Someone Buy These Dudes a Slang Dictionary

Jayhawk Fan posted 1/17/2008 from www.firejoemorgan.com [flag]

From reader Eli, and the Toronto Globe and Mail , comes a quotation from the Blue Jays/Scott Rolen Press Conference : "I believe that I am as strong and I know I feel as good and as strong as I've been in the last three years, by far," he said. "I need to play baseball and be a dirt bag." That is the term Ricciardi used to describe Rolen's hurly-burly style of play. The general manager said... [link]

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The Blue Jays’ New Playahs
Published 1/17/2008 by halejon at The Mockingbird
... Scott Rolen wasn’t the only one to raise an eyebrow at J.P.’s use of the term “dirtbag” to describe him during the press conference. I won’t run this joke any further into the ground…Fire Joe Morgan nailed it but good: ...

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