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Somehow we’re already at that point where it feels like spring training has been going on forever. Strangely, though, due to a slightly earlier start and the World Baseball Classic that you probably aren’t watching, we’re still three weeks away from real, actual baseball. Thankfully, March Madness heats up this week and should carry us through.

Let’s hit it!

 

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The roundup:

– Reader Murph spotted a loon… again with his Ferrari, again at a gas station, and again with his grey hoodie:

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– We told you about this last March, and now Freddie Mitchell has pleaded guilty to a tax scheme in Florida: [FOX News]

Mitchell pleaded guilty in federal court in Orlando, Fla., Friday to a single count of conspiracy to file a false claim. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a maximum fine of $250,000.

Prosecutors say Mitchell and two others concocted a scheme that involved filing a false tax return on behalf of another professional athlete.

 

– Tyson Gillies went apeshit during the Mexico-Canada brawl

Must-watch DeAndre Jordan dunk. Play of the year, and it won’t even be close.

– Philly.com has scenes from Erin Express, which is just another way of saying a bunch of pictures of hot red-faced coeds giving you F-me stares.

– Charlie Manuel was hit by a tricycle yesterday (is there video of this somewhere?): [Philly.com

The Astros, like most teams, organize gimmicky in-between innings contests. One of them was a two-man tricycle race from dugout to dugout, along the warning track.

"I saw him coming," Manuel said. "I thought, 'We better get over.' He got me. Big ol' three-wheeler."

The tricycle ran over Manuel's toes. The manager jumped up to avoid further contact. Everyone around him, including Dubee and Billmeyer, could not stop laughing.

 

The Sixers are a fucking joke.

Eagles to make an offer to Danny Amendola

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TOPAGNA IN MAXIM. OH MY GOD TOPANGA IN MAXIM.  

– Finally, Wayne Simmonds crushing Mike Weber: