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After taking a short break from Twitter this week, I for some reason felt compelled to check it last night before bed.  Instantly, I noticed that my feed was littered with tweets from none other than Jose Canseco.  As we are all well aware, Jose is, well, he’s Jose.  He’s that former high-profiled athlete turned celebrity, except the only person who believes he is a celebrity, is the delusional Jose himself.

Having developed a knack for unprompted disclosures over the years, Jose’s love affair with Twitter was inevitable.  It’s as if the service was created solely for his use…and Chad Ochocinco’s, of course.  Anyway, Jose was at it again late last night, and I thought that I would take a few minutes this morning to dissect a few of his most personal thoughts:

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Tonight on The Baseball Show co-host Clint Evans of Diamond Hoggers and I discuss the following:

-Which is strikes more fear in the hearts of the fans? The Boston Red Sox lineup or the Philadelphia Phillies starting rotation?

-Reactions to the Cliff Lee signing

-Is Kerry Wood heading back to Chicago?

–Mark Prior and Russell Martin sign with the Yankees

-Did you know Moises Alou used to pee on his hands?

–Juan Pierre, aka “The Bat Boy” gets some special attention

Let me start by saying congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies for sneaking out of the bushes and assaulting the hopes and dreams of not one, but two franchises. My condolences to the Rangers, but nothing fills me with the Christmas spirit quite like seeing the Yankees fail. With that said, I’d like speak directly to the Phillies. Excuse me, dear reader, while I make a plea.

Dear Phillies,

Wow, Cliff Lee. Nice job. That means you’ve got the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner (Roy Halladay), a career 150-83 pitcher (Roy Oswalt), the ’08 NLCS and WS MVP (Cole Hamels), and now a man who had a 10.28 K/BB ratio last year (Lee). However, all that talent comes at a price. Those four alone will be raking in over 55 million dollars of your money next year (I think. My math is awful). But I have a cost-cutting solution that will benefit both of us…

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The Golden Sombrero presents MLB Look-alikes: Don Baylor and Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell from “The Wire”

After hearing about Cliff Lee duping the entire world, forgoing destinations like Texas and New York and returning back to Philadelphia, I can’t help but find the similarities between this free agent signing and Lebron James.  I’m not trying to say that Lee pulled something like “The Decision.”  I am trying to say that what Lee did was find some running mates to help get him to the top.  Most people seem to think that this is the route traveled by spineless men.  Some of the most popular condemnations I have heard of LeBron center around the idea that he couldn’t get it done on his own.  That he was afraid of taking on the challenge by himself.  This is absurd.  Any smart person, be it a professional athlete or a successful business leader, knows that to reach the highest levels of success, they must surround themselves with the best team.

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