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Nick Evans is a fellow burrito enthusiast. He just officially won my vote for the 25th roster spot.

Obviously Corey Stokes needs to learn a lesson about finding a more discreet location. Also, a buddy of mine in college once got a ticket for public urination on P Street in DC. Totally worth whatever the fine was.

A-Rod was playing last season with a “humongous gorilla” on his back. He’s into all sorts of freaky stuff.

Finally, my buddy Ron sent along the following video, and if you live in the L.A. area, you should probably check out Ron’s brand-new business. It’s a good idea, and he’s a good guy, plus I’m writing the ad copy. Anyway, clearly Chiranjeevi is the OG Jason Statham. I’ve never before seen anyone pull off a controlled slide on horseback:

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The Mets are considering trying Eddie Kunz as a starter. Interesting.

Clutch is what the Yankees need from him. Perhaps now more than ever.

Blasphemy aside, Joe Janish makes a good point about the whole Sandy Koufax-in-camp thing: I’ve read this story before.

I really don’t want to make light of Shin-Soo Choo’s terrifying military situation, but man, it really adds a lot of gravity to the 2010 Asian Games.

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There are times when even Mets fans have to give kudos to members of the Phillies, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t credit Jayson Werth for his excellent offseason beard.

Beautiful German biathlete Magdalena Neuner, who will break your heart then gun you down with pinpoint accuracy, feels mistreated by anti-doping officials.

W.T.F. Some fool must have hit the wrong button and dropped LT by accident in the Yahoo! league. Now’s the time to scoop him up if you’ve got the top waiver spot. Quick, before the commish overturns it.

Carlos Beltran’s feelings have healed. Good.

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Awesome, awesome story about Josh Thole’s time in Venezuela from David Waldstein at the Times. And it comes with a new nickname for the kid: El Infierno.

The guy who played Boner in Growing Pains is missing in Vancouver.

Holy lord, David Wright is monstrous.

Patrick Flood visits the cloned-team-full-of-Player-X idea, but only using offensive win percentage. Dammit, when will the Internet tell me, definitively, how my team full of Mark McGwires would fare?

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I can’t believe this is starting up again. Good lord, it never ends.

Stop the presses: Johan Santana is confident in his abilities. Here I was expecting him to say Garrett Mock is the best pitcher in the NL East.

Ross Ohlendorf interned at the Agriculture Department this offseason. Seems like an interesting dude, definitely an interesting article.

This picture from the Daily News is tremendously awesome. Ladies and gentlemen, Joe Namath playing softball under the 59th St. Bridge in some downright amazing pants:

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The Phillies should be the favorites to win the National League East, but I’m kind of surprised by how few people picked the Braves here. Even without Javier Vazquez, their rotation — with Jair Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson, Derek Lowe, Tim Hudson and Kenshin Kawakami — should be pretty awesome, mostly because I think Hanson’s going to be a stud. There’s a lot of uncertainty/badness on their defense, though.

All that was left in Nate Robinson’s locker last night was a can of Vaseline and some tube socks. No comment.

Speaking of the NBA trade deadline, I recommend sticking with my neighbor Tommy Dee at TheKnicksBlog.com today, and not just because I’m a shameless corporate shill. He holds it down.

I did double duty at the Perpetual Post last night, recapping — in a way — Tuesday’s episode of Lost with Zoe Rice and jamming on the life lessons learned from jazz training with Akie Bermiss.

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Everything about this interview is awesome. It’s awesome that Brian Cashman gave it, the questions are awesome, and the answers are awesome. I’m so jealous of Yankee fans right now.

The Mets are reportedly making “a hard push” for Rod Barajas. I’m already seeing Twitter snark about how they’re adding yet another catcher, but if it’s on the cheap, I don’t see why they wouldn’t. He’s less likely to completely collapse than Omir Santos.

Tommy Dee is holding down the NBA Trade Deadline fort. Sounds like the Knicks are up to something, though it’s unclear exactly what.

King Tut apparently died of malaria. Interesting.

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Tom at the Rational Mets Fan expounds on some things I wrote last week with some thoughts of his own. He’s even a bit more bullish than I am.

Robots building robots. I know how this ends.

Remember my “hey, maybe all sorts of terrible things will happen to the Braves this year” thing from yesterday? Jair Jurrjens is getting an MRI.

Words cannot describe how awesome Darrelle Revis is. Darrelle Revis is ineffably awesome. Hat tip to Brian Bassett for this one: