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		<title>Minnesota Who? Minnesota Wild!</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2011/12/10/minnesota-who-minnesota-wild/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ASmith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hockey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a time to be a Minnesota sports fan.  Well, at least a Minnesota hockey fan.  Well after tonight’s Gopher loss to Michigan Tech, it’s a good time to be a Minnesota Wild fan. The wild are still clinging to the top spot in the NHL after playing with nearly 10 rookies and having a regular rotation into the training room.  Latendresse and Zidlicky have been out a majority of the season with Clutterbuck and Setoguchi missing recent games.  Perhaps the most noteworthy injury is Josh Harding’s “upper body” issue resulting from an errant elbow from a fellow Wild member.  This has been noteworthy because, with Backstrom already sidelined, the Wild called up Matt Hacket from the Houston Aeros of the AHL.  He made his NHL debut after Harding went down in the first minute of the game on December 6th.  His first start came the next game on December 8th.  He’s handled himself surprisingly well in his first two appearances notching a win in both games. It seems like finally one Minnesota team has things going right for them (knock on wood).  Hopefully the Gophs can come back tomorrow night to split the series with Tech. It’s also worth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3pts Please!</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2011/03/10/3pts-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hockey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its pretty simple to me if an overtime game is worth 3 points then all games should be worth 3 points.  The NHL has a great product to offer the sporting public.  They just keep getting in their own way.  Darren Haynes tweeted this image earlier in the day and I can&#8217;t help but like it. (image below).  I&#8217;m a Minnesota fan and even with the 3 point system the Wild wouldn&#8217;t be in the playoffs today.  They would have a games in hand on teams ahead of them and would be in a much better position to catch one of the final spots in the playoffs.  Until the NHL decides it&#8217;s time to give up the 3 point overtime ruse the regular season will continue to be a bit of a cluster.  Currently there is no reason to win in the final 5-10 minutes of the 3rd period.  There is more incentive not to break a tie so that you make sure you get at least 1 point.  If the winner got three points from a regulation victory there would be more incentive to play in those final 5-10 minutes because 3 points add up a lot quicker then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolves Win?</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2011/03/03/wolves-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timberwolves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[20/20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T-Wolves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick thoughts on the game tonight. Darko was out for family reasons. Anthony Randolph killed it tonight Pek was Pek and still looks lost K-Love can play Flynn must have read what I wrote earlier in the day because tonight he cared The Pistons are garbage so keep it in your pants Beasley got eaten up Neither team seemed all that into playing defense Scoring is fun to watch How many 20/20 games can K-Love pull off a season? I love the promotion/relegation system in soccer (world football) and it&#8217;d be great if the NBA could pull this off.  It&#8217;d make the Wolves hungry and it&#8217;d help to keep the good players on teams that matter.  Just think about guys like K-Love playing for the Wolves if they were going to get relegated.  K-Love could find himself in a lesser league unless he and his boys pulled the team out of the fire.  Just think about it for a little while.  Usually when teams relegate the players have to take pay-cuts because theoretically they were part of the reason they team has fallen from grace.  Guys like Beasley and Flynn would try each and every night.  NBA garbage time would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolves Thoughts&#8230;looking for the draft</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2011/03/02/wolves-thoughts-looking-for-the-draft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timberwolves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Timberwolves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wolves are in another tail-spin of a season.  From afar this team is a worthless piece of junk that deserves contraction.  From the fans perspective its time to start digging and at the 2011 draft.  What do the Wolves have right now.  What do the Wolves need to be in the conversation.  What will it take for the Wolves to be contenders.  What is a realistic time-line for this team? Currently the Wolves are 27th on the Hollinger Power Rankings.  (Hollinger somehow has the Heat #1 so his rating system must be called into question.)  Britt Robson over at SI.com has the Wolves sitting at 29th.  The common thread between the two rankings is that the Wolves are young and play poor defense.  Hollinger&#8217;s stats show the Wolves rebound well, but they turn the ball over too much and that despite a break-neck pace they are a -6.7 when comparing offensive efficiency to defensive efficiency.  Robson bases his power rankings on watching games and teams play instead of strictly off of stats.  Robson&#8217;s ranking for the Wolves is based on how he doesn&#8217;t like their make-up across the board.  Robson doesn&#8217;t see Love/Darko working in the front court defensively.  Robson talks about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gopher&#8217;s V Bison November 24th Style preview</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/11/23/gophers-v-bison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking over the Bison&#8217;s roster and box scores from this season.  From the paper alone its not looking good for the Bison.  Unless the Bison&#8217;s website isn&#8217;t accurate they max out at 6&#8242;-9&#8243; 250lbs and they start a 6&#8242;-8&#8243; 230lbs freshmen at center.  The Gopher&#8217;s are going to be starting a front line that boasts 6&#8242;-8&#8243; 240lbs Trevor Mbakwe and 6&#8242;-11&#8243; 241lbs Ralph Sampson III.  That&#8217;s just two of the Gopher&#8217;s six &#8220;big men&#8221;.  At the same time the Bison did take the Oregon Ducks to overtime in their official season opener.  If the Bison are on their toes and the Gopher&#8217;s suffer either a post Puerto Rico let-down or a pre-Big Ten v ACC trap game this could be interesting.  Otherwise, I&#8217;ll be more interested in seeing the Gopher&#8217;s 2nd and 3rd teams and any exotic offensive/defensive sets that Tubby decides to trot out. For the Bison look-out for senior Michael Tveidt this season he is averaging 16.5 points per game and he&#8217;ll probably be matched up with Rodney Williams.  Either way it&#8217;ll be interesting to see if Williams can stick with his man defensively or purely tire him out on the offensive side of the ball. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twins Offseason 2010 part 1 (infield thoughts)</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/11/21/twins-offseason-2010-part-1-infield-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mnsportsshot.com/?p=767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know the Twins lost to the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs this past fall.  Target Field was a huge success this past season.  Danny Valencia was a huge success.  Francisco Liriano was a huge success and finally seems to have regained his &#8220;stuff&#8221; following Tommy-John surgery.  Cuddy played well at 1st in Morneau&#8217;s stead but that is of course at the expense of losing a perennial potential MVP.  Now, its time to start drawing up the plan for next season. The infield needs a make-over, and this isn&#8217;t new news for the Twins.  Short-stop has been a revolving door since Jason Bartlet was traded too the Rays.  Before that when was the last time the Twins had a competent starting short-stop?  The Twins haven&#8217;t had any luck or ability to draft the position.  Not that the Twins haven&#8217;t drafted short-stops its just that none of them are playing short-stop at the major league level.  The 2010 season saw Orlando Hudson paired with J.J. Hardy at 2nd and short-stop.  J.J. Hardy is arbitration eligible, while Hudson is a FA this off-season.  At first the hope is that Justin Morneau is able to make a full recovery from the concussion he sustained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the world turns</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/10/07/and-the-world-turns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mnsportsshot.com/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Twins are taking on the Yankees again, and losing the first game of the ALDS at home. What&#8217;s new there?  Jesse Crain hanging a slider and Mark Teixeira depositing it just inside the right foul pole for a 6-4 lead that the Yankees bullpen made hold-up. Outside of the fact it took for freaking ever it was a pretty good game and I was really happy with the Twins defense. The Wild are taking on the Canes in Finland. They jumped on them early, however its been all Canes so far into the 2nd period. Its been sloppy on both sides. The Canes have let the Wild own the crease on both ends of the ice. The Wild don&#8217;t look a lot faster then they did last year, which I contend was our biggest weakness. Backs looks better then he did last year early but he&#8217;s still not the steel curtain he was a few years ago. Madden and Cullen don&#8217;t lose face-offs and that&#8217;s nice, but they do seem to have cement skates. Can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve heard Hav&#8217; name called much today until he missed on that great 1-1 against Cam Ward but thankfully Cullen was there to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Always remember to cook safely</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/04/26/always-remember-to-cook-safely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my other life where I work and toil to pay the actual bills I had to take a food safety course today.  First off food safety is assuredly important stuff to have a handle on, but at the same point in time it&#8217;ll freak your shit out if you think about it.  Today I went through my eight hours of mandatory training and outside of a few food code changes/updates what I took from today was our instructors love of the absurd.  To honor the day and to remind everyone to always prepare their food safely here are a few choice quotes. You should probably think about this the next time you bite into a Dome-Dog. Chicken is dirty and bad Insects and rodents aren&#8217;t a food safety concern but instead are a food confidence problem.  (How can you sell food if you&#8217;ve got rats running all over the place.) Its impossible to perform pathogenic free farming because pathogens are everywhere.  Its also pretty stupid to think you could perform genetic free farming but that&#8217;s also stupid Don&#8217;t trust the damned chicken ever Never used galvanized anything Tomatoes cut are bad Pete&#8217;s private parts do not like coffee Eating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go to Games</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/04/18/target-field-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jumbo-Tron]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you go to Twins games, you will be put on the jumbo-tron.  Just remember you&#8217;ll be in HD to the whole stadium. Please remember this and know it&#8217;ll rock when you do.  If you get us a photo we&#8217;ll throw it up on the site.  Here is jumbo-tron photo number one. Digg this! Share this on Facebook Post this to MySpace Tweet This! Email this to a friend? Get Shareaholic]]></description>
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		<title>Chan Ho Park is honest</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/04/13/exploding-diarrhea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chan Ho Park is honest.  Chan Ho Park is clean cut.  Chan Ho Park has diarrhea.  All logical and easy to understand things.  Really the only one I don&#8217;t get is why the Yankees forced Park to shave.  Park was so menacing with his Phillies beard that they should have made the exception.  Let&#8217;s hope he gets better unless the Yankees are playing the Twins.  Look at Mauer. Just in case you didn&#8217;t believe me.  That scruff is fierce. Digg this! Share this on Facebook Post this to MySpace Tweet This! Email this to a friend? Get Shareaholic]]></description>
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