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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed reliever John&amp;nbsp;Axford&amp;nbsp;off waivers from the Cleveland Indians, and&amp;nbsp;Axford&amp;nbsp;responded with a hilarious tweet introducing himself to Pirates fans.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also on Extra Mustard: Google already named Mike Trout 2014 AL MVP&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;#AhoyPittsburgh pic.twitter.com/1FORchsEWw\r\n\u2014 John Axford (@JohnAxford) August 15, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is only a month and a half left in the 2014 MLB season, but it looks like Pirates fans will grow to love Axford pretty quickly.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 31-year old righty also gave a heartfelt goodbye to Cleveland despite just joining the team this year.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also on Extra Mustard: Referee launches flag 31 yards during NFL preseason game&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you @Indians for the experience &amp;amp; opportunity, the city of Cleveland for taking me in, &amp;amp; the fans for making me feel welcome...\r\n\u2014 John Axford (@JohnAxford) August 15, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;...and, of course, a huge thank you to my teammates for accepting me &amp;amp; making me feel like family from day 1. I'll miss you all!\r\n\u2014 John Axford (@JohnAxford) August 15, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[FTW]\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&lt;em&gt;Brendan Maloy&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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