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Baseball team renames 'BP' to protest oil spill
Associated Press ^
| June 5, 2010
Posted on 06/05/2010 10:40:01 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
VIERA, Fla. (AP) -- In a protest over the Gulf oil spill, a minor league baseball team is changing the name of batting practice so the players will no longer have to utter the letters "BP."
The Brevard County Manatees of the Florida State League say they will now take "hitting rehearsal."
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; florida
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To: dfwgator
Or review their hit-by-pitch stats?
To: Free ThinkerNY
Oh for God’s sake. Are these the same people boycotting BP retail gas staions?
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
06/05/2010 2:58:50 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: choirboy
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posted on
06/05/2010 3:03:29 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
To: NautiNurse
I know. That’s the shame of it.
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posted on
06/05/2010 4:33:28 PM PDT
by
choirboy
To: NonValueAdded
SHHHHHHH!
I don't think we want anyone to know we live in Brevard County! LOL
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posted on
06/05/2010 6:44:12 PM PDT
by
3D-JOY
To: NautiNurse; Nick Danger
We passed countless BP stations on our trip from FL to CT. Most of them were pretty empty (ie people not pumping gas there, but other stations were busy). I realize this is anecdotal “evidence”, but it sure looked like a boycott of BP was/is underway to us...
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posted on
06/07/2010 7:59:50 AM PDT
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nutmeg
(You didn't "misspeak", Mr. Blumenthal... you LIED)
To: Free ThinkerNY
In my experience, HR isn’t much better than BP... ;-P
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06/07/2010 8:00:26 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(I'm just an inkjet printer in a holographic world...)
To: NautiNurse; Nick Danger
Oh, this story isn't satire. It is 100% for real. Found it on the Brevard County Manatees website. OMG... renaming batting practice (BP) to "hitting rehearsal"?! Good grief! I predict that stupid term will never stick... LOL
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posted on
06/07/2010 8:02:12 AM PDT
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nutmeg
(You didn't "misspeak", Mr. Blumenthal... you LIED)
To: NautiNurse
Thought you and Zelig would appreciate this story. LOL!Yes, thank you! Sorry for the numerous pings here... just catching up. ;-)
Unbelievable.
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06/07/2010 8:03:35 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
(You didn't "misspeak", Mr. Blumenthal... you LIED)
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