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The Dugout: What's Happening to Our Hoodie?

Like so many of us, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon is a slave to fashion. He wears baseball caps with Kyle Broflovski ear flaps when it gets too cold, he wears eyeglasses that make him look like Lizzie Maguire's mother, and now he's standing up for his right to wear hoodies, approved or not, because he is the voice of...

The Dugout: Mistakes Were Made

The All-Star Game rosters were announced Sunday, and both the American League and National League rosters seem to be missing some names. Baseball fans unwittingly exhibited the follies of the democratic process when they failed to vote for guys like Adam Lind, Kevin Millwood, and Adam Dunn.Of course, All-Star snubs are an...

The Dugout: Writing Things is Difficult

No, really. Writing a lineup card is more difficult than you realize. Suppose you have to write a lineup card and you've only been a manager for three years. Should you start one guy at third base? Should you start two guys at third base? How the heck are you supposed to know? Rays manager Joe Maddon was faced with this...