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		<title>Saunders Treated to Another Diamondbacks Special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newly acquired pitcher Joe Saunders got to take the mound on Thursday night in Philadelphia.  His first start ended just like the previous six games had for the Arizona Diamondbacks &#8211; a loss.  He received the same special the Dbacks consistently served up for the departed Dan Haren &#8211; no or little run support.  Once again the Dbacks left their bats at the hotel.
This evening it was lost in extra innings.  The Phillies won 3-2.  At least the Dbacks fought tonight and didn;t give up, but clearly this is a team destined for 100 losses or more.  They can&#8217;t buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Haren Era Starts Off With Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What else is new?  Another day, another loss.
The post-Dan Haren era started Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies with a 9-5 loss.  The Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen had another &#8220;tremendous&#8221; effort.  Starter Rodrigo Lopez left the game leading 5-4.  Blaine Boyer seemingly had things in hand in the sixth inning until manager Kirk Gibson replaced him with Jordan Norberto.  Norberto subsequently came in and gave away the farm.  Surprised?  I&#8217;m not.
You know what I was surprised about?  Our new interim general manager Jerry Dipoto.  During tonight&#8217;s telecast on Fox Sports Arizona he was interviewed up in the booth.  During that interview, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://venomstrikes.com/2010/07/27/post-haren-era-starts-off-with-loss/</link>
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		<title>Haren Trade Raises Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it was announced that Dan Haren was traded to the Los Angeles Angels this afternoon for Joe Saunders, Patrick Corbin, and Rafael Rodriguez, I knew only one thing &#8211; this was a pure salary dump.  This was a financial move no matter how you spin it.  Ok, sure, the Dbacks will tell you they got a lefty in Saunders and that there is a top prospect to be named later and a guy in Rodriguez that can help you in relief now.  That&#8217;s what they will tell you publicly.  Privately they will tell you something completely different.
The Dbacks dump [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://venomstrikes.com/2010/07/25/haren-trade-raises-questions/</link>
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