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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...

Spring Dugz: Houston Astros

You mess with the fat old bull you get the fat old horns!Today the Dugout continues its Spring Training tradition and its center-of-the-Earth-like journey through the NL Central with the Houston Astros, a team so into media coverage that you'd almost forget they play baseball. I like to think that Clemens is just a fan of...

Spring Dugz: Seattle Mariners

Things you will not see in the Spring Training Dugout for the Seattle Mariners include: Jokes about Starbucks Jokes about rain/rainfall Jokes about grunge style music Mario showing up and ending folks Things you will see in the Spring Training Dugout for the Seattle Mariners include: Erik Bedard...

Yankees Play Intrasquad Game With Finesse Two Left Feet

The Yankees kicked off their Spring Training "season" with an intrasquad game today, and while it brings the YC great joy to know that actual playing is going on down in Tampa Bay, the practice game wasn't exactly a display of flawless baseball. In fact, it was downright sloppy. After all was said and done, seven errors...

Somebody Get the Dodgers a Map!

First we had Brad Penny -- who said Cabo was his favorite vacation spot in Europe. Now thanks to Tom Hoffarth's LA Daily News blog (via Sports by Brooks) we have this T-Shirt currently being sold at the Dodgers spring training facility in Vero Beach, Florida. (give it a second and you'll figure it out)I guess the designer...

SpringTraining News From the Web

05/04/12 City Manager's Weekly Info Bulletin 5/4/2012 Source: The News Tribune - Tacoma WA The Community Development Department issued a total of 349 building permits from January 1, 2012 to the end of April.
05/02/12 Flying Tigers more than a nickname Source: Minor League Baseball Irreverent team names are the norm these days in Minor League Baseball, so one could be forgiven for thinking that the Lakeland Flying Tigers are part of the same trend that brought us the Blue Wahoos, the IronPigs, and of course, the Flying Squirrels.