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The Dugout: Sex With Ric Flair

As I reported yesterday, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel quoted "Nature Boy" Ric Flair in his NLCS press conference, saying he wants to beat the New York Yankees in the World Series because "to be the man, you gotta beat the man." The New York Yankees, if you weren't aware, are "the man." Unfortunately he also said the...

The Dugout: Phillies Cheating-Gate

In a situation remnant of the New England Patriots getting caught cheating and nobody caring, the Philadelphia Phillies have been reprimanded by Major League Baseball for using binoculars to steal signs from their opponents. The punishment will be a sternly applied slap bracelet, because I'm pretty sure you'd have to hold...

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: Common Ground

The playoffs are almost over and the stage is set for the defending World Champion Philadelphia Phillies to face the dreadnought New York Yankees ... or the Los Angeles Angels Angels, pending a dead Christopher Lloyd-style miracle. The bottom line is this: the World Series is like one block to our left, and we're going to...

The Dugout: Jokes and Jokes, Month of July Edition

July was some kind of month. We saw, among other things, a perfect game, an All-Star Game, an exodus of players to competitive teams, our monthly ration of steroid drama, and a baseball executive who was fired for throwing down his shirt as though it were a gauntlet and challenging his players to a fight.So once again, The...