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Beware the Dugouts of March: The Cleveland Indians' 2009 Preview

It's almost like he never existed. I moved to Ohio a few years ago, at the height of Pronkamania. Travis Haftner was the superhero of Cleveland, had his own candybar, and had just hit sixty-two grand slams in three games. Now you can go into any discount clothing store and find Hafner's jersey (in both "Hafner" and "Pronk"...

Wahoo Messenger: Kerry Wood, If He Could

On my Myspace page there is a picture of me posing with John Adams, the Cleveland Indians drum guy. The smile on my face will let you know how sincere my loyalties to the Indians are, and how excited I am every time I walk into Progressive Field to watch The Tribe play. Even on dollar dog day, when they substitute the...

The Dugout: 100 Years of Cubs Dominance

A quick word about the lack of Dugouts lately ... as it turns out, we write about baseball so much that we love baseball, and when the playoffs start we're rarin' to go with Dugout after Dugout of wacky dialects and references to Watchmen. Then, two weeks pass we haven't done anything because we've been sitting around...

The Dugout: North Side/South Side

It's not quite Jonathan Papelbon in a Rastafarian wig doing "Blame it on the Rain," but the rap war between Ozzie Guillen's South Side Guys and Lou "Big Sweet" Piniella's North Side Guys has reached critical mass. Condescending insults have been the norm, but now the rivalry has lead to threats of physical violence. This...

The Dugout: Sweet Lou Did Not Tell the Internet It Was Okay to Put Him on the Internet

According to Ken Burns' classic documentary "Baseball," a sportswriter once wrote of Ty Cobb, "He would climb a mountain to punch an echo." It's an excellent piece of sentiment, but I kind of wish it had been saved to describe Cubs manager Lou Piniella.Piniella's mug and gut managed to find their way to Google Maps via its...