Wash That Jurrjens Right Outta Your Hair
February 19, 2010
Category: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft
Jair Jurrjens went for an MRI the other day. Results came back negative, which is oddly enough a positive. That’s nice. I wouldn’t go near him with your fantasy baseball team. I don’t wish ill on anyone, except for Jamie Kennedy. If you want risk, leave the mayo out in the sun for three hours. If you want to win your fantasy baseball league, don’t go drafting a guy who’s already getting MRIs. The list of players who have had arm problems in February and have gone on to have solid seasons is one: Luke Appling, but he was a total hypochondriac and probably didn’t have any arm problems to begin with. I’ve dropped Jar-Jar out of my top 40 starters for 2010 fantasy baseball and took 40 innings away from his projections. Anyway, here’s some more goings-on for fantasy baseball:
Johnny Damon – My guess is the Tigers will get their Damon. I’ve already ranked Damon in my top 300 for 2010 fantasy baseball and really don’t think his value changes wherever he signs, assuming it’s not back at The Stadium Next Door To The House That Ruth Built. Raburn’s value will be hurt if Damon goes to Motown, which is a shame because Raburn had some intriguing upside. Oh, well, so sad.
Austin Jackson – Looks set to leadoff. This is good for his value, but, to keep your hopes in check, I point you in the direction of Jordan Schafer’s April last year.
Eric Young Jr. – Early word out of Rockies camp is EY Jr. will not make the opening day roster. Now all the hearts around Young’s name on my Trapper Keeper look really dumb. I hate you, Melvin Mora.
Koji Uehara – Headed to the bullpen. This will give him more time to make his delicious Korean tacos.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia – May not be ready for the start of the season. Somewhere the guy who had to sew the letters on the back of Salty’s jersey shakes his fist at the sky.
Wade Davis – Rays are reporting that Davis will be able to throw 200 innings in the majors this year. This comes the same week Verducci shook his skull cane at him. I think Davis will land somewhere in the middle like Monie and Malcolm. I’m leaving him and his projections alone for now. Definitely still someone to look at late, but you don’t want to go friending only AL East pitchers anyway.
Ted Lilly – Having an MRI for his knee. This is in addition to the shoulder surgery he’s recovering from. Sounds awesome. Maybe he can get mono from Casey Kotchman next. I’d stash Lilly on a DL if he were around at the end of a draft, but don’t go crazy with yourself.
Josh Hamilton – Three root canals in the last three days. Sounds like someone likes the nitrous oxide a little too much.
Kelvim Escobar - Unable to grip a baseball with his right hand. That never stopped Jim Abbott.
February 19th, 2010 at 12:49 am
First comment woot!
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February 19th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Ah yes, but Uehara becomes that most prized of possessions of MR. Bs that count Holds – an RP with SP eligibility.
Actually, no one (least of all me) really gives a rat’s arse about that, but I wanted to subscribe to the post and I try to at least pretend to bring some relevance to these discussions.
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February 19th, 2010 at 4:35 am
@Grey: Hamilton needed those root canals because of the meth mouth. Check out the image … or dont. Your call.
http://www.thebody.com/hivmonth/gifs/0807/MethMouth-800px.gif
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February 19th, 2010 at 4:57 am
lilly gets no love so i was targetting him,ive learned my lesson on young arms(davis)and the abbout comment might require a few hail marry,s
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:06 am
bummed about Jurjens and Lilly, because now people will go after pitchers that I wanted. Lilly’s fine, but I never go after him.
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:08 am
omg, noyoudinint just reference “monie in the middle”
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:18 am
For what its worth, johan says the rumor about escobar is not true. Says he played catch with him.
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:19 am
“That never stopped Jim Abbott.”
Already have a line of the year contender and the season hasn’t even started yet.
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:20 am
Hamilton=MLBs version of Bubbles
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:20 am
i like davis a lot this year as a late round flier..grey whats your thoughts about joe saunders this year is he worth a late round flier?
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:23 am
better DL stash: Lilly or Bedard?
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:28 am
pitching coach Rich Dubee on Cole Hamels: “The success won’t come back until the demeanor changes. The attitude and the focus.”
encouraging….
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:32 am
I don’ comment much but I lol’d (did I really just type that) at the Jim Abbott reference.
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Damn, you deserve some credit for your Monie in the middle reference.
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:52 am
Re: Jim Abbot – Ha!
Do any of you guys know of a good comprehensive list of Fantasy relevant injuries?
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:02 am
@matthole: Yikes. Is Cole turning into a headcase?
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:06 am
Tigers do not have Damon yet. The Chicago Sun Times stated they’d be surprised if Damon didn’t go to the Sox. I don’t get the Sox interest beyond driving up Detroit’s price. Where would they put Damon? Their OF is full.
Also, if Damon is signed by Detroit I still hope they bat Jackson at the bottom of the order. The kid doesn’t need to be thrown into the fire like that.
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:08 am
@matthole: I would lean toward Bedard personally…
@matthole:I’ve heard a lot of grumblings along this line about Hamels for a while now, nothing too new
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:15 am
hey can i ask a dumb Yahoo question re: stashing
weird you should mention Lilly. i was thinking about him and Volquez this morning. if Volquez goes undrafted in my keeper leaague i was thinking about taking him with my last pick and waiting for August.
i cant remember how Yahoo works at the start of a season. would a sidelined pitcher come up as NA or DL? because i cant burn a bench spot that long.
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:33 am
***20-team dynasty contract league***
We can keep up to three players picked up as free agents the previous year and assign them one 1-year, 2-year and 3-year contracts, respectively.
I’ve already decided to give Chris Carter, 1B, OAK the 3-year. But I am having a hard time deciding on which two of the following three players to keep, and who to give the 2-year contract?
Melky Cabrera
Alberto Callaspo
Ian Desmond
Whoever I do not keep, I’ll try to trade to a team that doesn’t have any decent free agent keepers.
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:46 am
The Sox can definitely use Damon. He’d be a perfect fit. He’ll trade starts in the OF with Q and hit #2 behind Pierre. Or if Pierre flops, he can leadoff. It gives an opportunity to spell Q at DH without relying on uber-schmohawks Kotsay and Jones.
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:55 am
@matthole: TPB reference? Conky episode?
@brett: baseballinjurytool.com
@matthole: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20100219_Hamels_getting_his_arm_-_and_his_head_-_right.html
New articles on Hamels just about every day- working to improve his curve
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@Steve: Ha!
@sean: I’m not clicking on that link. I’d prefer to get Rick Rolled 300 times in a row.
@AL KOHOLIC: Lilly’s going to miss the first month of the season. Caveat emptor.
@Byrone: Hehe
@TimSTi: Thanks!
@matthole: Ha!
@mikey boy324: No on Saunders. Prefer a Floyd, Buehrle, Penny, etc.
@matthole: Oh, Hamels will be good this year.
@KyleJames: Thanks!
@WorldBFree: Word.
@brett: This site’s kinda crazy:
http://www.baseballinjurytool.com/
You might lose 3 hours there, sorry.
@Frank Rizzo: re: Hamels — Sounds kinda like that, right?
@matthole: Bedard
@Matt Tweeters: He’d be DL’d, just a matter of Yahoo DL’ing him.
@Commish Cauda: Desmond — two years, Callaspo — one year.
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February 19th, 2010 at 8:16 am
What Kwak says. When you’re worried about Kotsay and Andruw losing at-bats, then you’re worrying about the wrong things.
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February 19th, 2010 at 8:51 am
someone did not post FIRST did they? wow
what is this espn? yahoo? LOL
@grey- a commentor just mentioned something about damon fitting in the white sox line up, is there rumors of them looking at getting him? Or is that just a “dream” of that commentor?
and whats the ceiling for austin jackson?
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@Tony: Yeah, White Sox are in the runnng. As I said above though, don’t think it changes Damon’s value.
Ceiling for what career? This year? He’s a very light power, light speed guy right now.
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:00 am
@Tony: there are rumors of it on yahoo
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:03 am
@Smokey!: @Grey: Woah! Thanks. I’ll definitely be spending some time there.
All I need right now though is a list of everyone who’s currently injured. I’d hate to draft someone like Jurrjens without realizing he has a gimp shoulder, y’know?
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:09 am
@Grey: The crack about Abbott was fine, but nobody mentioned the Heading; combining Jurgens lotion and South Pacific was brilliant, if whacked. There haven’t been any insults of Pete Grey in awhile. Actually, I find it rather amazing that a guy with one arm had a career BA over .218. He actually surpassed the Mendoza Line! Of course, all deaf and mute pitchers in the 19th century all were nicknamed “Dummy”.
One comment on Hamilton. As a former Addictions Specialist, the relapse rate for crack addicts is incredibly high. And he punctured the dam by drinking a year or so ago. Drafting him is beyond high risk.
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@Paulie Allnuts: “Of course, all deaf and mute pitchers in the 19th century all were nicknamed “Dummy”.” – Ha!
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:30 am
@Grey
ummy Hoy was probably the best of them, although he wasn’t a pitcher. He stole over 600 bases in the 1880′s. SAGNOF! Dummy Taylor won over 100 games for John McGraw’s Giants. There were quite a few others, but those were the ones I recall off the top of my head. Taylor’s manager – i think it was McGraw, but I’m not sure, learned sign language to communicate with him. In one game, the umpire saw them signing to each other, suspected that they were talking about him, and threw them both out of the game. True story.
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@Paulie Allnuts: That’s awesome, now I know who to turn to when I want to write the throwback roundup.
Speaking of dummies, anyone watch this Tiger press conference? His badly rehearsed head shakes like he’s ashamed are pathetic.
EDIT: Word.
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:35 am
@Grey: yeah he entertained me last year in the rcl league with some great stories
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:37 am
@Paulie Allnuts: what league you in this year?might still be an opening in our keeper auction league if your interested
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@AL KOHOLIC: You gotta watch Tiger… Now that’s entertainment.
It’s Ellin and I, you dummkopf!
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:41 am
@Grey: he bored me,ellin on idol hasnt been bad,not as hot as ellin woods but entertaining
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@AL KOHOLIC: She’s been all right, I feel like she’s trying a little too hard.
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:43 am
@Grey: ya i was asking what type of guy is austin jackson, 20/20, 15/35, etc…..?
i guess more for the future, bc i wouldn’t expect much this year as you said….
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:43 am
@Grey: ive never liked her and expected worse,i liked it early on with weekly subs
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Can someone explain the Luke Appling comment to me? I had to baseball-reference it and I can’t find a pitcher. I think your referencing things from before my time.
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@Tony: You can search it on site, but I think I have his projections at around 10/20.
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:47 am
@Grey: Same old deal with Tiger wasn’t it? Small group of ‘favoured’ reporters in attendance?
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:49 am
@Grey: love to do a throwback piece. Old baseball stories are a hobby of mine.
@AL KOHOLIC: I’m in Tony’s One’s are Good Enough $50 League. Tony and Simply Fred are morphing into CHONE. They have charts up their keisters. I’m prolly gonna get my ass whupped. Plus I’m in 3 Yahoo leagues. And I was going to reduce my leagues this year. Just when I was gonna get out, they pull me back in. But I’m sorry we missed out on being in the same league. Things happened so fast, the rush was crazy. Razzball is taking off. Gary (Zairangulus SP?) our league winner, contacted me as well, a bit too late.
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February 19th, 2010 at 9:49 am
@Steve: looked like a ashton kutcher act,rehearsed but sucked
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@Steve: The hugs at the end were even rehearsed, and badly. So weird how he can be so coordinated with golf, yet completely awkward shaking hands.
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@Old Rungo: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,888073,00.html
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Re Tiger…it’s almost like these guys don’t learn how to recoup their image. how not to do it, McGwire, Clemens, Rafael, ARod and now Tiger. They are all so fake, it’s sad. and they can’t be themselves because then everyone would hate them.
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:08 am
@Grey how do you find this stuff? entertaining article.
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Grey, in a H2H points league, who do you like better long term?
Alvarez, Jennings, Stanton, Ackley? Someone else?
I have a minor league keeper pick to make and Heyward/Strasburg are off the board. The player can’t have any MLB experience and I will have the rights to him forever. It is a 12 team league, so I don’t necessarily need my keeper to contribute right away, although it would be nice to catch lightning in a bottle too. I just want the best chance at a Top 20 overall fantasy player in the next 2 years.
Advice from anyone else is appreciated too.
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:10 am
@Paulie Allnuts: only my second year of roto, which i found out last year its a whole different beast! Been a H2H guy for about 9 years i think? I think with a good razzball base we’re all on about level playing field. Believe me I didn’t want our league to be $50 because I think have some advantage on everyone! If anything I did it to make it interesting, more competitive, and give some incentive for all the work we each do!
and….I HATE chone. Too conservative, Bill James is too wild, personally all ranks are a crap shoot. You can give a rough guesstimate, but when it comes down to it you cant REALLY predict a Mark Reynolds or a Ryan Braun breakout. With other more proven guys say ADAM DUNN, i dont need chone or anyone to tell me he’s a 40HR guy. YA KNOW.
Plus chone sounds too much like chode…..
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:13 am
@Old Rungo: @Grey: “Old Aches and Pains” What a great nickname! Taking a gander at Luke’s stats; his best season, 1936, was pretty strange. He batted .388, had 128 RBI’s, an OBP of .474, SLG % of .508, an OPS of .981, but while every one was clubbing homers, Appling had 7 all year! In fact, lifetime, he hit over 1110 RBI’s, but had only 45 Home Runs. Of hand, I don’t know of any other player with that unbelievable discrepancy. Maybe Appling is now David Wright’s role model…
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:14 am
@Tony: Was hoping you were tuning in, so I could tweak you
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@Old Rungo: Studying for Jeopardy!
@ProBeez: Well, someone else could be just about anyone, but of those names I like them Jennings, Alvarez, Stanton… in that order.
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:17 am
@Grey: Must be that New Zealand caddy of his who lead him astray.
Biggest laugh of the whole episode for me has been ‘Stevie’ saying he knew nothing about it. Apart from club selection, chicks are all those guys talk about. Golf clubs, I mean.
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:17 am
@ProBeez: Go with Jesus Montero. Better bat than Wieters (according to Callis) and Heyward (according to Goldstein).
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:21 am
@bill: Yeah, but the last thing I need is another 1B or DH. No way he stays at C.
@Grey: Well someone else has to be someone that has never played in the Show….but I get where you are coming from. Thanks for the help.
I am leaning towards Jennings, but I hate his injury history and am scared I might be missing out on the next big Top 10 slugger in Alvarez.
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:28 am
@ProBeez: I think Montero has the same chance of sticking at C as Alvarez has of sticking at 3B. Cashman also hinted at trying him out in right. He’s starting the season in AAA, so he’s a Posada/Johnson injury away from PT. The bat is getting Pujols and Miggy Cabrera comps.
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@Steve: Ha… The farcical thing is to think he’s going to stop.
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:42 am
If anyone is interested in joining a 3 sport keeper league at Yahoo! send me an e-mail.
MLB – 5 keepers
NBA – 5 keepers
NFL – 3 keepers
It’s a 10 team league, same managers in all 3 leagues.. 2 open spots.
My email is blondieash186@yahoo.com
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:55 am
@Grey: Never gonna give you up!
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:56 am
@Paulie Allnuts: haha first day back at school ALL WEEK…. i dont post AS MUCH at home…. i’m really busy here today tho too.
i’m always lurking tho.
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February 19th, 2010 at 11:01 am
@Frank Rizzo: I know that you’re a Tigers’ fan, but I think the ChiSox easily spend on an OF they don’t “need” to make sure that Detroit’s offense stays terrible. Jackson, Sizemore, Cabrera, Maggs, Guillen, Inge, Santiago, Laird? Vomit.
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@Ashley: Hey, it’s our lady reader. Hey, lady reader.
@sean: Damn you!
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February 19th, 2010 at 11:12 am
I’m not down with the Jim Abbott comment at all. Am I overly sensitive? Probably, but this isn’t a site where I come to read political correctness.
For some reason, I find it to be the coldest line I’ve read on this site for a while.
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February 19th, 2010 at 11:24 am
@IowaCubs: And I giggled, much like my 7 year old niece when someone in the room farted…
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February 19th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Would it be fair to say that Appling wasn’t as strong of a fielder as Abbott and Escobar might be more of a hypochondriac?
PS After just listening to a Charlie Manuel interview: Am I the only one that thinks he loves mustard on his french-fried potaters?
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@Tom Reale: Charlie Manual definitely wears overalls. I think Oswalt and him could go on for hours about tractors.
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February 19th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
@Grey: Are you referring to the end where he said “between Elin and me”? If so, then I have to side with the sleazeball adulterer over you on this one, Grey. Between is a preposition, so what follows should be the object form — in this case, me instead of I.
Sorry — just a pet peeve of mine!
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February 19th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
@Grey: Oswalt to Manuel: I like the way you talk. Manuel to Oswalt and Peavy: I like the way YOU talk. Just keep that sickle away from Doc this year.
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@Dingo: Ha… I’m not sure now… Was watching it while doing other stuff. You and Tiger might be right.
@Tom Reale: Ha!
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February 19th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Yep, I’m back.. Hello mustache man!
By the way, 3 root canals in 3 days is nothing. I saw today that Lil Wayne got 8 root canals in 8 hours… Beat that Hamilton!
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@Ashley: Sounds like he had a three alarmer on his grill.
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