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          <title>Hillcats save face, lose game</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Three outs separated the Hillcats and their first win in a week, a one-run lead serving as their only buffer between victory and a four-game sweep at the hands of visiting Winston-Salem.
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          <title>Hillcats drops fifth in a row, 19th out of their last 22</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats&#8217; August is quickly deteriorating into a real-life version of the movie &#8220;Groundhog Day.&#8221;

Another day, another poor offensive showing, another loss, with no end in sight.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats offense hits a cold stretch</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[There are no baseball hitting commandments per se, but Hillcats manager Jeff Branson might have unintentionally coined the first two after his team&#8217;s latest offensive flop, a 4-1 loss to Winston-Salem at City Stadium on Friday.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:16:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Fundamental failures lead to Hillcats loss</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Since losing his two best hitters to Double A at the end of July, Hillcats manager Jeff Branson has stressed the importance of putting the pressure on a defense &#8212; bunting runners up, stealing bases, utilizing the hit and run.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Streaks stop here</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The homestand started with the Hillcats in a massive funk. They had lost 11 straight before pounding Potomac for two straight nights. So it&#8217;s strangely appropriate that Lynchburg ended its week-long run at City Stadium by snapping Myrtle Beach&#8217;s 11-game win streak.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats squander lead in first game</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Lynchburg Hillcats dropped the first game of doubleheader against Myrtle Beach, 8-4, on Friday while the second game was tied 4-4 going into the ninth.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pelicans&#8217; Diamond rings up Hillcats</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[It seems Scott Diamond hasn&#8217;t forgotten who dealt him his only Carolina League defeat.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats hitters heating up</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[When Jim Negrych and Jamie Romak, two of the Carolina League&#8217;s premier hitters, were promoted to Double-A Altoona two weeks ago, it appeared the Lynchburg lineup wasn&#8217;t left with a whole lot to work with.

The Hillcats who remain beg to differ.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Victory at last</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The mood in the Lynchburg clubhouse following Tuesday night&#8217;s win was light. Not crazy. Not loud. Not outlandish. No, the tenor was more relaxed, as if the Hillcats had collectively exhaled a sigh of relief.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Nationals deal Hillcats their 11th consecutive setback</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[It might not seem like it, but Lynchburg&#8217;s recent 10-game road trip &#8212; which produced an astounding 10 straight losses &#8212; was not nearly as bad as it sounds.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Two Hillcats promoted</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats lost two of the best bats in the Carolina League on Tuesday when third baseman Jim Negrych and outfielder Jamie Romak were promoted to Double-A Altoona.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Health is biggest concern for Lincoln</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[In his first start in Lynchburg, Brad Lincoln displayed just about everything Pirates fans have heard about the former No. 4 overall pick.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Keel&#8217;s bat thunders on a stormy night at City Stadium</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Top Pirates pitching prospect Brad Lincoln made his much-anticipated home debut for the Hillcats on Wednesday night, but it was left fielder Jared Keel who stole the show.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats take advantage of a misjudged fly ball</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Jarrod Dyson should have had the ball. That much was made clear when his Wilmington infield teammates made no move to back him up with two outs in the first inning. But Dyson misjudged the ball as it came off Jim Negrych&#8217;s bat, and it landed in short left field for a bloop double.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Wilmington Blue Rocks shake up Lynchburg Hillcats, 8&#45;6</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Daniel Moskos&#8217; numbers weren&#8217;t pretty. The Pirates&#8217; 2007 first-round draft pick had another shaky outing Monday night at City Stadium as the Hillcats lost 8-6 to Wilmington, allowing 12 hits (a season-high for a Hillcat pitcher) and five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Correll sends Hillcats a message</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The theory would seem to make sense. Shunned by the Pirates&#8217; organization, Brad Correll returns to Lynchburg and crushes two home runs and drives in six runs to lead Wilmington to an 11-2 victory Sunday night, thus showing the Pittsburgh brass what a huge mistake it made in releasing him in the middle of 2006.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Nationals ruin Lincoln&#8217;s Hillcats&#8217; debut</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[WOODBRIDGE &#8212; Brad Lincoln, the former first-round selection of the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted this week from Hickory, N.C., experienced a rocky debut with the Lynchburg Hillcats on Friday night in a 13-5 loss to the Potomac Nationals.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Nationals keep Hillcats at bay</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[WOODBRIDGE &#8212; The Potomac Nationals were not quite ready to relinquish their hold on the Carolina League Northern Division Thursday at Pfitzner Stadium. With a 6-2 victory over the Lynchburg Hillcats, Potomac remained in first place and extended their division lead to 1 1/2 games. 


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          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pirates promote Lincoln, their top pick in 2006, to the Hillcats</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Brad Lincoln, the Pirates&#8217; first-round pick in 2006 at No. 4 overall, has been promoted to Lynchburg and is scheduled to start for the Hillcats on Friday in Potomac.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats nip Blue Rocks</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Wilmington right fielder Cody Strait looked to be in line to play the spoiler again Tuesday afternoon, coming to bat with two on and only one away in the bottom of the ninth, with Lynchburg leading by just a run.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Q&amp;A: Hillcats pitcher Jake Cuffman</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Cuffman talks about Pennsylvania sports, being drafted by the Pirates and what he would change about the game of baseball.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Promotions not just about performance</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The season&#8217;s all-star break came and went 2&#189; weeks ago, and when all was said and done, the only Hillcat to receive a permanent bump to the next level was catcher Steve Lerud.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sacrifice flies are the &#8216;Cats&#8217; meow</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Four sacrifice flies proved to be the difference Sunday afternoon, with starting pitcher Brian Holliday throwing his third straight quality start, giving Lynchburg a 6-2 win over Wilmington in game two of their four-game series with the Blue Rocks at Frawley Stadium. 


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          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats doubled in loss to Kinston</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The way he pitched in four starts before the first-half break, Hillcats left-hander Daniel Moskos appeared to be turning a corner.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Split victory</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats knocked around the hottest pitcher in the league in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats, Indians try again</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats and Indians had the opener of their three-game series postponed Wednesday after afternoon rains made the City Stadium field unplayable. 


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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Carolina League baseball on a tear</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Jamie Romak set 30 home runs as his preseason goal, one that seemed to be out of reach when the Hillcats slugger missed the first month of the season while rehabbing from offseason elbow surgery.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Two streaks end for Hillcats in one night</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[The streaks &#8212; yup, both of them &#8212; are over.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Durham slams out of early slump</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Hillcats manager Jeff Branson answered before the question was even finished.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Biggest comeback of the year for Hillcats</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[With the Pirates&#8217; leading player development personnel on hand this weekend, the Hillcats are bound and determined to show that every batter, no matter where he hits in the lineup, is capable of putting down a bunt when called upon.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats squeeze out victory</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[For three months, the Hillcats patiently waited for everything &#8212; solid pitching, timely hitting and reliable fielding &#8212; to come together in one enjoyable, prolonged stretch, even if it was for just a week.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats pull it out</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Miles Durham would have been content with a triple. Anything to jumpstart what had been a slow transition from Low A to High A. The slugger was 1 for his first 26 with the Hillcats.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Romack, Keel homer as &#8217;Cats climb above .500</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t bother Hillcats right fielder Jamie Romak that he tied Frederick&#8217;s Matt Wieters for the league&#8217;s home run lead a week after the Orioles&#8217; catcher of the future earned a promotion to Double A.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats sloppy but effective</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[It was a little sloppy, which matched the conditions on umbrella giveaway night, but the Lynchburg Hillcats ral-lied from a 7-3 deficit to pick a 8-7 victory over visiting Winston-Salem on Saturday.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats go O&#45;four</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[It took the Hillcats more than 50 games to string together their first three-game winning streak this season. Since then, they&#8217;ve done it two more times, including three W&#8217;s that sandwiched this week&#8217;s all-star break.


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          <title>Cats climb to win</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/cats_climb_to_win/6143/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats so enjoyed last week&#8217;s walk-off win &#8212; their first all season &#8212; that they figured they&#8217;d try it again Thursday.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_negrych_goes_2_for_3_in_carolinas_3_1_all_star_win/6052/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. &#8212; Hillcats third baseman Jim Negrych went 2-for-3 and Potomac&#8217;s Edgardo Baez broke a tie game with a solo home run in the eighth inning to lead the Carolina League All-Stars to a 3-1 win against the California League All-Stars on Tuesday.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_storm_to_win/5994/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[With the all-star break just innings away and the Hillcats rolling to an easy victory, storm clouds perched on the horizon, ready to soak away a perfectly good Sunday afternoon and delay what to that point had been a quick game.


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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/from_blowout_loss_to_walk_off_win/5980/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Pomp and circumstance usually accompany a walk-off win.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:56:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/cats_eaten_alive/5979/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[There was hope that the Carolina League&#8217;s one-day first half break would serve as an Etch A Sketch for the woeful Hillcats. Just shake things up a little and voila! Fresh starts all around.


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          <description><![CDATA[The first half of the Carolina League season is officially over, and to that the Hillcats say good riddance.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_romp_kinston/5777/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Today marks the end of the first half of a Carolina League season that, by all measures, has been mostly regrettable for the Hillcats.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/romak_puzzled_by_all_star_snub/5776/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Hillcats outfielder Jamie Romak has never had a tremendous sense of timing when it comes to all-star selections.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/cats_pay_tribute_to_83_l_mets/5769/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the most dominant teams in Carolina League history &#8212; a 1983 Lynchburg Mets squad that featured Dwight Gooden and Lenny Dykstra &#8212; the Hillcats donned retro L-Mets jerseys for their game against Kinston on Friday.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:37:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[Jake Cuffman&#8217;s pitch came high and tight, and Kinston&#8217;s Carlos Rivero twisted to the ground like someone who had just avoided a bruise.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Lynchburg Hillcats were trying to extend their winning streak to a season-long four, but instead they were battered for 11 hits in an 11-3 loss to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Tuesday night at BB&amp;T Coastal Field.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_close_out_avalanche/5579/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[SALEM &#8212; Lynchburg came out on top of its three-game series with the Salem Avalanche, 2-1, thanks to Sunday afternoon&#8217;s 8-3 victory.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Steele able to identify with staff</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/steele_able_to_identify_with_staff/5561/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Mike Steele knows how quickly a career can end. The new Hillcats pitching coach recited this fact from memory: The average pro baseball career is over at age 26.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Numbers don&#8217;t lie</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/numbers_dont_lie/5525/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[With 21 hits already on the board, the insult was bad enough. Lynchburg&#8217;s blowout loss to Potomac was mercifully almost over, its hopes of winning its first series in nearly a month dashed many innings earlier.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Twice as nice</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/twice_as_nice/5486/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Two nights ago, everything the Hillcats did just to get a single run on the board failed. Baserunners were a rare commodity. Hits didn&#8217;t find holes. Nothing came easy.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>&#8216;Cats delayed</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/cats_delayed/5432/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Lynchburg&#8217;s game against Potomac was suspended Tuesday with the Hillcats leading 4-1 in the second inning . 


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          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats strand six in scoring position in 1&#45;0 loss</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_strand_six_in_scoring_position_in_1_0_loss/5404/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats weren&#8217;t without their chances Monday night. Pick an inning &#8212; practically any inning &#8212; and Lynchburg had a runner in scoring position with two outs, a hit away from taking firm control of the series opener against division-leading Potomac.

That hit never came.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats solidly in Carolina cellar</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_solidly_in_carolina_cellar/5381/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[If there is a way to sum up the Hillcats&#8217; season so far, it&#8217;s this: whatever they seem to do right on a given day, they more than offset it with what they do wrong.
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/blue_rocks_end_hillcats_winning_streak/5372/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[With Saturday&#8217;s 11-3 loss to Wilmington still fresh in his mind, Hillcats starter Brian Holliday didn&#8217;t want to dwell on it in the clubhouse afterward.

No, his focus was on the future, more specifically today, June 1, a line of demarcation set on his 24th birthday, the start of a new month and, he hopes, a chance to return to his April prowess.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillcats heating up?</title>
          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_heating_up/5363/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The odds were not in Lynchburg&#8217;s favor. Six times this season, it had won two games in a row only to lose in an attempt at No. 3.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/gonzalez_delivers_in_the_eighth_hole_for_hillcats/5132/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The logic behind Hillcats manager Jeff Branson&#8217;s decision to drop second baseman Angel Gonzalez to eighth in the order was simple. Move him to a less scrutinized spot in the lineup to take off the pressure and see if it can&#8217;t jumpstart his bat.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 23:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_allowing_too_many_big_innings/5075/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[One of the requirements for a quality start, an effective way of measuring a pitcher&#8217;s performance, is that the outing lasts at least six innings.


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          <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 22:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_hurler_exits_early_after_second_inning_struggle/5041/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Daniel Moskos&#8217; night ended prematurely Tuesday. The Hillcats starter labored through a 28-pitch second inning that featured two walks, a double and a home run before the Pirates&#8217; single-inning pitch count necessitated that he be pulled from the game.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:18:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[When the Pirates completely overhauled their front office in the offseason, they tabbed 29-year-old Kyle Stark, a do-it-all member of the Cleveland Indians&#8217; organization, to be their farm director, replacing veteran minor league manager/evaluator Brian Graham. Stark sat down with the News &amp; Advance for a Q&amp;A when he was in Lynchburg last week.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 22:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/warthogs_double_up_hillcats/4807/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. &#8212; Winston-Salem starter Aaron Poreda shut down the Hillcats for the second time in a week in the Warthogs&#8217; 4-2 win Monday.


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          <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats&#8217; series finale with the Keys was rained out Sunday. The teams will make up the game as part of a doubleheader in Frederick next weekend.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 22:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/minors/article/hillcats_get_crushed_by_keys/4767/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[A quick scan of Frederick&#8217;s roster reveals a who&#8217;s who of Baltimore&#8217;s top minor league prospects, with six of the Orioles&#8217; top 10 currently wearing a Keys uniform.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[You look at the confident swing, the free-flowing swoop from the left side that&#8217;s produced more home runs than any Hillcat this year, and you think to yourself that Steve Lerud must have done some major offseason tinkering with his mechanics.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[There are plenty of people &#8212; mostly Orioles fans &#8212; who wouldn&#8217;t mind seeing Frederick catcher and prized prospect Matt Wieters make a quick ascent through Baltimore&#8217;s minor league system.


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          <description><![CDATA[Pirates fans probably waited with great anticipation &#8212; or dread, depending on their level of pessimism &#8212; for Thursday&#8217;s game between the Hillcats and Keys.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[After three at bats Wednesday, Brian Friday had a single, a double and a triple on his r&#233;sum&#233;. All that remained for the cycle was a home run, the most difficult leg for the Hillcats shortstop, who has just three long balls in his brief minor league career.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:54:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[You would think 21-year-old Aaron Poreda would shy away from the attention and pressure that burdens him as the White Sox&#8217; first-round pick in last year&#8217;s draft and their top organizational prospect.


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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[For much of April, the Hillcats&#8217; bullpen was a steadying force.


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          <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 22:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[A stiff breeze was blowing out of the ballpark Saturday night, turning City Stadium into a launching pad, even for a Lynchburg team not known for its home run prowess.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 22:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[Three years of pain and discomfort finally became too much for Jamie Romak in the Hawaiian Winter League last offseason.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 22:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[Every pitcher goes through rough patches. They just don&#8217;t always get noticed. 


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          <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 22:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[Blair Johnson&#8217;s discussions with Hillcats pitching coach Bob Milacki have been curt and to the point recently. Despite entering Thursday night&#8217;s game with Kinston at City Stadium with a more-than-respectable 2.81 ERA, Johnson wasn&#8217;t happy with his last few outings.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 22:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[Tommy Hanson had the hype, and rightfully so. The Myrtle Beach right-hander had made mincemeat of the Carolina League in his first five starts, giving up one earned run in 29 innings and striking out 38.
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          <description><![CDATA[The Hillcats were a small ball model in the early innings against Myrtle Beach on Tuesday. They bunted runners up, swiped a base when it was there and, despite leaving a mess of runners in scoring position, got enough hits to produce a bunch of runs.


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          <description><![CDATA[Myrtle Beach reliever Kevin Gunderson and Lynchburg&#8217;s Steve Lerud have a largely one-sided history, one that dates back two years to the Low-A South Atlantic League and is heavily skewed in the lefty closer&#8217;s favor.


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          <description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re from Buffalo. What&#8217;s the best thing about the city? 


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          <description><![CDATA[The clock approached 7 a.m. one winter morning two years ago as Tony Mansolino prepped to substitute teach another class, a nice way to make some money during baseball&#8217;s offseason, despite the early &#8212; and very un-baseball-like &#8212; hours.


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          <description><![CDATA[Salem used a pair of hits from Koby Clemens to sink Lynchburg Sunday afternoon 3-0 at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium. 


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          <description><![CDATA[Offensively, this season could be a struggle for the Hillcats. Their roster doesn&#8217;t include the thumpers it had last year, home-run types able to alter a game&#8217;s outcome with a single swing.
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          <description><![CDATA[Two nights ago, when the Hillcats summoned middle infielder Greg Picart to pitch the final inning of a game, it was a quirky footnote that had no bearing on what turned out to be a six-run loss.
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          <description><![CDATA[The Pirates&#8217; new upper brass has a rule, one from which they won&#8217;t waver: If a pitcher throws more than 30 pitches in an inning, he&#8217;s won&#8217;t come out for another. End of discussion.


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          <description><![CDATA[Things went about as well Sunday for the Hillcats as they possibly could as Lynchburg drubbed Wilmington 14-2 at City Stadium.


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          <description><![CDATA[It was a classic case of putting quality ahead quantity. No, the Hillcats didn&#8217;t rip the cover off the ball Saturday evening at City Stadium. Of their nine hits in a 6-3 win over Wilmington, only two went for extra bases.
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          <description><![CDATA[Brian Friday offers a plausible explanation for the Hillcats&#8217; early-season hitting troubles.


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          <description><![CDATA[The record belied the talent. It was April of 1983 and the Lynchburg Mets, the first &#8212; and arguably greatest &#8212; minor league team the Mets machine of the early-&#8217;80s rolled off the assembly line and into this city, inauspiciously stumbled out of the blocks.
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          <description><![CDATA[Lynchburg picked up its first win of the 2008 season Sunday as Hillcats starter Michael Crotta was nearly perfect through almost seven innings and the offense exploded for nine runs against Frederick in a 9-3 victory.
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          <description><![CDATA[The power hitters? They&#8217;re gone. Steve Pearce, Jason Delaney and Brad Corley have all moved up in the Pirates&#8217; system.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[If the word &#8220;bonds&#8221; slips out around a baseball diamond, at best, you will likely get a few aggravated moans, thanks to the recent scandal involving one the game&#8217;s biggest stars &#8212; Barry Bonds. But at its best, at its heart, the game of baseball has and will be about the social bonds developed on the diamond that can span lifetimes. A perfect example is a group of six friends who starred in the Seminole District at the turn of the century.
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