"It would be a good idea to change their name if they were rescued and were mistreated and that name is the name that was used, " says Burckhalter, owner of K-9 Coach dog training and boarding facility in Smyrna, Georgia.

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But when pushing A-Rod down from 3rd to 5th in the lineup for Game 4 failed to produce more productive yields, Coach Girardi had given his big dog the last bone of this particular series.

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