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The Dugout: Sammy Sosa on Fire

Sammy Sosa believes that the legitimacy of his 609 home runs and the unbelievable realness of High Heat Baseball 2001 should earn him an amount of respect in the annals of baseball history. He wants to have his Chicago Cubs jersey retired alongside Ernie Banks. Unfortunately for him, the Cubs have already given his #21...

The Dugout: Lou Piniella Eats Seafood With Dusty Baker

In case you only read baseball news containing actual news about baseball, Lou Piniella and Dusty Baker accidentally had dinner with each other at a seafood restaurant Wednesday night. They exchanged pleasantries, enjoyed some cheesy biscuits, and posed for pictures with fans. I didn't think that story warranted an...

The Dugout: Angry Player Dog Park

Confrontations in the clubhouse are starting to become the norm. If you have a problem, don't try to handle it constructively! Storm into the dugout, scream at your peers, and destroy some property. I would suggest knocking over a rack of bats and kicking a metal fan. If you can get out of it without injuring yourself,...

The Dugout: Chicagoan Fairy Tales

Baseball news has been pretty slow lately, so unless you want a multi-part special about how important backup relievers are to your roto-league or whatever we're going to have to bring in material and ideas from outside sources. Thankfully there is our European sister-site Det Dugout, the Norwegian satire column...

The Dugout: Chicago Cubs Spring Training 2010

Former Rookie of the Year Geovany Soto and the Chicago Cubs dynasty are our next stop on the The Dugout Spring Training 2010 NL Central division tour. Soto and the Cubs are rested, in shape, and refocused on doing what they do best: making it to the first round of the playoffs, making people on the Internet predict them in...