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The Padres are for sale after 14 years of solid growth</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Padres in real sad shape </title><link>http://atbat.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/19/1721958.aspx#1722824</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:00:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1722824</guid><dc:creator>Michael Zettler</dc:creator><description>Vis-a-vis Agents: Back in another Millenium, Oscar Levant quipped, &amp;quot;You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, put it in a thimble and still have room for three agents hearts.&amp;quot; Still the best line about agents.&lt;br&gt;Michael Zettler</description></item><item><title>Padres in real sad shape </title><link>http://atbat.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/19/1721958.aspx#1725843</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:22:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1725843</guid><dc:creator>LOUIS LANESE  LASVEGAS NV</dc:creator><description>BASEBALL NEEDS THE YANKEES TO BE ON TOP NOW, THEY ARE THE BIGGEST DRAW IN BASEBALL, PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE REDSOX THEY HAD THERE RUN AND NOW IT IS OVER..</description></item></channel></rss>