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
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Soriano_4_2004: Oh man. You have to check this out. |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: What's up? |
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Soriano_4_2004: Coach is on Google Maps. |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: Whoa, what a coincidence. We should show him. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Soriano_4_2004: ...Oh hell, I'm bored. I'm showing it to him. |
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**OnlineHost** Lou Piniella has entered the chat room. |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT |
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Soriano_4_2004: Hey Coach, check this out! |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHY DO THOSE FELLAS HAVE PAPER BAGS ON THEIR DING DONGS |
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Soriano_4_2004: No, no. Look down and to the right. |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT |
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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 |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: Hey chill out, it's just a picture. |
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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 |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHOEVER TOOK THIS PICTURE OF ME IS TALLER THAN SAM F*** |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WAIT IS THIS THE DEVIL FROM "FALLEN" STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: DO I NEED TO DRIVE TO THE WILDERNESS AND SHOOT JOHN GOODMAN IN THE HEAD BECAUSE I THOUGHT I ALREADY DID THAT ONCE |
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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. |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: YOU KNOCK IT OFF UP THERE OR YOU'RE GETTING TOM CLANCY AND A SPANKING |
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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. |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHAT |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: And look, here's one of you wearing a Santa Claus hat. |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT |
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Soriano_4_2004: hahaha why does that make you so mad |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: I AM NOT SANTA CLAUS AT ALL |
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Soriano_4_2004: Should we keep going? |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: Haha yeah, what the hell, I'm having fun. |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: Look, here's a tribute video someone made of you set to a Rihanna song. |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: Actually, yeah, I'm kind of with you on that. |
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Soriano_4_2004: oh wait wait Look, Coach! Someone made a YTMND for you! |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: GAAAAAAAGKALJFHKLFG I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: Wow, Coach! Did you sing that song? I guess you did, since it's on a website about you! |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: NO IT ISN'T AT ALL I PROMISE SERIOUSLY IT ISN'T |
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Soriano_4_2004: But it has to be! I am going to tell all my friends and family that you sang this song! |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: LFGNQKJGBHILAVF;AOB;DFJ;NB |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: THAT'S IT |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /marches to refrigerator |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /draws smiley face on apple with Sharpie |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /places apple on lap, opens Tom Clancy book /clears throat |
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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 |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION THIS IS THE PART WHERE HE SAVES THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FROM AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /draws ears on apple |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: /stares thoughtfully at wall /devours apple |
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PiniellaOnTheDonkey: I FEEL THAT TOM CLANCY IS THE GREATEST AUTHOR OF OUR TIME |
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Soriano_4_2004: Do, uh Do you ever miss having Dusty Baker around? |
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lumberjacks_kerrywood: nnnnnnnnnope |




















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-04-2008 @ 7:01PM
Linkage said...
Kerry Woods made it through without a body part falling out? He's slippin' man.
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6-04-2008 @ 10:28PM
andrew.jonathan said...
At the very least, Mark Pryor should have died in a horribly gruesome manner. And yes, Jack Ryan is a badass.
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