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Found July 27, 2012 on Sportress of Blogitude: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: John Axford,  Tim Tebow
TEAMS: Milwaukee Brewers,  New York Jets
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Milwaukee Brewers closer John Axford found himself in the eye of a Twittercane (that’s a hurricane that occurs in the Twitterverse, Twitterverse being the universe of Twitter, of course) after tweeting a brief — and innocuous — comparison related to how he perceives similarities between the phenomenon surrounding both New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow [...]
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