And if this weekend's appearance at a slam dunk competition in Cleveland was any indication, things don't look so good in that regard for the fine folks of Cleveland. The event reportedly had an air of awkwardness hovering over it, and the hometown hero wasn't smiling or talking. Plus, he showed up 45 minutes late.
But hey, it's not all bad news, Cavs fans. You've still got Anderson Varejao under team control through 2015!
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"[Saturday]'s event was terrible and it was something that I think we need to address. It's happened before in baseball. It's not going to happen again here. We need to do a better job than to get hurt in a dogpile scenario celebrating a win."
–Angels manager Mike Scioscia, to ESPN.com, regarding the broken ankle sustained by Kendry Morales in a walk-off celebration at home plate
This is the kind of forward thinking that gets people jobs as general managers.
"No no no! Boof Bonser for Albert Pujols. Get it done!"
–Andre
This is much more gross than it is cool.
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