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			<title><![CDATA[Sadly, Julio Franco Cannot Play Forever]]></title>
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				One wouldn't think that this would be classified as "news," necessarily, but we still find it noteworthy, and kind of sad: Julio Franco has <a href="http://liga.mexicana.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080501&content_id=392631&vkey=news_l125&fext=.jsp&sid=l125">officially  announced his retirement</A>.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/386557/sadly-julio-franco-cannot-play-forever" title="Click here to read more about Sadly, Julio Franco Cannot Play Forever">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 May 2008 17:01:01 EDT]]></pubDate>
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				<EM>Time once again to check in on the world of minor league baseball, with Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise!</EM>				<a href="http://deadspin.com/290513/whos-a-good-dog-who-gets-a-michael-vick-chew-toy" title="Click here to read more about Who's A Good Dog? Who Gets A Michael Vick Chew Toy?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:20:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
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				We didn't get a chance to get into this yesterday, but we really need to give a full-throated, stand-up salute to Julio Franco, who very well might have played his final game.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/278112/is-this-the-end-for-our-hero" title="Click here to read more about Is This The End For Our Hero?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:00:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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				<a href="http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/19/3032113.html">The Mets won last night</A>, but clearly, something's going wrong with that team, sublimely timed for the <EM>Sports Illustrated</EM> cover jinx. Over at Nyjer Please, <a href="http://nyjerplease.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/18/3030627.html">they've got some "inside" info that the team no longer gets along</A>. And the problem seems to be ... Julio Franco?				<a href="http://deadspin.com/270156/those-crazy-kids-at-shea-cant-get-along" title="Click here to read more about Those Crazy Kids At Shea Can't Get Along">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:00:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Julio Franco's Career, In Pixels]]></title>
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				How long has Mets octogeniarian Julio Franco been around? So long that his career actually spans the whole era of video game baseball. From the Atari 2600 to Bases Loaded to MLB 06, Franco has been around for all of it. The great minds at Progressive Boink &mdash; <a href="http://www.progressiveboink.com/dugout/">those responsible for the genius that is The Dugout</a>, which provides us with pretty much the first belly laugh we have, every day &mdash; has put together a retrospective of Franco's career, set to all your favorite video game baseball hits of the '80s, '90s and today.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/174341/julio-francos-career-in-pixels" title="Click here to read more about Julio Franco's Career, In Pixels">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 May 2006 12:00:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Closer: Forget Steroid Testing, Franco Needs Carbon Testing]]></title>
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				Notes from a day in baseball:				<a href="http://deadspin.com/168757/the-closer-forget-steroid-testing-franco-needs-carbon-testing" title="Click here to read more about The Closer: Forget Steroid Testing, Franco Needs Carbon Testing">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:15:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Julio Franco Cryogenically Signed]]></title>
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				What Julio Franco has done, playing professional baseball well into his late 40s, is amazing, astounding, incredible, whatever you want to call it. We salute the elderly when they find things to keep active and useful.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/141904/julio-franco-cryogenically-signed" title="Click here to read more about Julio Franco Cryogenically Signed">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:22:36 EST]]></pubDate>
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