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The Rays want chinbeards? THEY CAN’T HANDLE THE CHINBEARD!
A few Joe Blanton items designed to please his biggest fans:
A great article on Joe & family: Blanton’s exploits thrilled parents, confidants - MLB - Yahoo! Sports.
The sweet homerun (Youtube will pull it soon) :

And after the jump, two bonus photos. One shows his eyes clearly open [...]

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Play this: “Get Busy” - The Roots

Thank you Jimmy Rollins for putting the Dodger crowd on their heels a bit — the ones that showed up, I mean. From my field level seats, I could easily see over a dozen seats in my section alone that were no-shows for the entire game. But, the fans [...]

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Play it: “Winners Take All” - Aesop Rock
The MLB Playoffs mean way more photogs assigned to cover each game. I was at the Phillies win on Monday night. Quite a tense experience, I can say. I can’t say it was completely fun. For 7 innings, I was the lone red hat in a sea of [...]

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“50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” - Paul Simon
I just wanted to make sure nobody at all missed my favorite NFL player’s wondrous miscue. His name is Dan Orlovsky, and he’s a backup QB for the worst team in the league. Greatest player ever!. Ever? Seriously, are all Orlo(v)skys really absent-minded? Is it a genetic [...]

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Play: “To Victory” - 300 Soundtrack
Update: What is this?  Well, two weeks ago when the Eagles played the Steelers, there was a highlight of a play when #20 Brian Dawkins had his feet tied up by a defender, but launched himself through the air to strip the ball from Steelers quarterback Ben Roesthlisberger. When I [...]

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Well, I said if Kentucky Joe got a W in September, I’d do it. And tonight, he pitched a piss-poor game against the Marlins, but was somehow bailed out by Jayson Werth’s big bat. Hey, a win is a win! And, I’m taking full credit for it, too. Never let it be said that I’m [...]

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Just think, if Brett Favre hadn’t been so impatient in forcing the Pack’s hand, he might’ve ended up in New England with Brady down.  Now, that would have been a much better story than Favre with the Jets. I picked up Matt Cassel for my fantasy team. It’s a gamble.
“Right Place Wrong Time” - Dr. [...]

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Well, Joe Blanton didn’t have it today against the Nats, getting pulled early. It’s not looking good for the new guy, ol’ Kentucky Joe.  I defended the move when the Phils picked him up, so I’m gonna do what I gotta do to help him be successful.
So, if Joe Blanton records a W in the [...]

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The past never dies, it gets repackaged as retro chic — or at the very least it always comes back as an ironic indie band name.  ESPN writer Jeff Pearlman highlights a great example of this immortal truth this week.
“We should be ‘Randy Ready,’” one said.
“No,” said the other. “We can do better.”
“We should be [...]

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Play this while you read:  “Summertime” - Kenny Chesney
You’ve gotta feel a little bad for superstar country singer Kenny Chesney. He’s on top of the country game, living the good life. Yet, he’s seemingly always facing some Brokebackish speculation about his choice of after-dark hayloft companionship. Even when he goes out of his way to [...]

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