The downside is that Justin could start hitting like Kate (or worse, Melvin) from the get-go, and it is a bit of a disaster for the Tigers, but that’s a calculated risk. Everything in baseball is a calculated risk. But they placed the clock for the risk at two years and there’s at least less...
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After less than a day in existence, former Grantland writer Shea Serrano astutely pointed out on Twitter Future’s tape is already gone the internet is crazy ruthless. Though immediately met with requisite raving from the Internet music collective, Future’s latest endeavor, the Purple Reign mixtape has, indeed, seemed to have removed itself from the consciousness as...
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