Saturday, February 18, 2006
Darren Dalton in Parallel Universe
Former Phillies catcher Darren Dalton has created a stir with his report that he had "out-of-body" experiences while playing in major league games, attributing the phenomenon to his visitation to parallel universes. Actually, his testimony is not entirely unusual for a professional player. It is well known, for instance, that Seattle's Carl Everett has claimed that he was abducted and mercilessly probed by space aliens, all of whom looked exactly like Don Zimmer in tights and shower caps.
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