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As a long time Twins fan and an even longer-suffering Cubs fan I woke up dismayed to learn that Francisco Liriano has been traded to the hated South Siders. Ever since his sterling rookie performance that had him at 12-3 with a sub 3.00 ERA to start the season, Frisco has been one of my favorite pitchers to watch. His slider is a brutal, in-your-face roundhouse that makes the greatest hitters of a generation look like Little Leaguers. Sadly, throwing it is apparently the equivalent to thrusting your arm in a garbage disposal, for all the havoc it has wreaked on his elbow. So he heads to the White Sox, where, undoubtedly, he will immediately transform into the top-of-the-rotation ace he was always supposed to be, thus burying my hopes and dreams in one silky, sinking motion.
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| This isn't so much a pitch as it is a giant f-you to whoever the victim standing in the box may be. |
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Kevin Durant demonstrated why, in a game of 5 on 5, he is the best player in the NBA right now, by demolishing France to the tune of 22 points while sitting most of the fourth quarter. When asked how the reigning NBA champions could have beaten the Dynamic Duo of Westbrook and Durant, the star French player, Tony Parker could only shake his head. "Well, sometimes you are in a club hanging with Drizzy and bottles start flying, and sometimes David Stern gets pissed off at Cleveland, it's just how it goes," he didn't explain.
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Magic world is concerned, M13 is shaping up to be a ridiculously competitive, even, and entertaining format.
In fact, the winner of Grand Prix: Shanghai played only two rares in his Top 8 dominating build of red/black aggro. Of course, he did have two Arms Dealers..
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| If you have two of these, Krenko, and two Krenko's Command, and you lose? Richard Garfield appears to take your Magic playing privileges away. |
