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[The Onion] Dying Kid In Houston Holding On Until Astros Develop Player Worth Meeting

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  1. Astrosfan183

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    http://www.theonion.com/articles/dying-kid-in-houston-holding-on-until-astros-devel,33022/

    Just poking some fun, this made me laugh pretty hard
     
  2. Crashlanded19

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    The Real Shady Contributing Member

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    When the Astros call up Springer his death will be on them.
     
  4. cardpire

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    that was the kind of thing where the joke peaked at the title. the rest was just beating a dead horse.
     
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    I loved the whole article. The part with the chemo and the suffering is the best.
     
  6. Major Malcontent

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    Yeah, I was very amused at the title....the rest was meh.
     
  7. RKREBORN

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    Terrible. Onion tries way too hard.
     
  8. juicystream

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    Actually, Chris Carter is on pace to hit 30 HR. I guess he has somebody to meet.
     
  9. TheChosenOne

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    Good title, so so article :p
     
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    hard to shake hands when all you have are cast iron skillets
     
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    lol. Too funny.
     
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    The article neglects to mention that his cancer was caused by Bud Selig forcing to the Astros to switch to the American League.
     
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    i think it was unnecessary to attach a specific disease to it, personally. that doesn't make it any more or less funny. they could have just said it was a terminally ill kid, and avoided offending parents who have gone through losing their small children to cancer.
     
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    So they were supposed to be worried about the sensitivities of people who have obviously never read their publication?
     
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