I love baseball, and have all my life, and have come to appreciate the goofballs and pranksters that litter baseball history. In fact, that’s the main reason I would like to see the great lefty Bert Blyleven enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Well, now there is a new Major League Baseball Prank King. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Brett Myers came up with this whopper: he convinced teammate Kyle Kendrick that he had been traded to Japan, getting the manager, general manager, teammates and even the local beat reporters in on the joke. Impressive work.

Here is the letter informing Kendrick of the “trade.”

Hat Tip to Bugs & Cranks for the video and image.

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I don’t really have a reason to blog about today being my birthday (unless it results in a Pownce invite), but I simply love the card that John Federico sent me; very timely, very funny:

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Do Not Manipulate

Originally uploaded by douglashaslam.
I am scratching my head as to why this “Do Not Manipulate” tag is sewn into the fly of this pair of pants. Is this a message? For abstinence? Anti- “self-manipulation?” Do I need to buy five more pants to make a complete sentence, like the old Burma Shave ads?

This is the strangest crotch message I have seen since the kids’ underwear that had “I like to explore” written on the front.

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