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...years ago and ruined it. The rivets: they used to be fun. Decoying the runners into stopping at first base, when I knew that the ball was a double. I loved pretending it was a home run and then catching it for an out." Players know Yastrzemski as a joker and prankster but more noticeable than humor is intensity. It burns in his eyes...
Minneapolis fans have long grumbled about the Metrodome's downtown location, meager parking space and the unusual development incentives used to get it built. On seeing snowmelt puddles in the outfield, one joker suggested renaming the arena Aquadome. Said Minneapolis Star Sportswriter Scott Papillon: "The Minnesota Twins won't even have to ship players back to the minors. They can just station them in left field and let them drift...
Nancy laughed. "He's such a practical joker," she said, leaving the room...
Then too there was kinship with the suffering, with Jim Bra dy, especially; old Brady "the Bear," Brady the joker, the poker-faced inventor of Goat Gap Texas Chili and Captain Brady's Nightie Night, who wasn't kidding when he described his new position as "the toughest p.r. job in the world." And kinship with life, with Sarah Brady holding her husband's hand, waiting for the squeeze to be returned...
...down at his whim. Think of it like this--now that Granville has a track record (augmented by a 13-point increase when he advised "buy" last spring) investors should be flocking to his newsletter and eagerly seeking his advice. And even those who view him as a joker will follow along, for fear of being left out of the action. If it becomes a given that the market will make like a submarine whenever the Moses of Holly Hills whistles, then the most prudent investors will have to follow his advice, or at least react...