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A-Rod's Story Of A Sensitive Boy

Will Leitchs Unfinished Novel — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:32:28 EST

Eck wasn't drinking PBR, he was drinking Comet, straight from the can.

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diddly — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:26:40 EST

Somewhere, David Eckstein just gagged on his Pabst Blue Ribbon.

And now, I'm forced to like the Eck, whether he drinks PBR or not. Thanks.

diddly

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Tuffy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:09:05 EST

Note to claude balls: If you are called to a meeting before you can post your comment, quit.

Tuffy

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econdave — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:53:28 EST

Hispaniola never gets the love.

But then I thought, "When am I gonna make it back to Haiti?"

econdave

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Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:38:25 EST

Any pictures of a young Corey Lidle playing with toy planes?

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A Pimp Named DaveR — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:37:51 EST

"I wanted children to see that if an underdog like me can make it, so can they," said Rodriguez

Somewhere, David Eckstein just gagged on his Pabst Blue Ribbon.

A Pimp Named DaveR

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claude balls — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:36:01 EST

Note to self: If you are called to a meeting before you can post your comment, reload the page when you return to your office before posting. Otherwise, you look like a doofus.

claude balls

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Chief Wahoo — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:30:49 EST

Wow, I've actually been to the Arawak Reservation on Dominica. Deadspin is great for obscure references.

Chief Wahoo

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Will Leitchs Unfinished Novel — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:30:01 EST

Alex is totally cool with me. But that fucktard Frank Morrison, he really gets my blood boiling.

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claude balls — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:29:54 EST

Wouldn't the more accurate title for a book "authored" by A-Rod be Out of the Closet?

claude balls

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Tuffy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:25:02 EST

"Size". Sorry.

If I had a nickel...

Tuffy

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HeavyPettingZoo — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:14:17 EST

"Size". Sorry.

HeavyPettingZoo

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HeavyPettingZoo — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:13:49 EST

"In To The Uterus", by Shawn Kemp
"In To The Gold Club VIP", by Patrick Ewing, with Forward by Andruw Jones
"Out Of The Closet", a collection of essays by Sheryl Swoopes, Kordell Stewart, Jeff Garcia, Johnnie Morton, the 2006-2007 New Jersey Nets. Free with the purchase of king sixe Snickers bar.

HeavyPettingZoo

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Kid Canada — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:05:02 EST

"When people write [bad things] about me, I don't know if it's [because] I'm good-looking, I'm biracial, I make the most money, I play on the most popular team."

A true underdog story.

Kid Canada

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BigTenObsession — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:02:03 EST

Big Pun definitely had it right, but the original props to the Haitians was from the Fu-Schickens.

And the best 'Boriqua' song is CLEARLY 'Boriqua Posse'

BigTenObsession

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Tuffy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:01:42 EST

Can a Snickers bar go stale? I've never tried letting all that sugar, salt, and fat sit for more than a few moments.

Tuffy

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shea_guevara — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:01:02 EST

And whoever painted that cover, I have a feeling their true medium is velvet.

shea_guevara

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Metschick — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:59:04 EST

No mention of the Caribs.

Now that's an underdog.

Metschick

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shea_guevara — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:55:47 EST

Jeter refused to contribute a blurb to A-Rod's kids book because he doesn't want to tell fans what they should read.

shea_guevara

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Ted Striker — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:55:17 EST

Is there a scene where Lil Alex slaps the snowcone out of an opposing players hand after the game?

Ted Striker

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josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:53:22 EST

Pulling Out by Matt Leinart

I would have thought his business advisor would have advised against early withdrawl.

WRAP IT UP MATTY.

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you

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bigboneded — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:50:15 EST

A-Rod eats Snickers.

For the ghey trifecta, the nexstory needs to be about the "former NBA player" who will announce on Valentine's Day that he is a 'mo too. He will then release a book. Working title: Brokebackboard Mountain. (Thank you F.P. Santangelo.)

bigboneded

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stopmikelupica — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:49:50 EST

I think that Big Pun said it most elequently on "Boriquas on Da Set":

Head cracks for the blacks and the arawaks
My Aztec roughnecks get love too
And if you ain't from the ghetto then motherf*ck you

No mention of the Caribs.

stopmikelupica

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badbabu — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:49:41 EST

The ump on the cover is totally checking out Little Alex's ass.

He wants to give Little Alex his Snickers bar?

badbabu

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goldstar4robotboy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:49:21 EST

I bet this is required reading at new-age feel-gooderies.

goldstar4robotboy

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No Sleeves — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:46:40 EST

The ump on the cover is totally checking out Little Alex's ass.

No Sleeves

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Hextall454 — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:45:25 EST

So he's an overdog?

Hextall454

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Civil Negligence — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:42:29 EST

"My Wife is Hotter than Yours" - 2007 Philadelphia Phillies

Civil Negligence

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goathair — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:42:24 EST

I keep it old school.

goathair

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Metschick — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:39:35 EST

Hispaniola never gets the love.

Represent!

Metschick

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:39:23 EST

Does it have a section where you have your agent get every dollar he can out of a sucker of a team owner?

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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tater — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:38:41 EST

Great job A-Rod! I can't wait til baseball season when the WWL shows all the choking and errors you pull this year.

tater

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BigTenObsession — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:37:23 EST

MC - got represent our peeps. Hispaniola never gets the love.

BigTenObsession

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Lady Andrea — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:37:18 EST

Nice use of the words "Namby pamby" Goathair.

Lady Andrea

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Tuffy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:33:21 EST

The cover says Frank Morrison...

...but I wish it had been Grant Morrison.

Tuffy

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goathair — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:33:19 EST

What a namby pamby.

goathair

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Metschick — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:33:13 EST

The Arawak think the Carib are a bunch of Seymours.

A little Caribbean humor. Me likey.

Metschick

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goldstar4robotboy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:33:11 EST

ah, the Lt, reporting for duty

Also, it's nice to see Alex giving back to MLB. The players are very excited about the book since they read at a third grade level.

goldstar4robotboy

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Trenton Makes The World Takes — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:32:50 EST

Will and A-Rod have alot in common. They both produce semi-autobiographical fiction.

Trenton Makes The World Takes

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ILoveIt — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:32:41 EST

"Nut(s) About Baseball" by John Kruk

ILoveIt

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44 in a Row — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:30:39 EST

Just seeing the cover of this book makes me want to do something manly, like drink motor oil.

Too soon?

44 in a Row

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Metschick — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:30:12 EST

Alex, you're not an underdog. You're listed at 6'3", 225 pounds. You've won the AL MVP twice, and last year, you hit 35 homeruns and that was considered a down year. Underdog, my ass.

Seriously. Alex is the opposite of an underdog. He was the first pick in his draft. He, Jeter and Nomar were immediately named the shortstops of the future. If he would've stayed at SS, he would've shattered the record for most HRs by a SS.

Alex, I know underdogs, and you, sir, are no underdog.

Metschick

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ltwinslow — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:29:54 EST

forgive me if this joke is already stale, as i have been in a coma for the last 30 hours, but...

thats gayer than a snicker's commercial

ltwinslow

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MattMillenFanClub — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:27:19 EST

His next book will be: Out of my Anus (because you're much bigger than my dad)

MattMillenFanClub

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BigTenObsession — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:26:27 EST

The Arawak think the Carib are a bunch of Seymours.

BigTenObsession

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Oops Pow Surprise — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:26:18 EST

Apologies for the, ahem, "low-hanging fruit"...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/CorrectHawk/arodbook...

Oops Pow Surprise

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Mike Honcho — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:25:24 EST

if an underdog like me can make it

Raskolnikov, you forget the part where he makes 20 million a year.

Mike Honcho

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JebusHChrist — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:24:31 EST

I can't wait for lil Sean's book.

JebusHChrist

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rock & rye — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:22:18 EST

"simultaneously published in Spanish"

Since when do books have SAP buttons?

rock & rye

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Raskolnikov — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:21:23 EST

"I wanted children to see that if an underdog like me can make it, so can they," said Rodriguez

Alex, you're not an underdog. You're listed at 6'3", 225 pounds. You've won the AL MVP twice, and last year, you hit 35 homeruns and that was considered a down year. Underdog, my ass.

Raskolnikov

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Mike Honcho — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:20:51 EST

'Into the Windshield, Onto the Pavement' by Ben Roethlisberger

Mike Honcho

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BoSox Siobhan — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:20:08 EST

Surely, the HRC can get behind this book, as it were.

BoSox Siobhan

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badbabu — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:19:02 EST

Pulling Out by Matt Leinart

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Metschick — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:18:58 EST

Civil Negligence: "Carib or Island Carib is the collective name of a people given to them who lived in the Lesser Antilles islands, after whom the Caribbean Sea was named. They are an Amerindian people whose origins lie in the southern West Indies and the northern coast of South America." (from Wiki, of course)

Metschick

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Metschick — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:16:53 EST

What is a Caribe(s)?

He's just appealing to the Latino demographic.

I'm onto you, Alex!

Metschick

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BowdenBowdenBowden — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:16:01 EST

Does the kid in the story also pay millions to motivational speakers and psychologists to boost his self-esteem?

BowdenBowdenBowden

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KOGOD — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:15:50 EST

Who's going to read him the spanish version?

KOGOD

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Christmas Ape — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:15:37 EST

The cover says Frank Morrison but that looks Margaret Keane creepy.

Christmas Ape

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Cam Neely's Gardener — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:14:31 EST

Look at those horizontal creases on that kid's pants! Maybe those two pictures are more similar than we thought.

Cam Neely's Gardener

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KaptainKareem — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:13:41 EST

I think "Out me at the Ballpark" was the original title...but the whole Snickers fiasco made them rethink it....

KaptainKareem

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Lady Andrea — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:13:38 EST

I think more pro athletes should write children's books

Sleepy Time by Terrell Owens
Sucker Punch by Carmelo Anthony
They do Look like Raisins by Barry Bonds

Lady Andrea

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Summer-of-George — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:12:54 EST

Back-to-back gay stories...Fox News does not approve of Deadspin.

Summer-of-George

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Civil Negligence — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:12:01 EST

What is a Caribe(s)?

Civil Negligence

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Signal to Noise — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:10:57 EST

There better be an illustration of Little Alex trying to bitch-slap the ball away.

Little T.O. thinks Little Alex is a choker.

Signal to Noise

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Trenton Makes The World Takes — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:10:04 EST

i heard the working title was "If I choked in the playoffs, here's why"

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Fios — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:09:07 EST

"Out of the Ballpark" or "The Only Place Where I Actually Succeed"

Fios

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diddly — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:08:56 EST

Out of the ballpark, huh? That book must be about the regular season.

diddly

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Packman — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:07:47 EST

Does this second baseman have an affair with his shortstop that ends terribly?

Packman