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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Congrats, Chipper!<BR>
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on 12/13/08 12:08 AM, Larry Steller at mrgrooism@yahoo.com wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000098">> OMG!!!<BR>
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> I got an email from an editor at the Schmapp online travel guide saying<BR>
> that they wanted to use one of my pictures from my Flickr page in their<BR>
> online travel guide. I said sure, what the hell, it's a cool pic! It's<BR>
> me in a Hawaiian shirt during th All Star Game Rehearsals at Yankee<BR>
> Stadium.<BR>
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> See, for the game's broadcast they needed to rehearse the Opening<BR>
> Ceremonies for the cameras, to get timing, angles, etc. down pat. As a<BR>
> funny coincidence, on three different days, three different people who<BR>
> I didn't know each randomly assigned me to stand in for Chipper Jones<BR>
> of the Atlanta Braves. What are the odds, right? Funny thing is, his<BR>
> real name is Larry. too!<BR>
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> Here's where my built-in Weirdness Magnet comes into play, as if that<BR>
> coincidence wasn't enough! I captioned the pic to say "...playing Third<BR>
> Base for the National League, from the Atlanta Braves, Chipper<BR>
> Jones!!!"<BR>
> <BR>
> Well, they used the pic in their ATLANTA Travel Guide to illustrate<BR>
> Turner Field! They think I am Chipper Jones, and that Yankee Stadium is<BR>
> Turner Field! How hysterical is that!?<BR>
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> Here's the link: <BR>
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> <a href="http://www.schmap.com/atlanta/introduction_history/#p=17210&i=17210_54.jpg">http://www.schmap.com/atlanta/introduction_history/#p=17210&i=17210_54.jpg</a><BR>
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> Click on the pic to go to a larger version on my Flickr page. <BR>
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> -Larry "mrgrooism" Steller, Master Mendicant <BR>
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