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The Dugout: The Most Even Trade Ever

As we reported on Friday, the Braves traded an under-performing outfielder, Jeff Francoeur, to the Mets for an under-performing outfielder, Ryan Church. My theory? The general managers were just bored. Saturday's Dugout is after the jump. The Dugout **OnlineHost**...

The Dugout: Fun With Allegory

As I'm sure you already know, Javier Vazquez recently moved from the Chicago White Sox to the Atlanta Braves.The White Sox have been around for a long, long time, but these days they're often described as a "dying medium." The Braves, meanwhile, have emerged as a free, open, readily accessible source of baseball.Can we...

Spring Dugz: Atlanta Braves

The "Bobby Cox smacks his forehead like he's Bull from Night Court" picture is the only image of Getty I like as much as Roger Clemens in the Mitchell Report. It's totally out of context and he's just wiping his face, but it's a great tool to illustrate the frustration and utter futility that comes from being the best team...

The Dugout: Frank Wren Year One

Sometimes it feels worse to see a horrible thing happen to your friend's team than it does to see something horrible happen to your own. What's worse than that is seeing the very same horrible thing that happened to your team happening to your friend's team. That's what happened today. Jon Bois, one of the guys who does...