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Friday, February 08, 2008

Copy editors have fun jobs

This headline in the PG made me laugh out loud:

Pirates take a look at Colon in Dominican

It didn't have anything to do with Bartolo Colon, either. And then I thought ... holy crap, Bartolo Colon? Has a Cy Young winner ever fallen faster?

Posted by Pat at 10:34 AM

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