The Dugout: It's Tribe Time Now, Part 3

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Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez suddenly find themselves playing for the same team again. Their mission: to travel the United States on a tandem bicycle and reunite the 1997 Cleveland Indians AL Championship team in Los Angeles. Will they succeed, or will I stop when I get to like, Chad Ogea and run out of jokes? Only time will tell. Part 3 of the Dugout special event is after the jump.

The Dugout

	WordUpThome: "TRENIDAD HUBBARD WENT TO HIS CUPBOARD TO FEED HIS POOR DOGS AND PETS"
	WordUpThome: "WHEN HE GOT THERE, THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE, AND THEY TRADED HIS DOG TO THE METS"
	WordUpThome: THAT IS LITERALLY EVERY POSSIBLE JOKE I HAVE FOR YOU, DO YOU WANT TO BE ON OUR TEAM
	MyThreeDads: yes very much so
	MannyTheTorpedoes: when he go sleddeng for winter he is trenidad an toboggan
	WordUpThome: SON OF A BI
	Online Host Later, in the Former San Francisco Giants Disgraced By Allegations of Steroid Abuse Chatroom!
	MannyTheTorpedoes: barry bons!!!!!
	WordUpThome: I CAN SEE HOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT BUT NO WE ARE NOT HERE TO OFFER BARRY BONDS A JOB
	WordUpThome: DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHEN BUD SELIG PUT ALL OF THE OWNERS IN A ROOM AND MADE THEM SWEAR NOT TO OFFER BARRY BONDS A JOB
	MannyTheTorpedoes: o ya sry
	MannyTheTorpedoes: kevin mitchell rapport!!!!
	WordUpThome: HE'S NOT IN HERE, HE'S IN THE STEROID CHATROOM QUEUE WITH BRADY ANDERSON AND 3/4THS OF A HOUSEDCAT
	MannyTheTorpedoes: marvin bernard
	WordUpThome: NOT AN INDIAN, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT GUY WAS MY TEAM IN MANIAC MANSION
	MannyTheTorpedoes: mark carreon
	WordUpThome: HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO THAT IS
	WordUpThome: NO, MARK CARREON IS NOT ALIVE ANYMORE HE DIED CROSSING THE DESERT AND WAS EATEN BY VULTURES
	MannyTheTorpedoes: ummm who else
	CarsonCrusher: Hey guys, what's going on in this chatroom?
	WordUpThome: MATT WILLIAMS YOU OLD D-BACK HOW ARE THEY HANGING
	CarsonCrusher: really small and tightly clenched to the body. What have you guys been up to?
	WordUpThome: NOT MUCH WE JUST GOT BACK FROM TRENIDAD AFTER GETTING OREL, WHERE OUR CHIPS WERE DIGESTED BY COLON
	CarsonCrusher: were ... wait, what
	WordUpThome: WE ARE REPURPOSING THE 1997 INDIANS AS 2009 DODGERS IN AN ENMADDENED QUEST TO FINALLY GET A WORLD SERIES RING
	MannyTheTorpedoes: um jim i got a worl series ring with boson red sogs
	CarsonCrusher: Yeah, and I already won one with the Diamondbacks in 2001.
	MoralOrel: wait, is that what we're doing? I've already got one of those too, I won with the Dodgers back in-
	WordUpThome: HEY EVERYBODY WHY DON'T YOU SHUT THE F UP FOR A SECOND I AM TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
	CarsonCrusher: sorry
	MoralOrel: sorry
	MannyTheTorpedoes: /earmuffs
	WordUpThome: SORRY PALS I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET ALL FUDGICLE ON YOU, TIMES ARE TOUGH ALL OVER
	CarsonCrusher: how much does this pay?
	WordUpThome: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
	MannyTheTorpedoes: millon dollar man an vurgal
	CarsonCrusher: that's good, 'cause I've got to pay off this debt I've incurred importing this gross palette of hammerhead shark testosterone from Indo-China.
	MannyTheTorpedoes: that loogs good can i try soem
	CarsonCrusher: Sure! You into drugs?
	MannyTheTorpedoes: alegendly
	WordUpThome: I WILL GIVE YOU MY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TOO PENDING YOU KEEP YOUR LEARNED-IT-BY-WATCHING-YOU MARIO BROTHERS POT-BOX AWAY FROM MANNY
	MannyTheTorpedoes: i used a vagnal shampoo on my head by aciden an it say i did strds
	CarsonCrusher: alright, I'm in
	Online Host Matt Williams has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers!
	CarsonCrusher: But before I head out, would anybody be interested in buying a googol of green and orange DNA mutagens in plastic I.V. bags from me?
	MoralOrel: Hm, what do they do?
	CarsonCrusher: if you chase them with propaganda films they turn you into Blanka from Street Fighter
	MoralOrel: What does that mean? Do I want that?
	MannyTheTorpedoes: do u have a lady version that turn you into chum li

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-04-2009 @ 1:32AM

Goldie said...

This is such a grand adventure......alegendly !
It needs to continue. Aren't Jim and Manny coming to get Papi? I think he alegendly wants to play with the Dodgers. It's been such along time since Manny and Papi played together and I think Jim and Oral would really love to play Spies with them during offtime in the clubhouse.
By the way where did Spies begin ? Did it start in the Wahoo locker room or the Red Sox locker room?

B, I am hooked on this continuing drama....Please keep the episodes coming.

SPIES...SPIES...SPIES...SPIES.....!!!!!!!!!!

9-04-2009 @ 2:29AM

And for GODS SAKE, keep that Super Mario Brothers
pot stashie box away from Manny... He's in enough trouble as it is !!!

9-04-2009 @ 8:23AM

acheron2112 said...

This series is fantastic. Still missing David Justice and Sandy Alomar Jr.

(Roberto Alomar wasn't on the Indians in 97 yet, right? He didn't come on until 98 or 99? I suppose I could look it up, but using supported facts is generally discouraged on Fanhouse. Well, in pretty much any Internet discussion.)

9-04-2009 @ 8:56AM

Donut King said...

KEVIN SEITZER! GET IN THIS OFFICE RIGHT NOW!

9-04-2009 @ 12:24PM

delorean said...

absolutely stellar. the only way this could get any better is if pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth somehow made an appearance.

9-05-2009 @ 12:34AM

Jason said...

I know Julio Franco's retired, but you can fit him in, perhaps. Some "old man" jokes there.

Richie Sexson is an unsigned free agent. You could bring up his colossal tallness, or just make jokes about him throwing his batting helmet and charging pitcher tinier than him when they throw at his colossal head and miss.

And then of course, there was good ole Charlie Manuel, who was their hitting coach in '97.

There's some gems for ya.

9-08-2009 @ 3:29PM

Ragingape said...

Great so far. I don't get Matt Williams's screen name.

9-09-2009 @ 9:59AM

According to Baseball Reference, "Carson Crusher" is Matt Williams' nickname.

Personally, if that were my nickname, I'd become a pro wrestler. But I'm crazy like that.