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Apparently Ozeki Kotomitsuki is Japanese for Pete Rose

The governing board of sumo wrestling in Japan is currently grappling with a scandal tantamount to the hit-leader’s back in the 80s. With scary similarities.

According to CNN (and just about every sports news outlet around), the Japan Sumo Association is investigating claims that Kotomitsuki and his “stable master” (which I can only assume is like the guy in the corner of the boxing ring that stitches up people and pours water on their face) be fired from the association amid claims that the pair and 15 other wrestlers have been illegally gambling on…wait for it…baseball.

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Quote of the Day

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“The U.S. just scored a stoppage time goal to go from missing the knockout round to winning the group. THAT TOTALLY IS SOMETHING THAT JUST OCCURRED. We are going to go out into the street and start randomly kissing people now.” – Will Leitch, New York Magazine

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The Bullpen’s Made for Lovin’

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I think girls all over the world will back me up when I say that we dream about this kind of thing happening all the time, but never actually believe it will. So when it happens to someone else, we simultaneously want to be her and want to rip what we will tell everyone is a weave right off her head.

Last year, the Seattle Mariners were playing against the Oakland A’s in a game at Safeco Field. Watching from the bullpen, catcher Jason Phillips spotted a girl in the stands that he knew he just had to meet, but was having trouble working up the nerve (AND, there was kind of a game going on at the time…you know, your job!).

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