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		<title>Heath Featured on Front Page of MiLB Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nittany Lion single-season home run king recognized for his three long balls on Friday. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. &#8211; Former Penn State catcher Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.) was recognized for his three home run performance on Friday with a front page story on MiLB.com, the official website of Minor League Baseball. Heath went deep in each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDT: Heath’s reunion cut short by call-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vinny Pezzimenti Ben Heath’s return to State College was brief, uneventful and, surprisingly, featured no fanfare whatsoever. His departure, however, was far more fruitful. Heath, the former Penn State baseball standout, learned early Saturday morning that his homecoming at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park would be cancelled. The reason: Heath was being promoted from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/08/08/cdt-heath%e2%80%99s-reunion-cut-short-by-call-up/</link>
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		<title>Injuries forced rising Clark down to Class A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Darryl Grumling, Special to the Mercury Earlier this season, Craig Clark was successfully scaling the rugged mountains of minor league baseball. Over the past two months, though, the Spring-Ford graduate has had to deal with some obstacles which have for the moment curtailed his climb. Clark, a 25-year-old left-hander, saw a promising start for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/08/03/injuries-forced-rising-clark-down-to-class-a/</link>
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		<title>Collegian: Baseball excited for Nebraska matchup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Penn State and Nebraska&#8217;s baseball teams have combined for more than 6,000 games played and nearly 4,000 wins since both programs began playing more than 100 years ago. Yet, the two programs have never faced each other on the diamond. That should change in two seasons, when Nebraska begins [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/07/15/collegian-baseball-excited-for-nebraska-matchup/</link>
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		<title>Baseball is fun again for Lehigh Valley IronPigs All-Star pitcher Nate Bump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not many paths to Coca-Cola Park and the Triple-A All-Star game have taken as many turns and twists as Nate Bump&#8217;s. From south Florida to Shreveport, La., to State College to Camden, N.J. to, now, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the 33-year-old Towanda, Pa., native has journeyed down almost every highway professional baseball has to offer. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/07/15/baseball-is-fun-again-for-lehigh-valley-ironpigs-all-star-pitcher-nate-bump/</link>
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		<title>Tri City ValleyCats video story on Ben Heath</title>
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		<title>FanGraphs: David Aardsma’s Worst</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by R.J. Anderson The book on David Aardsma was always the same: power arm with a blessed fastball, but wild command and an affinity for fly balls – and by extension, home runs. He was essentially a major league journeyman. The former first round pick out of Rice had spent the first few seasons of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/07/07/fangraphs-david-aardsma%e2%80%99s-worst/</link>
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		<title>Bump named a AAA all-star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A club-record four Lehigh Valley IronPigs were chosen to participate in the 2010 Triple-A All-Star Game presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network on July 14 at Coca-Cola Park, the International League announced today. Three IronPigs &#8211; 1B Andy Tracy, 3B Cody Ransom and reliever Scott Mathieson &#8211; were elected to the starting lineup while RHP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/07/02/bump-named-a-aaa-all-star/</link>
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		<title>Nice Father&#8217;s Day story on the Wines.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cory is now playing ball with the Florence (KY) Freedom and the team did a story on his family and their baseball connection for Father&#8217;s Day. FLORENCE, KY &#8211; Baseball has long been synonymous with the bond between father and son. The difference between coach and spectator mirrors the tightrope all fathers walk as both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/06/22/nice-fathers-day-story-on-the-wines/</link>
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		<title>Ben Heath Named Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA Third Team All-American</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Former Penn State catcher Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.) continues to rack up the postseason honors as he was named a Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Third Team All-American on Wednesday. It marks Heath’s third All-America honor after being named to both the Louisville Slugger and PING!Baseball second teams. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.happyvalleyhardball.com/2010/06/17/ben-heath-named-pro-line-athletic-ncbwa-third-team-all-american/</link>
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