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Last February, I received an email from a friend-of-a-friend of the publisher at Philadelphia magazine who wanted to know if The Daily Examiner, the Philly mag blog I was writing for at the time, would be interested in having weekly interviews with Shane Victorino throughout spring training. The guy told me Victorino was trying to increase his profile going into the season as the Phillies new center fielder. The goofy Flyin' Hawaiian was replacing Aaron Rowand, who was coming off career year at the plate and a man who'd endeared himself to the Philly cretins for all eternity after he smashed his face into center field wall. More »
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