Dropping A-bombs
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by Tyduffy
Alex Rodriguez currently sits on 499 Home Runs, just one shy of the magic 500 that will all but cement his Hall of Fame candidacy at 32 years of age. Last year's ESPN narrative was that he was the choker who couldn't handle the pressure in New York and needed to be traded ASAP. Two thirds of a stellar season later, ESPN has changed course, and the pariah is now a prince, despite the Yankees having their worst season in over a decade.
Alex jacking them out of the park like its going out of style this season has given every ESPN anchor numerous opportunities to coin signature catch phrases, all trying to imitate Linda Cohn's epic "A-Rod" invention. The one that appears to have stuck is that "A-Rod's" Home Run now must be referred to by all ESPN personnel as the "A-Bomb."
The Odds and Sods Research Department are twittering away countless hours in an attempt to locate the root of said phrase. Did one person start it and have it travel through Bristol like shit through a goose? Or, was this phrase bestowed upon the sporting universe by the ESPN overlords from their secret underground layer? If you have any information, please let us know.
More importantly, where are the uber-creative derivatives. Why has Ryan Howard not been hitting H-bombs? And surely someone should have already made the "F-bomb" conncection with Prince Fielder?
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