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Create-a-caption: Fireplace tennis, anyone?

Found September 16, 2009 on Ball Don't Lie:
PLAYERS: Fabricio Oberto
TEAMS: Detroit Pistons

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Manu Ginobili(notes) and Fabricio Oberto celebrate fellow countryman Juan Martin del Potro's recent U.S. Open victory the only way they know how — with a game of Fireplace Tennis, "an ancient Argentine game played inside a living room using hot coals and shovels." Best caption wins a second serve. Good luck, Serena. After the jump, Brandon "The Tool Man" Jennings.Winner, Scott E:Jennings: "Rookie get my shoes. Rookie get my luggage. Rookie get my laundry. OK, I get the hazing thing. But, rookie get my coprolite crosses the line."Co-runner-up, Collin:"Why are we destroying T-Pain's video game chair?"Co-runner-up, Morgan:Jennings, no longer eligible for European health care, gets a part time job for health insurance.
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