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Ummm... yeah.
Other than to passing birds, perhaps, what's the distraction?
Was Austin Kearns staring at it while batting? Does it block Ryan Zimmerman's view of the slider a foot outside? Was his hair asking for its own locker or contract? Is this just some scheme to get him to drop a quick 10 pounds before tomorrow's weigh-in?
Nationals manager Manny Acta, concerned that injured infielder Dmitri Young's big, curly Afro was becoming too much of a distraction, told the injured first baseman after Thursday night's loss to the Mets to have his hair cut before he showed up for Friday night's game here.
Young, who is protective of his locks, complied. He sported a more trimmed look when he surfaced at the clubhouse.
Other than to passing birds, perhaps, what's the distraction?
Was Austin Kearns staring at it while batting? Does it block Ryan Zimmerman's view of the slider a foot outside? Was his hair asking for its own locker or contract? Is this just some scheme to get him to drop a quick 10 pounds before tomorrow's weigh-in?
posted by Chris Needham at
8:57 AM
6 Comments:
When in conflict between curbing your carbo-loading and getting your hair shorn, certainly--getting your hair shorn leads to greater personal health and an obvious improvement in team "structure." It's science!
Since the hair cut--Nats 1-0. We are going to the dance!
-Dr. Tobias Funke
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Anonymous, at 4/19/2008 9:39 AM
Paranoia, probably, but I have a feeling this move is from higher up.
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Ironic Goat, at 4/19/2008 10:16 AM
Question: Will the upcoming Dmitri bobble-head conform to the new haircut or the old haircut?
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Anonymous, at 4/19/2008 10:23 AM
Manny had to do something to put the kibosh on the marketing department's plan to have Dmitri run in the Presidents Race on his upcoming bobblehead night. It should be painfully obvious by now that Manny seeks to keep his players out of embarassing situations wherever possible - although on a team full of Joel Hanrahans and Jesus Colomes, that's a very difficult task. Anyway, it would not have been Dmitri's running of the race per se that would have been embarassing for him (and by extension the team), but rather the very real prospect of him upstaging Teddy as the true fool in the race. Now, with Dmitri's hair shorn, his head-body proportions are again too totally out of whack for him to pass as a giant president and run the race.
Marketing has now shifted their plans accordingly. Look for Zimmerman's head to begin to swell so much that by his bobblehead night in early June he will be able to come onto a field loaded with giant presidents and eliminate three of them by grounding into his first-ever triple play, thereby allowing Teddy to slide into home with what appears to be his first win. However, it will be negated because as everyone knows, you can't score after the third out has been recorded.
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An Briosca Mor, at 4/19/2008 10:36 AM
Consider the source of this vital piece of information.
'nuff sed.
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Bote Man, at 4/19/2008 12:17 PM
Maybe all the players and coaching staff should shave their heads
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Anonymous, at 4/20/2008 4:07 PM
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