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  <updated-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T07:16:32-04:00</updated-at>
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  <title>Been up to bat</title>
  <published-at type="datetime">2007-07-31T18:51:49-04:00</published-at>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T06:40:27-04:00</created-at>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;Hey footie fans. As I live in San Francisco, I&amp;#39;ve been serving on &lt;strong&gt;Barry Bonds&lt;/strong&gt; Watch for a couple weeks, which is why it&amp;#39;s been slim pickins&amp;#39; on the soccer front.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s been an interesting time here in the Bay Area, as the soon-to-be Home Run King is just as polarizing here as he is in the rest of the world. There may be 43,000 fans cheering him on at AT&amp;amp;T Park, but he&amp;#39;s fairly reviled around these parts too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In case you&amp;#39;re curious, here&amp;#39;s what I&amp;#39;ve been up to in baseball:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/26/bonds.giants/index.html&quot;&gt;With or without Bonds, Giants are simply a bad team&lt;/a&gt; (7/25)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/24/bonds.monday/index.html&quot;&gt;Bonds feeling pressure to break record at AT&amp;amp;T Park&lt;/a&gt; (7/23)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/17/bonds.endorsements/index.html&quot;&gt;Tainted image costs Bonds millions in endorsements&lt;/a&gt; (7/20)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/11/all.star.game/index.html&quot;&gt;With contract reportedly settled, Ichiro tees off on NL&lt;/a&gt; (7/10)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/10/derby.mccovey.cove/index.html&quot;&gt;Hordes in McCovey Cove left Derby disappointed&lt;/a&gt; (7/9)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#39;ll see you back here soon for more soccer stuff. In the next few weeks we&amp;#39;ll get the World Power Rankings going again. I&amp;#39;m also lobbying hard to get some phone time with &lt;strong&gt;Thierry Henry&lt;/strong&gt;, and I&amp;#39;ll also dig up some new nuggets on the reborn San Jose Earthquakes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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