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Tuxedo pants, a bloodied T-shirt and one shoe
Published 4/28/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
If your answer is, “What Derek Boogaard wore to his senior prom,” you are wrong. Well, at least as far as we know. But please do enjoy these TWO tales of great family relationships. First from Stu, second from Don S. Please do enjoy: On Saturday, they were exchanging their wedding vows. But soon, they were exchanging blows — with each other as well as with members of another wedding party. … Dr. David M. Wielechowski, 32, of Shaler, a dentist, and his bride, the former Christa Vattimo, 25, each were charged with simple assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. She also was charged with public ...

Tigers Fans Start Drinking Young
Published 4/29/2008 by Chimpanzee Rage at Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos
You know your season is going bad when 7 year olds are drinking in the stands. 47 year old Tigers fan, Christopher Ratte lost custody of his son for a week because his 7 year old son was caught drinking a bottle of Mikes Hard Lemonade in the stands. Ratte's son was thirsty towards the end of a game and asked for a bottle of lemonade and Ratte obliged but he unknowingly purchased his son a bottle of "hard lemonade", not knowing that it contained any alcohol. "I'd never drunk it, never purchased it, never heard of it," Ratte of Ann Arbor told [the reporter] sheepishly last week. "And it's certainly not what I expected when I ...

Detroit sure is serious about punishing underage drinkers
Published 4/29/2008 at Big League Stew
True story: On my seventh birthday, I made the mistake of going ahead and drinking the "special" punch the adults had made and then warned me to stay away from. Wondering why it tasted so different from the virgin Hawaiian variety in the other other bowl, I downed two cups and was going back for thirds before I was stopped by the shrieks of my aunt. Perhaps foreshadowing my days at the University of Wisconsin — ok, definitely foreshadowing — I spent the night puking all over the place while crying.  Yet apart from a very embarrassed visit to the pediatrician the next day and having to deal with a very ...

Ice Cold Hard Time?
Published 4/30/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Baseball Primer Newsblog —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Ice Cold Hard Time? DMN’s worst nightmare… JC in DC Posted: April 29, 2008 at 11:58 PM | 0 comment(s) Related News: General Reader Comments and Retorts Go to end of page Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy . Please report any inappropriate comments. You must be ...