<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>John Strubel</title><link>http://johnstrubel.com</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/johnstrubel/heBV" /><description>Freelance Sports Journalist</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:14:21 PDT</lastBuildDate><generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator><sy:updatePeriod xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">1</sy:updateFrequency><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/johnstrubel/heBV" /><feedburner:info uri="johnstrubel/hebv" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><media:copyright>Powered by JGS Media Inc.</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://www.johnstrubel.com/images/podcast.jpg" /><media:keywords>NFL,NBA,NHL,MLB,baseball,sports,football,NCAA,basketball,sports,podcast</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Sports &amp; Recreation/Professional</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>john@johnstrubel.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>John Strubel</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>John Strubel</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://www.johnstrubel.com/images/podcast.jpg" /><itunes:keywords>NFL,NBA,NHL,MLB,baseball,sports,football,NCAA,basketball,sports,podcast</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>Voices: A Sports Podcast</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Voices: A Sports Podcast -- Compelling sports discussions on the biggest names and issues in the world of sports.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Sports &amp; Recreation"><itunes:category text="Professional" /></itunes:category><feedburner:emailServiceId>johnstrubel/heBV</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Time to mute Kiner</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/lBPQzkbynOA/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Mets</category><category>Sports</category><category>Bob Ojeda</category><category>Bud Harrelson</category><category>Darryl Strawberry</category><category>Gary Cohen</category><category>Keith Hernandez</category><category>Ralph Kiner</category><category>Ron Darling</category><category>SNY</category><category>Tom Seaver</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:14:04 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6252</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[I love Ralph Kiner. I respect him for his for his contribution to the game of baseball – both as a player and, later, a broadcaster. If you’ve been a New York Mets fan for any length of time you...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=lBPQzkbynOA:udBV6ItAslU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/17/time-to-pull-the-plug-on-kiner/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/17/time-to-pull-the-plug-on-kiner/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=time-to-pull-the-plug-on-kiner</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Francisco saves game, Collins saves Francisco</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/ZKXNuJ8ADc4/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Mets</category><category>Sports</category><category>Bobby Parnell</category><category>Frank Francisco</category><category>Ike Davis</category><category>Jason Bay</category><category>Jon Rauch</category><category>Josh Thole</category><category>Kirk Nieuwenhuis</category><category>Lucas Duda</category><category>Ruben Tejada</category><category>Terry Collins</category><category>Tim Byrdak</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:21:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6384</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[New York Mets manager Terry Collins could have leaned on any number of reasons to remove Frank Francisco as the closer, the most obvious being the two blown saves last weekend against the Miami...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=ZKXNuJ8ADc4:KHV7ErkGBPw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/15/francisco-saves-game-collins-saves-francisco/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/15/francisco-saves-game-collins-saves-francisco/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=francisco-saves-game-collins-saves-francisco</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Mets must show their mettle</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/X3QXAdV_SV4/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Mets</category><category>Sports</category><category>Bobby Parnell</category><category>Frank Francisco</category><category>New York Mets</category><category>Terry Collins</category><category>Tim Byrdak</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 13:15:33 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6310</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[If there is such a thing as a productive loss, the New York Mets may have had one Friday in Miami. After trailing 3-0, coming back against a division rival on the road, scoring five runs in two...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=X3QXAdV_SV4:aal4AyQzFiU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/12/mets-must-show-their-mettle/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/12/mets-must-show-their-mettle/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=mets-must-show-their-mettle</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>A dose of ’86 wisdom could be Ike’s antidote</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/4wX436vfDm0/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Mets</category><category>Sports</category><category>Bill Robinson</category><category>Davey Johnson</category><category>Howard Johnson</category><category>Ike Davis</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:59:13 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6288</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Howard Johnson can empathize with Ike Davis. The former Met player remembers what April and May were like. A notorious slow starter, over his 14-year career, Johnson hit .219 in the month of April...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=4wX436vfDm0:TGncJUOZ1Kw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/08/a-dose-of-86-wisdom-could-be-ikes-antidote/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/08/a-dose-of-86-wisdom-could-be-ikes-antidote/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=a-dose-of-86-wisdom-could-be-ikes-antidote</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Murphy Making Mets Go</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/nOZtRFiu-8w/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Mets</category><category>Sports</category><category>Daniel Murphy</category><category>New York Mets</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 08:50:19 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6234</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[  It would be easy &#8212; too easy, in fact &#8212; to inflate Daniel Murphy&#8217;s value to the New York Mets after his 4-for-4 performance against the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday. But if we...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=nOZtRFiu-8w:75BGN2_klRs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/06/murphy-making-mets-go/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/06/murphy-making-mets-go/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=murphy-making-mets-go</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Pujols, power, pressure and patience</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/aI1fazYUWEU/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Sports</category><category>Albert Pujols</category><category>Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</category><category>Mike Scioscia</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 18:59:13 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6186</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Albert Pujols a bust? The thought is laughable. What’s more remarkable than the statistical oddity of Pujols homer-less April (.217 BA/0 HR/4 RBI) is the reaction; fans and the media are giving...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=aI1fazYUWEU:wmDHYSq_VMo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/01/pujols-power-pressure-and-patience/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/05/01/pujols-power-pressure-and-patience/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=pujols-power-pressure-and-patience</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Fury in Fenway</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/rttkCsBGrDw/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Sports</category><category>Bobby Valentine</category><category>Carl Crawford</category><category>Daisuke Matsuzaka</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:38:37 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6178</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[  There’s losing and then there’s … uh, well, whatever the Boston Red Sox did Saturday. Leading 9-0 through five innings at home, the Red Sox surrendered a single run in the sixth, seven runs in the...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=rttkCsBGrDw:sRn5FTgmG0c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/04/22/fury-in-fenway/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/04/22/fury-in-fenway/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=fury-in-fenway</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Guillen steps in it — again</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/ksgPvvqm2r4/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Sports</category><category>Chicago White Sox</category><category>Miami Marlins</category><category>Ozzie Guillen</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:42:07 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6143</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[My mouth gets me in hot water every day. That&#8217;s the way I am. No one&#8217;s going to change me. And I never regretted anything I said. Never. A lot of people say that I don&#8217;t think when...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=ksgPvvqm2r4:e0OvRGUL_cA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/04/10/guillen-steps-in-it-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">2</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/04/10/guillen-steps-in-it-again/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=guillen-steps-in-it-again</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Knight and Day</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/Wx4X1_Hxt6Q/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Sports</category><category>Bobby Knight</category><category>ESPN</category><category>Poynter</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:27:55 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6055</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Bob Knight is Key West; he is the shell on a hard-boiled egg; an outsider, Coach Knight lives a polar life. His unvarnished personality has proved motivational on occassion, but stirs the deepest...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=Wx4X1_Hxt6Q:LmoU5Ij7wog:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/03/31/knight-and-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/03/31/knight-and-day/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=knight-and-day</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Saints: Don’t blame Goodell</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~3/zdsD6Xl_jKg/</link><category>Blog</category><category>Sports</category><category>All Things Considered</category><category>Brett Favre</category><category>Gregg Williams</category><category>Kurt Warner</category><category>New Orleans Saints</category><category>NPR</category><category>Roger Goodell</category><category>Sean Payton</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">john@johnstrubel.com (John Strubel)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:30:16 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://johnstrubel.com/?p=6033</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[In a report on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered Thursday, fans in New Orleans bristled at the fines and suspensions the NFL leveled against their beloved and heroic team. Speaking to...<br/>
<br/>
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?a=zdsD6Xl_jKg:cWbrmLwYRhQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/johnstrubel/heBV?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://johnstrubel.com/2012/03/22/saints-dont-blame-goodell/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~5/6VrMMx-Kt40/" fileSize="326392" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In a report on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered Thursday, fans in New Orleans bristled at the fines and suspensions the NFL leveled against their beloved and heroic team. Speaking to NPR, one fan said the punishment handed down by Commissione</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>John Strubel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In a report on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered Thursday, fans in New Orleans bristled at the fines and suspensions the NFL leveled against their beloved and heroic team. Speaking to NPR, one fan said the punishment handed down by Commissioner Roger Goodell will hurt the team, the fans and the city. Stop right [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>NFL,NBA,NHL,MLB,baseball,sports,football,NCAA,basketball,sports,podcast</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://johnstrubel.com/2012/03/22/saints-dont-blame-goodell/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=saints-dont-blame-goodell</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnstrubel/heBV/~5/6VrMMx-Kt40/" length="326392" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=149169396&amp;amp;m=149177611&amp;amp;t=audio</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><copyright>Powered by JGS Media Inc.</copyright><media:credit role="author">John Strubel</media:credit><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating><media:description type="plain">Voices: A Sports Podcast</media:description></channel></rss>

