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		<title>Farewell, Hip Hip Jorge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[jorge Posada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Posada officially announced his retirement today, in an emotional ceremony at Yankee Stadium, the second member of the so-called &#8220;Core Four&#8221; — Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera being the others — to walk into the sunset. A fiery competitor, a tenacious hitter, and a passionate leader — if not a great receiver, he did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait &#8216;Till Next Year: the 2013 Hall of Fame Ballot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barry Bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubhouse Confidential]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yup, another Clubhouse Confidential appearance, from Tuesday, January 10, this following my three-hour chat on the day the results were released and my evaluation of the voting results. This time, I discussed the top candidates who will debut on the 2013 ballot, a slate that&#8217;s as controversial as it is stacked, with Barry Bonds, Roger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ballot Battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Raines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another TV appearance&#8230; Okay, it really isn&#8217;t that routine, but twice in one week? From the same show? Somebody up there must like me. Even before I&#8217;d gotten to appear on last Wednesday&#8217;s Clubhouse Confidential with my own JAWS take on the ballot, host Brian Kenny and company had booked me to participate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haul of Fame 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clubhouse Confidential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JAWS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Raines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Hall of Fame season, and I&#8217;ve been a busy man, not only publishing my annual JAWS series, but talking about the Hall of Fame with anyone who will listen. Most notably, I was invited to run down the top candidates on the ballot at Clubhouse Confidential. On Wednesday, I did a short segment in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best of Baseball Prospectus (1996-2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;15,200 ARTICLES ENTER. 152 ARTICLES LEAVE. WE ARE THE 1%.&#8221; — actual sales pitch
 In a project that&#8217;s been long in the works, Baseball Prospectus is publishing a two-volume set covering the best work that&#8217;s run on the site in its long history — over 900 pages in all. I&#8217;m pleased to report that I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Seen on TV, and Just About Every Place But Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brewers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[excuses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s been awhile since I checked in here, far too long in fact. I never intended to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this site and then disappear for an entire baseball season, but between Baseball Prospectus, Pinstriped Bible, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+, I didn&#8217;t lack for ways to reach an audience whether it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Years Down the Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anniversaries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years down the road making one-night stands
Speeding my young life away
Tell me one more time just so I&#8217;ll understand
Are you sure Hank done it this way?
—Waylon Jennings
April 9 marked a momentous day in the history of FutilityInfielder.com. Namely, it&#8217;s now been 10 years since the inception of this site, a decade since I penned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Badge #643</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[press box adventures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It arrived yesterday, the most important envelope I&#8217;ve received since my college acceptance letter nearly 23 years ago, but also nearly the emptiest, just a single piece of plastic, with no accompanying document. Still, I was told this would be arriving, and the enclosed item spoke for itself:

No: 643
Baseball Writers&#8217; Association of America
Jay Jaffe
Baseball Prospectus
New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gus Zernial (1923-2011)</title>
		<link>http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2011/01/gus-zernial-1923-2011.shtml</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[passings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former major league outfielder Gus Zernial passed away on Thursday at the age of 87. A World War II veteran, he didn&#8217;t debut in the majors until he was nearly 26, but he enjoyed an 11-year career with the White Sox, A&#8217;s and Tigers, earning All-Star honors once and leading the AL in homers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rookie Blogger Stumps for Blyleven: January 2002</title>
		<link>http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2011/01/rookie-blogger-stumps-for-blyleven-january-2002.shtml</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Jaffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JAWS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the voting results for the Hall of Fame&#8217;s Class of 2011 scheduled to drop at 2 PM today, I dug deep into the Futility Infielder archives and found my first piece advocating for the election of Bert Blyleven to the Hall of Fame. It dates to January 6, 2002, a day short of nine [...]]]></description>
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