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The Dugout: Boston Red Sox Spring Training 2011

Bobby Jenks hates the Chicago White Sox, and they hate him back. I like to think Jenks went to the Red Sox just so the team names would stay similar, and he could revel in the animosity. Either that, or Boston is the one place in the Majors white enough where that stupid sh** he grows on his face is acceptable....

The Dugout: Bay Bye

In "teams I wish would would huddle together closely and jump off a cliff" news, Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay has turned down a sixty-million dollar deal from the club to explore his options in free agency. His agent says that there are already better offers on the table, so that was my starting point. Then I...

The Dugout: HisTorre

In what amounts to pretty much the only interesting sports story of the day, Joe Torre has taken it upon himself to write a tell-all book dismissing his former ballclub like so much prostate cancer. In the book, Joe reveals that Alex Rodriguez is a weird creep, Brian Cashman isn't 100 percent on the level, and George...

The Dugout: More Of The Same

As former President Andrew Johnson reported earlier this week, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are not, in fact, the same team. I've never thought of them as an autonomous unit, but rather a set of bookends. Between them lies history, science, geography.. all of the important stuff, everything you need to know....

The Dugout: ALCS The Bigs

What a game. My good friend/Dugout associate Mike was in attendance and had the time of his life, a life which included Massachusetts native and former WWE champion John Cena there in Rays gear. LeBron James was also in attendance, wearing a Yankees hat, a Patriots jersey, and San Antonio Spurs shorts. And a hockey thing....