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		<title>Justin Forsett made the Seahawks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hallelujah! I thought for sure that his fumbles in the last two preseason games had cost him a spot on the 53-man roster. It&#8217;s well known that Holmgren has no patience for fumbling, so I&#8217;m shocked to see him on the active roster. I wonder if special teams coach Bruce DeHaven, or maybe even future [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=959</link>
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		<title>Anyone Have a #30 Jersey?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If Justin Forsett doesn&#8217;t make the final, active roster, it&#8217;s a crime. No practice squad, nothing like that &#8212; I&#8217;m talking the 53-man roster that plays each game. That&#8217;s where he belongs.
At minimum, he&#8217;s a punt and kick returner. But he might also be great as late-in-the-half substitution when you can get his fresh legs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=957</link>
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		<title>Everybody Loves Felix (Hernandez)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s only a little space for non-Olympic sports in the current issue of Sports Illustrated, but that little space includes a nice bit of recognition for Felix Hernandez.
In a survey of 20 MLB officials (GMs, scouts, etc.), Felix was the top-listed pitcher on the question, Who would you pick first to build a franchise around? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=954</link>
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		<title>Today is One of My Favorite Days of the Year</title>
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Isn&#8217;t that a thing of beauty?
Training camp is underway. I am so ready for football season. Watching the Mariners has been utter torture. The Sonics are in Oklahoma City now. Our minor league baseball team is tanking its season. Hockey doesn&#8217;t do much for me (but I did enjoy the Flyers&#8217; run through the NHL [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=952</link>
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		<title>Lou Piniella is a Great Actor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I absolutely love this Aquafina TV commercial with Lou Piniella:

Never fails to make me laugh.  
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		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=951</link>
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		<title>Jim Riggleman is Dumb, or He Thinks You Are</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we inch closer to the trade deadline, everyone in baseball knows that the Mariners are selling. Raul Ibanez is on a lot of teams&#8217; watch lists, as is Adrian Beltre and Erik Bedard at minimum. Those three &#8212; and many other Mariners &#8212; are strong candidates to be wearing another uniform on August 1st. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=950</link>
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		<title>Goodbye, Bill Bavasi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the best news I&#8217;ve heard in a looooooong time. So good that I had to figure out the log-in and write about it here on my otherwise inactive sports blog.
Seattle Times: Mariners fire GM Bill Bavasi
What this means: I can watch the Mariners again. Not that I want to, but I can.
There&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=949</link>
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		<title>Hey Phil &#8230; I told you so! :-)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About two years ago, I wrote this:
Either way, it can be done. And I can’t help but wonder why it hasn’t been done already. The fact that MLB.com and MLB TV offered live coverage is a step in the right direction, and I would bet we’ll see ESPN (or someone else?) doing the MLB draft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=948</link>
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		<title>Light posting / Uncertain future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just came back Thursday night from a quick trip back east, and tomorrow I&#8217;m off on another trip. I&#8217;ll miss the Seahawks game, so no open game thread and no game recap, either.
And, I&#8217;m not even sure The Fan is going to continue too much longer. There are too many other things pulling me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=947</link>
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		<title>Week 12 &#8211; Seahawks 34, Packers 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[40 carries. 201 yards. Forty carries. Forty! This from a guy who&#8217;s just in his 2nd game back from a broken foot, and who plays on a Mike Holmgren offense. Amazing, surprising, and the key to winning a Monday Night Football game over the Packers in Qwest Field conditions that looked more like Green Bay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-fan.org/?p=946</link>
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