Nominate Players for Gaslamp Ball's All Fictional All-Star Team
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 11:29 AM PDT
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Okay I came up with this idea last night while watching the absolutely terrible movie For the Love the Game. It was on cable and I'd never seen it so I thought I'd take it in. I ended up fast forwarding through all the non-baseball related stuff, the dramatic pauses and most of the baseball related stuff. The movie went by really quick.
Here's the idea, we are going to create the first All Fictional All-Star team in time for the real All-Star game. What we need you to do is nominate fictional characters for each position and then vote on said nominations in later polls. We will not be accepting nominations of cartoon or comic characters, such as Charlie Brown, etc.
So I'll start with some nominations, but please nominate your own. If you like another readers nomination, then please recommend it. When you nominate please link the character name in case others don't know them.
Nominations:
Pitchers: Billy Chapel, Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh, Pitcher Youngberry, Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn, Prof. Vernon K. Simpson, Amanda Whurlitzer, Steve Nebraska, Henry Rowengartner, Jack 'Deuce' Cooper, Mel Clark, Miles Pennfield II, Ryan Dunne
Catchers: Crash Davis, Gus Sinski, Dottie Hinson, Jake Taylor, Hamilton 'Ham' Porter, Bruce Pearson
First Base: Clue Haywood, Lou Collins, Jack Elliot
Second Base: Marla Hooch
Third Base: Doris Murphy, Ed, Roger Dorn
Short Stop: Tanner Boyle
Outfield: Roy Hobbs, Willie Mays Hayes, Stan Ross, Bartholomew 'Bump' Bailey, Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, Kelly Leak, Bobby Rayburn, Max 'Hammer' Dubois
Coaches: Pop Fisher, Red Blow, Jimmy Dugan, Jackie Robinson 'J.R.' Cooper, Coach Morris Buttermaker, Ron Stilanovich, Uchiyama, Lou Brown
Groupies: Annie Savoy, Millie, Lynn Wells, Jane Aubrey, Harriet Bird, Memo Paris, Tenley Parrish
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Dorn was a 3B
I’m nominating Amanda Wurlitzer as our starting pitching. NO ONE threw a curveball like she did.
by Winfield's Ghost on Jul 7, 2008 11:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
juuuust beat me to it
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amanda....
I don’t know if that’s a good idea…there are rumors of a drug problem.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Her
and Tatum O’Neal. I don’t know if I could hit that curveball, but damn would I try.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dorn was a 3B
their catcher was Jake Taylor.
was Pedro Cerrano an OF
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
All-Star....
Steve Nebraska HAS to be on this list.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nebraska was a pitcher.
But he also hit towering homeruns almost every at-bat…so, your call.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's been a long time since I've seen some of these movies
so help me out on positions too.
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1B
Haywood (the dude with the moustache on the Yankees in major league that always bombs Rick Vaughn)
sorry i’m all about Major League
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
First of all
what the hell are women doing on this list?
Secondly,
I think Moonlight Graham should be a coach/trainer
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You didn't have a problem with the Chimpanzee?
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope
The chimp was funny.
Nothing about A League of Their Own was.
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you don't think its funny...
when the annoying little boy gets hit in the face with a glove and falls down?
You know I could go for a sandwich, but uh, I'm not gonna open two jars. I can't be opening and closing all kinds of jars.
by C8LIN B on Jul 7, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never made it all the way thru the movie
Fat Tom Hanks, chicks playing baseball…Madonna AND Rosie O’Donnell??
No thank you
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about
Robotic Reggie Jackson (Naked Gun) for the outfield
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Chet Steadman a.k.a. The Rocket
Finally, a picture nicknamed the Rocket that I can get behind!
by 'Eaters on Jul 7, 2008 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Batshiat crazy? You bet!
Or wait, does it count that he’s also Gary Busey?
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another pitcher
Sam “May Day” Malone
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do TV shows count?
Honorable mention for Ann Veal in Arrested Development. She’s a wall back there.
by California Penal on Jul 7, 2008 11:59 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What about?
Hayden (Sidd) Finch – Pitcher.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
this one wins for me
this story is so hilarious
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fictional Dan Uggla
can you cure us of this fate
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know General Omar Bradley?
There’s too close a resemblance!
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahhahahahahahhha
rec city
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
First Base - Lou Collins
from Little Big League
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
who was the guy on the Mets that crushed him?
he looked like Dante Bichete
by 'Eaters on Jul 7, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Garden-hosen!
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't Dottie Hinson pitch, too?
And what would we call sister RBIs if we had Kit, too?
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dottie was just a catcher
The other pitchers on the Peaches were Ellen Sue and Betty Spaghetti
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really wish I had a more photographic memory...
So I could get the rest of the positions, but Homer was a right fielder, and Mr. Burns was one hell of a manager…
by pjbno4 on Jul 7, 2008 12:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but they said no cartoon characters
which is total BS!
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All these posts
and nobody defends the movie against JBox’s acerbic claim?
At the risk of sounding like a run fairy, For the Love of the Game kicks total ass and JBox’s opinion should not be trusted.
by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 12:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ehh
I somehow saw it in theaters, and about 3/4 of the way through, I realized I had been lured into a trap in which baseball was the delectable bait. I am a jaded movie-goer.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's no doubt
that it’s not strictly a baseball movie. But it’s still a very good movie and the way it addresses baseball is interesting and I think ultimately honest.
by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phantom
You have to realize that for jbox “absolutely terrible movie” just means “no nudity”.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
I did really like
“deploy… the Mechanism.” The baseball parts were good.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I second Jbox's opinion
I cannot tell you how much I hate For Love of the Game. It had so much potential and was a really good idea.
I signed up to see a movie about what a pitcher thinks about as he’s achieving greatness….....and that did not include flashing back to a stupid romantic flick and his whiny girl.
It was a marketing ploy that made me hate a movie more than I probably should. If it was sold as a romantic chick flick (which it is)..then I wouldn’t be so upset with it.
Make a baseball movie…not a chick movie…they don’t belong together….rawwwwwwwrrrrrrr!
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disagree completely
as they pretty effectively wove the implications of his relationship into his shot at the perfect game. It made his accomplishment that much more important, that in spite of all the things he’d been through, he was able to end his career with a perfect game.
I’ve got no idea how the movie was marketed as I didn’t discover it until only recently. It is most certainly a baseball movie. That would be like saying Field of Dreams isn’t a baseball movie since most of the movie is about him trying to reconcile with his father.
by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you've thought way too hard about a kevin costner movie
by Dex on Jul 7, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is why I like Phantom so much.
“Disagree completely as they pretty effectively wove the implications of his relationship into his shot at the perfect game.”
This is fantastic on so many levels.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scenario A)
You are married. You have to go see a movie with your wife. It’s the closest thing to compromise you’re going to get, and it might score you an extra at-bat when you get back to the clubhouse.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the epitome of the compromise movie
but there is no way you can convince me that a dude on the mound, in the middle of a perfect game, is thinking about those things.
It’s so ridiculous.
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
but if you believe what Bouton says in Ball Four, baseball players are easily distracted by the womens.
by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah surrrrrrrrrre (ball four reference)
Still…the movie sucks more than Wiggins mother.
by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"How do you like to be kissed?"
LOL!
I guess I should have paid more attention to the trailer, as well.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, dude
when we were at the brewery tour and the woman said “teabag” and you started giggling and giggling, it made me think back to when me and my friends were 10.
by Dex on Jul 7, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i loved For Love of the Game...
but that is my opnion not JBox’s… can’t really argue against that…
You know I could go for a sandwich, but uh, I'm not gonna open two jars. I can't be opening and closing all kinds of jars.
by C8LIN B on Jul 7, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are there any other SS besides Tanner Boyle?
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i don't remember the guy from Major League.
the only role player they ever really talk about in that movie is their Right Fielder “Tomlinson”
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would you need one?
Who is gonna be better than Tanner?
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just curious if there were more
but I’m totally drawing a blank
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What position did Matt LeBlanc play in the movie Ed?
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 1:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
or for that matter
Air Bud (Seventh Inning Fetch)?
by Dalton on Jul 7, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't resist
Chiming in.
Tony Danza, as Mel Clark, from Angels in the Outfield, as a starting pitcher.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In the flesh?
Or on the ethereal plane?
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the flesh. So when he gets a fictional non-strike call, he can go “eh, oh! oh, eh!”
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the criteria here?
and is there a write in ballot?
Because I would like to nominate… Jewel for SS!
Thanks,
Ilovejewel69247365
"Yesterday was yesterday. Today is today.
There is no tomorrow. Make it today."
by The Kipper on Jul 7, 2008 2:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is the part where you get to nominate players
that we’ll vote in later, so this is your write in chance. Jewel? The yodeler?
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Kipper...real, real nice guy. (Too bad he drinks.)
BTW – I have a great Jewel story.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's my parents fault
"Yesterday was yesterday. Today is today.
There is no tomorrow. Make it today."
by The Kipper on Jul 7, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen any of the movies you guys are talking about
But I’ve got enough sense (or enough vodka in me and on me) to know that Jewel is as good, if not better than half of the woman nominated. And she lives in Del Mar, no?
"Yesterday was yesterday. Today is today.
There is no tomorrow. Make it today."
by The Kipper on Jul 7, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bruce Pearson
Bang the Drum Slowly, catcher.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that's a good one
if you’re looking to suck all the joy completely out of the party.
by Dex on Jul 7, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on now
He played with more heart than anyone else! What more could you ask for?
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you all know...
That in the novel, For the Love of the Game, Billy Chapel pitched for a fictional National League squad from Atlanta? I don’t actually recall the name of the squad actually being mentioned, but according to wikipedia, it’s the Hawks. The Atlanta Hawks. I don’t know whether to be depressed, or try to find a joke in how mediocre both the baseball team or the basketball teams really are.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is the book a romance novel
with Fabio on the front cover?
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha
Considering what the author typically wrote about (war), a sports book with Fabio on the cover would’ve been fascinating. But it actually looked like this:
Unless you saw the trade paperbacks today, that had Kevin Costner on the cover.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From Publisher's Weekly
Reading this posthumously published baseball novel is best compared to watching a gifted young player whose promise slowly fades with every strikeout and weak groundball, despite occasional flashes of potential.
What current Padre is he talking about?
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fabio pitching.
Here’s a shot of Fabio after getting hit by an Albert Pujols line drive.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahahaha
Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia. The maiden voyage of roller-coaster Apollo’s Chariot.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
michael barrett?
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe nobody suggested this one
Benny “the Jet” Rodriguez
Whatever position he actually played…
No wait, damn it, his actual full name was mentioned above. Oh well, I’m going to post it just for the lame resemblance to Jacoby Ellsbury that some may or may not have noticed.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Another winner
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my college buddies
went to HS with Mike Vitar. Played football with him.
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ron Stilanovich
should definitely be head coach
“hardball made easy” rules
Padres fan since 2006
by TheRevRun on Jul 7, 2008 2:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
crap
i forgot about the kid from hardball that wore the headphones. filthy stuff.
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 2:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
at pitcher
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miles Pennfield II
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Middle infielders
don’t get much love in fiction.
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 2:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
here's why
The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story
by Peter Lefcourt
1992
Buy The Dreyfus Affair
From HarperCollins: “Consider the possibilities: In the middle of a pennant race, a team’s star shortstop falls in love with his second baseman. Which is exactly what happens to Randy Dreyfus, the best-hitting, best-fielding, best-looking, and most happily married young shortstop in the major leagues. The Dreyfus Affair combines romance, comedy, social satire, and some of the finest baseball writing in years. The result is a rollicking, provocative odyssey through one unforgettable World Series championship.”
from “outsports”
gotta love the wonders of google.
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Not that there's anything wrong with that..."
by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"oh no!!!"
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, man...
in the middle of a pennant race? That’s just unacceptable.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
aka
the story of the 2008 new york yankees
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But that's shortstop and third.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
details details details
you KNOW they read this book to each other in the bathtub.
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We know Khalil is straight.
No self-respecting gay man would have a haircut that bad. It is so not fabulous.
by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no
that “based on a true story” they put in the beginning of the movie is just for fun
May you be mounted by a rabid dog. You're lower than rat excrement.
by iLOVEkouz5 on Jul 7, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
br.com
there’s a baseballreference.com page on him.
if it’s on the internet it must be true!
by penguinpatrol on Jul 7, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta love Wikipedia
check on the page on Ed.
by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
phil flameheart?!?!?
i love the internets.
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
That movie had Jesus (nonLopez) in it.
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by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm
Coach: Guffy McGovern from the original Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Catcher: Billy Brubaker from Summer Catch
i don’t think i saw those anywhere
You know I could go for a sandwich, but uh, I'm not gonna open two jars. I can't be opening and closing all kinds of jars.
by C8LIN B on Jul 7, 2008 4:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bobby Rayburn
for outfield. All the tools of Barry Bonds, including tax evasion
by 'Eaters on Jul 8, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Shoeless Joe Jackson - Field of Dreams
Shoeless Joe Jackson – Field of Dreams
http://us.imdb.com/character/ch0009408/
by 3ptSpecialist on Jul 9, 2008 10:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The only problem
is that these are real people and we’re trying to do only fictional characters.
by jbox on Jul 9, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitcher - Babe Ruth - John Goodman
by 3ptSpecialist on Jul 9, 2008 10:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Should we add the Whammer?
from the Natural.
by jbox on Jul 9, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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