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2,200 people The number turned away from a promotion at a Boston-area mall last week when a time-strapped SpongeBob SquarePants only got around to signing 300 autographs for kids. “Mothers were fighting, kids were crying, and the police had to escort SpongeBob out. It was like he was Elvis,” one shopper reported.

93 games The combined number of appearances this season for Coco Crisp and Milton Bradley, the Cleveland Indians outfielders with the strangely endorsement-friendly names.

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