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Chicago White Sox award championship titles: photos+ x% a9 _7 k% U) H- U
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Players in the Chicago White Sox organization compete for custom titles that recognize significant improving in strength and conditioning. Erik Morrison, a second baseman for the Sox's Double-A affiliate, poses with the title.% |4 `5 Z" g' A: I, }& x
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+ B, w4 S: P: U% o) p; r5 S6 MFirst time winners receive a white leather title, while multi-time champs earn a black one. J.R. Ballinger (left) and Justin Collop (right) show off their respective titles.
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Strength and Conditioning coach Dale Torborg, formerly The Kiss Demon in WCW, started the tradition by awarding replica WWE titles.
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4 |# [$ ?: |7 C2 v8 O5 ]1 yTorborg joined the White Sox organization in 2004.
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0 v/ ^# m8 n- p o7 V- h6 Z) |This season, Double-A outfielder Mark Haddow received a custom wrestling action figure after suffering a new injury, adding a new wrinkle to Torborg's incentives. |
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