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There is only one Boog Powell

I really try not to be one of those people who has difficulty adjusting to the changes that are inevitable with advancing age. As someone who was born in the '60s, grew up in the '70s, went to college in the '80s, and started a family in the '90s, I've seen the world shift a time or two. Sometimes I hop on board and travel along. But there are other times when it is very obvious that I'm too stuck in the past and things happen by which I simply cannot abide. For instance, a couple of weeks ago, the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland A's completed a trade that sent Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to Oakland. The Rays received John Jaso and a couple of prospects. One of those prospects is named Boog Powell. Yes, Boog Powell. If this doesn't strike you as everything that's wrong with the world today then you're too young to read this post. I don't follow minor league baseball very closely or I probably would have come across this particular f...