. Brett Myers rankled Sabathia with a pesky at-bat and dominated the rest of the Brewers from the mound, and Philadelphia beat Milwaukee 5-2 last night behind Shane Victorino's grand slam for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five NL playoff series.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:07:55 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Bay's homer sparks Red Sox to 4-1 win over Angels ]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif. -- No matter how much the Los Angeles Angels dominate Boston in the regular season, the Red Sox roll in October. Jason Bay hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off John Lackey in the sixth inning, and the World Series champions beat the Angels 4-1 Wednesday night in the opener of their AL playoff series.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:55:18 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Former UR coach now at Centenary]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[UR assistant Carlin Hartman resigned in August. Former University of Richmond men's basketball assistant coach Carlin Hartman, who left the Spiders' staff in late August following allegations of NCAA violations, recently was hired as an assistant at Centenary College, in Shreveport, La. According to UR, one men's basketball assistant was involved in more than 90 percent of the text-message conversations UR coaches had with recruits last year, after text-messaging was prohibited by the NCAA. Hartman, a member of the Spiders' staff since 2005, resigned.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:07:57 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Class AA baseball ruled out for 2009]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[It may be independent-league baseball or none at all for Richmond next season. The Class AA Eastern League's 2009 schedule does not include Richmond.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:09:58 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Former city manager pitches Diamond plan]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[A development partnership led by former Richmond City Manager Robert C. Bobb made its pitch this week to keep baseball on North Boulevard and, for at least one season, at The Diamond. ]]></description>
						<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:09:58 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Pro ball hope in '09 fading]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The possibility of no professional baseball in Richmond during 2009 grows, and stadium plans from two groups are being assessed by the city. The one involving a Shockoe Bottom site, proposed by a local ownership group led by Bryan Bostic, is believed to be the front-runner.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:07:58 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Will Richmond get another minor-league baseball team?]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Frequently asked questions about the departure of the Richmond Braves: Q: Why can't another Triple-A team come to Richmond now that the Braves have left?]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:01:31 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Nats' president Kasten says stadium still key for Richmond]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten yesterday offered advice that Richmonders have been hearing for years: build a new baseball stadium if the area really wants Class AAA baseball. Kasten was president of the Atlanta Braves before taking over the Nationals. Several times he has been to The Diamond, which opened for the 1985 season.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:25:33 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Braves packing up]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Furniture used in the Richmond Braves' front office is bound for Gwinnett County, Ga., to which Atlanta's Class AAA franchise is relocating.]]></description>
						<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:07:58 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Go-ahead soon for new baseball franchise talks]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Meaningful baseball chatter about a new Richmond franchise apparently will commence next week. A Minor League Baseball spokesman, Steve Densa, via e-mail yesterday said that prospective owners of a Richmond team, league representatives, and owners of teams looking to move have been granted permission to talk -- pending approval of the relocation of Atlanta's Class AAA club from Richmond to Gwinnett County, Ga.]]></description>
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