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There’s one real good team (Cubs), several</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Top 10 stories from the first half </title><link>http://atbat.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/15/1200438.aspx#1202162</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:25:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1202162</guid><dc:creator>Tom, Sudbury, ON</dc:creator><description>The fact that Roy Halladay has pitched 7 COMPLETE GAMES in the first half makes him the best starter in the AL. He has one more win than Justin Duchscherer and 3 of Halladay's losses were complete games. Halladay has twice as many strikeouts as Duchscherer and Doc is classified as a &amp;quot;ground ball pitcher&amp;quot;. And, Doc has fewer walks. Do i need to go on? It's time you showed a little respect to Doc Halladay, the man who should have started the All Star game for the AL.</description></item></channel></rss>