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The Tao of Stieb found this 9/11/2008 on neatesager.blogspot.com [flag]
It just seems wrong somehow to see a sports columnist refer to Roy Halladay as the "ace of a nails starting staff." The sentiment is appreciated. The misappropriation of the immortal adverb popularized by Drunk Jays Fans to describe a a lights-out individual and group effort is not. The usage that has to be known and loved is to say a player or an element of the ballclub is nails, as in, "the [link]

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All good things must end
Published 9/11/2008 by Tao of Stieb (noreply@blogger.com) at The Tao of Stieb
... Neate @ OoLF talks catchphrase thievery. Which in no way motivated us to mention Joanna's ownership of one of our favorite catchphrases. ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Published 9/11/2008 by DCScrap (noreply@blogger.com) at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo
The 10 Hottest ESPN News Reporters The Starters That Sink Your Fantasy Team In September More fall movies coming to the NBA Do Not Call Kevin Garnett 7 Foot Tall Coaching's Heaviest Hitters NASCAR truck champ driving on testosterone and HGH Love you Blue Jays, hate everyone else Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux coming back next year? The Papelbon Dirty Dancing Videos Are Here. Oh, Man Sports Media Journal On Press Row At Fenway Park Week two NFL Picks ...

Pre-Game Snack
Published 9/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stoeten) at Drunk Jays Fans
... went to bat for us this week over the slight misuse of the word nails-- which we apparently re-introduced to the Peterborough area-- by Wayne Scanlan in the ...

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