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    <description>Latest news and information about the Seattle Mariners.</description>
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      <title>Team Report - CLEVELAND INDIANS (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>Will Indians be buyers prior to trade deadline?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:43 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Team Report - NEW YORK YANKEES (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>Yankees depth chart being tested again with Stewart injury</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:43 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mariners-Indians Preview (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>It's been hard for Joe Saunders to figure out why he can't lose at home but has yet to win on the road.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45:25 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kipnis' home run in the 10th lifts Indians past Mariners (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>CLEVELAND - Jason Kipnis ended a battle of the bullpens in dramatic fashion Friday night.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:34 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kipnis' 10th-inning homer gives Indians 6-3 win (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>CLEVELAND (AP) -- Jason Kipnis had made a habit of hitting first-inning home runs this season. On Friday night, he tried something different.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:11:46 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Indians 6, Mariners 3 (10 innings) (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>CLEVELAND -- For four innings the Cleveland Indians' hitters were quiet. Then they got noisy.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:27 PDT</pubDate>
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      <description>Alburquerque sent down to find strike zone</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:28 PDT</pubDate>
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      <description>Hernandez okay after tweaking back</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:16:28 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report: Pettitte going on DL (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a strained left trapezious muscle, according to multiple reports Friday.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:43 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>MLB roundup: Pettitte headed to disabled list (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a strained left trapezious muscle, according to multiple reports Friday.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:36 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Week Ahead: Comeback Cueto (Rotoworld)</title>
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      <description>The sidelined Cincy stalwart is ready to return and will toe the rubber twice in The Week Ahead.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mariners option Noesi to Tacoma (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners have optioned pitcher Hector Noesi to Triple-A Tacoma after he made an emergency start Thursday.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:09 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Detroit Tigers Free-Agent Busts Run Narrow Gamut (Yahoo! Contributor Network)</title>
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      <description>COMMENTARY | The Detroit Tigers have fewer -- or maybe just smaller -- free-agent busts than baseball's big-market teams. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fan at Yankee Stadium evokes Derek Jeter comparison with great catch of foul ball (Big League Stew)</title>
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 There's a lot to like about the catch the fan at Yankee Stadium makes in the video above. He's wearing a glove, which some people don't like, but they're wrong. There's no way he makes the catch without it. And a foul ball must have been unexpected, because the batter, Chris Stewart, was a right-handed hitter. Rarely do right-handed hitters put foul balls where the fan was sitting. Way to be on your toes, literally and figuratively. 
 He also makes an all-out effort to catch the ball, slamming his left arm and full torso into the rows of seats behind him. Terrific grit. And, ouch. As Mike Blowers of the Seattle Mariners broadcast team says, " He's going to feel that in the morning ." 
 No matter, because this guy got PUMPED. Primal screams, forceful high-fives, likely bro hugs (off camera). He was proud of himself, as he should have been. There was nothing nonchalant about it. David Cone, part of the YES Mystery Wheel of New York Yankees TV broadcasters, said the catch was "Like Derek Jeter in the playoffs a few years back." I think he's referring to the catch Jeter made against the A's in the 2001 playoffs. Or it could have been the one against the Red Sox in July 2004. 
 Well, the guy didn't appear to draw blood, and Jeter had a longer way to run, and almost everything he does has a nonchalance about it — that's one of the reasons he's Jeter — but it's an OK comparison for live television, and it probably crossed the mind of a viewer or two, as well, that it might be Jeter-like. I don't have a problem with the fan's catch, anything about it, except for the jersey the guy was wearing. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:48:34 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Safeco Field: A local&#x2019;s guide to enjoying a road trip to the home of the Seattle Mariners (Big League Stew)</title>
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 Have a baseball road trip coming up? Well, in a bid to help you with your upcoming journeys, Big League Stew has solicited the help of the locals. Over the next month or so, we'll be hitting up our usual guest blogger crew to feature 10 tips for enjoying each of the 30 ballparks like the locals do. Have a suggestion in addition to the ones listed here? Make sure to list it in the comments below. 
 Welcome to Seattle! You’ve grabbed your cup of Starbucks and watched them throw fish around at the Pike Place Market, but now what? There’s a lot to consider when you visit Seattle, and believe it or not, you won’t always need an umbrella! Yes, Seattle gets a lot of rain, but there’s one place you’re guaranteed to stay dry, and that’s Safeco Field. 
 The Seattle Mariners' miracle run in 1995 was a turning point for a baseball team that was on the cusp of moving to Tampa Bay. An Edgar Martinez double down the left field line against the Yankees cemented the team’s legacy, and fast-tracked the approval to build Safeco Field in time for the 1999 season. Its retractable roof, one of the few in the major leagues, was a key component of the proposal and guaranteed that not only was baseball here to stay in Seattle, but that the game is guaranteed to be played every scheduled day, rain or shine. 
 There are a ton of things to do in and around the park, so these 10 tips are designed to help you make the most of your time in Seattle and at Safeco Field! 
 1. Downtown! I think most casual fans visiting from out of town are in Seattle for longer than just a day or two. There are the easy things like walking downtown Seattle and hitting the Pike Place Market, but then there’s the “rest of it." Walk the rest of the Piers and take a ferry across Puget Sound. Pioneer Square is close to Safeco Field and is basically a cluster of bars, restaurants, and more. Take an Underground Tour of Seattle and see the city beneath the city. Check out Ye’ Old Curiosity Shop at the Pier, take a ride to the top of the Space Needle, enjoy the view from the new Ferris Wheel, or spend the afternoon at the Experience Music Project to see the history of Nirvana, Taking Punk To The Masses. Seattle is a beautiful city that’s easy to walk, make the most of your time here!]]></description>
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      <description>(Reuters) - The highly anticipated pitching duel between Justin Verlander and Yu Darvish failed to materialize as the Japanese ace's Texas Rangers (27-14) eased to a 10-4 triumph over the Detroit Tigers (22-17) on Thursday. Geovany Soto belted a three-run homer and Mitch Moreland had a pair of doubles and three RBI's in the rout, as Darvish (7-1) claimed the win after a shaky start, throwing a career-high 130 pitches and giving up four runs. Despite his early troubles, Darvish was streets ahead of Verlander (4-4), who was hammered for a career-high tying eight runs in 2 2/3 innings. ...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:06:45 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Baseball-Darvish overcomes shaky start as Rangers tame Tigers (Reuters)</title>
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      <description>May 16 (Reuters) - The highly anticipated pitching duel between Justin Verlander and Yu Darvish failed to materialise as the Japanese ace's Texas Rangers (27-14) eased to a 10-4 triumph over the Detroit Tigers (22-17) on Thursday. Geovany Soto belted a three-run homer and Mitch Moreland had a pair of doubles and three RBI's in the rout, as Darvish (7-1) claimed the win after a shaky start, throwing a career-high 130 pitches and giving up four runs. Despite his early troubles, Darvish was streets ahead of Verlander (4-4), who was hammered for a career-high tying eight runs in 2 2/3 innings.  ...</description>
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      <title>Pettitte hurt's back as Mariners beat Yankees 3-2 (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK (AP) -- For the New York Yankees, MRI has become a statistic that's just as important as ERA and RBIs.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:07:22 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mariners prevail after Pettitte leaves with injury (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK -- While the New York Yankees could exhale after learning that Andy Pettitte's back injury did not appear serious, the Seattle Mariners were relishing their escape from a ninth inning that felt like a playoff game.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:00:47 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mariners 3, Yankees 2 (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK -- Veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte left Thursday night's game against the Seattle Mariners with a back injury with two outs in the top of the fifth inning and the Yankees were handed a 3-2 loss.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:46 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pettitte leaves Yanks' game with muscle injury (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Pettitte left the New York Yankees' game against Seattle on Thursday night in the fifth inning after injuring a back muscle near his left shoulder.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:59:10 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pettitte leave game with injury (The SportsXchange)</title>
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      <description>New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte left Thursday's game against the Seattle Mariners in the fifth inning, apparently because of an undisclosed injury, MLB.com reported.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:50:31 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>M's manager Eric Wedge ejected for arguing (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK (AP) -- Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge was ejected in the second inning of Thursday night's game against the New York Yankees.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:00 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>MLB hoping for large replay expansion in 2014 (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and strikes should be subject to instant replay.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:01:56 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mariners-Yankees Preview (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>Raul Ibanez loved hitting at Yankee Stadium as a member of the team last season.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:47:24 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mariners RHP Harang scratched with stiff back (The Associated Press)</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK (AP) -- Seattle right-hander Aaron Harang has been scratched from his start Thursday night against the New York Yankees because of lower back stiffness.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:37:53 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mariners shortstops are hitting worse than NL pitchers (NBC Sports)</title>
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      <description>Our own D.J. Short passes along this amazing stat Mariners shortstops have combined to hit .121 with a .318 OPS this season. National League pitchers have combined to hit .124 with a .323 OPS this season. So through one-fourth of the season Seattle&#x2019;s shortstops have been out-hit by pitchers. Think about that. Brendan Ryan has&#x2026;</description>
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      <title>Fan builds Yankee Stadium replica using 75,000 matchsticks (Big League Stew)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For 86-year-old Bill "Brother Beans" Becker, it was three years and $300 well spent. 
 In his own words, that's how long it took the life long Yankees fan from Toms River, N.J. to create a Yankee Stadium replica using only matchsticks, and that's how much it cost him to burn through — literally — all 75,000 matches that were required to complete his unique, extensive and completely awesome project. 
 When broken down, that's roughly 70 matches a day that Brother Beans (his nickname may be my favorite part of the story) burned. He then scrapped off the charred tips before shaping them into perfect position and setting them in place. Tedious work for most of us, but not Becker. In fact, according to Becker, it's not the first such project he's undertaken. A number of years ago he also created a Lambeau Field replica, so he obviously enjoys the work it requires and the personal satisfaction it creates. 
 Speaking of satisfaction, the New York Yankees themselves were very impressed by his efforts once they learned of the creation and even put the replica on display at the new Yankee Stadium before their game against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday. 
 You can learn more about that cool event and how Brother Beans came up with the idea to create a matchstick Yankee Stadium in the video below.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:49:15 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Juice: Raul Ibanez clobbers two home runs, drives in six as Mariners rout Yankees (Big League Stew)</title>
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 The Juice returns for season No. 6! It's almost eligible for free-agency! Stop by daily for news from the action, along with great photos, stats, video highlights and more. 
 
 To say Raul Ibanez enjoys hitting at Yankee Stadium would be an understatement. After enjoying a terrific postseason in 2012 in which he delivered three home runs at the Stadium &#x2014; including his dynamic Game 3 in the ALDS where he connected for game-tying and game-winning blasts &#x2014; the 40-year-old veteran has returned with just as big a bang this season while wearing a Seattle Mariners uniform. 
 On Tuesday, Ibanez hit a two-run homer in Seattle's 4-3 loss. On Wednesday, he went deep two more times, including a first inning grand slam off Phil Hughes and a two-run shot in the fifth that iced away Seattle's 12-2 victory . That brings his totals to six home runs and 13 RBIs at Yankee Stadium since the beginning of the 2012 playoffs. He's 10 for 21 overall and obviously feels more confident taking shots at the short porch in right. Right, Raul? 
 ''I can't tell that much of a difference even though when you hear it, depending on how you're doing, you know,'' Ibanez said with a sly smile. 
 The sly smile gives him away. Or maybe he just heard he became the oldest player (40 years, 347 days) with at least six RBIs in a game since Barry Bonds in July 2007. Thanks to Elias for that tidbit. On the flipside, Phil Hughes allowed seven earned runs in the first inning after allowing only two first inning runs in seven starts all season. That's a rough night for the old ERA. 
 D-Backs get last laugh: Justin Upton returned to Arizona with a four-hit game, including a monster home run , in Atlanta&#x2019;s win on Monday night, but the Diamondbacks ended up winning the series with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday. New offensive centerpiece Paul Goldschmidt paced the attack with three doubles, while Eric Chavez knocked in three against former A&#x2019;s teammate Tim Hudson. Heath Bell pitched the ninth for his sixth save.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:13:38 PDT</pubDate>
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