Franco Is a Clubhouse Cancer

nyjer please posted 7/19/2007 from www.epiccarnival.com [flag]

Exactly a month ago to this day, our very own Epic Carnival writer and creator of Nyjer Please, Luke Halpert made an "outlandish post" about a racial divide in the Mets clubhouse and said that Julio Franco was the ring leader. No pun intended. Luke's exact words were these: Secondly, Julio Franco, who recently celebrated his 89th birthday, is becoming a "clubhouse cancer". Since the losing.. [link]

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Happenings and Mishappenings: ESPN Fantasy Baseball Is A Disaster
Published 7/20/2007 by Luke Halpert at Nyjer Please
... If you're interested, Dragoon made an extended post about the Franco story over at Epic Carnival. ...

The Week Links 7/20/07
Published 7/20/2007 by Bstone at Brahsome - Care To Get Nice?
... Ryan Dragoon may hate old people with cancer. Wait, what? We should really learn to read good. [Epic Carnival] ...

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