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Jayson Werth Unveils Grizzly Adams Look for Spring Training

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Jayson Werth arrived at Spring Training.  From the looks of it, he spent the off-season following Furthur in a VW van.  Set the over/under on two weeks it takes fair-weather Philadelphia women to talk themselves into this look.

Shane Battier’s Mustache

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90043499JM0024_Rockets_GrizzFor some reason, Shane Battier has decided to grow a mustache. Yahoo! appears to have the first high-quality image of the facial hair. The Blowtorch had a lower-quality picture a few days back, but we decided to ignore the original until further proof surfaced. Blurry photographs have fooled people in the past. Rumors that Battier had to grow the mustache as the result of a gambling debt owed to The Sports Hernia are unconfirmed.

Landry Jones’s Mustache Up for National Award

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landry-jones-mustache“The American Mustache Institute (AMI) will name the 2009 Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year, recognizing the person best contributing to the Mustached American way of life over the past year, on Oct. 30.”

Vote for Oklahoma backup QB Landry Jones. He’s a 20-year high school legend from New Mexico with a famous mustache. Clay Zavada of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Brendan Ryan of the St. Louis Cardinals are also in contention. [AMI]

The Roundup: Rick Ankiel’s Impressive Mustache

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Ali Larter and Beyonce are in a movie opening this weekend, which also stars TBL reader Jerry O’Connell … owning a home is becoming more and more of a burden …why hasn’t more been made of this cyber-attack? … anyone in Miami want to fight Canseco two Sundays from now? … Krugman on how we’re a lot like Ireland right now, and that’s not a good thing … good luck dodges these chargers, lady … two videos after the jump … solid interview coming later today …

Greg Paulus and Syracuse, a nice fit. (College Game Balls)

That sure is an impressive mustache, Mr. Ankiel. Even Barry Zito is impressed. (AMI, Twitter)

Perfect, on the eve of a fun weekend at Fenway between the Yankees and Red Sox. (It’s Him!)

Someone emailed us a random photo of Brodie Croyle’s wife for no apparent reason. (Enjoy)

Josh Beckett’s back on the market after breaking up with the sister of his high school buddy/trainer. (Inside Track) Read the rest of this entry »

Bad Beards: To borrow a line from Knocked Up - several of these athletes have beards that look like Robin Williams' knuckles. (The Sporting Muse) (3)

Greatest Mustache of All-Time: Pat Riley

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Giambi has nothing on Slick. The card is from the early 70s. Fist-bump to The Commission for the sweet find.

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