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Easter Bunny ambushes racing presidents

By Chad Merda

Who knew the Easter Bunny could tackle like this. With one drop kick, he was able to take out four out of five oversized racing presidents during Sunday’s Nationals game.

That wacky rabbit would have been able to make a clean sweep, had William Howard Taft not been lagging way, way behind the others.

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