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  <title>Caption this: Head's up edition (updated)</title>
  <published-at type="datetime">2008-09-03T16:03:37-04:00</published-at>
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        <body>I avoided going there in my own comment. Not gonna let you lead me down that road...
SoBeGaPe- It's Complicated | 09/04/08, 11:18 AM 
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Good idea.  Pete seems a bit edgy this morning...of course, Pete does deal with us all day, so that might explain things.</body>
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        <body>Good timing Marsh, new post up</body>
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        <body>we cut the tires in half to use as lawn decorations
DOC - Major Medical | 09/04/08, 11:19 AM 
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Wasn't that from Martha Stewart?</body>
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        <body>Save yourself some paint and buy whitewalled tires...

DJ C - Pete 3:16 
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Not enough white that way.  We like 'em to look like doughnuts covered in powdered sugar............... (mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, donuts).</body>
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        <body>No, no, you just paint them white and line the driveway with them.

DOC - Major Medical | 09/04/08, 11:21 AM 
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Save yourself some paint and buy whitewalled tires...</body>
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        <body>The cars are on blocks because we cut the tires in half to use as lawn decorations 

DOC - Major Medical | 09/04/08, 11:19 AM 
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Croquet?

DJ C - Pete 3:16 
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No, no, you just paint them white and line the driveway with them.</body>
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        <body>The cars are on blocks because we cut the tires in half to use as lawn decorations

DOC - Major Medical | 09/04/08, 11:19 AM 
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Croquet?</body>
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        <body>Precisely! If you put your cars up on blocks in the front yard, well, you already have the appliances out on the front porch, and the overall effect tends to be a bit too &amp;quot;busy&amp;quot;. Having the appliances on the front porch, and the cars around back strikes a much better balance and allows for a much more natural &amp;quot;flow&amp;quot;. (And people say us southerners are not sophisticated!)

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The cars are on blocks because we cut the tires in half to use as lawn decorations</body>
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        <body>It means I only use one hand.... 

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DJ C - Pete 3:16 | 09/04/08, 11:14 AM 
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I avoided going there in my own comment.  Not gonna let you lead me down that road...</body>
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        <body>3....2.....1.....
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Eww.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;AP&quot; src=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008_images/CapThis090308.jpg&quot; height=&quot;357&quot; alt=&quot;AP&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; style=&quot;width: 425px; height: 357px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to another edition of Caption This. That&amp;#39;s a shot from this afternoon&amp;#39;s Marlins-Braves game in Dolphin Stadium. The bat belonged to Marlins catcher &lt;strong&gt;John Baker&lt;/strong&gt;, at least until it flew out of his hands.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to supply a suggested caption in the comments section. I will post some selections tonight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;UPDATED&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t generally deal in superlatives, but this might be the finest collection of fake captions in the history of fake-caption contests in the English-speaking world, plus &lt;strong&gt;Barzhac&lt;/strong&gt;. Here&amp;#39;s a Sweet 16:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;The first-annual &amp;lsquo;&lt;strong&gt;Mike Piazza&lt;/strong&gt; Day&amp;rsquo; with special guest &lt;strong&gt;Roger Clemens&lt;/strong&gt; did not go very well.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Midvalley&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Marlins go to extreme measures to keep two women from kissing during the game.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;manta&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Marlins came to regret asking &lt;strong&gt;Leryn Franco&lt;/strong&gt; to throw out the first bat.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Martel&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Marlins plan to use the T-shirt cannon to distribute other promotional items went horribly awry.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Tim in NY&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Tired of comments about his bat speed, Marlins catcher John Baker decided to go for distance.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;KS Elwood&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;After the game, Baker stopped by &lt;strong&gt;Tatum Bell&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#39;s house for a lesson in sticky fingers.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;RedWing314&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the first time since 1920 that a thrown bat has hit 0.5% of all the fans in the entire stadium.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Steve1240&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Baker attempts to answer the question: What if &lt;strong&gt;Ron Artest&lt;/strong&gt; played baseball?&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;fluffy kitten&lt;/strong&gt;; Barzhac also invoked Artest)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Baker is trying to give a new meaning to the &amp;lsquo;nosebleed&amp;rsquo; section.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;vgtwoomph&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Marlins discovered that putting the bat rack behind the fourth row was not the ideal placement.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Tom the actuary&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unfortunately, John Baker&amp;#39;s idea for a daytime Bat Signal is a spectacular failure.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Aimless Wonderer&lt;/strong&gt;; others along the Batman line included Martel, &lt;strong&gt;gill&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;AF1 &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Mark G&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Marlins have fewer fans than you can shake a stick at.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Zowie&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Unfortunately, John&amp;#39;s new game of &amp;lsquo;Duck, Duck, Bat&amp;rsquo; wasn&amp;#39;t accepted nearly as well as he&amp;#39;d hoped.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;DJ Chris&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Whoa! What does this look like? A belfry?&amp;rdquo; (Mark G)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Baker wins bet with teammate when he claimed he could throw his bat in the stands and not hit anyone.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;big west&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;And this was the last time that any fans tried sneaking up to the front row.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;mgbode&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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