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		<title>Year in Review: Jose Contreras</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Phillies signed Contreras last winter, it was not the most newsworthy signing of a Cuban defector blessed with a thunderbolt arm, but it may have turned out to be the most consequential. Contreras, who turned 39 last week, is the latest in a series of starting pitchers the Phillies have successfully converted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/year-in-review-jose-contreras/</link>
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		<title>Excerpts from the Cliff Lee Press Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry we&#8217;re a little late on this, but it was a busy day. Here are some quotes from Cliff Lee during today&#8217;s presser at CBP.
Q.  You&#8217;ve texted some of your teammates since you left here about wanting to come back.  Is this where you were most comfortable and is this where your heart [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/excerpts-from-the-cliff-lee-press-conference/</link>
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		<title>Phils Prospect Cosart Reflects, Prepares For Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the release of Baseball America&#8217;s list of top ten Phillies prospects on Monday, some players will be getting some much deserved attention. One in particular, Jarred Cosart, is a fireballing right-handed starting pitcher with the potential to move up the organizational rankings very quickly.
The 20-year-old Cosart has excellent command and a superior fastball that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/phils-prospect-cosart-reflect-prepares-for-future/</link>
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		<title>Even With a Spending Spree, Phils Still Ain&#8217;t Yanks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From an outsiders perspective it would seem as though the Phillies are slowly morphing into something different. That something different would be the Yankees, a team that likes to throw its weight around using American dollars. As the new powerhouse of the National League, the Phillies are resembling the rivals to the northeast. But let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/even-with-a-spending-spree-phils-still-aint-yanks/</link>
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		<title>Coming to Grips with Cliff Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, I fell, and fell hard, for a Twitter hoax orchestrated by a former writer for The Fightins that had Zack Greinke going to the Phillies for, essentially, a bag of nickels and a case of beer. Before I realized that the report had been faked, I sent a link to the tweet in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/coming-to-grips-with-cliff-lee/</link>
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		<title>The Definitive Summary to Cliff Lee Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several days ago, Phillies Assistant GM Scott Proefrock, when asked of the team potentially signing Cliff Lee, responded: &#8220;That ship has sailed.&#8221;
It did not seem like a smug, shady answer like those typically given by Godfather Ruben Amaro, it seemed like a genuine quote. He was too expensive. The Phils could not compete with seven-year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/the-definitive-summary-to-cliff-lee-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Cliff Lee Signs $120 Million Pact with the Phillies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally posted December 13, 2010 at 9:40 pm. 
This afternoon Jayson Stark stated on ESPN.com that the Philadelphia Phillies were the rumored &#8220;mystery team&#8221; in the mix, along with the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees, for the services of a free agent known as Cliff Lee.
Later in the evening, FOX Sports&#8217; Ken Rosenthal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/phillies-confirmed-to-be-bidders-on-lee/</link>
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		<title>Report: Blanton to Red Sox Being Discussed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports says that late last night, the Phillies and Red Sox were discussing a deal that would send innings-eater Joe Blanton to Boston. No word on what the Phillies would be getting in return besides payroll relief.
Jon Heyman of SI.com has just tweeted a few minutes ago that Blanton to Boston [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/report-blanton-to-red-sox-being-discussed/</link>
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		<title>One Year Later, Lee Rejoins the Phillies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 14, 2009, the Philadelphia Phillies made a splash. Like a whale jumping into a pool, Ruben Amaro changed the face of the Phllies franchise by acquiring arguably the best pitcher in all of baseball; Roy Halladay. In doing so, he felt the only way to repair his decimated farm system was to unload Cliff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/one-year-later-lee-rejoins-the-phillies/</link>
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		<title>Winter League Updates</title>
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Sure, free agency and the Hot Stove can provide plenty of news at this time of the year, but there are actual games being played&#8230;somewhere. Let&#8217;s take a look around the varying &#8220;Winter&#8221; leagues that are going on all over the world, to review how players with current Phillies ties are performing.
In the Dominican Winter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/winter-league-updates/</link>
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		<title>Domonic Brown Sits Atop BaseballAmerica&#8217;s Top Phillies Prospects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surprising no one, Phillies right field super prospect Domonic Brown topped BaseballAmerica&#8217;s list of the best players the Philly farm has to offer.
For the second straight year, Brown was named the organization&#8217;s best, topping a list of prospects that has seen its share of turnover in recent years. Brown, who hit .327/.391/.589 in the minor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/domonic-brown-sits-atop/</link>
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		<title>Madson for Quentin? Not Gonna Do It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is a fan of Jason Weitzel&#8217;s Beerleaguer. It&#8217;s one of the more smart, informative Phillies websites around and I&#8217;m sure many of you have wandered there at some point.
Yesterday in an open thread, Weitzel talked about Carlos Quentin being on the open market and what it might take to reel him in. Ryan Madson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/madson-for-quentin-not-gonna-do-it/</link>
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		<title>Free Agent Option: Magglio Ordonez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His eyes had to light up. After Scott Boras realized the Nationals were going to give Jayson Werth a seven-year, $126 million contract, it became clear one of his other clients, Magglio Ordonez, would be getting paid as well.
Prior to that deal, many were unsure how the market would unfold for the talented, yet aging, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/free-agent-option-magglio-ordonez/</link>
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		<title>Keith Law on the Phillies&#8217; Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week in Florida, I had the opportunity to speak with ESPN&#8217;s Scouts Inc.&#8217;s senior baseball analyst Keith Law on a few odds and ends about the Phillies.
While it may still be safe to say the Phillies are in their &#8220;golden age,&#8221; it&#8217;s always prudent to keep a diligent watch on the team&#8217;s future. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/keith-law-on-the-phillies-future/</link>
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		<title>J-Day: When The Phillies Clashed With Michael Jackson</title>
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We&#8217;ve all experienced the nightmarish scenario of going down to the Sports Complex on a day where more than one venue has been billed for events at nearly the same time. In recent history, the Phillies playoffs and Eagles games on Sunday nights come to mind almost instantly.  But, imagine a situation where a sporting event [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dev.philliesnation.com/archives/2010/12/j-day-when-the-phillies-clashed-with-michael-jackson/</link>
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