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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 Street Level feature. The shot catches him crossing Wrigleyville's Clark Street, presumably to punch an echo. Oh man. He's going to be so mad. Oh man.

Today's Dugout is after the jump.

The Dugout

Soriano_4_2004: Oh man.

You have to check this out.

lumberjacks_kerrywood: What's up?

Soriano_4_2004: Coach is on Google Maps.

lumberjacks_kerrywood: Whoa, what a coincidence. We should show him.

Soriano_4_2004: Are you nuts? It'll piss the hell out of him.

One time he screamed at me for drinking a glass of water.

lumberjacks_kerrywood: True. You know that apple he put in the fridge last month? Every month he opens the refrigerator door, yells at it for rotting, and slams it shut. I can't wait until it shrivels and slips through the top-shelf grate so I don't have to hear about it anymore.

Soriano_4_2004: ...Oh hell, I'm bored. I'm showing it to him.

**OnlineHost** Lou Piniella has entered the chat room.

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT

Soriano_4_2004: Hey Coach, check this out!

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHY DO THOSE FELLAS HAVE PAPER BAGS ON THEIR DING DONGS

Soriano_4_2004: No, no. Look down and to the right.

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

CAN'T I WEAR MY TANNISH PUKE SHIRT AND WALK DOWN THE STREET WHILE SNAPPING MY FINGERS WITHOUT INGSOC TOTALITARIANIZING MY PINK ASS OFF

lumberjacks_kerrywood: Hey chill out, it's just a picture.

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

WHO ARE YOU

GO TO YOUR ROOM AND TUCK YOURSELF IN, I'LL READ YOU WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WHEN JEOPARDY IS OVER

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

WHOEVER TOOK THIS PICTURE OF ME IS TALLER THAN SAM F***

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

WAIT IS THIS THE DEVIL FROM "FALLEN" STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

DO I NEED TO DRIVE TO THE WILDERNESS AND SHOOT JOHN GOODMAN IN THE HEAD

BECAUSE I THOUGHT I ALREADY DID THAT ONCE

Soriano_4_2004: You know, Coach, you should probably be used to this by now. I mean, you're a public figure in an enormous city full of people and cameras. It's going to happen.

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

YOU KNOCK IT OFF UP THERE OR YOU'RE GETTING TOM CLANCY AND A SPANKING

Soriano_4_2004: Well, I mean, look. You're all over the Internet. You're everywhere. Here's a picture of you getting your hair dyed.

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHAT

lumberjacks_kerrywood: And look, here's one of you wearing a Santa Claus hat.

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

Soriano_4_2004: hahaha why does that make you so mad

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

I AM NOT SANTA CLAUS AT ALL

Soriano_4_2004: Should we keep going?

lumberjacks_kerrywood: Haha yeah, what the hell, I'm having fun.

lumberjacks_kerrywood: Look, here's a tribute video someone made of you set to a Rihanna song.

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH

lumberjacks_kerrywood: Actually, yeah, I'm kind of with you on that.

Soriano_4_2004: oh wait wait

Look, Coach! Someone made a YTMND for you!

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

GAAAAAAAGKALJFHKLFG

I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS

lumberjacks_kerrywood: Wow, Coach! Did you sing that song? I guess you did, since it's on a website about you!

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: NO IT ISN'T AT ALL I PROMISE

SERIOUSLY IT ISN'T

Soriano_4_2004: But it has to be! I am going to tell all my friends and family that you sang this song!

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

LFGNQKJGBHILAVF;AOB;DFJ;NB
LAVBALBAFAKFNBLKNGBK

PiniellaOnTheDonkey:

THAT'S IT

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /marches to refrigerator

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /draws smiley face on apple with Sharpie

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /places apple on lap, opens Tom Clancy book

/clears throat

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: JACK RYAN WAS STILL OF FOOTBALL PLAYER BUILD FROM HIS DAYS IN HIGH SCHOOL. HIS WIFE ALWAYS TEASED HIM ABOUT THE "LOVE HANDLES" HE HAD ACQUIRED SINCE

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION

THIS IS THE PART WHERE HE SAVES THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FROM AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /draws ears on apple

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /stares thoughtfully at wall

/devours apple

PiniellaOnTheDonkey: I FEEL THAT TOM CLANCY IS THE GREATEST AUTHOR OF OUR TIME

Soriano_4_2004: Do, uh

Do you ever miss having Dusty Baker around?

lumberjacks_kerrywood:

nnnnnnnnnope

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