Sunday, May 4th, 2008, 1:35pm EDT…  The crowd fills Citizens Bank Park to sell-out capacity on a beautiful afternoon.  Why did they go to the park that day?  To watch Pat Burrell teach another session in “how to hit a baseball” would be my guess.  It appears that Burrell’s abuse of opposing pitching is not [...]

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                                     Jamie Moyer
                         What are you doin’ there, Pat?
                                     Pat Burrell
                         Bats. They are sick.
                                     Ryan Howard
                         So are mine. Is somethin’ goin’
                         around?
                                     Pat Burrell
                         No hit curve ball. Straight ball,
                         hit it very much. Curve ball, bats
                         are afraid. I ask Jo-Buu to come.
                         Take fear from bats.
                                     Chase Utley
                         Jo-Buu?
                                     Ryan Howard
                         Maybe he’s the pagan saint of
                         baseball.
                                     Pat [...]

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