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• Spring Dugz: Chicago Cubs
• By B. Thompson Stroud 3/05/2008 10:32 PM ET
• The Dugout is all about character growth. From day one we've watched Kyle Farnsworth evolve from a fan-kicking sociopath into the literal onion of psychological human study he has become. We've ... More »
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• Spring Dugz: Houston Astros
• By B. Thompson Stroud 3/01/2008 2:46 PM ET
• You mess with the fat old bull you get the fat old horns! Today the Dugout continues its Spring Training tradition and its center-of-the-Earth-like journey through the NL Central with the Houston ... More »
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• Spring Dugz: Seattle Mariners
• By B. Thompson Stroud 2/27/2008 9:19 PM ET
• Things you will not see in the Spring Training Dugout for the Seattle Mariners include: Jokes about Starbucks Jokes about rain/rainfall Jokes about grunge style music Mario showing up and ... More »
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• Yankees Play Intrasquad Game With Finesse Two Left Feet
• By Yankees Chick 2/27/2008 5:00 PM ET
• The Yankees kicked off their Spring Training "season" with an intrasquad game today, and while it brings the YC great joy to know that actual playing is going on down in Tampa Bay, the practice game ... More »
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• Somebody Get the Dodgers a Map!
• By Larry Brown 3/21/2007 10:00 AM ET
• First we had Brad Penny -- who said Cabo was his favorite vacation spot in Europe. Now thanks to Tom Hoffarth's LA Daily News blog (via Sports by Brooks) we have this T-Shirt currently being sold at ...
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• Don't Tell Tony La Russa Spring Training Doesn't Count
• By Matt Watson 3/20/2007 7:00 PM ET
• Preston Wilson has hit just .219 through his first 32 at-bats, but he's not concerned about it. Apparently, that doesn't sit well with Cardinals skipper Tony La Russa. From the St. Louis ...
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• Attention Baseball GMs: Javy Lopez Is Available
• By Larry Brown 3/12/2007 9:30 PM ET
• It wasn't long ago that Javy Lopez was smashing 43 bombs en route to an All-Star game and 5th place finish in the NL MVP race. More recently than that, Javy signed a three-year $22.5 million ...
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• Barry Bonds Goes Deep
• By Larry Brown 3/10/2007 3:40 PM ET
• If spring training actually counted, then the chase to break Hank Aaron's record would be down to 21. Unfortunately for Barry Bonds it doesn't. HOWEVA, that still hasn't stopped Barry from impressing ...
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• Rafael Furcal's Not Playing Enough Baseball
• By Larry Brown 3/09/2007 8:30 AM ET
• 313 games, 1405 plate appearances, 1564 total chances, two month of games in Spring Training, 19 straight days of games in four different cities to end the '06 season, and Rafael Furcal hasn't had ...
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• Arizona Set To Rack Up Some Dough
• By PostmanR 3/01/2007 6:20 PM ET
• From the something I hadn't ever really thought about category, mostly because I'm usually thinking about going to the beach, comes this news from the Tucson Citizen: Arizona's 53rd Cactus League ...
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• Your Spring Training Roundup
• By PostmanR 3/01/2007 12:49 PM ET
• Grapefruit League: Pittsburgh Pirates: 8 Manatee Community College: 1 The Pirates snatched four runs in the first inning and never looked back. Don Kelley had two RBIs. Manatee Community College went ... More »
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