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	<title>Tampa Bay Sports Blog &#187; Barry Bonds</title>
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		<title>Is NBA Better With Allen Iverson?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magic Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Answer is unequivocally yes. As I watch the NBA these days I cannot help but become disenchanted with the poor play and uneventful nature of most games. It boggles my mind that in an age where athletes are pretty much all  prima donna&#8217;s, that a player of Allen Iverson&#8217;s stature cannot find employment. Why should we even be talking about how a player is in the locker room or how good of a teammate he may or may not be? Are most people afforded the luxury of choosing their coworkers in the real world? The bottom line here is that most professional sports leagues are so diluted that it is almost impossible to field  competitive first teams, let alone reserves. Aside from A.I&#8217;s undeniable stats, he is also regarded as a player who always shows up and gives maximum effort, which is more than we can say for countless professional athletes. Watching my beloved Orlando Magic, it is painful at times to watch the cavalier manner in which some of the Magic players approach playing the game. Dwight Howard&#8217;s constant grinning and Vince Carter&#8217;s half hearted drives to the basket and nonchalant passing down the stretch of games makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’ll go ahead and jump into the A-Roid mix.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were a few crazy things that went on over the last couple weeks that I wanted to touch on and didn&#8217;t have time, but nothing got my attention more than the A-Rod deal. There has already been a tremendous amount of backlash on this situation and some of it is just funny. The dumbest thing I&#8217;ve seen written so far is what Bill Madden of the New York Daily News wrote about releasing A-Rod (hat tip to Mets Police for that one). Madden wants the Yankees to cut A-Rod, no matter the cost, in order to make a statement. The Yankees have more money than any team in baseball and they show it consistently with their ridiculous spending sprees, but not even the Yankees can justify writing off $270 million. This has to be the dumbest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen a legitimate reporter write. The Yanks already looked like idiots for paying Rodriguez the amount of money they did before A-Rod was a known steroid user. If they get nothing out of him AND spend that money they would look worse, not better Bill. There is no statement they could make that is worth a quarter billion dollars. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why any Hall of Fame vote is stupid.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I try to catch up with everything there will be some rambling and I&#8217;ll start with this, the Hall of Fame vote is stupid. Not just baseball, which brought this on, but any Hall of Fame vote. I think this because the voters, aside from most of them being guys who never played the game professionally, only look at the entire body of work instead of putting the work into the era they played in. While not showing his picks, Marc Topkin brought this on with his post regarding his ballot (why the hell are there &#8220;Rays&#8221; on the ballot anyway?. I have a ton of respect for Marc as a sports writer, but I have problems with his ballot as much as anyone else. Here&#8217;s what I took from it. I know that Topkin has more knowledge of the game than I do and knowing he is building this story toward the big reveal, I have a hard time understanding who his picks are and why. The why is my problem. As he discusses Harold Baines&#8217; hit count, Mar McGuire&#8217;s steroid use and Andre Dawson &#8220;playing the game right&#8221;, I get confused. How can you compare Dawson&#8217;s play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t care if BJ makes that play!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   F*#K BJ Upton! I don&#8217;t care if BJ would have made that play, we all know he would have. HE took himself out of that ball game and Garza should whoop his ass for it. I&#8217;m extremely proud of Papa Joe right now as he is taking a stance against the super ass known as BJ Upton. I know I&#8217;ve been sick of watching him for a while and I dogged Maddon and company for not doing something about it sooner. I&#8217;m proud of Joe for doing something about it now. With all the talk around the deadline about &#8220;team chemistry&#8221; and the main reason behind no one wanting Barry Bonds here being the solid clubhouse atmosphere I would personally love to see a backdoor clubhouse ass-whoopin&#8217; given to Upton&#8217;s punk ass! He struts around as if he&#8217;s the greatest player in the game and isn&#8217;t putting up the numbers or the effort to do so. I agree with all the BJ defenders in saying that he would&#8217;ve made that play in CF that Ruggiano botched, but I&#8217;m still happy to see his ass riding the pine. I fully expect Joe Maddon to sit his ass tomorrow also and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays need a real hitter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The series in Boston is pretty much going the way I thought it would. I&#8217;m not silly enough to think the Rays can go to Boston and sneak out with another series win. I figured they would drop the first two and grab the third behind James Shields. This isn&#8217;t being brought up because of the two losses, I&#8217;ve been meaning to bring this up for a while now. The Rays bats are not very good right now. Aki has picked it up over the last month, TFC and Bartlett are doing better. The problem is the middle of the order. Upton is still taking too many strikes and isn&#8217;t hitting for any power. Watching him at this point he looks to be a better leadoff hitter than number three hitter. Pena has struggled and is now hurt. Longoria hasn&#8217;t burst on the scene like we all anticipated. Looking at the lineup from top to bottom there is absolutely no one that would scare any pitcher out there. The Rays need to make a move to get a legit middle of the order hitter. To take it a step further in my little fantasy here, I want an elite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays need to sign Bonds now.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I&#8217;m starting the call for Barry, join me please! Even though the Rays won today with Jeff Neimann looking good and Upton showing some pop again, we need help. I&#8217;m personally a fan of Barry Bonds and I&#8217;m not ashamed to admit it. His reputation as a jerk stems from his lack of tolerance for the media and his so called &#8216;me first&#8217; attitude. I&#8217;ve got some questions for you Barry bashers out there. First, do you really care if your star players get along with the media? It&#8217;s not necessary for players to get along with the media, see Delmon Young or even better Warren Sapp, so who care&#8217;s if he&#8217;s an &#8220;a-hole&#8221;. Second, do you even know how he is as a teammate? I hear people talking about his compound that he had in the San Francisco clubhouse and that he fought with Jeff Kent and so on but that means nothing on the field. No one that plays with Jeff Kent gets along with him so leave that alone. His compound is irrelevant because it&#8217;s not hurting anyone. I&#8217;ve watched Bonds play since I was a kid and over the last ten years have paid close attention to [...]]]></description>
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