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Month: February 2010

Prediction: Opening day HR

February 1, 2010tomisphere1 Comment

I predict that David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox will hit a home run on opening day of the 2010 baseball season.  And there will be lots of media attention regarding the significance of that.

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