THE POND Presents
| One's a corner who can hit and cover, the other's a catcher who's a hitter and a gold glover. But which one is the better Big Redder? | ||
| PRIMARY SPECIALTY | ||
| getting blocked out of a play | getting up, blocking the plate | |
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Edge: Grose |
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| SHARES A JERSEY NUMBER WITH | ||
| David "Me so" Horne | Phil "I'm so" Bland | |
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Edge: Groce |
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| FIELD ENTRANCE TUNE | ||
| Disturbing and sickening "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project | Seriously odd "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed | |
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Edge: Grose |
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| CALLED UPON TO BAIL THE HUSKERS OUT WHEN | ||
| the other team punts | the other team bunts | |
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Edge: Groce |
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| TEAMMATE WHO PLAYS CENTER | ||
| Outspoken Jon Garrison, who talked his way onto the second-team all-conference squad | Mild-mannered Jeff Leise, who worked his way into becoming a two-time All-American | |
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Edge: Grose |
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| ATTENDED OMAHA GROSS? | ||
| Nope | Nope | |
| Edge: Even | ||
| PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT | ||
| learned how to play pass defense in just four years without the benefit of a secondary coach | back-to-back College World Series appearances | |
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Edge: Groce |
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| TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC | ||
| Balding, overweight white guys with goatees and pasty-white skin | Balding, overweight white guys with goatees and a nice early-summer suntan | |
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Edge: Grose |
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| LAST SEEN | ||
| Leaving Lincoln as fast as he could | Leaving runners in scoring position | |
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Edge: Groce |
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| FUTURE EMPLOYER | ||
| The St. Louis Rams defense | Some penniless Single-A team in the middle of nowhere | |
| Edge: Even | ||
Like ELO used to say: Gross -- don't
bring me down! It's a 4-4 tie.
On second thought, perhaps we should have added Adam Ickes and made this a
three-way battle.
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