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The Dugout: Leaning Towards Retirement

To your immediate right is what appears to be a weird photoshop of Andy Pettitte. Is he pitching? Is he doing the Stanky Leg? We may never know. Another thing we may never know is whether or not Andy Pettitte will return to pitch for the New York Yankees in 2011. Everyone seems to be crossing their fingers and sending...

The Dugout: Not the Real Texas

When the American League Championship Series is set, the New York Yankees plan to use a four-man rotation. The only problem with this is that starter A.J. Burnett's parents got divorced or something in early June and he's been just worthless to everybody ever since. The Yankees are going to need him (they are probably...

The Dugout: XXL Chalupa

It's official: the New York Yankees are once again World Series Champions. Note to self: Do not post this dugout until the end of October. But yeah, when people started making predictions and picking the Twinkies to go all the way, I let myself buy into it. I am what you'd call In The Tribe, so my natural reaction is to...

The Dugout: Game Changer

Much like how when you have babies or turn 30 you have to start hating the President, you can't write about sports for a living and support the commissioner of Major League Baseball. Maybe things would've been different if the Internet had been around for A. Bartlett Giamatti, or maybe you would've been forced to wade...

The Dugout: Alex Rodriguez and Dallas Braden Play Jenga

I was in the Philadelphia/New Jersey area this weekend covering a three-night independent pro wrestling tournament so I missed out on a lot of big stories in the world of baseball. The most important one is the downturn of attendance this season, to which I say "more mascot birthday parties" and consider that taken care...