Kyle Schwarber was shagging balls in the outfield a few weeks ago when a minor leaguer stepped up to the plate. He began to take batting practice, hitting one home run after another and spraying the ...

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For those unfamiliar, Uncle Rico was a character in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, a former high school football star who claimed he could throw a football “a quarter mile.” His famous line ...