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Say again?

Words you see in writing, that you'll never hear anyone say out loud: Indefatigable Now write it down and show it to the first 5 people you see and ask any one of them to even try to say it out loud. I'll bet you just tried to say it to yourself and had to try 2-3 times before you got it. Am I right, people? And how many times did it come out as indefaggotable before you got it right?
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Ev and Cheryl watching the 2011 Champs take the field for the first game.

Of Opening Day, Beer, and the Power of the Peanut

162-0 – No stopping us now, Babee! Call it the Power of the Peanut! But the most important story of course is that just when I was afraid they wouldn’t be able to sell any more beer at CBP this year, everything changed.(Explanations to follow) And who needs Chase Utley and Jason Werth?! No doubt in the headline above, it’s explained that this is one person’s account of Opening Day at the ole ballpark. I guess I’ve gone to about 20-25 opening days for the Phillies through the years and have the ticket stubs to prove it. I’ve been to a Stanley Cup clincher in 1974, the World Series clincher in 1980 (no ticket stub for that one – I bribed a guard to get in), the 1981 Super Bowl, NBA championship games, and over 1000 consecutive home Flyers games. I've been to Broadway on a Saturday night  (American Idiot last month), and I've eaten Hominy Grits in Hominy, Oklahoma, caviar in Russia and french fries in France. Heck, I've even seen Sinatra sing Chicago in Chicago. But there i