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		<title>The Oendan: The Japanese Baseball Fan Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“What I was amazed, bewildered, and never, never surprised at was the love that the Japanese people have for the game of baseball. It’s mindboggling. It’s not to be understood . . . in a normal way. It’s abnormal.” 


When Bobby Valentine made the above remark about Japanese baseball fans at an event at New [...]


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<li><a href='http://baseballreflections.com/2010/01/15/baseball-reflections-now-on-japanese-baseball/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Baseball Reflections Now on Japanese Baseball'>Baseball Reflections Now on Japanese Baseball</a></li>
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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/16/the-oendan-the-japanese-baseball-fan-club/</link>
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		<title>Baseball News, Tweets &amp; More: Monday pm</title>
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Image by mikeleeorg via Flickr



Monday Afternoon Edition
This one is BIG scary news for the Red Sox…@PeteAbe: In today&#8217;s Globe: Concern evident for Sox&#8217; Westmoreland &#8211; http://b.globe.com/bOw5Ya
@alexspeier: Ellsbury trying to become 1st AL LF since &#8216;81 to win Gold Glove. Ellsbury &#8216;not losing any sleep&#8217; about UZR +/-. http://bit.ly/b8kDK0 #redsox
@PeteAbe: New blog post: Thanks for coming, [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/15/baseball-news-tweets-more-monday-pm-2/</link>
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		<title>Reflections on the 2010 White Sox: A Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 season is less than a month away, and here on the South side of  Chicago (read: the western Chicago suburbs), White Sox fans are mostly  talking about five topics in regards to the team&#8217;s upcoming campaign.
The  arms race: Say it with me, &#8220;Buehrle, Peavy, Danks, Floyd&#8230; Garcia&#8221;
If  there&#8217;s a [...]


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<li><a href='http://baseballreflections.com/2009/09/01/breaking-news-the-rays-are-sellers-and-looking-towards-2010/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Breaking News: The Rays Are Sellers, and Looking Towards 2010'>Breaking News: The Rays Are Sellers, and Looking Towards 2010</a></li>
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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/15/reflections-on-the-2010-white-sox-a-preview/</link>
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		<title>MLB Umpires Holding Online Auction to Benefit Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Priceless Memorabilia, One-of-a-Kind Experiences Highlight Online  Charity Event



New York, NY (March 9, 2010)—A Major League  Baseball jersey signed by President
Barack Obama, the chance for  you and friends to watch batting practice from the field, a
pre-concert  meet-and-greet with the Black Eyed Peas including floor seating,  tickets to
the 2010 All-Star Game, and [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/14/mlb-umpires-holding-online-auction-to-benefit-children/</link>
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		<title>Sox Prospect Lars Anderson Making Best of Spring Training</title>
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Highly touted Red Sox prospect Lars  Anderson is making the best of Spring Training this year in Ft Myers.  MLB.com listed him as one of baseball&#8217;s top 25 prospects last year, so  he has a lot to live up to.


Lars has appeared in five of the Sox first  seven pre-season games [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/13/sox-prospect-lars-anderson-making-best-of-spring-training/</link>
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		<title>Baseball News, Tweets &amp; More: Friday pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday Afternoon Edition 
Starting today, March 12, 2010 and running through Monday, March 22, 2010 is a charity auction for a good cause promoted by MLB Umpires! See they aren’t bad guys after all! J Just kidding!
It’s called UMPS CARE Charities and it’s the official charity of Major League Baseball umpires. Their website is http://www.umpscare.com [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/12/baseball-news-tweets-more-friday-pm/</link>
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		<title>Marlins Starting Pitching Is A Sleeping Giant In The N.L. East</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JUPITER,  FL- As I watched the New York Mets defeat the Florida Marlins in a  sloppy 11-2 affair on Monday, I couldn’t help but ponder how different  the two N.L.  East rivals are.


Much  has been written about the New York Mets recent under-achieving, particularly 2009 where they  finished 70-92 [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/12/marlins-starting-pitching-is-a-sleeping-giant-in-the-n-l-east/</link>
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		<title>Baseball News, Tweets &amp; More&#8230;Thursday pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



Image by Getty Images via Daylife



Thursday Afternoon Edition
 

&#60;!&#8211;[if gte mso 10]&#62;


@ESPN_baseball: Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly says team has discussed him eventually replacing Joe Torre &#8211; http://tinyurl.com/yjbux24
@MLB_Monster: LaRoche eyes more power in 2010: LaRoche eyes more power in 2010 http://bit.ly/9NdS29 &#38; Rockies, Todd Helton Agree To Extension: The Rockies and first baseman Todd Helton [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/11/baseball-news-tweets-more-thursday-pm/</link>
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		<title>Aaron Bates Having A Productive Spring Training with the Red Sox</title>
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One week into spring training and Red Sox first base prospect Aaron Bates is among the team leaders in games  played and hitting. The right handed 26 year old has a .300 batting  average after appearing in six of the teams first seven games.


He is pleased with his strong start, and is  [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/11/aaron-bates-having-a-productive-spring-training-with-the-red-sox/</link>
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		<title>Nomar Garciaparra Signs with Red Sox, Quickly Announces Retirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nomar Garciaparra signed a minor league deal this  morning with the Boston Red Sox, then promptly announced his retirement  at a 10:30 AM press conference. Joining Nomar at the press conference  were President/CEO Larry Lucchino and Executive Vice President/General  Manager Theo Epstein. Several friends and family members of Garciaparra  were [...]


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		<link>http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/10/nomar-garciaparra-signs-with-red-sox-quickly-announces-retirement/</link>
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