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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Phoney-baloney

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 01:34 PM

Mark Messier, the day before the big game: I guarantee that we will win.

Gary Carter, 23 years after the possibility of a big game: We would have found a way to win.

Is everything out of a baseball player’s mouth a news story?

And for people too young enough to remember how much Mike Scott got in their heads, there’s this classic picture (of Gary Carter), standing at the plate, turning back to the catcher, pointing to his mitt with the ball, and yelling to the umpire to check the ball for scuffs.  Gary Carter was the phony-baloney before ARod and Tiger Woods made it famous.

Hat tip: Repoz.

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