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The web roundup for Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. See anything that should be on SportsGrid? Send it to tips@sportsgrid.com. Now, our starting five.

1. A wife of a pitcher is worried about his bat.

Oakland Athletics starter Brandon McCarthy’s wife had an interesting tweet for baseball’s higher-ups. [Larry Brown Sports]

2. 101-year-old Brit smoked cigs, drank pints, ran marathons.

An old man who was not normal, in the best way possible. [Bro Bible]

3. Browns corner in timeout because he can’t play nice.

No, seriously. The Browns’s Joe Haden was kicked out of practice for playing too rough. [ESPN]

4. Soccer player gets red card for straight shot to the baby maker.

We have rules in life. You kick a guy in the groin, you get a red card. [Barstool Sports]

5. Not sports related, still important.

What to make of The Office’s final season?; Obama and Romney, beef jerky style; Watch Curiosity land on Mars in HD.

What’s on TV.

Little League World Series: Goodlettsville (Tenn.) vs. San Antonio (ESPN, 8 p.m.)

MLB: New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox (ESPN2, 8 p.m.)

Food porn of the day.

Via Redditor ScuffMcGruff: “I present the Shrabster. The turducken of the sea.”

And, finally tonight.

Oh my dayum. The only autotuned “Five Guys” review you’ll ever need.

Dan Fogarty and Glenn Davis contributed to this post.

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