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Spring Training
February 28, 2014 at 2:30 am
A harbinger of spring for the poor bastards back east who are just cleaning up from another series of storms and facing a deep freeze next week.

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The Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals train a mile from my house and I'd go watch if I gave a shit about either team.

Meanwhile....it is 15 degrees in NY, 14 in Boston, 7 in Chicago and 3 in Detroit.
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RE: Spring Training
February 28, 2014 at 2:33 am
Oh, god, SPORTS. DOES IT EVER END?! Even the boring ones like golf get their own television channels. Sports are just awful. I can't decide which is worse, religion or sports.
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RE: Spring Training
February 28, 2014 at 6:43 am
Sports is like a religion where we get to boo our gods. Way less stressful.
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RE: Spring Training
February 28, 2014 at 7:16 am
I can't get away with it this year (just moved, new job, etc.), but this is an ideal time for a little break. I just may end up in your neck of the woods next year. My Reds are down the road in Goodyear.

There's no chance of me becoming a full fledged Mets fan; however, Citi Field is less than 4 miles from where I live (Turner Field used to be 50) so my wife an I look foward to more ballgames. The proximity even puts weekday games in play.
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RE: Spring Training
February 28, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Yeah - Goodyear is about 15 miles due south.
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RE: Spring Training
February 28, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Phillies fan here, I imagine we will do not a fucking thing. Ryan Howard says he's ready this year, which means he will instead be second in strikeouts this year.
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RE: Spring Training
March 2, 2014 at 3:53 pm
Go Nationals!
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RE: Spring Training
March 2, 2014 at 5:35 pm
The fucko buckos are my team. I look forward to another year of baited disappointment.
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RE: Spring Training
March 3, 2014 at 7:18 am
(March 2, 2014 at 5:35 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: The fucko buckos are my team. I look forward to another year of baited disappointment.

But they were great last year!
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RE: Spring Training
March 3, 2014 at 8:03 am
(February 28, 2014 at 2:33 am)futilethewinds Wrote: Oh, god, SPORTS. DOES IT EVER END?! Even the boring ones like golf get their own television channels. Sports are just awful. I can't decide which is worse, religion or sports.

Couldn't agree more. How different America would be if the nation's culture more reflected my own.

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