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<item><title><![CDATA[Pirates organization preview, Top 20 Prospects]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120204&amp;content_id=26577850&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120204&amp;content_id=26577850&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Pirates organization preview, Top 20 Prospects]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Though prolonged success in the Majors has remained somewhat elusive for Pirates prospects, it does appear that the construction of a new and improved system is moving along, full steam ahead.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Jonathan Mayo</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Bullpen]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120207&amp;content_id=26602038&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120207&amp;content_id=26602038&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Bullpen]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Joel Hanrahan hopes to rise above the checkered encore history of the team&#39;s few iconic closers. Evan Meek hopes to rebound from his own more-recent injury history. Slay those two demons, and the Pirates bullpen will again be one of the strongest pillars of contention.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Pirates to renew emphasis on conditioning]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120206&amp;content_id=26591474&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:34:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120206&amp;content_id=26591474&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Pirates to renew emphasis on conditioning]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Bucs have hired not one but  two  strength and conditioning coaches. Ben Potenziano, the Giants&#39; strength and conditioning coach the previous six seasons, has taken over as the Pirates&#39; assistant athletic trainer. And Brendon Huttman, the Dodgers&#39; strength and conditioning coach since 2008, has assumed the same position with the Pirates.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Pirates sign lefty Tallet to Minor League deal]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120203&amp;content_id=26569238&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120203&amp;content_id=26569238&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Pirates sign lefty Tallet to Minor League deal]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Brian Tallet, a 34-year-old left-hander who has had some Major League success as a matchup reliever, has been signed to a Minor League contract by the Pirates.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Roberts broke Bucs&#39; color line admirably]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120131&amp;content_id=26527298&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120131&amp;content_id=26527298&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Roberts broke Bucs&#39; color line admirably]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Curt Roberts is merely a footnote in baseball history. Maybe not even that. A lightweight second baseman by any measure, the 5-foot-8, 165-pound native of Pineland, Texas, hit .223 in 171 Major League games. He homered once in 575 at-bats. No reason to be remembered at all.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Bucs happy to see Pujols, Prince exit NL stage]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120201&amp;content_id=26544478&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:10:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120201&amp;content_id=26544478&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Bucs happy to see Pujols, Prince exit NL stage]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[A clever advertising campaign that hits all the right notes touts a line of automobiles &quot;imported from Detroit.&quot; Most of the National League Central is relieved that, in another domestic development, Prince Fielder has been &quot;exported to Detroit.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Bucs ink veteran reliever Cruz to Minors deal]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120201&amp;content_id=26538958&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:06:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120201&amp;content_id=26538958&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Bucs ink veteran reliever Cruz to Minors deal]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Right-hander Juan Cruz, a valuable member of Tampa Bay&#39;s bullpen last season, has been signed to a Minor League contract by the Pirates, a deal that includes an invitation to Spring Training.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Report: Pirates&#39; Sanchez part of October scuffle]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120131&amp;content_id=26529588&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:22:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120131&amp;content_id=26529588&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Report: Pirates&#39; Sanchez part of October scuffle]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Tony Sanchez&#39;s offseason got off to a troubling start, according to a published report that the Pirates&#39; top pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft suffered a broken jaw in a barroom scuffle.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Pirates starting rotation]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120131&amp;content_id=26525738&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:21:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120131&amp;content_id=26525738&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Pirates starting rotation]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[If 2011 was Pittsburgh&#39;s &quot;Tale of Two Seasons,&quot; its narrator was Kevin Correia.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Jones, McGehee seem headed for arbitration]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120127&amp;content_id=26491352&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:55:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120127&amp;content_id=26491352&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Jones, McGehee seem headed for arbitration]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee will soon head to Bradenton, Fla., as the Pirates&#39; top candidates to man first base. The two have something else in common: They&#39;re Pittsburgh&#39;s only remaining unsigned players eligible for salary arbitration.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Tom Singer</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Singer&#39;s blog: Change for a Nickel]]></title><link>http://tomsinger.mlblogs.com/&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:34:48 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://tomsinger.mlblogs.com/&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Singer&#39;s blog: Change for a Nickel]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Inbox: Why did Bucs tab Bedard, not Maholm?]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120126&amp;content_id=26476240&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:50:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120126&amp;content_id=26476240&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Inbox: Why did Bucs tab Bedard, not Maholm?]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Jenifer Langosch examines why the Bucs signed Erik Bedard instead of Paul Maholm, who would close if Joel Hanrahan was hurt, and more in her final Pirates Inbox.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Jenifer Langosch</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Taillon leads Bucs prospects among Top 100]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120124&amp;content_id=26456720&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120124&amp;content_id=26456720&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Taillon leads Bucs prospects among Top 100]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Four Pirates prospects cracked MLB.com&#39;s Top 100 list this year, including Jameson Taillon and Gerrit Cole, who landed among the top 11 prospects heading into the 2012 season.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Jenifer Langosch</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Pirates outfielders]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120124&amp;content_id=26450488&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:47:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120124&amp;content_id=26450488&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Pirates outfielders]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the fourth of a seven-part Around the Horn series that will take a position-by-position look at the Pirates&#39; outfield -- both projected starters and other options -- heading into Spring Training.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Jenifer Langosch</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Marte No. 7 on list of top OF prospects]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120120&amp;content_id=26407614&amp;vkey=news_mlb&amp;c_id=mlb&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:54:07 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120120&amp;content_id=26407614&amp;vkey=news_mlb&amp;c_id=mlb&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Marte No. 7 on list of top OF prospects]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Dickerson No. 9 on list of top 1B prospects]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120119&amp;content_id=26391492&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:44:19 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120119&amp;content_id=26391492&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Dickerson No. 9 on list of top 1B prospects]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Morse to represent Pirates on &#39;Baseball IQ&#39;]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120120&amp;content_id=26407012&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:38:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120120&amp;content_id=26407012&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Morse to represent Pirates on &#39;Baseball IQ&#39;]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Pirates front-office member Steve Morse is slated to represent the organization on MLB Network&#39;s new game show, which premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The show, titled &quot;Baseball IQ,&quot; pits two contestants against one another during rounds of baseball trivia.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Jenifer Langosch</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Catchers]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120119&amp;content_id=26393764&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:30:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120119&amp;content_id=26393764&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Around the Horn: Catchers]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[As the Pirates survey their catching options for 2012, the landscape is certainly quite different than it was a year ago. Rod Barajas will likely get two-thirds of the starts, with Michael McKenry serving as the backup.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Jenifer Langosch</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Pirates announce postgame concert lineup]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120118&amp;content_id=26377650&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:15:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120118&amp;content_id=26377650&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Pirates announce postgame concert lineup]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Legendary groups Styx and Boyz II Men will perform following selected home games this year at PNC Park as part of the Pirates&#39; popular &quot;Skyblast&quot; series, which encompasses a live concert and postgame fireworks.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Brian McTaggart</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Karstens, Meek agree to one-year contracts]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120117&amp;content_id=26369906&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:53:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120117&amp;content_id=26369906&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Karstens, Meek agree to one-year contracts]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Pirates reached contract agreements with right-handed pitchers Jeff Karstens and Evan Meek on Tuesday, avoiding arbitration.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Brian McTaggart</dc:creator>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Top pick Cole among six invited to spring camp]]></title><link>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120117&amp;content_id=26366220&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:02:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120117&amp;content_id=26366220&amp;vkey=news_pit&amp;c_id=pit&amp;partnerId=rss_pit</guid><description><![CDATA[Top pick Cole among six invited to spring camp]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Pitching prospect Gerrit Cole, the top overall pick in last year&#39;s First-Year Player Draft, was among six players invited to Major League Spring Training by the Pirates on Tuesday.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Brian McTaggart</dc:creator>
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