Stupidity running rampant at ESPN

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Chicks dig the ground ball?





Brandon McCarthy was somewhat mystified to find himself on the cover of the new ESPN the Magazine.

The A's starter knew that there would be a story about him, focusing on how he'd used analytics to help resurrect his career after being sidelined for the better part of three seasons with shoulder injuries.

A nice subject for an article, but maybe not a cover story - an under-the-radar right-hander pitching for an under-the-radar team. But the magazine suddenly scheduled a photo shoot a week ago and asked McCarthy's wife, Amanda, to participate, in somewhat skimpy attire.

LINK: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/22/SP9M1NAVD3.DTL

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1. Long running baseball joke.

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