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Delmon Young Doesn't Believe in Straight Lines


Just in case you missed it, last night David Ortiz rekindled some of his clutch magic leading the Red Sox to a 5-4 come back win in which he had all 5 RBIs, including a Walk-Off Home Run. Because MLB will take down any good video footage of the home run in a matter of hours lets just do a screen grab of how piss poor Delmon Young was at robbing the home run last night. (Click on the image to expand it)

Delmon decided, as you can see in the picture, to run to the wall 10 to 15 ft. closer to the foul pole from where the ball landed, pivot towards where the ball lands, run in circles and finally get to the spot where the ball went over the wall right as the fans in the first row go to catch the ball, which was at most head high. Only the Devil Rays could suck this badly. That probably was one of the easiest Home Run balls in the history of Major League Baseball to rob. It stayed in the air forever and landed in the first row over a wall that is approximately hip high.

And for all my ass bag Red Sox fan friends here's a video from someone who shot the HR and celebration from the stands.

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Anonymous said…
and carl everett doesn't believe in dinosaurs so what
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Anonymous said…
Hey Simon, quit crying and post more human tetris videos.

~Are there any questions about the Chargers? Do you want to talk about the football game? That statement pretty much covers it for me.
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