The Dugout: It's Tribe Time Now, Part 1

In the most important "real life benefiting The Dugout" moment since Barry Bonds dressed up like Paula Abdul, rosy-cheeked Faulknerian idiot man-child and Dugout regular Jim Thome has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. This reunites him with another Dugout regular, Manny Ramirez, who he has not played with since they both played for the Cleveland Indians in 2000.

Tonight's important next chapter in Dugout lore is after the jump. Hey, I've got to root for the Indians somewhere.

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The Dugout

	WordUpThome: L.A. GUYS ITS JI
	MannyTheTorpedoes: jim tommy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	WordUpThome: JIM THOME
	WordUpThome: "JIM BEING SEEING MANNY" LONG TIME WITHOUT ANY SEE MY FINELY-ROW'D FRIEND, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS OLD THOME-KNOCKER HAS BEEN TRADED TO "THOSE BUMS" FOR CASH CONSIDERATIONS
	MannyTheTorpedoes: like wehn totonka got friends w/ millon dollar man
	WordUpThome: MORE LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SASSY SAPPHIRE BUT YES, SOME-WHAT LIKE THAT
	WordUpThome: SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TOWARD FOR THE LAST NINE SEASONS
	MannyTheTorpedoes: strds, playin spies, makign millons of dollar an awords even tho i act like chucky from rugrants
	MannyTheTorpedoes: u
	WordUpThome: I ROPED NUMEROUS DINGERS FOR THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES AND CHICAGO WHITE SOX
	MannyTheTorpedoes: so u win many gray worl series ring
	WordUpThome: FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION THAT - HAVE YOU EVER SEEN "THE PEBBLES AND BAMM-BAMM SHOW," WHERE THE FLINTSTONE KIDS ARE GROWN UPS
	MannyTheTorpedoes: ya i love flinston kids
	WordUpThome: NO NOT THE FLINTSTONE KIDS, THE KIDS FROM THE FLINTSTONES, EXCEPT THEY ARE ALL GROWN UP
	MannyTheTorpedoes: rugrants all growed up??
	WordUpThome: NO
	WordUpThome: I AM LIKE A GUY FROM THAT SHOW BUT NEVERMIND I GUESS
	WordUpThome: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR YOUR FUNS IN L. ANGELES
	MannyTheTorpedoes: watch fresh prins, play small ball in ptchrs park
	WordUpThome: SMALL BALL YOU SAY
	MannyTheTorpedoes: ya small ball mean "manny hit hoemrun w/ nobody on base"
	WordUpThome: THAT SOUNDS GREAT IT TURNS OUT I HAVE BEEN PLAYING SMALL BALL FOR 15 YEARS
	MannyTheTorpedoes: to catch u up on fresh prins secon ant viv not as good as firs, funnies jokes are uncle phil fat cartlon white hilry vane an "wade in the water"
	MannyTheTorpedoes: u wan win a worl series this year
	WordUpThome: ABSO, LUTELY... I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO US IN CLEVELAND
	WordUpThome: HEEEEEEEEY DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA
	MannyTheTorpedoes: eat some stapels
	WordUpThome: NO, WE SHOULD ROUND UP THE OLD GANG FROM THE '97 WAHOOS AND WIN THE WORLD SERIES IN LOS ANGELES
	MannyTheTorpedoes: how will we fine them all
	WordUpThome: FOLLOW ME, NEW BEST FRIEND
	Online Host WordUpThome and MannyTheTorpedoes have left the chatroom on a tandem bicycle. Online Host Later, in the Texas Rangers Chatroom...
	WordUpThome: OMAR WE ARE GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER, ARE YOU IN
	KenanAndQuel: Yeah, of course!
	WordUpThome: AND AFTER WE JAM FOR A WHILE WE ARE GOING TO PLAY BASEBALL AND TRY TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT AS WELL
	KenanAndQuel: Oooh, I don't know. I'm having a pretty good year in Texas. They might not let me play for you, too!
	KenanAndQuel: What are you going to do in L.A. anyway, Jim, you haven't played first base in years
	WordUpThome: REMEMBERING HOW TO PLAY FIRST BASE WHILE A MORE DESERVING PLAYER RIDES THE BENCH IS JUST LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE
	MannyTheTorpedoes: /steers tandem bike into Lake Arlington
	WordUpThome: AND IF THAT FAILS I WILL JUST PINCH HIT A LOT
	KenanAndQuel: Okay, I'm in!
	Online Host KenanAndQuel has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers! Online Host Later, in the San Diego Padres Chatroom...
	WordUpThome: HEY BRIAN GILES IT IS JIM THOME AND MAN
	MannyTheTorpedoes: being man
	WordUpThome: MANNY RAMIREZ WE ARE DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT MARK SHAPIRO IS DOING
	ProblemGiles2: Rebuilding the Cleveland Indians?
	WordUpThome: THAT'S A BINGO! WE NEED A GUY ON THE TEAM CRAZIER THAN MANNY ARE YOU IN
	MannyTheTorpedoes: hey he is no crazier than manny manny is the craziest one there is, i like to fart and watch cartoonce
	ProblemGiles2: I like to shave my entire body and walk around naked doing my batting stance in front of my General Manager.
	MannyTheTorpedoes: i have problems with concentration an dont play very hard sometime
	ProblemGiles2: I bathe in a shower full of urine and lathered up pubic hair and make jokes to the media about how I want to f*** my own mother
	MannyTheTorpedoes: i uh... wear baggy close
	ProblemGiles2: I gave my pregnant girlfriend two nonconsecutive miscarriages by beating the sh** out of her and throwing her down a hallway.
	MannyTheTorpedoes: jim tommy i don think i wan 2 play with brian agan :(
	WordUpThome: YEAH WE WERE LOOKING FOR "FUN CRAZY" NOT "AWFUL PERSON WHO SHOULD BE IN JAIL" CRAZY
	WordUpThome: I WONDER WHAT BIP ROBERTS IS UP TO JOURNEYING, I'D WAGER.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-02-2009 @ 12:37AM

ccrowsrule said...

This is the best day of my life.

9-02-2009 @ 6:03PM

Paul said...

YES...

9-02-2009 @ 10:38PM

I don't know how this got moved down, but now it looks all out of order...

Johnny B said...

There is a God... He loves us all so much.

I hope this goes on forever and ever. Thank you Ned Coletti.

9-02-2009 @ 4:20AM

Ed said...

Once again it's just one of those times where the cosmic forces that make the world work decides to have the MLB work in the ways that would be the most fun to base a Dugout on.