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	<title>On the Road with Bobby V. and Frank Ramppen</title>
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	<description>Stamford native Bobby Valentine blogs about life and baseball from the Land of the Rising Sun</description>
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		<title>Reaching a milestone: 1,600 wins as a manager</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/09/14/passing-a-milestone-1600-wins-as-a-manager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! 
Sorry it’s been so long since our last entry.  We’ve been battling through the end of a long, very difficult season.  Actually things have been a little better of late as we have won seven of the last 10 and tonight was a special one.
I am honored to have been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National High School Baseball Championship</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/08/17/national-high-school-baseball-championship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently in Japan,  one of the great sports traditions is taking place, THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.  (This year is the 91 year of the tournament.)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/National_High_School_Baseball_Championship_of_Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school_baseball_in_Japan
 Each year, every high school, 4041 this year, from all 47 Prefectures in Japan compete for the National Championship.  Prefectures are similar to states in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Bobby Forever&#8217;: Now that&#8217;s a big flag</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/08/04/bobby-forever-now-thats-a-big-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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At the beginning of the game on Sunday we all had a pleasant surprise.
As always, as our starting lineup in being announced the right field cheering section (Oendan) rolls out and enormous banner that covers the entire section that says “Marines is my Life.”
Well today’s game was sponsored by Master Card and the sign was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A restaurant with monkey waiters?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/31/a-restaurant-with-monkey-waiters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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About one month ago while watching CNN International, which is often our only source of English TV in Japan when we are on the road, we saw a segment on a small restaurant in Japan that has monkeys serving the customers. Very intriguing for someone who has years of restaurant experience.
At Bobby V’s, good service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Tim Brown and Lou Holtz</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/27/meeting-tim-brown-and-lou-holtz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are in the middle of the All-Star break and have five days off.  We will practice on two of those days and have the rest off so we have a lot of free time.  Bobby, as always, has a full schedule of commitments, speaking engagements and so on, and will be entertaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A unique way to break up a no-hitter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/27/a-unique-way-to-break-up-a-no-hitter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/27/a-unique-way-to-break-up-a-no-hitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s one for the fans that you don&#8217;t often hear about.
In the third game of our recent series against the Fighters we were up against the mighty Yu Darvish, Japans&#8217; top pitcher. He was up to form again and had a no-hitter through six innings. As our team was coming off the field to hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pictures: Bobby and Frank go skiing in Hokkaido</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/24/pictures-bobby-and-frank-go-skiing-in-hokkaido/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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We are currently in Hokkaido, the northern most region of the country that is very close to Russia, for a 3 game series against the now first place Fighters.
Hokkaido is absolutely beautiful. The weather is similar to northern New England so right now there is no humidity and it is very comfortable compared to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, a victory!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/20/finally-a-victory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After losing 7 games in a row, we finally won tonight 7-4 over the first place Hawks and Ct’s own, Gary Burnham was the hero.
After a 12 day, 9 game road trip to Sendai, Hokkaido and Osaka, we returned home to Marines Stadium for a 3 game series against the Hawks.  Unlike the US, all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A visit from Richard Gere</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/10/a-visit-from-richard-gere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we had a game in Sendai. Sendai is a lot 150 miles north of Tokyo and really reminds me of New England. There are many trees and rolling hills. We had a very special guest before the game.
Richard Gere his wife Carey and son Homer took the 1 hour and 40 minute Shinkasn (Bullet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longest game in Pacific League history</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/03/longest-game-in-pacific-league-history/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/valentine/2009/07/03/longest-game-in-pacific-league-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Thursday, July 2, 2009, and we are in Tachikawa, the city we got lost trying to drive to as mentioned in a previous entry, to play the Lions.  Since our last entry we have played four games, winning two and losing two.  We split the last two games of the series [...]]]></description>
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