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TouchemAll Hangout Grand Counsel

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Can DD really look at this team play and say.. yep we're only a solid OF away from contending.

Just like the line we were fed when DD dumped Jim Johnson this is the same BS they are not buyers or sellers they are going to talk the good talk and let this ship sink.

They don't have the prospects to fix all the holes and the FA are history they we know it, HECK everybody knows it.

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NashLumber Hangout Grand Counsel

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This is gonna be one of those series that we remember for a while. Much like that Arizona series in August 2013 that pretty much put us on course to miss the playoffs.

I was trying to remember when it cost us dearly that year. You nailed it.

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