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				<title>No More Kings</title>
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			So the Timberwolves' season got going last night and, as usual, I was unprepared for the surreal, multi-sensory assault that is live professional basketball. There were "dancers" in "sexy" Hallow...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>There Are Wolves After Me</title>
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			If you’re like me, this fall’s been a little rough. The last two weeks of the Twins’ season affected me more deeply than anything so ultimately unimportant ever should. Oh, but don’t worry, there...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:24:46 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>2008 MLB Awards</title>
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			Tampa took down the Chi Sox in short order, wrapping up their ALDS series in yesterday's 6-2 win.  Perhaps you, like me, were somewhat disappointed at the outcome, subscribing to the axiom that "...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:07:51 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>Twins&apos; Endgame Player Rater</title>
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			For those of you that haven’t seen the Orlando Cabrera vs. (former Twin) Grant Balfour at-bat in yesterday’s Tampa 6-4 victory, please click here.  To preface, it made me again realize just how m...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:56:46 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>Danks, a lot</title>
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			Last night was a good ballgame, well-played.  That’s actually my favorite type of game: pitcher’s duel, cleanly fielded with no errors, and only one long ball.  The blast, sadly, just didn’t come...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:16:38 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>Code Duello: Twins and White Sox</title>
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			Code Duello: covering the practice of dueling and points of honor, drafted and settled at Clonmel Summer Assizes, 1777

Rule 1. The first offense requires the first apology, though the retort may...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:30:16 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Bring me the arm of Freddy Garcia</title>
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			Chicago’s Sunday win over Cleveland, combined with the Twins’ steady 6-0 victory over Kansas City, set up a Monday afternoon (1:05 pm Central) White Sox/Tigers game that will determine if Minneso...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:43:13 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>Of Royals &amp; Jesters</title>
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			Wow.  I don’t think my head has spun like this since I drank three-fourths a bottle of Blue Curacao in my sophomore year of college.  Friday’s 8-1, hangover loss to the Royals was understandable ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:48:41 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Electric Broom: Twins sweep Sox</title>
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			"I might take a sleeping pill tonight. And a glass of vodka.  Twenty-seven innings and we only had one good one. We wasted 26 innings in this town." 

		-Ozzie Guillen, Chi Sox manager, to ESPN.c...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:35 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>The Unlikely Story of Gus Frerotte</title>
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			By Jonah Keri

The Minnesota Vikings’ season hung in the balance. Another loss and the team would drop to 0-3, a deficit that few teams have overcome to claim a playoff berth. Rolling into town w...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:15:50 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Jeff Shaw</author>
			
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				<title>Let’s Get It On: Twins and White Sox</title>
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			It’s not often in life that the objects of our desires, the prizes that we covet, are within tangible grasp.  But for the 2008 Minnesota Twins -- a young, enigmatic ball club on the cusp of a new...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:33:09 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>And... exhale.</title>
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			Week 1 – HHH Metrodome, Minneapolis – September 21, 2008
Minnesota 20, Carolina 10				          Vikings 1-2, (0-1 NFC North)


Let's hope the gray around the temples means he's "experienced."

In...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:55:51 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>The Jo-Jo Equation: Final Edition</title>
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			Thursday's inspiring come from behind, late-inning victory over Tampa helped erase myriad unsettling vibes.  Among them: Johan Santana's trademark second-half dominance . . . in a Mets jersey.  T...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:06:41 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>Urban Assault Ride: bike for hours and then drink Fat Tire</title>
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Sharon Cutler is your normal PR lady.  She hypes up her events and makes them sound like the most interesting and popular things going on. If you miss them you miss out on life. But the event sh...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:23:10 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Bradley Campbell</author>
			
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				<title>Off Target: the misnaming of our new ballpark</title>
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			On Monday, it was revealed that the name of the Twins new ballpark, set for play in 2010, will be “Target Field.”  I can already see the tag-lines donning the outfield walls, “Hit it HERE Justin ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:56:35 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>A Home Opener to Forget</title>
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			Week 2 – HHH Metrodome – September 14, 2008

Minnesota 15, Indianapolis 18			Vikings 0-2, (0-1 NFC North)

The atmosphere outside the metrodome before the game was everything one would expect bef...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:47:22 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Eric Refsland</author>
			
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				<title>Baseball Bunker: making the most of your MLB playoff push</title>
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			Sometimes the Baseball Gods are smiling and sometimes, those smiles grace Minneapolis.  The Twins were in danger of falling 4 games behind Chicago on Tuesday, however after a Chicago double-dip s...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:32:58 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Judd Spicer</author>
			
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				<title>Forbes to Vikings: You&apos;re Still Worthless</title>
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			 It should be a great time to be a Vikings fan. The team's season opener on the not so frozen tundra of Lambeau Field was far from disastrous. They lost, but didn't play dreadfully. The season lo...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:42:43 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Like grains of sand</title>
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			Week 1 – Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI – September 8, 2008

Minnesota 19, Green Bay 24				          Vikings 0-1, (0-1 NFC North)


It’s the most visible position in football and undoubtedly the fo...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:39:30 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Eric Refsland</author>
			
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				<title>Bullpuzzle: Twins hitting in the late game</title>
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			Over the course of the season, and heading into this weekend’s series against the Tigers, the Twins have had one of the best set of total lineup numbers against opposing relief pitching.  Conside...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:37:49 -0600</pubDate>
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