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Spring Dugz: Chicago Cubs

The Dugout is all about character growth. From day one we've watched Kyle Farnsworth evolve from a fan-kicking sociopath into the literal onion of psychological human study he has become. We've watched Jim Thome grow from a rosy-cheeked manchild with pee on his hat into a rosy-cheeked manchild with socks on his hat. Dmitri...

Why the Reds Are Worth Watching in 2007

One of the fun parts about blogging is that it puts you in touch with tons of other fans, both of your own team and other teams. Divisional bloggers tend to get to know each other pretty well because baseball teams play everyone in their division a million times. Because of this unique relationship, as primarily a Pirate...

Dave Bush's "Encouraging" Start

See if you can spot the incredible paradox created by this article from Brewers.com on Dave Bush's struggles to get command of his fastball this spring. This is the first paragraph of the article: Dave Bush may have turned the tide in his battle to regain command of his fastball during a Monday morning "B" game against...

Edwin Encarnacion Will Try to Stop Making Errors

The Reds have a bit of a baffling third base controversy going on this spring. On one hand there's Juan Castro who hit .251/.281/.351 last year but has a reputation for good defense, though he hasn't been much better than average in the past couple years. On the other hand there's Edwin Encarnacion who hit .276/.359/.473...

Brad Ausmus Is Lucky

Every year dads push their sons to play baseball, to pitch, to play shortstop, to hit home runs, all in hopes of fulfilling their own dreams of being the dad of a big league baseball player. The dads have it all wrong. All they really need to do is teach their kids to how to squat and stop balls with their chest and be...

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10/01/11 Brewers too much for Kennedy & D-backs, 4-1 Source: New York Daily News - New York NY There won't be any weather-related postponements in the NL division series between the retractably roofed Brewers and Diamondbacks.
09/10/11 Cardinals beat Braves 4-3 in 10 innings Source: Statesboro Herald - Statesboro GA Nick Punto hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the 10th inning after Albert Pujols' two-run single tied it an inning earlier and the St. Louis Cardinals kept its faint postseason hopes alive with a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.
06/08/11 Cardinals hand Astros fourth straight loss Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX Jake Westbrook shook off early trouble on the mound and helped his cause with a three-run, tie-breaking double to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-4 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.