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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description></description><title>Basescoop On Tumblr</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mlbbasescoop)</generator><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>San Diego Padres: TUCSON PADRES NOTEBOOK: Moorad: Kino may be a long-term option</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TUCSON PADRES NOTEBOOK: Moorad: Kino may be a long-term option&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  San Diego Padres owner Jeff Moorad strongly indicated Kino Stadium can be a long-term option for the Triple-A Tucson Padres when he visited the ballpark Friday for their home opener.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4b2x2c2dwBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0k2R0hnMGdlQXUzWncxOTJqX2N1UFNZLlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGY4QURGNDA-/SIG=134rmhrht/**http%3A//azstarnet.com/sports/baseball/professional/mlb/dcf103af-640e-558f-b448-550b3ebe84fb.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Arizona Daily Star&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/fe837_San_Diego_Padres_1795748960_5dfc34a733.jpg" alt="San Diego Padres" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41005487@N00/1795748960"&gt;SD Dirk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    More San Diego Padres News:    &lt;strong&gt;Padres 3, Reds 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Times wires Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Padres 3, Reds 2 SAN DIEGO — Orlando Hudson hit a bases-loaded opposite-field single with two outs in the ninth as the Padres avoided a three-game sweep. Hudson hit the first pitch he saw from Nick Masset over third baseman Juan Francisco&amp;#8217;s head. Pinch-hitter and former Ray Brad Hawpe started the winning rally with a one-out walk.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4b2x2c2dwBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0k2R0hnMGdlQXUzWncxOTJqX2N1UFNZLlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGY4QURGNDA-/SIG=11rt3pcdu/**http%3A//www.tampabay.com/sports/padres-3-reds-2/1163672" rel="nofollow"&gt;St. Petersburg Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Padres pay visit to Minute Maid for four-game series&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  HOUSTON (Sp) - The San Diego Padres bring their revival program to Minute Maid Park for a four-game series with the Astros starting at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. San Diego is 5-6, coming off a Wednesday win over National League Central leader Cincinnati.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4b2x2c2dwBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0k2R0hnMGdlQXUzWncxOTJqX2N1UFNZLlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGY4QURGNDA-/SIG=12li775be/**http%3A//www.fbherald.com/sports/article_69e93d24-66da-11e0-bbf4-001cc4c03286.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fort Bend Herald&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Latest San Diego Padres Buzz on Twitter:    &lt;b&gt;San&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Diego&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Padres&lt;/b&gt; at Houston Astros tickets only .00. &lt;a href="http://www.houstonastrosnews.com/tix/1468446"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.houstonastrosnews.com/tix/1468446"&gt;http://www.houstonastrosnews.com/tix/1468446&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/astrosblogger" rel="nofollow"&gt;astrosblogger (Houston Astros)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Padres&lt;/b&gt; News: New Mlb Universal Pda Horizontal Pouch &lt;b&gt;San&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Diego&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Padres&lt;/b&gt; Official Licensed Horizontal Style &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gGlIzM"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gGlIzM"&gt;http://bit.ly/gGlIzM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/padres_raw" rel="nofollow"&gt;padres_raw (Padres Fanatic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Astros News:: Houston Astros Vs. &lt;b&gt;San&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Diego&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Padres&lt;/b&gt; 4/16/11: Mitch&amp;#8217;s Free MLB Baseball Pick - Sports Chat Place &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g4m408"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g4m408"&gt;http://bit.ly/g4m408&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/astros_raw" rel="nofollow"&gt;astros_raw (Astros Fanatic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;San&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Diego&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Padres&lt;/b&gt; Moss Alternate 2011 Authentic On-Field 59FIFTY Fitted Hat &lt;a href="http://dlvr.it/Nj11f"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dlvr.it/Nj11f"&gt;http://dlvr.it/Nj11f&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/SanDiegDogBeach" rel="nofollow"&gt;SanDiegDogBeach (San Diego Dog Beach)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4768462730</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4768462730</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:24:48 -0400</pubDate><category>Diego</category><category>Kino</category><category>longterm</category><category>Moorad</category><category>notebook</category><category>option</category><category>Padres</category><category>Tucson</category></item><item><title>Phillies' Lee goes distance against Nats, 4-0</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phillies&amp;#8217; Lee goes distance against Nats, 4-0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Kevin Dunleavy Examiner Staff Writer Zimmermann&amp;#8217;s start wasted against Philadelphia Jordan Zimmermann was good. Cliff Lee was better. What better way to sum up the Philadelphia Phillies&amp;#8217; quick (2:06) and simple 4-0 victory on Thursday night? Lee mesmerized the Washington Nationals, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out 12 before 24,875 at Nationals Park. Lee (2-1), who entered with &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bTQwMnZjBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA01keFQ3a2dlQXUxWU12RE5aakJlVVZKMFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGZZQUFhNkY-/SIG=12neicre8/**http%3A//washingtonexaminer.com/sports/teams/nationals/2011/04/lees-complete-mastery" rel="nofollow"&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/227de_Philadelphia_Phillies_4034270029_50131450e1.jpg" alt="Philadelphia Phillies" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124342351@N01/4034270029"&gt;Vincent J. Brown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    More Philadelphia Phillies News:    &lt;strong&gt;Philadelphia Phillies: Never Question Halladay in the 9th Inning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  No true ace willfully gives up the ball with a game on the line.  As a fan, you admire this, but sometimes, you still have a hard time trusting them.  Maybe the closer should be called you think. But when Roy says he&amp;#8217;s got it under control, you just have to trust him, no matter how bad things might look.  Halladay has earned the right to be his own closer. I learned this last night in the ninth &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bTQwMnZjBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA01keFQ3a2dlQXUxWU12RE5aakJlVVZKMFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGZZQUFhNkY-/SIG=13ehek8v8/**http%3A//bleacherreport.com/articles/665513-philadelphia-phillies-never-question-halladay-in-the-9th-inning" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bleacher Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phillies Vs. Nationals Score: Jordan Zimmermann Has A Perfect Game Through Five Innings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  All eyes at Nationals Park are on Washington Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann and Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee while the rest of the players have become mere pawns in a smoking pitcher’s duel that have the two teams tied 0-0 going into the sixth. Zimmerman, thus far, has a perfect game through five innings. The only hits of the night so far has been from Nationals second &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bTQwMnZjBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA01keFQ3a2dlQXUxWU12RE5aakJlVVZKMFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGZZQUFhNkY-/SIG=138n38u8i/**http%3A//dc.sbnation.com/washington-nationals/2011/4/14/2111984/phillies-vs-nationals-score-cliff-lee" rel="nofollow"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Latest from Twitter:    I supported &lt;b&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Phillies"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Phillies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to win The &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23MLB"&gt;#MLB&lt;/a&gt;! Support too &lt;a href="http://twibbon.com/support/Philadelphia-Phillies/in/MLB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://twibbon.com/support/"&gt;http://twibbon.com/support/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/b&gt;-&lt;b&gt;Phillies&lt;/b&gt;/in/MLB&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/imandroid11" rel="nofollow"&gt;imandroid11 (M )&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  MLB 11 The Show – Atlanta Braves vs. &lt;b&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Phillies&lt;/b&gt; at Citizens Bank Park – 4th Inning &lt;a href="http://ping.fm/ryYTM"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ping.fm/ryYTM"&gt;http://ping.fm/ryYTM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/atlantabrv" rel="nofollow"&gt;atlantabrv (Atlanta Braves)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  The &lt;b&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Phillies"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Phillies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; take a 3-2 lead, we&amp;#8217;re heading into the top of the 9th now. &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Marlins"&gt;#Marlins&lt;/a&gt; ^DG - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/TheFightinFish" rel="nofollow"&gt;TheFightinFish (Alex and Derek)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Update:: MLB 11 The Show - Atlanta Braves vs. &lt;b&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Phillies&lt;/b&gt; at Citizens Bank Park - 4th Inning &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g6D53i"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g6D53i"&gt;http://bit.ly/g6D53i&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BravesManiac11" rel="nofollow"&gt;BravesManiac11 (BM)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Two screens here: Cajasol vs. Unics in one, Florida vs. &lt;b&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/b&gt; in the other. 3-2&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;Phillies&lt;/b&gt; in the 8th. &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23gophillies"&gt;#gophillies&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Eil82" rel="nofollow"&gt;Eil82 (Alejandro Gonzalez )&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    Phillie Phanatic celebrates birthday: &lt;b&gt;PHILADELPHIA&lt;/b&gt; &amp;#8212; &lt;b&gt;Phillies&lt;/b&gt; manager Charlie Manuel penciled in a lineup chock&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hLPGcn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hLPGcn"&gt;http://bit.ly/hLPGcn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/EmilySmithMLB" rel="nofollow"&gt;EmilySmithMLB (Emily Smith)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4768102067</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4768102067</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:08:37 -0400</pubDate><category>against</category><category>distance</category><category>goes</category><category>Nats</category><category>Phillies</category></item><item><title>Texas Ties Record and Beats Yankees</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Ties Record and Beats Yankees&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Matt Harrison and the Texas Rangers caused more trouble for the New York Yankees. Double trouble, in fact.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4OGZtODJvBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0poN0JQMGdlQXUzSEF3R284czlYY0J6N1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGY0QUJIVk0-/SIG=12os55nif/**http%3A//www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/sports/texas-ties-al-record-by-turning-6-dps-vs-yankees" rel="nofollow"&gt;FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Rangers sue former owner in parking dispute&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Associated Press The Associated Press DALLAS The Texas Rangers and former owner Tom Hicks are now fighting over stadium parking. The Rangers filed a lawsuit against a Hicks entity this week to prevent it from raising prices on more than 11,000 parking spaces surrounding Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The suit, first reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, says Hicks broke the current &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4OGZtODJvBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0poN0JQMGdlQXUzSEF3R284czlYY0J6N1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGY0QUJIVk0-/SIG=134c3joq5/**http%3A//washingtonexaminer.com/sports/mlb/2011/04/texas-rangers-sue-former-owner-parking-dispute" rel="nofollow"&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  What&amp;#8217;s the Texas Rangers buzz on Twitter?    Yankees 6, &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; 5: F in at Third Base, Chaavez Fuels Win and Lets Rodriguez Rest Easy &lt;a href="http://tiny.ly/CjfC?Avx"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tiny.ly/CjfC?Avx"&gt;http://tiny.ly/CjfC?Avx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Sports"&gt;#Sports&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23texas"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;texas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23yankees"&gt;#yankees&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/TazminDidlick09" rel="nofollow"&gt;TazminDidlick09 (Tazmin Didlick)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Baseball Betting Odds – &lt;b&gt;Texas&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; vs. Los Angeles Angels: The &lt;b&gt;Texas&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; will host their American League&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g35kkl"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g35kkl"&gt;http://bit.ly/g35kkl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/statfacebet" rel="nofollow"&gt;statfacebet (StatFaceBET)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  mlb &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; and Angels meet with AL West lead at stake (SI.com): The &lt;b&gt;Texas&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; ended the Los An&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://feedzil.la/fElMEG"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedzil.la/fElMEG"&gt;http://feedzil.la/fElMEG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; baseball - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/baseballbalker" rel="nofollow"&gt;baseballbalker (jason lee)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23mlb"&gt;#mlb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; and Angels meet with AL West lead at stake (SI.com): The &lt;b&gt;Texas&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; ended the Los Angele&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://feedzil.la/fElMEG"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedzil.la/fElMEG"&gt;http://feedzil.la/fElMEG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; mlb - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/SportsCHAMPS" rel="nofollow"&gt;SportsCHAMPS (jason lee)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  AL MVP Hamilton, &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; reach 2-year deal: AL MVP Josh Hamilton and the &lt;b&gt;Texas&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rangers&lt;/b&gt; have agreed to&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hV7OUj"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hV7OUj"&gt;http://bit.ly/hV7OUj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23TSPN"&gt;#TSPN&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23MLB"&gt;#MLB&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MLBPlayers_TSPN" rel="nofollow"&gt;MLBPlayers_TSPN (MLBPlayers_TSPN)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4766917183</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4766917183</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:16:09 -0400</pubDate><category>beats</category><category>record</category><category>Texas</category><category>Ties</category><category>Yankees</category></item><item><title>Los Angeles Dodgers: Kemp's blast saves Dodgers</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kemp&amp;#8217;s blast saves Dodgers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  LOS ANGELES - Chad Billingsley cooled off one of baseball&amp;#8217;s hottest offenses through eight innings before Matt Kemp got to Ryan Franklin again. This time, his two-run, walk-off homer salvaged a victory for the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4ZmJtZ29mBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0FnLkNkMGdlQXUzd1BQOEZDcW12RHdYLlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGVzQUJFUlc-/SIG=12qltjtvf/**http%3A//www.philly.com/philly/sports/homepage/20110418_Kemp_s_blast_saves_Dodgers.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Philly.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/c7841_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_3650050172_fa985c2a5f.jpg" alt="Los Angeles Dodgers" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46027550@N00/3650050172"&gt;Evan Wohrman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    In Other Los Angeles Dodgers News:    &lt;strong&gt;Hudson struggles early in Braves&amp;#8217; loss to Dodgers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Hudson outpitched by ex-teammate Lilly, Braves lose 4-2 to Dodgers to begin 10-game trip&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4ZmJtZ29mBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0FnLkNkMGdlQXUzd1BQOEZDcW12RHdYLlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGVzQUJFUlc-/SIG=13m9dh9ei/**http%3A//www.baynews9.com/article/sports/ap/april/234743/Hudson-struggles-early-in-Braves-loss-to-Dodgers%3Fcid=rss" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bay News 9 Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  What&amp;#8217;s the Los Angeles Dodgers buzz on Twitter?&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Dodgers&lt;/b&gt; pitching prospect Zach Lee strikes out nine in 9-4 Great Lakes Loons win (Saginaw News) &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fDZKbN"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fDZKbN"&gt;http://bit.ly/fDZKbN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DodgersLatest" rel="nofollow"&gt;DodgersLatest (LA Dodgers news)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;http://bit.ly/c2GgfF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Watch  Atlanta Braves vs &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Dodgers&lt;/b&gt; MLB  Baseball  Live HD Streaming Online TV Chanel&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;http://bit.ly/c2GgfF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/LiveSkySports" rel="nofollow"&gt;LiveSkySports (liveallsport.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;http://bit.ly/c2GgfF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Watch Atlanta Braves vs &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Dodgers&lt;/b&gt; MLB Baseball  Live HD Streaming Online  TV Chanel&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;http://bit.ly/c2GgfF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/LiveSkySports" rel="nofollow"&gt;LiveSkySports (liveallsport.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;http://bit.ly/c2GgfF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Watch Atlanta Braves v &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Dodgers&lt;/b&gt;  MLB Baseball  Live HD Streaming Online TV Chanel&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/c2GgfF"&gt;http://bit.ly/c2GgfF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/LiveSkySports" rel="nofollow"&gt;LiveSkySports (liveallsport.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  mlb scores on Apr 19, 2011 at 02:01 AM: Atlanta Braves 0 - &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Dodgers&lt;/b&gt; 0 Warmup &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gNhppX"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gNhppX"&gt;http://bit.ly/gNhppX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g7Ii29"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g7Ii29"&gt;http://bit.ly/g7Ii29&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mlbspies" rel="nofollow"&gt;mlbspies (MLBSpies)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4765579464</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4765579464</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:28:55 -0400</pubDate><category>Angeles</category><category>blast</category><category>Dodgers</category><category>Kemp's</category><category>saves</category></item><item><title>Cardinals: Cardinals Vs. Dodgers: Matt Kemp's Walkoff Home Run Decisive</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cardinals Vs. Dodgers: Matt Kemp&amp;#8217;s Walkoff Home Run Decisive&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Tony La Russa has made a lot of moves in his long career, and most of them have worked. That&amp;#8217;s why he&amp;#8217;ll be in the Hall of Fame someday. But Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, his last two moves blew up and that&amp;#8217;s why the Dodgers broke their five-game losing streak and beat the Cardinals 2-1. For eight innings, the Los Angeles fans witnessed a fantastic pitching duel, as starters Chris &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4YWxjYzJtBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2lWQld3VWdlQXUwdUJqaEF1ZXNUM1FxbFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdVQUJuUnI-/SIG=1384ca2sj/**http%3A//mlb.sbnation.com/2011/4/17/2117001/cardinals-vs-dodgers-matt-kemps-walkoff-home-run-decisive" rel="nofollow"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ab9c4_St_Louis_Cardinals_3979746363_c4fb638fc8.jpg" alt="St Louis Cardinals" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12673610@N04/3979746363"&gt;kylesteed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Further St Louis Cardinals Updates:    &lt;strong&gt;Kemp&amp;#8217;s blast saves Dodgers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  LOS ANGELES - Chad Billingsley cooled off one of baseball&amp;#8217;s hottest offenses through eight innings before Matt Kemp got to Ryan Franklin again. This time, his two-run, walk-off homer salvaged a victory for the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4YWxjYzJtBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2lWQld3VWdlQXUwdUJqaEF1ZXNUM1FxbFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdVQUJuUnI-/SIG=12jm47tc6/**http%3A//www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20110418_Kemp_s_blast_saves_Dodgers.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Philadelphia Inquirer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cardinals online auction benefits Japan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The St. Louis Cardinals will conduct an online auction to help benefit the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4YWxjYzJtBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2lWQld3VWdlQXUwdUJqaEF1ZXNUM1FxbFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdVQUJuUnI-/SIG=12l6j5hp0/**http%3A//www.ksdk.com/rss/article/255112/6/Cardinals-online-auction-benefits-Japan" rel="nofollow"&gt;KSDK St. Louis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  What&amp;#8217;s the St Louis Cardinals buzz on Twitter?    &lt;b&gt;St&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Louis&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Cardinals&lt;/b&gt; to repeat their success at Dodger Stadium on Saturday &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/3drm2mp"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/3drm2mp"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/3drm2mp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jimlogx" rel="nofollow"&gt;jimlogx (Iva)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  let&amp;#8217;s keep it going tonight - go cards! &lt;b&gt;St&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Louis&lt;/b&gt; hands Dodgers their fourth consecutive loss, 11-2 - latimes.com &lt;a href="http://t.co/8roo53e"&gt;&lt;a href="http://t.co/8roo53e"&gt;http://t.co/8roo53e&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/adamcrane" rel="nofollow"&gt;adamcrane (adamcrane)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  The Adrian Gonzalez Contract And Albert Pujols: The Post-Dispatch&amp;#8217;s baseball writers are ambivalent as to what t&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/ey6HUZ"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/ey6HUZ"&gt;http://bit.ly/ey6HUZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/700ClarkAve" rel="nofollow"&gt;700ClarkAve (Brian Woodward)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Hello &lt;b&gt;St&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Louis&lt;/b&gt;!!!!!!!!!!!!! I&amp;#8217;ve missed u. Great to be back near my &lt;b&gt;Cardinals&lt;/b&gt;!!! &lt;a href="http://t.co/SlCT8wx"&gt;&lt;a href="http://t.co/SlCT8wx"&gt;http://t.co/SlCT8wx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://t.co/XuZGTEQ"&gt;&lt;a href="http://t.co/XuZGTEQ"&gt;http://t.co/XuZGTEQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/evanmilby" rel="nofollow"&gt;evanmilby (evanmilby)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  RT &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/kemilio"&gt;@kemilio&lt;/a&gt;: Go Red Sox! Need a W here. — Drinking a Bud Light by Anheuser-Busch&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212; That would be a &lt;b&gt;St&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Louis&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Cardinals&lt;/b&gt; drink BTW. - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jeff1xx1" rel="nofollow"&gt;jeff1xx1 (Shush @AllWaltrip)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;b&gt;ST&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;LOUIS&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;CARDINALS&lt;/b&gt; State Cap 7&amp;#160;1/2&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://r.ebay.com/FFF6Ff"&gt;&lt;a href="http://r.ebay.com/FFF6Ff"&gt;http://r.ebay.com/FFF6Ff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/megsmary1" rel="nofollow"&gt;megsmary1 (Mike Malone)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4763804864</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4763804864</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:29:38 -0400</pubDate><category>Cardinals</category><category>Decisive</category><category>Dodgers</category><category>Home</category><category>Kemp's</category><category>Matt</category><category>Walkoff</category></item><item><title>Shoddy defense does in A's as they lose in 10</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shoddy defense does in A&amp;#8217;s as they lose in 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - An Oakland Athletics defense so reliable in recent seasons is blowing it for the club&amp;#8217;s deep and talented pitching staff. The A&amp;#8217;s raised their majors-leading errors total in a matter of one lousy inning that cost them another close game.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bmljNWViBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0RHUDlPMGdlQXUwX2VfYVJFZmp1UEZEbVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGZBQUMucHQ-/SIG=12ktu0p3g/**http%3A//www.wset.com/story/14458428/shoddy-defense-does-in-as-as-they-lose-in-10" rel="nofollow"&gt;ABC 13 Lynchburg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/375cc_Oakland_Athletics_2737530394_962a3b599a.jpg" alt="Oakland Athletics" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24887901@N04/2737530394"&gt;RMTip21&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    More Recent Oakland Athletics News:    &lt;strong&gt;Tigers strand nine runners in loss to A&amp;#8217;s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Detroit Tigers put runners on base all game. They just seemed to forget what to do when they got there. 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At age 39, Ivan Rodriguez’s is coming to an end. Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Washington Nationals’ oldest and youngest starters hit three-run home runs in back-to-back innings, leading the Nats to an 8-4 victory. The blasts came against one of baseball’s better young pitchers, Yovani Gallardo &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4MjRjbzhqBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0N1S0lLa2dlQXUzUEFCUkIzdEJYMHhuWVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGU0QUJzNlc-/SIG=12r41p98m/**http%3A//washingtonexaminer.com/sports/teams/nationals/2011/04/nats-brewers-game1-041711" rel="nofollow"&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="/wp-content/catimages/milwaukee-brewers1.jpg" alt="Milwaukee Brewers" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cusegoyle/2511883159"&gt;Michael Napoleon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    More Milwaukee Brewers News:    &lt;strong&gt;Nats-Brewers rained out; doubleheader Sunday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Saturday&amp;#8217;s game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals has been postponed because of rain.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4MjRjbzhqBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0N1S0lLa2dlQXUzUEFCUkIzdEJYMHhuWVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGU0QUJzNlc-/SIG=13fjkh4pp/**http%3A//www.waaytv.com/sports/story/Nats-Brewers-rained-out-doubleheader-Sunday/Vx69pji7aEqLtDU22tTMKQ.cspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;WAAY-TV Huntsville&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 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- &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/CollegeMag" rel="nofollow"&gt;CollegeMag (College Magazine)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Great &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23RedSox"&gt;#RedSox&lt;/a&gt; game this aft, series sweep of &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Jays"&gt;#Jays&lt;/a&gt; hopefully signifies turnaround &lt;a href="http://es.pn/hUM1pA"&gt;&lt;a href="http://es.pn/hUM1pA"&gt;http://es.pn/hUM1pA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ESPN"&gt;@ESPN&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/KevinTVine" rel="nofollow"&gt;KevinTVine (Kevin T Vine)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Offseason In Review: &lt;b&gt;Boston&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Red&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Sox&lt;/b&gt; The Red Sox are next in our  &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hdPNRE"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hdPNRE"&gt;http://bit.ly/hdPNRE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Boston"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Boston&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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at SweatshirtSearch.com.  &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4760888311</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4760888311</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:57:16 -0400</pubDate><category>boos</category><category>Crawford</category><category>gets</category><category>notebook</category></item><item><title>Seattle bullpen melts down in 8-3 loss to Tigers</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle bullpen melts down in 8-3 loss to Tigers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE At some point, Jason Vargas won&amp;#8217;t see a meltdown by his bullpen or a defensive mistake cost him a chance to finally end that frustrating winless streak. It wasn&amp;#8217;t going to happen Monday night, not with Milton Bradley&amp;#8217;s outfield misplay, or the seventh-inning blowup by relievers Josh Lueke and Chris Ray that followed. Vargas battled through six innings, giving &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4a3ZxYWhsBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA29HTy5lRWdlQXUxQlBLdFpUVGliQVFUZ1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGRzQUNyRlg-/SIG=1300jflgb/**http%3A//washingtonexaminer.com/sports/mlb/2011/04/seattle-bullpen-melts-down-8-3-loss-tigers" rel="nofollow"&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/33061_Detroit_Tigers_5599901980_73fbebc09e.jpg" alt="Detroit Tigers" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27003603@N00/5599901980"&gt;Keith Allison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    More Detroit Tigers News:    &lt;strong&gt;Six-run seventh has Tigers in command&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  SEATTLE &amp;#8212; Jhonny Peralta has a triple and three RBI for the Detroit Tigers , who scored six times in the top of the seventh inning for an 8-2 lead over the Seattle Mariners .&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4a3ZxYWhsBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA29HTy5lRWdlQXUxQlBLdFpUVGliQVFUZ1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGRzQUNyRlg-/SIG=12k6b8uf2/**http%3A//macombdaily.com/articles/2011/04/18/sports/doc4dad0a8dba207276172946.txt" rel="nofollow"&gt;Macomb Daily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Athletics vs. Tigers, Starting Lineup Preview: Andy LaRoche Appears To Officially Be a Geren Favorite&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Oakland Athletics look to get back on the winning track as they host the Detroit Tigers in the third game of a four-game set at the Oakland Coliseum. The A’s send out lefty Dallas Braden to face Tigers ace Justin Verlander . Braden is making his third start of the year and is coming off a strong outing against the White Sox in which he gave up one run over six innings. Verlander is making &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4a3ZxYWhsBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA29HTy5lRWdlQXUxQlBLdFpUVGliQVFUZ1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGRzQUNyRlg-/SIG=14g5hnb91/**http%3A//bayarea.sbnation.com/oakland-athletics/2011/4/16/2115521/athletics-vs-tigers-starting-lineup-preview-andy-laroche-bob-geren-favorite" rel="nofollow"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Latest Detroit Tigers Buzz on Twitter:    Sabathia vs. Ogando as the New York Yankees host the &lt;b&gt;Detroit&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Tigers&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g80USf"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/g80USf"&gt;http://bit.ly/g80USf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BigDuaneFrank" rel="nofollow"&gt;BigDuaneFrank (Duane Frank)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Victor Martinez out of lineup for &lt;b&gt;Detroit&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Tigers&lt;/b&gt; in Oakland; Will Rhymes batting first with Austin Jackson secon&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/enTvaW"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/enTvaW"&gt;http://bit.ly/enTvaW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Tigers_Sigs" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tigers_Sigs (Southwestconnection)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Victor Martinez out of lineup for &lt;b&gt;Detroit&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Tigers&lt;/b&gt; in Oakland; Will Rhymes batting first with Aus&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/enTvaW"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/enTvaW"&gt;http://bit.ly/enTvaW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23detroit"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;detroit&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23tigers"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;tigers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DET_SPORTS" rel="nofollow"&gt;DET_SPORTS (Detroit Sports News)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Victor Martinez out of lineup for &lt;b&gt;Detroit&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Tigers&lt;/b&gt; in Oakland; Will Rhymes batting first with Austin Jackson second &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hJPiqS"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hJPiqS"&gt;http://bit.ly/hJPiqS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/michigansports" rel="nofollow"&gt;michigansports (Michigan Sports)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Athletics News: Trevor Cahill &amp;amp; the Oakland Athletics vs. &lt;b&gt;Detroit&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Tigers&lt;/b&gt; to go &amp;#8216;Over&amp;#8217; - SBR Forum &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fpNemd"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fpNemd"&gt;http://bit.ly/fpNemd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/athletics_raw" rel="nofollow"&gt;athletics_raw (Athletics Fanatic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    Lineup for today&amp;#8217;s &lt;b&gt;Tigers&lt;/b&gt; game against the Athletics: &lt;b&gt;Detroit&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Tigers&lt;/b&gt; starting pitcher Brad Penny delivers &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/3zknuos"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/3zknuos"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/3zknuos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/nyypage" rel="nofollow"&gt;nyypage (Jason Hunter)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4760206150</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4760206150</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:35:28 -0400</pubDate><category>bullpen</category><category>down</category><category>loss</category><category>melts</category><category>Seattle</category><category>Tigers</category></item><item><title>Los Angeles Angels: Angels 4, White Sox 2</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Angels 4, White Sox 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  2 (7), Abreu (3), Quentin 2 (9). 3B—V.Wells (1). HR—Trumbo (2). S—Pierzynski. SF—Tor.Hunter. Third, Phil Cuzzi. T—2:40. A—23,458 (40,615).&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4aGFla205BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA05oQ29tVWdlQXUxcWxDS2J6eHpNaFNnTFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGVRQUNRVXQ-/SIG=11qh84sgq/**http%3A//www.publicopiniononline.com/sports/ci_17868336" rel="nofollow"&gt;Chambersburg Public Opinion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ffb18_Los_Angeles_Angels_4443666565_069c184cd2.jpg" alt="Los Angeles Angels" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25831000@N08/4443666565"&gt;Xavier de Jauréguiberry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Other Los Angeles Angels News:    &lt;strong&gt;Haren leads Angels over ChiSox&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Dan Haren has’t had a problem following every Jered Weaver masterpiece. Haren pitched into the seventh inning for his fourth win of the season, Maicer Izturis had three hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4aGFla205BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA05oQ29tVWdlQXUxcWxDS2J6eHpNaFNnTFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGVRQUNRVXQ-/SIG=12ook7bi3/**http%3A//www.lincolncourier.com/sports/pro/x1798433431/Haren-leads-Angels-over-ChiSox" rel="nofollow"&gt;Lincoln Courier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Angels lose 1st of 19 meetings with Rangers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Los Angeles Angels are still chasing Texas in the AL West and they know there is a long way to go.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4aGFla205BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA05oQ29tVWdlQXUxcWxDS2J6eHpNaFNnTFJLa3FhVTJ0ZGVRQUNRVXQ-/SIG=11mbaguov/**http%3A//www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp%3FS=14470757" rel="nofollow"&gt;WBAY Green Bay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Latest Los Angeles Angels Buzz on Twitter:    &lt;b&gt;Angels&lt;/b&gt; News:: MLB: &lt;b&gt;Angels&lt;/b&gt; 4, White Sox 3 - &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; Times &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dSshqq"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dSshqq"&gt;http://bit.ly/dSshqq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Angels_raw" rel="nofollow"&gt;Angels_raw (Angels Fanatic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Wondering in wonderland. - Okay, so at the moment I’m in &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt;. The city of &lt;b&gt;angels&lt;/b&gt;. I imagined a vivid&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://tumblr.com/xgc24yzk7e"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tumblr.com/xgc24yzk7e"&gt;http://tumblr.com/xgc24yzk7e&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/pollyDAKTOL" rel="nofollow"&gt;pollyDAKTOL (marley felix)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Negotiate your price: &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angels&lt;/b&gt; of Anaheim vs. Cl&amp;#8230; Tickets Sat May 7 @ Angel Stadium &lt;a href="http://getu.in/oSC"&gt;&lt;a href="http://getu.in/oSC"&gt;http://getu.in/oSC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/FrontRowCenter" rel="nofollow"&gt;FrontRowCenter (Front Row Tickets)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  White Sox see positives in loss: After falling to the &lt;b&gt;Los&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angeles&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Angels&lt;/b&gt; of Anaheim 4-3 in rainy, windy, 40-degr&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dNl6z5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dNl6z5"&gt;http://bit.ly/dNl6z5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/EmilySmithMLB" rel="nofollow"&gt;EmilySmithMLB (Emily Smith)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23TwitNewsNow"&gt;#TwitNewsNow&lt;/a&gt; Izturis leads &lt;b&gt;Angels&lt;/b&gt; over White Sox 4-3&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://dlvr.it/Ng9tR"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dlvr.it/Ng9tR"&gt;http://dlvr.it/Ng9tR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23MLB"&gt;#MLB&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/AngelsFanZone" rel="nofollow"&gt;AngelsFanZone (AngelsFanZone)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4759797160</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4759797160</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:22:09 -0400</pubDate><category>Angeles</category><category>Angels</category><category>White</category></item><item><title>Nationals: Red Sox Jump on Chiefs Early in 5-1 Loss</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Red Sox Jump on Chiefs Early in 5-1 Loss&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, lost the first of a four-game series at Pawtucket 5-1 on Monday night. The Red Sox scored five runs in the second and third innings after the Chiefs jumped out to an early lead on Corey Brown&amp;#8217;s home run.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4NGVwdXNpBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0I3eFpfRWdlQXUzVGM5cjE0RDZYcmcwTVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdnQUFZVkM-/SIG=124n4bk2i/**http%3A//www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/%3Fid=4187298" rel="nofollow"&gt;OurSports Central&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="/wp-content/catimages/washington-nationals1.jpg" alt="Washington Nationals" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cusegoyle/2512709816"&gt;Michael Napoleon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Other Washington Nationals News:    &lt;strong&gt;Milwaukee-Washington 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  NATIONALS 4 BREWERS 3&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4NGVwdXNpBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0I3eFpfRWdlQXUzVGM5cjE0RDZYcmcwTVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdnQUFZVkM-/SIG=131d5tpcj/**http%3A//www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/2011/apr/16/TDSPORT04-milwaukee-washington-2-ar-976254/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Richmond Times-Dispatch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  Recent Washington Nationals Tweets:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Milwaukee Brewers (7-6) at &lt;b&gt;Washington&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Nationals&lt;/b&gt; (6-7), 1:05&amp;#160;pm: By Sports Network Right-hander Yovani Gallardo c&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/huOlzY"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/huOlzY"&gt;http://bit.ly/huOlzY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/EmilySmithMLB" rel="nofollow"&gt;EmilySmithMLB (Emily Smith)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Washington&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Nationals&lt;/b&gt; baseball video selection - click here: &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/akFgOq"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/akFgOq"&gt;http://bit.ly/akFgOq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sports"&gt;#sports&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23baseball"&gt;#baseball&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23MLB"&gt;#MLB&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23college"&gt;#college&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23video"&gt;#video&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23tickets"&gt;#tickets&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Nationals"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Nationals&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/PenelopeSwartou" rel="nofollow"&gt;PenelopeSwartou (Penelope Swartout)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Washington&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Nationals&lt;/b&gt; Vs. Milwaukee Brewers 4/17/11: Tyrone&amp;#8217;s Free MLB Baseball &amp;#8230;: The 7-6 Milwaukee Brewers tr&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dPsB5h"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dPsB5h"&gt;http://bit.ly/dPsB5h&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/hayes1098" rel="nofollow"&gt;hayes1098 (billyhayes)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Brewers have 2nd rainout of season, will make up game against &lt;b&gt;Nationals&lt;/b&gt; in &amp;#8230;: &lt;b&gt;WASHINGTON&lt;/b&gt; — The Milwaukee Brewe&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/far3NE"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/far3NE"&gt;http://bit.ly/far3NE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/onlinemarket10" rel="nofollow"&gt;onlinemarket10 (onlinemarketing)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Washington&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Nationals&lt;/b&gt; Vs. Milwaukee Brewers 4/17/11: Tyrone&amp;#8217;s Free MLB Baseball &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/i28qXr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/i28qXr"&gt;http://bit.ly/i28qXr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23baseball"&gt;#baseball&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DarrenHarford" rel="nofollow"&gt;DarrenHarford (Darren Harford)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;b&gt;Washington&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Nationals&lt;/b&gt; Vs. Milwaukee Brewers 4/17/11: Tyrone&amp;#8217;s Free MLB Baseball &amp;#8230;: The 7-6 Milwaukee &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/iivB3x"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/iivB3x"&gt;http://bit.ly/iivB3x&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23baseball"&gt;#baseball&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DesAlexander" rel="nofollow"&gt;DesAlexander (Desmond Alexander)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4758399861</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4758399861</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:34:50 -0400</pubDate><category>Chiefs</category><category>early</category><category>Jump</category><category>loss</category><category>Nationals</category></item><item><title>Kansas City Royals: Kansas City 3, Detroit 1: Tigers' offense cold in 2nd home game of season</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kansas City 3, Detroit 1: Tigers&amp;#8217; offense cold in 2nd home game of season&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Loading Photo Galleries &amp;#8230; The Tigers&amp;#8217; Will Rhymes is called out at home plate as Royals catcher Brayan Pena displays the ball during a play in the sixth inning.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bTB2M2JsBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA05SYVB2RWdlQXUzcXlpQkF3Y0hNeEFGVVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGQ4QUM2YXY-/SIG=15j9srhoh/**http%3A//www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/C4/20110409/SPORTS02/110409013/0/SPORTS06/Kansas-City-3-Detroit-1-Tigers-offense-cold-2nd-home-game-season%3Fodyssey=nav%257chead" rel="nofollow"&gt;Port Clinton News Herald&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ded5a_Kansas_City_Royals_4925348639_9b27d2dc8f.jpg" alt="Kansas City Royals" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7322032@N06/4925348639"&gt;jpowers65&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;strong&gt;Mariners 3, Royals 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Times wires Sunday, April 17, 2011 Mariners 3, Royals 2 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michael Pineda, a 22-year-old with a 99 mph fastball, pitched six strong innings, and Brendan Ryan had a tiebreaking two-run single as the Mariners snapped a four-game skid. Pineda has a 2.33 ERA in three starts. &amp;#8220;I can&amp;#8217;t say enough about this guy,&amp;#8221; Ryan said. &amp;#8220;You see his stuff. You make guys look the way they do on all &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bTB2M2JsBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA05SYVB2RWdlQXUzcXlpQkF3Y0hNeEFGVVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGQ4QUM2YXY-/SIG=11viusug2/**http%3A//www.tampabay.com/sports/mariners-3-royals-2/1164418" rel="nofollow"&gt;St. Petersburg Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  What&amp;#8217;s the Kansas City Royals buzz on Twitter?&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Chris Getz &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2317"&gt;#17&lt;/a&gt; And First Base Coach Doug Sisson &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2311"&gt;#11&lt;/a&gt; Of The &lt;b&gt;Kansas&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;City&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Royals&lt;/b&gt; Argue A Call… &lt;a href="http://goo.gl/fb/4ASdh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/fb/4ASdh"&gt;http://goo.gl/fb/4ASdh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MLBBLOG" rel="nofollow"&gt;MLBBLOG (MLB BASEBALL BLOG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Manager Ned Yost &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%233"&gt;#3&lt;/a&gt; Of The &lt;b&gt;Kansas&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;City&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Royals&lt;/b&gt; Calls For A Right-handed Reliever As He… &lt;a href="http://goo.gl/fb/wqXJZ"&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/fb/wqXJZ"&gt;http://goo.gl/fb/wqXJZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MLBBLOG" rel="nofollow"&gt;MLBBLOG (MLB BASEBALL BLOG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Starting Pitcher Jeff Francis &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2326"&gt;#26&lt;/a&gt; Of The &lt;b&gt;Kansas&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;City&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Royals&lt;/b&gt; Consults Getty Images &lt;a href="http://goo.gl/fb/MpFUI"&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/fb/MpFUI"&gt;http://goo.gl/fb/MpFUI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MLBBLOG" rel="nofollow"&gt;MLBBLOG (MLB BASEBALL BLOG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Hey! See  this guys! Pineda leads Mariners to 3-2 win over &lt;b&gt;Royals&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;KANSAS&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;CITY&lt;/b&gt;, Mo. (AP) — Michael Pineda pitched&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://adf.ly/1Eps3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://adf.ly/1Eps3"&gt;http://adf.ly/1Eps3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mwarfare2011" rel="nofollow"&gt;mwarfare2011 (modern warfare)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4757689575</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4757689575</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:10:05 -0400</pubDate><category>City</category><category>cold</category><category>Detroit</category><category>Game</category><category>Home</category><category>Kansas</category><category>Offense</category><category>Royals</category><category>season</category><category>Tigers</category></item><item><title>Rockies' win streak ends with 8-3 loss to Cubs</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rockies&amp;#8217; win streak ends with 8-3 loss to Cubs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The faster the Rockies went, the more glorious the crash was going to be. They were more Bonneville than Ballpark the first two weeks.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4NGtqdjgwBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0s1YnRCMGdlQXUwTWpmenE4NkFPR1RvSlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGQ0QUI4V18-/SIG=11utu3kgq/**http%3A//www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_17865738%3Fsource=rss" rel="nofollow"&gt;Denver Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  In Other Colorado Rockies News:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;strong&gt;Rockies Vs. Mets Final Score: Troy Tulowitzki Power Surge Continues, Sends Colorado To 5-4 Victory&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Entering Wednesday night&amp;#8217;s contest with the New York Mets , the Colorado Rockies &amp;#8217; Troy Tulowitzki had eight hits, four of which went for home runs. By the end of the Rockies&amp;#8217; 5-4 victory over the Mets on Wednesday, Tulowitzki had 11 hits on the season, five of which went for home runs. Tulowitzki&amp;#8217;s fifth homer of the season was a three-run shot in the fifth inning, putting the Rockies up, 4-3 &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4NGtqdjgwBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0s1YnRCMGdlQXUwTWpmenE4NkFPR1RvSlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGQ0QUI4V18-/SIG=13ouplvmj/**http%3A//denver.sbnation.com/colorado-rockies/2011/4/13/2109939/rockies-vs-mets-final-score-troy-tulowitzki-home-runs" rel="nofollow"&gt;SB Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Recent Colorado Rockies Tweets:    &lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#8217; Smith out a few days?: By Mark J. Miller &lt;b&gt;Colorado&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt; right fielder Seth Smith(notes) has started t&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gHXDPE"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gHXDPE"&gt;http://bit.ly/gHXDPE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/EmilySmithMLB" rel="nofollow"&gt;EmilySmithMLB (Emily Smith)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#8217; Smith out a few days?: By Mark J. Miller &lt;b&gt;Colorado&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt; right fielder Seth Smith(notes) has started t&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fJ122f"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fJ122f"&gt;http://bit.ly/fJ122f&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/thesportfan1" rel="nofollow"&gt;thesportfan1 (Jordan Smith)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#8217; Smith out a few days?: By Mark J. Miller &lt;b&gt;Colorado&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt; right fielder Seth Smith(notes) has started t&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fUbPSh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/fUbPSh"&gt;http://bit.ly/fUbPSh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/thesportfan1" rel="nofollow"&gt;thesportfan1 (Jordan Smith)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  mlb &lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#8217; Smith out a few days? (Yahoo! Sports) (Yahoo!): &lt;b&gt;Colorado&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Rockies&lt;/b&gt; right fielder Seth Sm&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://feedzil.la/gnTTMr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedzil.la/gnTTMr"&gt;http://feedzil.la/gnTTMr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; baseball - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/baseballbalker" rel="nofollow"&gt;baseballbalker (jason lee)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4756274865</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4756274865</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:18:56 -0400</pubDate><category>Cubs</category><category>ends</category><category>loss</category><category>Rockies</category><category>streak</category></item><item><title>Pittsburgh Pirates: Pirates and Brewers rainout rescheduled for August 22</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pirates and Brewers rainout rescheduled for August 22&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The April 12 game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers that was postponed because of rain at PNC Park has been rescheduled as part of a twi-night doubleheader on Monday, August 22.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4azU0Z2hhBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkAzlFTlF3RWdlQXUzRFRTSzRQSVAuaVFZUVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGZ3QUFmaUQ-/SIG=13p583d8n/**http%3A//www.wgrz.com/sports/pro_baseball/MLB/article/118209/340/Pirates-and-Brewers-rainout-rescheduled-for-August-22" rel="nofollow"&gt;WGRZ-TV Buffalo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/a2edc_Pittsburgh_Pirates_4591409625_f11b8c9741.jpg" alt="Pittsburgh Pirates" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41395807@N08/4591409625"&gt;cory.cousins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Further Pittsburgh Pirates Updates:    &lt;strong&gt;Pirates 7, Reds 6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  E_Overbay (2), A.McCutchen (1), Ondrusek (1). DP_Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 2. LOB_Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 13. 2B_Walker (5), Bowker (1), Rolen (4). HR_A.McCutchen (3), Tabata (3), G.Jones (3), Cairo (1), Gomes (6), Bruce (2). SB_Tabata (8), Walker (1), G.Jones (1). CS_A.McCutchen (3). S_Snyder.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4azU0Z2hhBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkAzlFTlF3RWdlQXUzRFRTSzRQSVAuaVFZUVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGZ3QUFmaUQ-/SIG=12fogtlc0/**http%3A//www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID=/20110417/APS/1104171049" rel="nofollow"&gt;Erie Times-News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  What&amp;#8217;s the Pittsburgh Pirates buzz on Twitter?&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    RT &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MattCarlins"&gt;@MattCarlins&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23RonnyCedenoIsTheReason"&gt;#RonnyCedenoIsTheReason&lt;/a&gt; most cardiologists in &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Pittsburgh"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Pittsburgh&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are in business &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Pirates"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Pirates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/marietk28" rel="nofollow"&gt;marietk28 (Marie)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23RonnyCedenoIsTheReason"&gt;#RonnyCedenoIsTheReason&lt;/a&gt; most cardiologists in &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Pittsburgh"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Pittsburgh&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are in business &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Pirates"&gt;#&lt;b&gt;Pirates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MattCarlins" rel="nofollow"&gt;MattCarlins (Matthew Carlins)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  GlobalPittsburgh International Diversity Night at &lt;b&gt;Pittsburgh&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Pirates&lt;/b&gt; May 24 - Special ticket package+tailgate+cap=&amp;gt; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gNDeQU"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gNDeQU"&gt;http://bit.ly/gNDeQU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/GlobalPGH" rel="nofollow"&gt;GlobalPGH (GlobalPittsburgh)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  It has a lot to do with coaches, lucky, the kids, who we play. I&amp;#8217;m sure I could help out the &lt;b&gt;Pittsburgh&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Pirates&lt;/b&gt; for sure. - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Soblit" rel="nofollow"&gt;Soblit (Steven Soblit)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752550309</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752550309</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:46:29 -0400</pubDate><category>August</category><category>Brewers</category><category>Pirates</category><category>Pittsburgh</category><category>rainout</category><category>rescheduled</category></item><item><title>Toronto Blue Jays: Boston Red Sox on a roll after defeat of Blue Jays</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boston Red Sox on a roll after defeat of Blue Jays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Boston Red Sox are now starting to feel like a winning team again. Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer, Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in three runs and Jon Lester pitched six solid innings in an 8-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4cGg5OWRrBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2dUcnozRWdlQXUzcEpRTmxsY3lBeXlpblJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdJQUFPZHk-/SIG=134t1b0io/**http%3A//www.heraldnews.com/sports/x2022728763/Boston-Red-Sox-on-a-roll-after-defeat-of-Blue-Jays" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fall River Herald News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/98788_Toronto_Blue_Jays_5582125935_74786bb97b.jpg" alt="Toronto Blue Jays" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48784629@N00/5582125935"&gt;compscigrad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    More Recent Toronto Blue Jays News:    &lt;strong&gt;Red Sox Snap Losing Streak, Beat Blue Jays 4-1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Josh Beckett had his second straight strong start, and Jed Lowrie provided a spark at the top of Boston&amp;#8217;s lineup, lifting the struggling Red Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Saturday.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4cGg5OWRrBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2dUcnozRWdlQXUzcEpRTmxsY3lBeXlpblJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdJQUFPZHk-/SIG=12pc9jtl6/**http%3A//boston.cbslocal.com/2011/04/16/red-sox-snap-losing-streak-beat-blue-jays-4-1/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CBS Boston&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ellsbury, Saltalamacchia help Red Sox beat Jays&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  BOSTON — Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer, Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in three runs and Jon Lester pitched a solid six innings to carry the Red Sox to an 8-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4cGg5OWRrBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2dUcnozRWdlQXUzcEpRTmxsY3lBeXlpblJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdJQUFPZHk-/SIG=134nghbg8/**http%3A//www.gloucestertimes.com/sports/x325993583/Ellsbury-Saltalamacchia-help-Red-Sox-beat-Jays" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gloucester Daily Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;American League Game Capsules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Jed Lowrie drove in four runs to support an impressive outing from Daisuke Matsuzaka, as the Boston Red Sox pounded the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-1, on Patriots&amp;#8217; Day. Lowrie finished 4-for-5 with a home run for Boston, which took the final three tilts of this four-game set.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4cGg5OWRrBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2dUcnozRWdlQXUzcEpRTmxsY3lBeXlpblJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdJQUFPZHk-/SIG=131gd7gpk/**http%3A//www.wgrz.com/sports/pro_baseball/MLB/article/118685/340/American-League-Game-Capsules" rel="nofollow"&gt;WGRZ-TV Buffalo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  What&amp;#8217;s the Toronto Blue Jays buzz on Twitter?&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23TwitNewsNow"&gt;#TwitNewsNow&lt;/a&gt; Boston Red Sox on a roll after defeat of &lt;b&gt;Blue&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Jays&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://dlvr.it/NrMWS"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dlvr.it/NrMWS"&gt;http://dlvr.it/NrMWS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23MLB"&gt;#MLB&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BlueJaysFanZone" rel="nofollow"&gt;BlueJaysFanZone (BlueJaysFanZone)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  If I ran the &lt;b&gt;Toronto&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Blue&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Jays&lt;/b&gt;:http://dld.bz/aUsC - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/d_stanford" rel="nofollow"&gt;d_stanford (Dave Stanford)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmann23"&gt;@jamesmann23&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;Toronto&lt;/b&gt; Maple Leafs, &lt;b&gt;Toronto&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Blue&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Jays&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Toronto&lt;/b&gt; Raptors &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmann23"&gt;@jamesmann23&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;Toronto&lt;/b&gt; Maple Leafs, &lt;b&gt;Toronto&lt;/b&gt; B&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/ewpJIm"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/ewpJIm"&gt;http://bit.ly/ewpJIm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/leafsfever" rel="nofollow"&gt;leafsfever (Leafs Fever)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  If I ran the &lt;b&gt;Toronto&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Blue&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Jays&lt;/b&gt;:http://dld.bz/aUsC - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/gratser" rel="nofollow"&gt;gratser (Frances Hartery)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752449691</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752449691</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:41:49 -0400</pubDate><category>after</category><category>Blue</category><category>Boston</category><category>defeat</category><category>Jays</category><category>roll</category><category>Toronto</category></item><item><title>Mets: Thole drives in two, Mets beat Braves, 3-2</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thole drives in two, Mets beat Braves, 3-2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA Travel-weary Dillon Gee used borrowed spikes, a borrowed glove and Josh Thole&amp;#8217;s hitting in a new-look lineup to help the New York Mets end their longest losing streak in seven years. Thole, hitting second for the first time this season, had two run-scoring singles, Gee came up from the minors to earn the win and the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Sunday &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bjVsZjV0BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0laR0RfVWdlQXUyV1U5UkIxbXAuRXdJU1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGZJQUMwNkg-/SIG=12rsrrf97/**http%3A//washingtonexaminer.com/sports/mlb/2011/04/thole-drives-two-mets-beat-braves-3-2" rel="nofollow"&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  Other New York Mets News:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;strong&gt;Mets-Braves postponed because of rain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA The New York Mets will have to play their second doubleheader in three days, and they&amp;#8217;re not happy about it. Mets officials called the commissioner&amp;#8217;s office on Friday night when plans were being discussed to reschedule Friday night&amp;#8217;s game against the Atlanta Braves, which was postponed by rain. The Mets, concerned about the implications to their pitching &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bjVsZjV0BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0laR0RfVWdlQXUyV1U5UkIxbXAuRXdJU1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGZJQUMwNkg-/SIG=12kd7a8tm/**http%3A//www.sfexaminer.com/sports/mlb/2011/04/mets-braves-postponed-because-rain" rel="nofollow"&gt;The San Francisco Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forecast for MLB season? Rain and cold, so far&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  David Goldman A bat boy looks the weather radar, right, during a rain delay before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves was eventually called due to weather on Friday, April 15, 2011, in Atlanta.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bjVsZjV0BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA0laR0RfVWdlQXUyV1U5UkIxbXAuRXdJU1JLa3FhVTJ0ZGZJQUMwNkg-/SIG=12nk8crcf/**http%3A//jg-tc.com/sports/baseball/article_29bdf3e0-c4d7-5bf4-9359-750ba406bc7c.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Journal Gazette &amp;amp; Times-Courier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  Recent New York Mets Tweets:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Who’s not hot: &lt;b&gt;New&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;York&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mets&lt;/b&gt; and LA Dodgers &lt;a href="http://ping.fm/6sqLo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ping.fm/6sqLo"&gt;http://ping.fm/6sqLo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/NewyorkNewyork6" rel="nofollow"&gt;NewyorkNewyork6 (Newyork)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Discount Tickets: &lt;b&gt;New&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;York&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mets&lt;/b&gt; vs Arizona Diamondbacks: Citi Field&lt;br/&gt; Flushing NY&lt;br/&gt; 4/22/2011&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/egk0lJ"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/egk0lJ"&gt;http://bit.ly/egk0lJ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/selectaticket" rel="nofollow"&gt;selectaticket (SelectATicket.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Discount Tickets: NY &lt;b&gt;Mets&lt;/b&gt; Tickets: &lt;b&gt;New&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;York&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mets&lt;/b&gt; vs Houston Astros&lt;br/&gt; Citi Field&lt;br/&gt; Flushing NY&lt;br/&gt; 4/21/2011&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hT0Dmb"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hT0Dmb"&gt;http://bit.ly/hT0Dmb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/selectaticket" rel="nofollow"&gt;selectaticket (SelectATicket.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Discount Tickets: &lt;b&gt;New&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;York&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mets&lt;/b&gt; vs Houston Astros: Citi Field&lt;br/&gt; Flushing NY&lt;br/&gt; 4/20/2011&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/egQluj"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/egQluj"&gt;http://bit.ly/egQluj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/selectaticket" rel="nofollow"&gt;selectaticket (SelectATicket.com)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;New&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;York&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mets&lt;/b&gt; @ Atlanta Braves &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dQMp4o"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/dQMp4o"&gt;http://bit.ly/dQMp4o&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/GetGlue"&gt;@GetGlue&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23AtlantaBraves"&gt;#AtlantaBraves&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ggjunk" rel="nofollow"&gt;ggjunk (ggjunk)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;b&gt;New&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;York&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mets&lt;/b&gt; @ Atlanta Braves &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/f5RAYn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/f5RAYn"&gt;http://bit.ly/f5RAYn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/GetGlue"&gt;@GetGlue&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23NewYorkMets"&gt;#NewYorkMets&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ggjunk" rel="nofollow"&gt;ggjunk (ggjunk)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Check out all of the latest MLB gear including &lt;a href="http://www.sweatshirtsearch.com/search/new-york-mets-sweatshirts/"&gt;New York Mets hoodies&lt;/a&gt; at SweatshirtSearch.com.  &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752347823</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752347823</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:37:01 -0400</pubDate><category>beat</category><category>Braves</category><category>drives</category><category>Mets</category><category>Thole</category></item><item><title>Duncan's pinch double leads Indians past KC in 10</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Duncan&amp;#8217;s pinch double leads Indians past KC in 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Pinch-hitter Shelley Duncan&amp;#8217;s RBI double sparked a four-run 10th inning and the surprising Cleveland Indians widened their AL&amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bGFyMHMzBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkAzNNNzRoMGdlQXUzVy5CSHhURHU3YlF6VlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGRjQURNREo-/SIG=13m0rdev7/**http%3A//www.deseretnews.com/article/700128318/Duncans-pinch-double-leads-Indians-past-KC-in-10.html%3Fs_cid=rss-38" rel="nofollow"&gt;Deseret News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/749ab_Cleveland_Indians_1463970890_cc1da065b6.jpg" alt="Cleveland Indians" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/96433631@N00/1463970890"&gt;Mark Sobba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Other Cleveland Indians News:    &lt;strong&gt;Indians stay hot with 7-3 win in K.C.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Pinch-hitter Shelley Duncan&amp;#8217;s RBI double sparked a four-run 10th inning and the Indians beat Kansas City 7-3 on Monday night to widen their division lead to two games over the equally surprising Royals.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bGFyMHMzBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkAzNNNzRoMGdlQXUzVy5CSHhURHU3YlF6VlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGRjQURNREo-/SIG=141vq46cr/**http%3A//www.newsnet5.com/dpp/sports/baseball/indians/indians-stay-hot-with-7-3-win-in-kansas-city-thanks-to-4-run-10th-inning" rel="nofollow"&gt;News Channel 5 Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Indians down Royals in extras&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Shelley Duncan&amp;#8217;s RBI, pinch-hit double paved the way for a four-run 10th inning to lead Cleveland over Kansas City, 7-3, in the opener of a four-game set.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bGFyMHMzBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkAzNNNzRoMGdlQXUzVy5CSHhURHU3YlF6VlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGRjQURNREo-/SIG=120kc6pgi/**http%3A//www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx%3Fstoryid=186177" rel="nofollow"&gt;WKYC Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Winning time for Indians&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  Cleveland is one of the biggest surprises in the American League so far this season, winning without significant contributions from top three hitters. Orlando Cabrera has represented a different team in the postseason for four years running — the Angels in 2007, the Chicago White Sox in 2008, the Minnesota Twins in 2009 and the Cincinnati Reds last year. He signed with the Cleveland Indians this &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4bGFyMHMzBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkAzNNNzRoMGdlQXUzVy5CSHhURHU3YlF6VlJLa3FhVTJ0ZGRjQURNREo-/SIG=13d0qqpq3/**http%3A//www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/la-sp-0417-down-the-line-20110417,0,5938399.story%3Ftrack=rss" rel="nofollow"&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  What&amp;#8217;s the Cleveland Indians buzz on Twitter?&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Kansas City Royals vs &lt;b&gt;Cleveland&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Indians&lt;/b&gt; live stream 18 Apr, 2011&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gqJBip"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gqJBip"&gt;http://bit.ly/gqJBip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/vaniduke" rel="nofollow"&gt;vaniduke (Jarod Mcswain)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Kansas City Royals vs &lt;b&gt;Cleveland&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Indians&lt;/b&gt; live stream 18 Apr, 2011&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gqJBip"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gqJBip"&gt;http://bit.ly/gqJBip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/wakebryan" rel="nofollow"&gt;wakebryan (Mariana Waldron)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Kansas City Royals vs &lt;b&gt;Cleveland&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Indians&lt;/b&gt; live stream 18 Apr, 2011&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gqJBip"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/gqJBip"&gt;http://bit.ly/gqJBip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/kewucurl" rel="nofollow"&gt;kewucurl (Robyn Madrid)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  2012 Contract Issues: &lt;b&gt;Cleveland&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Indians&lt;/b&gt;: MLB Rumors … &lt;a href="http://ping.fm/t0b8c"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ping.fm/t0b8c"&gt;http://ping.fm/t0b8c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/2012InTheNews" rel="nofollow"&gt;2012InTheNews (&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:2012___@skydivenut.c"&gt;2012___@skydivenut.c&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cleveland&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Indians&lt;/b&gt;: Should Grady Sizemore or Michael Brantley leadoff? Poll: &lt;b&gt;Cleveland&lt;/b&gt; Plain Deale&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hz4yCV"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/hz4yCV"&gt;http://bit.ly/hz4yCV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23MLB"&gt;#MLB&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Clevland"&gt;#Clevland&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/JoeCamel_Sports" rel="nofollow"&gt;JoeCamel_Sports (JoeCamel)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;b&gt;Cleveland&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Indians&lt;/b&gt; (C Carrasco)  vs Kansas City Royals (K Davies) - Monday,April 18, 2011&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://nblo.gs/gNeWu"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nblo.gs/gNeWu"&gt;http://nblo.gs/gNeWu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ronnyray" rel="nofollow"&gt;ronnyray (RON RAYMOND)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        Check out all of the latest MLB gear including &lt;a href="http://www.sweatshirtsearch.com/search/cleveland-indians-sweatshirts/"&gt;Cleveland Indians hoodies&lt;/a&gt; at SweatshirtSearch.com.  &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752105134</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4752105134</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:25:24 -0400</pubDate><category>double</category><category>Duncan's</category><category>Indians</category><category>Leads</category><category>past</category><category>pinch</category></item><item><title>Minnesota Twins: Twins' Nathan replaced in closer role</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twins&amp;#8217; Nathan replaced in closer role&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Minnesota Twins are moving RHP Joe Nathan to the set-up role after the closer blew saves to the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in three games Saturday.  Nathan will be replaced by Matt Capps, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Capps gave up the walk-off home run to Rays DH Johnny Damon in the 10th inning Friday night. Nathan gave up a game-tying leadoff home run in the ninth &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4ZmVqdWVuBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA21mNUtBMGdlQXUzZ2lQLjZSSk4yMjVoalJLa3FhVTJ0ZGVrQUFQbXY-/SIG=12hqn9fmj/**http%3A//www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content/twins-nathan-replaced-closer-role" rel="nofollow"&gt;St. Petersburg Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/b6390_Minnesota_Twins_3748216082_0a54c4c569.jpg" alt="Minnesota Twins" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26133382@N08/3748216082"&gt;Cheerful Givers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;strong&gt;Powerless Rays lose to Twins, 4-2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Twins&amp;#8217; Brian Duensing allows only two runs over seven innings for the win, and ends the Rays&amp;#8217; five-game winning streak.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4ZmVqdWVuBF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA21mNUtBMGdlQXUzZ2lQLjZSSk4yMjVoalJLa3FhVTJ0ZGVrQUFQbXY-/SIG=12i2c6v1k/**http%3A//www2.tbo.com/content/2011/apr/17/171747/powerless-rays-lose-twins-4-2/" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Tampa Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  Latest from Twitter:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    The &lt;b&gt;Minnesota&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Twins&lt;/b&gt; finally won a game &lt;a href="http://tumblr.com/xhh25pv0ns"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tumblr.com/xhh25pv0ns"&gt;http://tumblr.com/xhh25pv0ns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/nosillaanderson" rel="nofollow"&gt;nosillaanderson (Ali Anderson)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Sports: &lt;b&gt;Minnesota&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Twins&lt;/b&gt; replacing Joe Nathan with Matt Capps as closer &lt;a href="http://ow.ly/1cehnb"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ow.ly/1cehnb"&gt;http://ow.ly/1cehnb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/KFAQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;KFAQ (KFAQ)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minnesota&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Twins&lt;/b&gt; replacing Joe Nathan with Matt Capps as closer &lt;a href="http://ow.ly/1cehyY"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ow.ly/1cehyY"&gt;http://ow.ly/1cehyY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/sportsrasor" rel="nofollow"&gt;sportsrasor (Rza)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minnesota&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Twins&lt;/b&gt; replacing Joe Nathan with Matt Capps as closer &lt;a href="http://ow.ly/1cehZE"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ow.ly/1cehZE"&gt;http://ow.ly/1cehZE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/JeremyStockstil" rel="nofollow"&gt;JeremyStockstil (Jeremy  Stockstill)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    Want the best &lt;a href="http://www.sweatshirtsearch.com/search/minnesota-twins-sweatshirts/"&gt;Minnesota Twins hoodies&lt;/a&gt; available to buy online? Try a search at SweatshirtSearch.com.  &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4751680974</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4751680974</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:05:16 -0400</pubDate><category>closer</category><category>Minnesota</category><category>Nathan</category><category>replaced</category><category>Role</category><category>Twins</category></item><item><title>Giants 8, Rockies 1</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giants 8, Rockies 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  GIANTS 8 ROCKIES 1&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4czFpcml0BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2Q2OGZPMGdlQXUyQVc2aWpndTZZQ2lGdVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdRQUFBV2o-/SIG=12tl8gtsb/**http%3A//www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/2011/apr/19/TDSPORT04-giants-8-rockies-1-ar-981567/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Richmond Times-Dispatch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.basescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/91c23_San_Francisco_Giants_3801152503_3a38c36a67.jpg" alt="San Francisco Giants" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/79506190@N00/3801152503"&gt;Cam Vilay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;strong&gt;Giants&amp;#8217; Zito sprains foot against Arizona&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito left his start Saturday against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second inning because of a sprained right foot.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4czFpcml0BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA2Q2OGZPMGdlQXUyQVc2aWpndTZZQ2lGdVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGdRQUFBV2o-/SIG=12tgrsidm/**http%3A//www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/14955259/giants-zito-sprains-foot-against-arizona/rss" rel="nofollow"&gt;CBS Sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  Latest San Francisco Giants Tweets:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    RT &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/nydailynews"&gt;@nydailynews&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;b&gt;San&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Francisco&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Giants&lt;/b&gt; fan brutally attacked outside Dodgers Stadium has been put back into a medically induced coma &lt;a href="http://nydn.us/gwiXjE"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nydn.us/gwiXjE"&gt;http://nydn.us/gwiXjE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/oldbreed410" rel="nofollow"&gt;oldbreed410 (old breed 410)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;San&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Francisco&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Giants&lt;/b&gt; fan brutally attacked outside Dodgers Stadium has been put back into a medically induced coma &lt;a href="http://nydn.us/gwiXjE"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nydn.us/gwiXjE"&gt;http://nydn.us/gwiXjE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/nydailynews" rel="nofollow"&gt;nydailynews (New York Daily News)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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then take a look at Sweatshirt Search.  &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4751642880</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4751642880</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:03:29 -0400</pubDate><category>Giants</category><category>Rockies</category></item><item><title>Baltimore Orioles: Liriano leads Twins to 5-3 win over Orioles</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Liriano leads Twins to 5-3 win over Orioles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE The Minnesota Twins finally have a winning streak to celebrate. If all goes as planned, their modest two-game binge will ultimately provide the momentum to lift them from their unaccustomed role as cellar dwellers in the AL Central. Francisco Liriano took a two-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Twins beat Baltimore 5-3 Monday night to extend the &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4cGxhdnE3BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA3VwbWRWRWdlQXUxUzlGLlYuSHJ3bjFJWVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGI4QURNeGE-/SIG=12uhs04ng/**http%3A//washingtonexaminer.com/sports/mlb/2011/04/liriano-leads-twins-5-3-win-over-orioles" rel="nofollow"&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  In Other Baltimore Orioles News:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;strong&gt;Orioles shuffle bullpen by adding Rapada&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Baltimore Orioles have purchased the contract of reliever Clay Rapada and placed right-hander Chris Jakubauskas on the 15-day disabled list.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4cGxhdnE3BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA3VwbWRWRWdlQXUxUzlGLlYuSHJ3bjFJWVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGI4QURNeGE-/SIG=16ckos45v/**http%3A//www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2011/04/18/orioles_moves/%3Futm_source=Baseball%2520lineup%2520RSS-Images%26utm_medium=feed%26utm_content=Orioles%2520shuffle%2520bullpen%2520by%2520adding%2520Rapada" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sportsnet.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Orioles fall to Indians 4-2; seventh straight loss&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;  The Associated Press The Associated Press CLEVELAND Manager Buck Showalter hasn&amp;#8217;t lost confidence in a Baltimore Orioles team struggling to get a win. &amp;#8220;We need to trust our people right now,&amp;#8221; Showalter said after a 4-2 loss to the off-and-running Cleveland Indians on Sunday. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re going to be a good ballclub before it is all over.&amp;#8221; Grady Sizemore homered in his return for Cleveland after &amp;#8230;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Read more on &lt;a href="http://lrd.yahooapis.com/_ylc=X3oDMTQ4cGxhdnE3BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDb0pfTWdwbklrWW5CMWhTZnFUZEd5TkouTXNxZlNMQmkEY2xpZW50A2Jvc3MEc2VydmljZQNCT1NTBHNsawN0aXRsZQRzcmNwdmlkA3VwbWRWRWdlQXUxUzlGLlYuSHJ3bjFJWVJLa3FhVTJ0ZGI4QURNeGE-/SIG=1301et3v6/**http%3A//www.sfexaminer.com/sports/mlb/2011/04/orioles-fall-indians-4-2-seventh-straight-loss" rel="nofollow"&gt;The San Francisco Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;br/&gt;  Latest Baltimore Orioles Buzz on Twitter:&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;b&gt;Baltimore&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Orioles&lt;/b&gt; (Official Site)&amp;#160;&amp;#187; Pie, Scott in lineup against Indians &lt;a href="http://buzztap.com/-XwvVq5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://buzztap.com/-XwvVq5"&gt;http://buzztap.com/-XwvVq5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/oriolesbuzztap" rel="nofollow"&gt;oriolesbuzztap (Baltimore Orioles)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Baltimore&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Orioles&lt;/b&gt; (Official Site)&amp;#160;&amp;#187; Matusz, Hardy improving, but not ready to go &lt;a href="http://buzztap.com/-Mugwwg"&gt;&lt;a href="http://buzztap.com/-Mugwwg"&gt;http://buzztap.com/-Mugwwg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/oriolesbuzztap" rel="nofollow"&gt;oriolesbuzztap (Baltimore Orioles)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Grady Sizemore of Cleveland Indians back in lineup against &lt;b&gt;Baltimore&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Orioles&lt;/b&gt;: Grady Sizemore is back atop Clevela&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://es.pn/ib7Mim"&gt;&lt;a href="http://es.pn/ib7Mim"&gt;http://es.pn/ib7Mim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/talknboutsports" rel="nofollow"&gt;talknboutsports (Lucas)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;  Red Sox News Grady Sizemore of Cleveland Indians back in lineup against &lt;b&gt;Baltimore&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Orioles&lt;/b&gt;: CLEVELAND — Gra&amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/42lf4co"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/42lf4co"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/42lf4co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;i&gt;by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/RedSoxNewsInfo" rel="nofollow"&gt;RedSoxNewsInfo (Nolan Boston)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://statikpulse.com/posterize"&gt;Posterize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4751641702</link><guid>http://mlbbasescoop.tumblr.com/post/4751641702</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:03:25 -0400</pubDate><category>Baltimore</category><category>Leads</category><category>Liriano</category><category>Orioles</category><category>over</category><category>Twins</category></item></channel></rss>
