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 Post subject: A "clever" AP headline
PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:17 pm 
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Stay-Rod? Alex Rodriguez tells New York Yankees he wants to stay


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I prefer: "Hate Scott! A-Rod ducks agent for discussion with Yanks"

Anything that threatens Scott Boras' super-powerbroker status is fine with me.


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Wabberjocky wrote:
I prefer: "Hate Scott! A-Rod ducks agent for discussion with Yanks"

Anything that threatens Scott Boras' super-powerbroker status is fine with me.


I would argue, though, that "hate" (while it does rhyme with "great") makes absolutely no sense here.


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I'm sure Scott Boras interprets Alex Rodriguez's actions as a hostile act.


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