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		<title>Question #174: Who’s going to October?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/04/06/question-174-whos-going-to-october/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Question #174 was going  to be, &#8220;Where have you guys been?&#8221; but the answer isn&#8217;t anything particularly interesting &#8211; a combination of time off, baseball previews, high school sports championship travel and other obligations made it tough to blog for a little while. But now, with MLB about to start, we&#8217;re back.

	I&#8217;m headed down [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #173: Should the Jets get Jay Cutler?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/23/question-173-should-the-jets-get-jay-cutler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So the Jets need a quarterback. That&#8217;s pretty obvious. And the Broncos, who have a new coach in former Patriots coordinator Josh McDaniel, are apparently at least somewhat open to shopping Pro Bowler Jay Cutler since Cutler has said he doesn&#8217;t believe he can play in Denver anymore.

	Then in today&#8217;s Daily News, there comes a [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #172: Is today (or yesterday) the greatest sports day of the year?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/20/question-172-is-today-or-yesterday-the-greatest-sports-day-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t even start with the Super Bowl. It&#8217;s a fun day, no doubt, and I like wings as much as anyone, but the game is so over-hyped and it&#8217;s a rarity that the action even comes close to living up to it all. Super Bowls are great but they can&#8217;t come close to NCAA tournament [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #171: Who is the best Jewish baseball player of all time?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/18/question-171-who-is-the-best-jewish-baseball-player-of-all-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So, in today&#8217;s paper and on LoHud.com, I wrote a column about the Sandy Koufax vs. Hank Greenberg debate and included thoughts from a Rockland County author who has written a book called &#8220;The Baseball Talmud&#8221; in which he ranks by position all the Jewish major leaguers.

	While Howard Megdal&#8217;s quest was a good one, to [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #170: Big-names or Cinderellas?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/16/question-170-big-names-or-cinderellas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The three days leading up to Thursday&#8217;s opening of the NCAA Tournament are rife with plenty of debating and decrying the tournament committee&#8217;s selections. This year, there&#8217;s already a perpetual argument going over the lack of &#8220;mid-major&#8221; teams in the 65-team field, which many observers think is a real injustice.

	There are 31 automatic bids to [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #169: Should fighting be banned in hockey?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/12/question-169-should-fighting-be-banned-in-hockey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[During the recent NHL general managers&#8217; meetings, there was a discussion and modification to some of the NHL&#8217;s rules on fighting. The executives did not markedly change the basic concept of hockey fighting, but instituted some minor changes intended to penalize &#8220;staged&#8221; fights, like those that start immediately after a faceoff. Frankly, I&#8217;m not sure [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #168: What’s your favorite conference tournament?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/11/question-168-whats-your-favorite-conference-tournament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love this time of year. Yes, the NCAA tournament is awesome but the conference tournaments are almost as exciting, if only because it&#8217;s wall-to-wall basketball for an entire week with everyone from the best of the best to the also-rans and the hanging-on hopefuls all playing nonstop.

	I know everyone around here loves the Big [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #167: Are the Yankees in big trouble with A-Rod out?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/09/question-167-are-the-yankees-in-big-trouble-with-a-rod-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many of you know that I occasionally like to consider wagering propositions and enjoy the odd game of cards. So, I would LOVE to know what kind of odds you could have gotten a month ago on the starting third baseman in the first game at the new Yankee Stadium being CODY RANSOM. Anyone who [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #166: Should the Yankees make A-Rod have the surgery now?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/06/question-166-should-the-yankees-make-a-rod-have-the-surgery-now/</link>
		<comments>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/06/question-166-should-the-yankees-make-a-rod-have-the-surgery-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Let me start by saying this: I&#8217;m not a doctor. In fact, I&#8217;m very much not a doctor, so everything I write on here is based on the copious reporting (which includes quotes from people who are, in fact, doctors) that&#8217;s been done on Alex Rodriguez and his right hip issues.

	Here&#8217;s what I know to [...]<br/>
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		<title>Question #165: How much better are the Rangers today than yesterday?</title>
		<link>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/05/question-165-how-much-better-are-the-rangers-today-than-yesterday/</link>
		<comments>http://faceoff.lohudblogs.com/2009/03/05/question-165-how-much-better-are-the-rangers-today-than-yesterday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Borden</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Normally I try not to do the same subject two days in a row, but the trading deadline is always interesting stuff and, frankly, I couldn&#8217;t think of a question anyone would take seriously having to do with A-Rod&#8217;s hip. So &#8230; let&#8217;s talk more Rangers.

	I like what the Rangers did yesterday. I like the [...]<br/>
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