The Dugout: It's Tribe Time Now, Part 5

Welcome to part five of our apparently 30-part series about how Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez play for the same team, just like when they were part of the 1997 World Series challenging Cleveland Indians.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Once you have caught up on the previous four parts, remember that none of this is newsworthy and that we've ingratiated ourselves enough at Fanhouse by this point to occasionally make the casual reader here to discuss how he feels about Prince Fielder's baseball-disgracing shirt tuck think we are on crack. Is this a real chat??? Part 5 of 30 is after the jump.

The Dugout

	WordUpThome: TELL ME THE FUNNIEST JOKE
	MannyTheTorpedoes: ok there was a daddy who have three daughter, one name rose one name daisy one name cinderblog
	MannyTheTorpedoes: oen day rose come up to daddy an she say "daddy why am i name rose"
	WordUpThome: UH HUH AND WHAT WAS DADDY'S RETORT
	MannyTheTorpedoes: daddy smile an he say "well when you was a baby a rose petal fall onto your head"
	WordUpThome: HEART ENWARMENING
	MannyTheTorpedoes: she wolk away so daisie come up to daddy an she say "daddie why am i name dasy"
	MannyTheTorpedoes: daddy smile an he say "because dasy when you was borned a daisy petal fall onto your head"
	MannyTheTorpedoes: she smile an wolk away... so cinderblog come up to daddy an say
	MannyTheTorpedoes: "HURRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG"
	WordUpThome: BOY I SWEAR
	Online Host Jim and Manny have come upon a jagged, winding path strewn with rocks. There is no vegetation in sight, and a murky grey sky lurks and fades into fog above them.
	MannyTheTorpedoes: juh juh juh...
	WordUpThome: JIM THOME
	MannyTheTorpedoes: wuh wuh where are we
	Online Host Welcome to the MLB Journeymen Chatroom!
	WordUpThome: STAY CLOSE TO ME MANNY; IF YOU LET GO OF ME YOU COULD ACCIDENTALLY BE TRADED TO THE NATIONALS FOR PROSPECTS
	MannyTheTorpedoes: if we realy wan to be like Clevlan inians shoulent that hapen
	WordUpThome: NO WE WANT TO BE THE 1997 INDIANS, BUT WE WANT TO WIN. IT IS A LOGICAL CONUNDRUM OR "CATCH 22" LIKE IN THE FAMOUS NOVEL
	MannyTheTorpedoes: which novel
	WordUpThome: THE GREAT GATSBY
	MannyTheTorpedoes: clayton kershaw is 22 mabe his scream name shoul be "pitch 22"
	WordUpThome: HEY THAT IS PRETTY FUNNY WRITE IT DOWN
	MannyTheTorpedoes: /draws fighter jets in dirt with big toe
	Online Host In the valley below, a group of fanged, hairy journeyman have gathered around a pool of standing water.
	WordUpThome: SHHH BE QUITE, FOR THERE ARE MONSTERS BELOWE~
	Online Host Meanwhile, in the Valley Chatroom...
	pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: im not sure i belong in this chatroom, i have always been more an mlb kansasman, they're hit song "dust in the wind" birthed my prophetic nihilism
	pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: for my monies that an "my generation" by limped bizkit are the 2 best songs ever fordged, "if only we could fly" am i right ricky henderson
	RickeyAndTheHendersons: this pool of standing water and we demons remind rickey hennerson of a dream rickey hennerson once had when rickey was sleeping
	RickeyAndTheHendersons: rickey hennersons mama tell rickey to be careful cause its raining outside and when its raining that is when the foxes get married, and if rickey hennerson don't wanna get in trouble he will stay away from fox weddings
	pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: haha what
	RickeyAndTheHendersons: but that only spark interest in rickey hennerson, and while he was out wandering the woods rickey came upon a procession of costumed well wishers what turned out to be foxes, which turned out to be getting married
	RickeyAndTheHendersons: rickey hennerson watch them with cautious glee an when rickey hennerson return to his home, rickey hennersons mama tell him that she cant let him back in the house no more
	pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: haha whattt
	RickeyAndTheHendersons: rickey hennerson was force to ask the foxes for forgiveness an made to wander the earth as if rickey hennerson was caine from kung fu the televised program, an the imagery becomes inconsistent at best here but rickey hennerson steps through the paintings of vincent van gockhhh and at one point nearly dies on a snowy mountains side
	KissTheSheff: That's it, I am quitting this chatroom forever.
	Online Host KissTheSheff has left the chatroom!
	pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: hahaha jesus cripes man talken to you is like somebody put videodrome on max volume an beat me over my head with the television
	pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: tell me what you think about what happened with erin andrews
	RickeyAndTheHendersons: before rickey hennerson can properly express his feelings on that matter rickey has to set the stage for you. the setting: nuclear meltdown threatens the devastation of Japan. the man: rickey hennerson
	pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: amazing
	WordUpThome: OKAY WE DEF DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THERE
	MannyTheTorpedoes: but standeng water look fun it is good for the splish splashen of feets /jogs down hill with arms outstretched
	MannyTheTorpedoes: airplangggg
	WordUpThome: MANNY NO DON'T GO DOWN THERE YOU'LL END UP A MET
	Online Host Behind them, a shadowy figure with a walking stick rises above the horizon. He speaks.
	Voice: Jim?
	WordUpThome: /looks around
	TheDreadPirateBip: Jim Thome? GUYS! GET UP HERE QUICK! IT'S JIM THOME!
	WordUpThome:
	Online Host BeyondBorders and WeathersGettingWorse have entered the chatroom.
	BeyondBorders: I can't believe my eyes... after all these years, it's great to see you, Jim! And is that Manny Ramirez running around in circles behind you?
	WordUpThome: YES MANNY GET OVER HERE SOME GUYS WHO ARE TERRIBLE AT BASEBALL WANT TO SAY HELLOES TO US
	MannyTheTorpedoes: yay big papi finaly comed to visit!!!! ask him if he wanna to play spies
	WordUpThome: BIG POPPA DO YOU WANT TO PLAY SPIES
	TheDreadPirateBip: I'm Bip Roberts
	BeyondBorders: We'll set up camp here for the night. We've got a lot of catching up to do. Guess what? We're trying to rebuild the 1997 Cleveland Indians.
	WordUpThome: WHERE HAVE YOU FELLOWS BEEN FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS
	WeathersGettingWorse: It was a dark, and STORMY night...

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-09-2009 @ 9:59AM

Paul said...

Ho. Lee. Shit.

Complete gold.

9-09-2009 @ 1:27AM

Abe Froman said...

LOL! You managed to work Kyle Farnsworth in there in a totally non-gratuitous way!

Excellent Dugout. I think I woke my roommate with the "HA!" after the "MANNY NO DON'T GO DOWN THERE YOU'LL END UP A MET"

9-09-2009 @ 8:56AM

Donut King said...

"WordUpThome: HEART ENWARMENING"

My thoughts exactly.

9-09-2009 @ 10:23AM

Logglobo Vlandignorf said...

/quietly repairs a broken watermill wheel

9-09-2009 @ 12:57PM

andrew said...

Rickey's dream = a reference to Akira Kurosawa's "Yume"?

9-10-2009 @ 4:58PM

Dave said...

I'm sad because I cannot envision a better dugout on Fanhouse. Like, topping this might be an impossible challenge. In fact, it's up there with the Pro-boink ones in randomness and hilarity. When I saw the Professor was in this one, my day was made. Thank you and thank you again.

9-14-2009 @ 12:16AM

I have to agree with Dave that this last string of Dugouts has been among the best Fanhouse series in a long time.