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More news from the hometown of Jayson Werth ...
The Dodger outfielder is suing former Chatham (Ill.) Glenwood High classmate Ryan Root for, well, for being a very bad jilted ex-boyfriend of Werth's wife, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. (Baseball Primer pointed me to the news.)
I've spent nearly a half an hour trying to come up with something insightful to say about this. Here's the best I've got:
My Chicago-born father pronounces the "root" in "root beer" as if it rhymes with "put" or "foot."
Previous page 1 news: Werth's sister headed for UCLA.
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