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Before the 2009 season began, few would've predicted actor Anthony Anderson, most famous for his role in "My Baby's Daddy" and for saying AN HE HOPPIN AWAYYY in "Kangaroo Jack," as baseball's next big breakout star. With a high batting average and power to boot, Anderson impressed fans by... wait, that's not Anthony Anderson? Is that David Ortiz? When did they trade David Ortiz to the Giants? Who the hell is THIS guy?

Well, whoever he is, the Giants want to train him like a panda bear, so that's funny enough for me. Also, I didn't know you could grow a beard that far above your chin.

Today's Dugout is after the jump.

The Giants hired ex-great Will Clark to a "special assistant" position yesterday. If you're a "special assistant," you might be a contract killer or Kenneth from 30 Rock or anything in between, but one thing you are not is Barry Bonds.

But don't feel bad for Bonds! He's keeping busy these days by being tossed about in a growing sea of evidence against him. This evening's Dugout is after the jump.

One of the longest running complaints about the Dugout is that we don't cover your favorite team (assuming that your favorite team isn't the Yankees, the Red Sox, or whoever Farnsworth plays for). This happens a lot with the Pirates and the Mariners. It occasionally happens with the Giants, and it almost always comes with these two talking points:

1) You never say anything nice about the Giants
2) Barry Bonds is not the only person who plays for the Giants

These are both true. To remedy that, tonight's Dugout deals with the oncoming managing general partnership of William "Bill" Neukom, president of the American Bar Association from 2007 to 2008 and president of the American Honky Tonk Bar Association from 1993-present. It says a lot of nice things about the Giants and has nothing to do with Barry Bonds.

Tonight's Dugout is after the jump (haven't you learned this by now).