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And eventually, I get around to linking to it. The Rattler Blog had this story from the Miller Park game that is interesting.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers hitting coach Matt Erickson shared an interesting and little-known anecdote about his brief major league career Friday night.

"My first swing here (at Miller Park), my first at-bat here, I sprained my AC joint (in my right shoulder). Not many people even know that. I don't know if I've even shared that story with anyone other than my family. I pinch hit on a Friday night in the ninth off of (Cincinnati's) Aaron Harang. And he threw me a slider, and I took a pretty big swing -- my top hand slipped off the bat a little bit.

Read the rest over there.