Normally, when a player spouts off nonsense and his manager is asked for comment, said manager will offer something like, "I just don't know what to say," or "he's entitled to his opinion," or something else deflective and insubstantial.

Not Jim Leyland. You rarely see a manager turn around and give his player the business like this. Gary Sheffield probably isn't a moron -- we all say stupid things when we're bored and navel-gazing -- but Leyland sure made him look like one.

Today's Dugout is after the jump.

The Dugout

	KissTheSheff: I don't want to DH. I don't feel like a baseball player when I DH.
	GotMeOnMyKnees: You knew I was going to DH you here. If you didn't want to DH, why did you accept the trade?
	KissTheSheff: Well, uh Platooning doesn't sit well with me.
	GotMeOnMyKnees: You're not platooning. "Platooning" is when you have a left-hand hitter and a right-hand hitter. One plays against right-hand pitching and one plays against left-hand pitching. Within the context of baseball, that is a platoon.
	KissTheSheff: Well, um I feel that that's not what platooning means. I think it just means "playing sometimes and not playing other times."
	GotMeOnMyKnees: You're a moron. /lights Pall Mall
	KissTheSheff: You think you're so smart. You think you can win every argument.
	GotMeOnMyKnees: /takes a drag
	KissTheSheff: I'll debate with you all day. You're not as smart as you think!
	GotMeOnMyKnees: make my day, junior
	KissTheSheff: um "Die Hard" was a significant movie because the protagonist, John McClane, was just a regular guy.
	GotMeOnMyKnees: wrong, he was an off-duty cop in spectacular shape
	KissTheSheff: Well what you fail to realize, is,
	KissTheSheff: uh
	KissTheSheff: Why doesn't the United States switch to wind power as an alternative energy source? It's free, and it's everywhere! It's the solution that makes sense.
	GotMeOnMyKnees: incorrect; if there is indeed a viable solution to our impending energy crisis, placing all our eggs in one basket is not it. our strategy must itself be a confluence of several different strategies.
	KissTheSheff: Well, you say that, and I say to you,
	KissTheSheff: um
	KissTheSheff: eh
	KissTheSheff: There's nothing wrong with being gay, but gay marriage makes a mockery of marriage.
	GotMeOnMyKnees: wrong. divorce rates surpass 50%. regardless of your views on the matter, you must concede that heterosexual marriage has already made a mockery of marriage.
	KissTheSheff: jeeeeez
	KissTheSheff: /takes balloon out of pocket /blows up balloon
	GotMeOnMyKnees: /pops balloon with cigarette
	KissTheSheff: awwwww
	GotMeOnMyKnees: /hammer-fists button on top of Gary Sheffield's hat
	KissTheSheff: OW OW OW GOD THAT HURTS

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