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  <title>Caption this: In your face (updated)</title>
  <published-at type="datetime">2008-08-12T15:37:09-04:00</published-at>
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        <body>Mid - - speaking of kid show hosts, I enjoyed your CT caption yesterday about the knockout round . . . should have been a winner.
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Like it matters--Jen gets in a post anytime she breathes.</body>
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        <body>Mid - - speaking of kid show hosts, I enjoyed your CT caption yesterday about the knockout round . . . should have been a winner.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-08-13T10:25:22-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Cat Osterman no-hits the Aussies, who let Tanya Harding pitch for them... 
Finsterbaby 

Did she hit with a bat or a nightstick?

Aimless Wonderer | 08/13/08, 10:22 AM 
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Tanya? Come on - she always uses a designated hitter...</body>
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        <body>Cat Osterman no-hits the Aussies, who let Tanya Harding pitch for them...
Finsterbaby

Did she hit with a bat or a nightstick?</body>
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        <created-at>2008-08-13T10:19:33-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Cat Osterman no-hits the Aussies, who let Tanya Harding pitch for them...</body>
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        <created-at>2008-08-13T10:18:02-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Some people say being checked is the best part. 
manta 
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. . . those people would be Pinky Lee?
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Marshall, your thoughts?</body>
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        <created-at>2008-08-13T10:16:01-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Some people say being checked is the best part.

manta
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 . . . those people would be Pinky Lee?</body>
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        <body>Hm, and here I thought my remark about foreign air strikes would have been a surefire attention grabber.  Too soon, maybe?</body>
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        <body>Some people say being checked is the best part. 

manta 
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*snap* 
'MOON RIVER!!!!'
gill | 08/13/08, 10:05 AM 
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That is an utterly disturbing visual.</body>
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        <body>Some people say being checked is the best part.
manta

That's not what Lindros said.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;AP&quot; src=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008_images/CapThis081208.jpg&quot; height=&quot;438&quot; alt=&quot;AP&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; style=&quot;width: 425px; height: 438px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome back to the first post-break edition of Caption This, complete with non-winners. That&amp;#39;s Bulgaria&amp;#39;s &lt;strong&gt;Evgeni Ivanolv&lt;/strong&gt; (with his face obscured by the ball) going up against Japan&amp;#39;s &lt;strong&gt;Nobuharu Saito&lt;/strong&gt; in Olympic volleyball action on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to supply a suggested caption in the comments section. I will post some selections later tonight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;UPDATED&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are a Sweet 16 of selections:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Bulgaria&amp;#39;s witness protection program leaves a little to be desired.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Finsterbaby&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;It was later revealed that Ivanolv&amp;#39;s scream of pain had actually emanated from a less attractive athlete.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Mark G&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Shocking photo purports to illustrate Olympic event lacking any U.S. participants!&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Martel&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;In Bulgaria, ball block you!&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Clef&lt;/strong&gt;, also &lt;strong&gt;gill&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Anthony Verna&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Midvalley&lt;/strong&gt; and Finsterbaby on a similar line)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I dated this guy once. He had this great big goiter on his forehead. Turns out he knew &lt;strong&gt;Ghandi&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Ghost of Jen&amp;rsquo;s Past&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;See Evgeni &amp;lsquo;The Human Seal&amp;rsquo; Ivanolv practice his ball-balancing and jazz hands for &lt;em&gt;VolleyBall -- The Musical&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;ahegel&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;He has that sixth sense all great players have, a real ball for the nose ... wait.&amp;rdquo; (gill)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing leather.&amp;rdquo; (Anthony Verna)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;#39;s a good thing Evgeni had tape on his hands, otherwise he could have gotten hurt on this play.&amp;rdquo; (Midvalley)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Drat. If I could jump three feet higher this could be another &amp;#39;crotch-shot&amp;#39; Caption This.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Rickapolis&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Before touching the ball, Evgeni Ivanolv reads the label carefully to see that it contains no lead or other harmful ingredients.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Tom the actuary&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Evgeni Ivanolv misinterprets the ancient Chinese remedy of acupressure.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;KS Elwood&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is the Olympics&amp;#39; answer to &lt;strong&gt;Mr. Met&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;thehemogoblin&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Tragically, after balancing a volleyball on his nose, Bulgarian Evgeni Ivanolv was clubbed to death after being mistaken for a baby seal.&amp;rdquo; (Sean NJ)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Ivanolv learns that Saito is Japanese for &lt;strong&gt;Cheney&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;manta&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Former soccer player Evgeni Ivanolv still hasn&amp;#39;t learned all the rule differences in his new sport.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;big west&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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