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Coming to a lawn near you: Brian Wilson garden gnomes

Found November 15, 2011 on Big League Stew:
PLAYERS: Brian Wilson
TEAMS: San Francisco Giants,  Milwaukee Brewers,  LSU Tigers
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If you were hoping to get through a week without any Brian Wilson news, I'm sorry. It's just never-ending. When he's not showing up to the ESPY Awards wearing a spandex tuxedo, he's selling tacos. If he's not dressing up as a sea captain on "The George Lopez Show", he's storming the set of ESPN College Gameday wearing an LSU Tigers football uniform. Wilson is everywhere, doing everything, and we're kind of along for the ride. But now comes this news. For the second straight season, the San Francisco Giants closer will be involved in one of the more unique promotional giveaways around Major League Baseball. In 2011, there was the limited edition Brian Wilson frozen-in-carbonite statue given away at AT&T Park on Star Wars Day. Next season, as we learned on Monday, the Giants plan to give away 20,000 Brian Wilson garden gnomes to fans attending their bay area battle against the Oakland A's on May 20. Yes, the man with the gnome-like beard i...
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