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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?


21 posted on 06/05/2010 2:52:59 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh for God’s sake. Are these the same people boycotting BP retail gas staions?


22 posted on 06/05/2010 2:56:56 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Free ThinkerNY

L(.)L!


23 posted on 06/05/2010 2:58:50 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: choirboy
Oh, this story isn't satire. It is 100% for real. Found it on the Brevard County Manatees website.
24 posted on 06/05/2010 3:03:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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To: NautiNurse

I know. That’s the shame of it.


25 posted on 06/05/2010 4:33:28 PM PDT by choirboy
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To: NonValueAdded
SHHHHHHH!

I don't think we want anyone to know we live in Brevard County! LOL

26 posted on 06/05/2010 6:44:12 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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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...


27 posted on 06/07/2010 7:59:50 AM PDT by nutmeg (You didn't "misspeak", Mr. Blumenthal... you LIED)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In my experience, HR isn’t much better than BP... ;-P


28 posted on 06/07/2010 8:00:26 AM PDT by MortMan (I'm just an inkjet printer in a holographic world...)
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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

29 posted on 06/07/2010 8:02:12 AM PDT by nutmeg (You didn't "misspeak", Mr. Blumenthal... you LIED)
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To: NautiNurse
Thought you and Zelig would appreciate this story. LOL!

Yes, thank you! Sorry for the numerous pings here... just catching up. ;-)

Unbelievable.

30 posted on 06/07/2010 8:03:35 AM PDT by nutmeg (You didn't "misspeak", Mr. Blumenthal... you LIED)
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