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			<title><![CDATA[ Sabean's chat, 12/09/09 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>The chat lasted only about 30 minutes or so.  I lurked.  Here it is:</p>

<p>Brian Sabean 12/9/2009 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm  
<br></p>baseballmod:
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3:02 pm Topic: Giants baseball
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Brian_Sabean:
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4:01 pm Hello everyone, coming live to you from the winter meetings in Indianapolis! Thanks for joining me today. Let?s get started with your questions.
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treal_jay:
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4:01 pm Brian, position player-wise, what are the Giants most critical needs in order of high to lowest... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:48:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Duane Kuiper - among the top 10 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>MLB Fanhouse <a href="http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/12/03/making-the-call-on-baseballs-best-worst-tv-broadcasters/">ranks the top 10 baseball
broadcasters</a> and our own Duane Kuiper ranks #3; mostly for his signature home run call.  Congrats, Kuip!</p>

<p>(Read the bottom 5, heh.)</p> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Sabean's Strategy. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>You guys have to read this:  <a target="_blank" href="http://sfgiants.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/12/sabeans_strategy.html">Joan Ryan&#39;s blog</a> explains it for those of
us who don&#39;t get it. </p>

<blockquote>
  <font face="Book Antiqua">&quot;What we&#39;re doing right now - to get a bat, to figure out the catching situation, everything - is due diligence,&#39;&#39;
  Sabean said.
  <br>
  <br>
    In other words, there is no magic formula. No shortcuts. No blockbuster,... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:24:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Winter League ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ What the heck, let&#39;s have a thread. Stat I heard today:

<blockquote>
  In just 3 Winter League games Pablo Sandoval is batting .417 (5-for-12) with 2 RBI.
</blockquote> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lincecum's Potential Arbitration Award ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports wonders if Tim Lincecum could command $23 million in salary arbitration this February.
<br>

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  As Brown notes, MLB&#39;s arbitration system has never processed a player like Lincecum. He&#39;s already highly decorated (with back-to-back Cy Young
  Awards) and posted some incredible stats in 2009 while earning just over $600,000. Ryan Howard was granted $10 million on his first trek through arbitration,
  but his value pales in... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:53:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Heads up ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Don&#39;t forget to tune into mlb tv at 5&amp;8pm pst Tuesday night when Bob Costas interviews Juan Marichal. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:16:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congrats Timmy! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Whoo hoo!!!!!!! Back to back!</p>

<p><br></p>

<p>Edit - <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091115&amp;content_id=7669426&amp;vkey=news_mlb&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=mlb">Here&#39;s the
scoop.</a>  </p>

<p>Yay Timmeh!</p> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 2010 Estimated Payroll ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Only look if you can bear it.  </p>

<p>Giants 2010 Estimated payroll via sf_giants on twitter:</p>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:15:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Operation Panda ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Pablo and his brother <a target="_blank" href="http://sfgiants.mlblogs.com/">are training</a> during the off-season.  He&#39;s already lost 10 pounds.  I love the Panda. 
<img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f204/Snapesita/PANDA%20MANIA/panda.gif"></p>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:46:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Timmy, don't you know it's better never to get caught? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Meulens Promoted To Giants ]]></title>
			<link>http://giantsvirtualforum.yuku.com/topic/6238/t/Meulens-Promoted-To-Giants.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <p><a target="_blank" href="http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&amp;content_id=7605858&amp;vkey=news_sf&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=sf">http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&amp;content_id=7605858&amp;vkey=news_sf&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=sf</a>
<br>
<br>
I was hoping for Rudy Jaramillo. I know nothing about Meulens and I feel like I should.
<br>
<br>
Good move?
<br>
<br>
Oh, and the article on Rowand is a huge crock of crap.
<br>
<br>
<br>... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:05:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Noah Lowry & Justin Miller ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Say Hey -
<br>
<br>
I haven&#39;t seen an official announcements, but...
<br>
<br>

<p class="credit"><span class="author">Posted By: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/author?blogid=22&amp;auth=259">Henry Schulman</a>
(<a href="mailto:hschulman@sfchronicle.com">Email</a>)</span> | <span class="pubdate">October 30 2009 at 03:30 PM</span></p>

<p><em>In other news, I&#39;ve been told that Noah Lowry, who last pitched in 2007, will become a free agent today when... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:19:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie Sanchez Re-Signs for 2 years ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Not a surprise. After the injury fiasco of last season, this deal had to happen or we would have thrown Alderson away for nothing. <img src="http://emoticons4u.com/sad/1004.gif">
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  <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;">

  <h2>Giants sign Freddy Sanchez to two-year contract</h2>

  <p class="postmetadata">Posted by <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/author/abaggarly/" title="Posts by Andrew Baggarly">Andrew Baggarly</a> on
  October 30th, 2009... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:24:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Posey wins 2009 Spink award ]]></title>
			<link>http://giantsvirtualforum.yuku.com/topic/6232/t/Posey-wins-2009-Spink-award.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&amp;content_id=7561972&amp;vkey=news_sf&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=sf">http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&amp;content_id=7561972&amp;vkey=news_sf&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=sf</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:48:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Sporting News Pitchers of the Year ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <h2>Sporting News names Zack Greinke, Tim Lincecum AL, NL pitchers of the year</h2>

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    <p class="service_links_google service-link">Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 - 12:08 a.m. ET</p>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ AFL 2009 Talk ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Okay, it&#39;s not only prospects who are playing in the AFL, so I took the liberty of putting a thread here to talk about the Arizona Fall League. I hope Hank
chimes in, as he should have some good observations.
<br>
<br>
I&#39;m on twitter primarily for info from Giants writers and insiders. I rarely post, but I do like reading the info. This morning&#39;s tweet from sf_giants
is about Joe Martinez:
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<blockquote>
  Joe Martinez got the W last night in the Arizona Fall League. His... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ An Ode to Brian Sabean ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/braves987654#p/u">http://www.youtube.com/user/braves987654#p/u</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bochy and Sabean sign new deals — two years plus an option for 2012 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2009/10/13/bochy-and-sabean-sign-new-deals-two-years-plus-an-option-for-2012/">http://blogs.mercurynews....plus-an-option-for-2012/</a>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:18:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The official off-season rumor and Hot Stove thread ]]></title>
			<link>http://giantsvirtualforum.yuku.com/topic/6223/t/The-official-off-season-rumor-and-Hot-Stove-thread.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I thought it might be nice to have one place to put all the rumors.
<br>
<br>
Today&#39;s Baggarly blog post indicates Carney Lansford doesn&#39;t necessarily expect to be back: <a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ SF Giants - Rumor ]]></title>
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<h4 class="ft"> </h4>

<p class="ft"><a target="_blank" href="http://sports.search.yahoo.com/search?p=Sidney+Crosby&amp;cs=bz&amp;fr=sp-tts"><font color="#0069AA"> </font></a><a title="MLB - Sports Rumors " target="_blank" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors"><img alt="MLB - Sports Rumors " src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/fn/ed/rumorstitle_int.gif"></a></p>

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