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Ugh

Posted by linkmeister on 19 February 2012, 2:30 pm

I was listening to the U of Hawai’i – U of Oregon baseball game on the car radio this afternoon. Got out of the car with the score 2 – 0 Ducks and went into the store. Came back out and it was 4 – 0 with the bases loaded for Oregon. This truly was …

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