<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Preview</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><description>Preview</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Given the History, Rivalry Should Come Naturally]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8255-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8255-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Much has been made of the baseball rivalry that is about to be born, or rather reborn, between Washington and Baltimore. Nationals Manager Frank Robinson has been asked about it constantly in spring training. His answers often seem a bit peculiar. The Orioles legend can't seem to get the word "rivalry" out of his mouth. Not with a straight face anyway. No matter how he tries, his answers always return to the same theme.]]></description><author> Thomas Boswell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[BREWING A RIVALRY]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8748-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8748-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[First of all, dispense with the cute nicknames, like "Battle of the Beltway." A great rivalry doesn't require a nickname. Only the names of the teams involved are needed to describe it: Yankees-Red Sox . . . Cubs-Cardinals . . . Dodgers-Giants. Cute nicknames are what happen when you try to concoct something fake: "Subway Series." "I-70 Series." "Battle of the Bay."]]></description><author> Dave Sheinin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Sox-Yankees Is Difficult to Top]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8479-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8479-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You thought it couldn't get any bigger after 2003, the year the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox extended the Greatest Rivalry in Sports into October, the year Pedro Martinez threw Don Zimmer to the ground, the year Aaron "Bleeping" Boone won the pennant. You thought the rivalry had reached its pinnacle. And then came 2004.]]></description><author> Dave Sheinin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Longest-Running Feud in Baseball]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8481-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8481-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Sept. 11, 1918:  The Boston Red Sox win the World Series.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn Yankees!]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8480-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8480-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Philadelphia Athletics (1927-32)    :  Managed by Connie Mack and led by Hall of Famers Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons, the Athletics finished second to the Yankees three times (1927, '28, '32) but won three pennants (1929-31) and two World Series (1929, '30). Sure, one of their second-place finishes was by 19 games  --  to the 1927 Murderers' Row Yankees team of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Earle Combs, Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock. But the A's returned the favor in 1929, finishing 18 ahead of the Yankees. From 1934 to '69 the Athletics finished in last place 17 times and never higher than fifth.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giants-Dodgers Covers a Lot of Ground]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8285-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8285-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Dodgers-Giants rivalry is one for the ages. And the distances.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington Nationals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9691-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9691-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BATTING ORDER <br> 1. Endy Chavez CF <br>2. 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Melvin Mora 3B]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orioles Tickets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9707-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9707-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Orioles Tickets<br>  Oriole Park at Camden Yards<br>Opened: 1992]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orioles Roster]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8739-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8739-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<block><table><tbody><tr><td>     No. </td><td>   Pitchers </td><td>   B/T </td><td>   Ht. </td><td>   Wt. </td><td>   Age  </td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Kurt Ainsworth</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-3</td><td>210</td><td>26 </td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Rick Bauer</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-6</td><td>225</td><td>28 </td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>Erik Bedard</td><td>L/L</td><td>6-1</td><td>190</td><td>26 </td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Daniel Cabrera</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-7</td><td>230</td><td>23 </td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Bruce Chen</td><td>L/L</td><td>6-1</td><td>210</td><td>27 </td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td>Eric DuBose</td><td>L/L</td><td>6-3</td><td>215</td><td>28 </td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Jason Grimsley</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-3</td><td>205</td><td>37 </td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>Jorge Julio</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-1</td><td>230</td><td>26 </td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>Steve Kline</td><td>R/L</td><td>6-1</td><td>215</td><td>32 </td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Rodrigo Lopez</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-1</td><td>190</td><td>29 </td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>John Parrish</td><td>L/L</td><td>5-11</td><td>190</td><td>27 </td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>Sidney Ponson</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-1</td><td>250</td><td>28 </td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Steve Reed</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-2</td><td>210</td><td>40 </td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Matt Riley</td><td>L/L</td><td>6-1</td><td>220</td><td>25 </td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td>B.J. Ryan</td><td>L/L</td><td>6-6</td><td>250</td><td>29 </td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td>Todd Williams</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-3</td><td>210</td><td>34 </td></tr></tbody></table></block><block><table><tbody><tr><td>   No. </td><td>   Infielders </td><td>   B/T </td><td>   Ht. </td><td>   Wt. </td><td>   Age  </td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Chris Gomez</td><td>R/R</td><td>6-1</td><td>190</td><td>33 </td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Melvin Mora</td><td>R/R</td><td>5-11</td><td>200</td><td>33 </td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>David Newhan</td><td>L/R</td><td>5-10</td><td>180</td><td>31 </td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Raf]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AL East Sidebar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9814-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9814-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[2004 standings <br>New York;101-61;.623;  --  <br>Boston;98-64;.605;3]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AL Central Sidebar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9813-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9813-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[2004 standings<br>Minnesota;92-70;.568;--<br>Chicago;83-79;.513;9]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AL West Sidebar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9815-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9815-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[2004 standings<br>Anaheim;92-70;.568;--<br>Oakland;91-71;.562;1]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NL East Sidebar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9821-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9821-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[2004 standings <br>Atlanta;96-66;.593;  --  <br>Philadephia;86-76;.531;10]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NL Central Sidebar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9820-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9820-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[2004 Standings <br>Team;W-L;Pct.;GB <br>St. Louis;105-57;.648;  --]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NL West Sidebar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9823-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9823-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Team;W-L;Pct.;GB<br>Los Angeles;93-69;.574.--<br>San Francisco;91-71;.562;2]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[1. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8382-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8382-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_sports/leaguesandsports/mlb/preview</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Any discussion of the 2005 San Francisco Giants must be broken into two categories: With Bonds, and without Bonds. (Come to think of it, the baseball season as a whole can be viewed the same way.) If Barry Bonds misses much or all of the season, as he says is possible, the Giants look like a very ordinary team  --  albeit one that can still win a division in which everyone else looks just as ordinary.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>