Found August 07, 2009 on Titan Sized:
That’s right, that’s our man Nick Bishop (which is me, so I guess I’m my man), chubby and hunch-backed, on the left, featured on Deadspin.com. My wonderful friends here in Nashville bought me a personalized Kenny Powers Atlanta Braves jersey for my birthday (yes, you missed it), and I wore it to a Braves/Dodgers game [...]
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