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Do not judge by looks alone

Yes the girl I am with in the photo is beautiful.   But I if I suddenly swooned over her and said “I love you” I would be making a huge mistake that would only leave me humiliated and embarrassed. Here’s why.

 

Like most men, I have often fallen all over myself in the premature pursuit of a woman just because of how she looks. This was not smart for two reasons:

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When inital success blinds

So far I've met two women I had great initial success with but then blew it. Why? Simple: I was blinded by my success.

Let’s call them Jill and Tilly. I met both of them almost a year apart at the health club I go to routinely.

 

I met Jill first. Our eyes met, smiles were exchanged and she played with her hair as we talked during our initial meeting. When we parted, I felt bedazzled by her and astounded by how well I had done.

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Kevin Youkilis: Filing the Short Form

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Jon Paul Morosi - he of "Ichiro Interview on Page A-1 of the P-I" fame - reports that five teams have talked to Kevin Youkilis.  Among them, the Mariners.  

You know what the conditions were regarding SSI's interest in Nick Swisher, right?  That he get exactly 50% of the 7 years bandied about, and that he be the secondary player of the offseason, second to Gordon or Butler or Stanton or whoever.  

Well, applying that logic, where would Youkilis fit into the picture?  As the tertiary, quarternary or dingleberry?  Anyway, the discussion revolves around him in a bridge season, if Smoak's gone, whether he could be one of those Scrubs finds that key a Cinderella season.  Nobody's talking about him as The Big Add.

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The arguments against Youkilis are simple and, at first sight, devastating.  He's age 33 turning 34, has always been brittle, and his glide path down looks convincing:

Age OPS+
29-31 144 to 157
32 123
33

99
34 You'd be buying the next number in this sequence

Cue video of Billy Idol's "White Wedding" with hammers pounding nails into a coffin, to the beat of the music.  Bamp-bamp BAMP BAMP.

Are there any arguments on the other side of this question?  Could Youkilis' surface numbers be deceiving?  Should the Mariners move Justin Smoak in another deal, would Youkilis be a feasible 1- or 2-year bridge man?

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