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My Fancy Opening Day Essay

by Chris Marcil

Once again, first pitch rituals renewal Rite of Spring across our land. Despite steroid once-innocent clouded astronomical salaries no longer of yore, ancient spell languid summer evening unmatched NFL concussion Super Bowl saturnalia. Prediction: Yankees Red Sox Rangers Nolan Ryan Pujols Cubs 1908 Red Sox Yankees. Marlins home run thing. Play ball!

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