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O's should make May 11 game a second opening day (or some such thing)


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Right. But that wasn't the case when they initially set the promo schedule. Mother's Day is the tenth, so they could Not have moved the promo there either.

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I guess they could give away the wristlets at the Trop. Or, just give them all to Mike Bordick.

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The moment of Mariano Rivera's career that everyone forgets about. I think I'm the only person in the world who loves those old D-Backs jerseys.

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