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				<title>Rosales continuing to chop wood in Mexican Winter League</title>				
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				 Hopefully Rosales will play well so this autographed card will be worth something. - 2009 Louisville Bat and Cincinnati Red Adam Rosales has spent his offseason south of the border playing for the Aguilas de Mexicali of the Mexican Winter League. Ro...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:51:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Louisville St. X product Chris Burke signs with Cincinnati Reds</title>				
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				 Burke in his Arizona Diamondback days. cnnsi.com Louisville St. Xavier high school alumnus Chris Burke inked a deal with the Cincinnati Reds this week, giving him a homecoming of sorts as he heads towards his 30th birthday in March. Burke, who after...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:18:23 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Pitching prospect Matt Klinker hopes to pick up where he left off in 2009</title>				
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				 You can tell he&apos;s tall even by his mug shot. Bats&apos; website With spring training only a few months away, it&apos;s never too early to start looking at who may end up playing at Louisville Slugger Field as a member of the Bats in 2010. One prime candidate ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:38:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Francisco, other Reds&apos; prospects taking Dominican League hostage</title>				
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				 Juan Francisco is having a ball in the Dominican League. Photo: Jim Donten Cincinnati Reds&apos; prospect Juan Francisco has been putting his power on display to all who care to watch in the Dominican League over the past few months, as his eight home ru...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:28:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Five 2009 Louisville Bats added to Reds&apos; 40-man roster</title>				
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				 Chris Valaika is now a member of the Reds&apos; 40-man roster. Louisville Bats&apos; website Five players who finished the 2009 season on the Louisville Bats&apos; division winning team were added to the Cincinnati Reds&apos; 40-man roster this past week. Being added t...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:46:44 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Several Reds&apos; prospects wrap up fall ball in Arizona</title>				
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				 Yonder Alonso had a good time knocking in runs duringthe Arizona Fall League (photo from straitpinkie.com). Six Cincinnati Reds&apos; farmhands wrapped up their time in the 2009 Arizona Fall League today, with performances being mixed amongst the sextet ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Louisville Bats&apos; coaching staff to return intact for 2010</title>				
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Staying true to the theme of &apos;dance with the girl that brought you,&apos; the Louisville Bats will return their entire coaching staff in 2010, making it the sixth consecutive year the group has been together. Continuity should be ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:43:13 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rosales, Bankston spending winter south of border in Mexican Pacific League</title>				
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				 Adam Rosales Bats&apos; web page photo With winter leagues going on all across North America, plenty of Reds&apos; prospects are looking to boost their stock by earning some additional playing time in various places. Two such players are 26-year-old infielder...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:51:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Reds and Pirates pull switcheroo with class-A affiliates</title>				
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				 Hillcats&apos; ferocious logo official Hillcats&apos; site Constantly sitting near the bottom of the National League central isn&apos;t the only thing the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates work together at, as the two teams have hammered out a deal to switch ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:57:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Several Reds&apos; minor-leaguers honing skills in Dominican Winter League</title>				
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				With all of the success the Louisville Bats have enjoyed over the past two seasons, it only makes sense that several team members would look to stick together in the offseason to continue their good fortunes on the baseball diamond. Five players that...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:24:01 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Chris Heisey&apos;s hot bat matching the weather in Arizona Fall League</title>				
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				 Chris Heisey is intimidating with his Saguaros&apos; hat. photo is fromPeoria Saguaros&apos; roster webpage Four Cincinnati Reds&apos; prospects are trying their hand in the Arizona Fall League this year, with outfielder Chris Heisey putting up the best numbers of...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:45:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Louisville baseball from the DeLorean: 1946</title>				
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				 I&apos;m not sure if this was the real Louisville Colonels logo, but that&apos;s a sick mustache. http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Louisville_Colonels This will be our fifth trip in Dr. Emmitt Brown&apos;s time traveling DeLorean, with past trips allowing...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:52:06 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Travis Wood spends 2009 season making hitters weep</title>				
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				 Now you know what  Travis Wood and a  Carolina Mudcats&apos; hat look like. As the Louisville Bats came down the stretch in the 2009 season, they received a huge lift from starting pitcher Travis Wood, who made his triple-A debut on July 25th. It was a n...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:42:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>What teams make up the Cincinnati Reds&apos; farm system?</title>				
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				 Since the start of the 21st century, the Louisville Bats have been the top farm club of the Cincinnati Reds. Typically, playing in Louisville is the final step before a player gets their shot on the big stage with his major-league club. As a whole, ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:26:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Louisville baseball from the DeLorean: Deion Sanders</title>				
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				 Think Deion rocked his gold chains under the Bats&apos; uni? It&apos;s been a while since we went with Doc and Marty in the DeLorean to check out some past Louisville baseball moments. Now that the offseason is here, it seems like an ideal time to get the flu...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:08:01 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Four Reds&apos; prospects to play in Arizona Fall League</title>				
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				OF Chris HeiseyWith the Louisville Bats&apos; 2009 playoff run rudely cut short earlier this month by the Durham Bulls, four players who spent time with the&amp;nbsp;Bats earlier this season will try their hand this autumn with the Peoria Saguaros of the Ariz...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:53:13 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Reds&apos; prospect Todd Frazier puts himself on map with solid 2009</title>				
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				 Todd Frazier rockin&apos; the Bats&apos; cap. Coming into the 2009 season, Todd Frazier was rated as the Cincinnati Reds&apos; #2 prospect by the all-knowing Baseball America after owning the Reds&apos; single-A system in 2008 while playing with Dayton and Billings. Th...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:05:48 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Bats force winner-take-all game five death match, but fall to Bulls</title>				
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				Danny Dorn tried pulling out all of the stops to keep the Batsalive, homering in games four and five.After falling in four games to the Durham Bulls in the opening round of last year&apos;s playoffs, the Louisville Bats came into this weekend&apos;s game four ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:43:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Bats lose barnburner to Durham in game three</title>				
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Yonder Alonso, who was the Reds&apos; first round pick in 2008, 
went deep for the Bats in game three against Durham 
(photo courtesy of straitpinkie.com)
After the first two games of the playoff series between the Louisville Bats and Durham Bulls re...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:17:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>After stalemate in Durham, Bats look to close out series at home</title>				
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				 Shortstop Chris Valaika had two RBIs in the Bats&apos; 5-2  win on Thursday. The Louisville Bats and Durham Bulls both drew blood in their International League playoff series that started on Wednesday. Durham took the series opener in Durham by the score...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
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