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	<title>Around the Majors</title>
	<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen</link>
	<description>Your source for Major League Baseball</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Twins trade Gomez to Brewers for Hardy</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/11/06/twins-trade-gomez-to-brewers-for-hardy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Christensen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick post here that the Twins have traded CF Carlos Gomez to the Brewers for SS J.J. Hardy. I&#8217;ve written a quick story for StarTribune.com that will be posted momentarily, and will have more here throughout the day.
Hardy and Twins GM Bill Smith will be available in a conference call at noon. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neshek takes big step in Tommy John recovery</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/11/06/neshek-takes-big-step-in-tommy-john-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Christensen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Twins reliever Pat Neshek updated the readers of his blog Monday with good news about his progress coming back from Tommy John surgery:
I&#8217;ve been throwing fastballs and change-ups at full speed off the mound and my arm feels better than it did before I went down during the season in 08. This week we start with sliders and I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baseball season ends, so now what?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/11/05/baseball-season-ends-so-now-what/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/11/05/baseball-season-ends-so-now-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Christensen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always tough when the World Series ends, knowing there won&#8217;t be another meaningful major league game for five months. The Twins open April 5, in Anaheim, Calif., against the Angels, and then open Target Field on April 12 against the Red Sox. Twins pitchers and catchers report to spring training on Feb. 21, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twins cut Buscher from 40-man roster</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/11/03/twins-trim-buscher-from-40-man-roster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Christensen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Twins have cut infielder Brian Buscher from their 40-man roster, outrighting him to Class AAA Rochester. He can become a minor-league free agent 16 days after the World Series.
Buscher, 28, batted .235 with two home runs and 12 RBI in 61 games for the Twins this season, posting a .360 on-base percentage and a .316 slugging percentage.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peers vote Mauer AL Player of the Year</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/10/29/peers-vote-mauer-al-player-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Christensen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Mauer&#8217;s offseason hardware collection continued Thursday, as he was voted American League Player of the Year by his peers in the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Mauer, 26, is strong candidate for AL MVP honors. That award will be announced Nov. 23 by the Baseball Writers Association of America. This is Mauer&#8217;s first Player of the Year selection by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday update: Decker, two new managers, and one prediction</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/10/27/tuesday-update-decker-two-new-managers-and-one-prediction/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/christensen/2009/10/27/tuesday-update-decker-two-new-managers-and-one-prediction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Christensen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Around MLB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twins thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few quick notes on World Series eve:
(*) The Twins drafted Gophers WR Eric Decker in the 27th round this year but no longer have his rights. The deadline to sign him was Aug. 17, and Decker had committed to playing football. Now, Decker is out for the season and might need surgery to repair a sprained foot. [...]]]></description>
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