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Found January 06, 2012 on NESN.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Mark Buehrle
TEAMS: Miami Marlins

Mark Buehrle is doing all he can to adjust to his new surroundings in South Florida, but he's already having to make a few adjustments. According to the Miami Herald (via Yahoo!'s Big League Stew blog), the new Marlins pitcher will be forced to live outside of Miami-Dade County all because of one of the dogs he owned. Miami-Dade County instituted a pit bull ban in 1989, and one of Buehrle's dogs, "Slater," falls under the ban. Slater is a Staffordshire terrier, but according to the Herald, the dog falls under the ban. "It's kind of ridiculous that because of...
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