Power Rankings Quotation - Pass Me A Coffee Squeegee to Wipe Off My Computer Screen, Please
OK, on the eve of taking my family to tonight’s Dodger game against the San Francisco Giants, I had a painful coffee-spraying guffaw, courtesy of Larry Dobrow the CBS Power Rankings:
You know how y’all assume the writer of these rankings is completely biased against your favorite team? Well, let me come right out and say [...]
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