For those of you unfamiliar with the teachings of the Bible Samson was a man of great strength. This strength was given to him by God as long as he never cut his hair. As the story goes Samson eventually fell in love with a demon hooker, she devil who cut his hair while he was sleeping and he lost his strength....fast forward to the 21st Century
The year is 2009 and the Atlanta Braves can't hit a lick. The lone bright-spot on the team is their young phenom Cuban shortstop Yunel Escobar (who has hair that glows brighter than the midday sun and whose patented frosted tips make him the Cubano King of Buckhead every Fri-Sat night) is hitting at a .375 clip with runners in scoring position and is the lone Brave to garner MVP Votes for the season.
The year is 2010. The Atlanta Braves go into the All-Star Break with a four game division lead over the second place New York Mets. Every spot in the line up is contributing except that of SS manned by the former golden tipped Escobar, the reason...the hair.
Today the Braves traded my former favorite player for Alex Gonzalez. I wish Yunel all the best north of the border (I bet he's so pissed and Bobby Cox is loving every second of it). If I were Yunel though I'd seriously consider re-frosting the tips though. It'll catch on in Canada.
He just looks happier with that goofy ass hair, as evidenced by the pics.
