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The Dugout: Egomannyac

Jul 31, 2008 – 9:38 PM
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Only a day after the pivotal Dugout of the season, the passage of time and the inevitability of happenstance thrusts the trade of Manny Ramirez on us. And not just a trade: a trade full of organization-bashing and apathy after a season devoted to disproving the character we'd developed. Our Manny has always been a bit slow, but he's also always been the kind of guy who means well and tries hard, even when he's goofing around. He's misunderstood. He's just "being Manny."

Well, "being Manny" has a different definition now.

As the Farnsworth story comes full circle, the MannyTheTorpedoes story comes to an end. Next week: Dontrelle Willis wins the Pulitzer Prize and Bill Pecota reveals that he prefers football. Tonight's Dugout, the end of an era, is after the jump.

The Dugout

MannyTheTorpedoes: i don liek boson no mor
KingOfPap: o brothor whats rong now
MannyTheTorpedoes: durin my yrs here i seen how they mistrea other gray player when they din wan em
MannyTheTorpedoes: try to turn a fans agains em
KingOfPap: nuh uh /cracks matchbox cars into each other mindlessly
MannyTheTorpedoes: yea huh the ray sogs did the say thain to nomore garciapara an payro, now they do the say thain to me

MannyTheTorpedoes: i liek my frens in boson but the ray sogs

the red sogs

MannyTheTorpedoes: ugh i need to concentrate an type this right
KingOfPap: pshoooowwww /sends matchbox car flying down staircase
MannyTheTorpedoes: the red sox... dont desrve me
MannyTheTorpedoes: i'm not talking about money, mental peace has no price and i don't have peace here
KingOfPap: ya u do
MannyTheTorpedoes: listen to me god dammit i'm not happy anymore

KingOfPap: /covers mouth

u said g.d.

KingOfPap: u wan play spies
MannyTheTorpedoes: no i don't want to play spies with you, spies is a baby game and you don't even know what spies do

KingOfPap: /blinks

*sniffle*

MannyTheTorpedoes: oh grow up
KingOfPap: m-m-m m-m-m-m-mawwwwwwwwwm /runs away crying
**Online Host**
KingOfPap has left the chatroom.

MannyTheTorpedoes: whatever

ugh i'm sick of looking at this screen name, if they trade me to philadelphia or miami i'm going to need a highbrow sn

MannyTheTorpedoes: hold on

**Online Host**
MannyTheTorpedoes has left the chatroom for the last time.

**Online Host**
Several minutes have passed.

**Online Host**
MannyBoutTown has entered the chatroom!

MannyBoutTown: That's better.
**Online Host**
OrtizItThisOne has entered the chatroom.
OrtizItThisOne: Hey Manny, did you tell Papelbon about Santa Claus? Because he ran into my room a few minutes ago and won't stop sobbing.
MannyBoutTown: No, I just told him that I didn't want to play spies.
OrtizItThisOne: You didn't want to play spies? But you love spies!
MannyBoutTown: He doesn't even know what spies do.
OrtizItThisOne: Manny, you've got to get it together. You've got to go out there and give it your best every day, people are beginning to notice you not hustling, and...
OrtizItThisOne: well, I know you're not going to be in Boston much longer and I want you to show people how great you are so you can get the biggest and best contract.
OrtizItThisOne: You deserve it for being one of the best players in baseball for 15 years. Your family deserves it.
MannyBoutTown: You're right. I do deserve it. But Boston doesn't.

OrtizItThisOne: Manny, I don't know what you're saying, but

well actually I do know what you're saying because this is the first time I think I've ever seen you use a capital letter

OrtizItThisOne: but... I love you, Manny. I want you to be happy.

MannyBoutTown: I tell you what. You love me so much? You know what's best for everybody? Here.

/throws can of soup at Ortiz's feet

MannyBoutTown: Open this up for me, "Papi."
**Online Host**
MannyBoutTown has left the chatroom as slowly as possible.
OrtizItThisOne: /stares at feet
OrtizItThisOne: /quietly leaves the chatroom
**Online Host**
Later, in the Los Angeles Dodgers Chatroom!
PointBlake: glaciers and mountain snows are rapidly melting-for example, montana's glacier national park now has only 27 glaciers, versus 150 in 1910
EthierOr: AUGGGHHHH jesus god somebody save me from this
EthierOr: Coach, please tell me that the most boring person to ever live is not your only plan for 2008, because I mean I love barehanded scoops as much as the next guy but f***ken-a
Torreumon: heh heh, don't worry, kid, dem bums just made the blockbuster trade of the season.
Torreumon: We just picked up someone I know very well from my years in New York.
DoctorProctor: we... we didn't trade for Kyle Farnsworth, did we?
DoctorProctor: because that would be uh, terrible, just... just terrible.
Torreumon: the only time "blockbuster" and "Kyle Farnsworth" are used in the same sentence is when he's late returning his VHS copy of Best of the Best 2
Torreumon: We're benching the entire outfield just to bring in this man: Manny Ramirez.

EthierOr: ARE YOU

ARE YOU KIDDING ME

HOLY S*** DUDE

MannyBoutTown: sup. /brushes back dreadlocks
Torreumon: Manny is here to swing away 24/7 and from this point forward you're to refer to him as "Hollywood" Manny Ramirez

MannyBoutTown: /puts palm over cell phone

Where is your Green Monster?

Torreumon: We don't have a Green Monster, we're the Dodgers, we play in Dodger Stadium.

MannyBoutTown: /rolls eyes

Well, any left field wall, obviously.

Torreumon: /points of left field

MannyBoutTown: thank you so much

/talks into cell phone, wanders into left field

/unzips pants

DoctorProctor: wh...what's he doing? Is he-
Torreumon: Pissing on our left field wall.
DoctorProctor: well, I guess he's got to go somewhere
EthierOr: this is the greatest day of all time
**Online Host**
Meanwhile, in the Boston Red Sox Chatroom...

KingOfPap: peww peww /fires finger guns

u will never recovr th microfilm dr papi this blongs 2 th gobernment

OrtizItThisOne: You'll never escape my evil base! Guards, seize him!

KingOfPap: th name is bon

papel bon /dives behind couch

OrtizItThisOne: /stares silently at feet for a moment
OrtizItThisOne: I'll get you yet, Papel Bon!
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