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		<title>Fall League Moving Team To Glendale For 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/fall-league-moving-team-to-glendale-for-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.J. Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Fall League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Sox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Fall League will have its usual six teams when it returns to action this fall, but one of those teams will have a new home stadium. Major League Baseball announced that the Phoenix Desert Dogs will relocate from Phoenix Municipal Stadium, built in 1964, to Camelback Ranch stadium in Glendale for the 2013 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor League Transactions: March 14-20</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/minor-league-transactions-march-14-20-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/minor-league-transactions-march-14-20-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Eddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aliaksei Lukashevich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardinals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curt Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dashenko Ricardo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Filak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose Dore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyle Russell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Padres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberto de la Cruz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stefan Jarrin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendell Fairley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period March 14-20. Arizona Diamondbacks Released: RHP Alex Capaul, RHP Chris Cox, RHP Mike DeMark, RHP Donny Medlinger, RHP Jared Ray, LHP Matt Way, 1B Tyler Bream, 2B Adam McConnell, 3B Bubu Garcia, 3B Chris Nowak, SS Niko Gallego, OF Raoul Torrez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shohei Ohtani Makes Spring Mound Debut In Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/shohei-ohtani-makes-spring-mound-debut-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/shohei-ohtani-makes-spring-mound-debut-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Badler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shohei Ohtani]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shohei Ohtani flirted with the idea of going straight from high school in Japan to American pro ball, with the Red Sox, Rangers and Dodgers among the teams in pursuit. Instead, Ohtani opted to stay in Japan and sign with the Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. With Japanese spring training underway, Ohtani made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best &amp; Worst Parks To See Runs, Hits &amp; Homers</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/best-worst-parks-to-see-runs-hits-homers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/best-worst-parks-to-see-runs-hits-homers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Eddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[At The Ballpark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stat Pack]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Readers tell us again and again that they love top 10 lists. Assuming you&#39;re not overloaded with ballpark effects at this stage, keep reading this post to learn the 10 best and 10 worst ballparks in the full-season minors to see runs, hits and home runs. All samples cover the 2010-12 period except where noted. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major League Players Who Qualify For A Fourth Option In 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/major-league-players-who-qualify-for-a-fourth-option-in-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/major-league-players-who-qualify-for-a-fourth-option-in-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Eddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rules & Procedures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adeiny Hechavarria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Torres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Matusz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dayan Viciedo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fourth option]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francisco Peguero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose Iglesias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pedro Alvarez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pedro Figueroa]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every baseball fan&#8212;all right, every Baseball America reader&#8212;knows that major league organizations can exercise three option years to send players to the minors. Well, except in those rare cases when they can use a fourth option. Major League Baseball grants a fourth option to teams when a player has five or fewer professional seasons under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Shuts Out Puerto Rico, Wins WBC</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/dominican-republic-shuts-out-puerto-rico-wins-wbc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/dominican-republic-shuts-out-puerto-rico-wins-wbc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO&#8212;In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Puerto Rico took out one baseball giant after another. It beat Venezuela in the first round, the United States in the second and Japan in Sunday&#39;s semifinal at AT&#38;T Park in San Francisco. DOMINICAN DOMINATION The Dominican Republic went a perfect 8-0 to win the World Baseball Classic. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitter&#8217;s And Pitcher&#8217;s Parks In Each Full-Season Minor League</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/hitters-and-pitchers-parks-in-each-full-season-minor-league/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/hitters-and-pitchers-parks-in-each-full-season-minor-league/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Eddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[At The Ballpark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stat Pack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Yelich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giancarlo Stanton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Ely]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcell Ozuna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt LaPorta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[park factor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Factors such as altitude, humidity and wind affect how ballparks at all levels play for hitters and for pitchers. High altitude, low humidity and a steady jet stream are the perfect recipe for hits, homers and runs. No parks exemplify this quite like High Desert and Lancaster, the high Class A California League&#39;s two most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Minor League Stadium In Google Maps</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/every-minor-league-stadium-in-google-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/every-minor-league-stadium-in-google-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conor Glassey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love seeing baseball stadiums from the sky, when I&#39;m in an airplane. So, naturally, I love to waste time looking at ballparks on Google Maps. I enjoy seeing what part of the city the park is in, and noticing any quirks about the layout or construction. So, I thought it would be neat to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bullpen Strength Continues To Power DR</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/bullpen-strength-continues-to-power-dr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/bullpen-strength-continues-to-power-dr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO&#8212;Seagulls circled the field at AT&#38;T Park, some of them even landing on the playing field before the Netherlands&#39; World Baseball Classic semifinal matchup with the Dominican Republic was officially over. But the game was over for all intents and purposes after the Dominican scored four runs in the fifth inning, three of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Stays Unbeaten, Advances To Championship Game</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/dominican-republic-stays-unbeaten-advances-to-championship-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/dominican-republic-stays-unbeaten-advances-to-championship-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO&#8212;For four innings the favorite was on the ropes again during the World Baseball Classic semifinals. One night after upstart Puerto Rico held onto an early lead against Japan, the Netherlands took an early 1-0 lead against the Dominican Republic. But the unbeaten Dominicans, silenced for four innings, figured out cunning lefthander Diegomar Markwell, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puerto Rico Waits On Dutch-Dominican Winner</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/puerto-rico-waits-on-dutch-dominican-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/puerto-rico-waits-on-dutch-dominican-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO&#8212;Puerto Rico got a day off after its emotional World Baseball Classic semifinal victory against Japan, and Edwin Rodriguez didn&#39;t seem to mind. Remember, the Puerto Rican team played Saturday afternoon in Miami, flew cross-country, then played Japan last night in front of a fairly pro-Japanese crowd against a team that had been on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cubs Sign Armando Rivero For $3.1 Million Bonus</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/cubs-sign-armando-rivero-for-3-1-million-bonus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/cubs-sign-armando-rivero-for-3-1-million-bonus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Badler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armando Rivero]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cubs have signed Cuban righthander Armando Rivero to a contract with a $3.1 million bonus. International sources last year in July said the Cubs were going to sign Rivero for the same terms, so it appears the agreement may have been in place for several months. However, the Cubs did not officially submit the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Molina&#8217;s Presence, Japan&#8217;s Mistakes Central To Puerto Rico&#8217;s Victory</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/molinas-presence-japans-mistakes-central-to-puerto-ricos-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/molinas-presence-japans-mistakes-central-to-puerto-ricos-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO&#8212;Koji Yamamoto will have some explaining to do when his World Baseball Classic team gets back to Japan. Yamamoto faced the Japanese media alone Sunday night after his team lost 3-1 to Puerto Rico. No players to take questions&#8212;just the manager, alone, with his headset for translations. His predecessors as Team Japan managers, Sadaharu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puerto Rico Stuns Japan 3-1, Heads To Title Game</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/puerto-rico-stuns-japan-3-1-heads-to-title-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/puerto-rico-stuns-japan-3-1-heads-to-title-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO&#8212;Japan&#39;s run of World Baseball Classic dominance is over, ended in a sloppy display of poor baserunning, jumpy hitting and Puerto Rican passion. Puerto Rico scored a run in the first, added two more on a long homer by Alex Rios in the seventh and used six pitchers to hold off Japan, winning 3-1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Stays Unbeaten, Wins WBC Pool 2</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/dominican-republic-stays-unbeaten-wins-wbc-pool-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/dominican-republic-stays-unbeaten-wins-wbc-pool-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;The Dominican Republic, the most efficient producer of baseball talent in the world, is on the hunt for its first WBC title. And, with the way the Dominicans are playing, maybe this is their year. On Saturday afternoon, the Dominicans completed a perfect run through the first two rounds of the tournament, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor League Transactions: March 9-13</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/minor-league-transactions-march-9-13/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/minor-league-transactions-march-9-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Eddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Reifer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Cortes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Lowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Kilby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose DePaula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Hill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period March 9-13. Arizona Diamondbacks Signed: RHP Dan Cortes (did not play in &#8217;12) Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Chase Anderson, RHP Charles Brewer, LHP Eury de la Rosa, OF Alfredo Marte Optioned to Double-A: RHP Eric Smith, RHP Zeke Spruill, OF Keon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puerto Rico Advances By Knocking Out Team USA</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/puerto-rico-advances-by-knocking-out-team-usa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/puerto-rico-advances-by-knocking-out-team-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.J. Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Baseball Classic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson Figueroa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Rico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Walter Villa MIAMI &#8211; Team USA scored three runs in its final three innings, but it was what happened at the beginning of the game that doomed the Americans.&#160; They couldn&#8217;t hit Nelson Figueroa. That, in a nutshell, is why the U.S. lost to Puerto Rico, 4-3, Friday night, getting eliminated from the World [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cesar Carrillo Receives 100-Game Suspension</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/cesar-carrillo-receives-100-game-suspension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Eddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former University of Miami star and eight-year minor league veteran Cesar Carrillo has received a 100-game suspension without pay for his violations of the minor league drug program, Major League Baseball announced in a press release Friday. The 28-year-old Carrillo, a first-round pick by the Padres in 2005, has pitched for three organizations (and one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team USA, Puerto Rico Face Elimination</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/team-usa-puerto-rico-face-elimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Rode</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;It&#8217;s do or die for both Team USA and Puerto Rico tonight in Pool 2 of the World Baseball Classic, and both managers have made a change in their starting lineups. Team USA&#8217;s Joe Torre, still adjusting to Thursday&#8217;s injury to third baseman David Wright, will try Ben Zobrist at the hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jose Santiago Signs With Mariners For $205,000</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/jose-santiago-signs-with-mariners-for-205000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Badler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the unnamed converted catcher profiled in Baseball America last month from a recent private workout in the Dominican Republic? His name is Jose Santiago, and he has signed with the Mariners for $205,000. Santiago, a 19-year-old righthander, is 6-foot-2, 185 pounds and has only been pitching for less than a year but has shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ninth-Inning Rally Pushes Dominican Past U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/19543/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;With unlikely heroes Nelson Cruz and Erick Aybar, the first-ever World Baseball Classic meeting between the United States and the Dominican Republic did not disappoint. Playing before an enthusiastic crowd of 34,366&#8212;the fourth largest in Marlins Park history&#8212;the Dominicans defeated the Americans, 3-1, to clinch a spot in next week&#8217;s WBC semifinals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netherlands Adds Profar, Jansen</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/netherlands-adds-profar-jansen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands got reinforcements for its bid to win the 2013 World Baseball Classic, adding No. 1 prospect Jurickson Profar and Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen to its roster for the semifinals. Both Jansen and Profar were on the Netherlands&#39; provisional roster in January. They replace pitcher Jonatan Isenia, out with an elbow injury, and Yurendell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Blogging WBC In Miami, Day Three</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/live-blogging-wbc-in-miami-day-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Lingo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;David Wright met with the media during Thursday night&#8217;s game and reported that he has sore ribs&#8212;not a bad back. &#8220;For about a week now, I&#8217;ve had some discomfort in my rib area,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Every time I go in and get treatment for something like that, the team finds out about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minor League Transactions: Feb. 26-March 8</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/minor-league-transactions-feb-26-march-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/minor-league-transactions-feb-26-march-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Eddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period Feb. 26-March 8. Arizona Diamondbacks Signed: RHP Josh Booty It&#39;s official: The Diamondbacks actually signed 37-year-old Josh Booty to a minor league contract after he won the MLB Network reality series competition &#34;The Next Knuckler.&#34; Booty made the majors as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy Fumbles Away Elimination Game To Puerto Rico</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/italy-fumbles-away-elimination-game-to-puerto-rico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA &#160; MIAMI&#8212;Italy spent much of the World Baseball Classic&#8217;s second round leading. But instead of a 2-0 record, the Italians are leaving Marlins Park winless. &#160; Puerto Rico rallied to defeat Italy, 4-3, in front of 25,788 fans&#160;Wednesday night, putting up three runs in the eighth inning against four pitchers. &#160; Italy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy Hopes To Match Rival Netherlands In WBC</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/italy-hopes-to-match-rival-netherlands-in-wbc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;What Team USA and the Dominican Republic are hoping to develop, starting with Thursday&#8217;s WBC showdown, Italy and the Netherlands already have &#8211; a fierce rivalry based on repeated confrontations in international baseball. Italy had long been the most dominant team in European baseball, but the Dutch have been coming on of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Blogging WBC In Miami, Day 2</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/live-blogging-wbc-in-miami-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;Four scoreless innings, four wasted opportunities&#8212;two for each team. That&#8217;s the story so far in this World Baseball Classic second-round elimination game between Puerto Rico and Italy. Puerto Rico&#8217;s best chances came in the first and fourth innings. In the first, Angel Pagan was stranded after he led off with an opposite-field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rangers, Royals Low Class A Clubs Should Be Stacked</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/rangers-royals-low-class-a-clubs-should-be-stacked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.J. Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SURPRISE, ARIZ.&#8211;It&#8217;s too early to accurately project minor league rosters. Injuries and decisions on big leagues jobs will cascade down through farm systems. But at the Rangers/Royals complex you could see the foundations of what should be two of the most talented teams in low Class A&#8211;or really anywhere in the minors. A Rangers intrasquad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team USA Tops Puerto Rico In Convincing Fashion</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/team-usa-tops-puerto-rico-in-convincing-fashion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=19493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;The stage is set for Team USA vs. the Dominican Republic. Dominican manager Tony Pena repeatedly has referred to the United States as the favorite in this four-team WBC second-round Pool 2 at Marlins Park. On Tuesday night, the Americans lived up to that hype, defeating Puerto Rico, 7-1, before an enthusiastic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominicans Rally Past Italy In Pool 2</title>
		<link>http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2013/03/19480/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Manuel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY WALTER VILLA MIAMI&#8212;Before Tuesday&#8217;s game, Dominican manager Tony Pena talked about the &#8220;hole&#8221; in his starting pitching rotation and his confidence in his bullpen, loaded with strong arms. As it turned out, the bullpen produced 4 2/3 innings of shutout baseball, playing a key role in a come-from-behind, 5-4 win over Italy in the [...]]]></description>
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