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How Close You Were, Dusty
Ah, such a rite of fall: The ritualistic execution of baseball managers. It always is a fun day, the day right after the baseball season ends, because managers just get picked off left and right. It's only a matter of time until Florida, bewilderingly, cans Joe Girardi, but we're gonna look at Cubs skipper Dusty Baker, who all but confirmed his Cubs days are over. More »
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OK, Maybe Everyone Should Boo Dusty
OK, we understand that he had thrown a lot of pitches, and that he had walked five guys, and that the score was 0-0 and that he has been injured enough to need to be coddled a bit. More »
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Stephen A. Fesses Up
Well, there's finally some closure in the whole Stephen A. Smith/Dusty Baker/Cubs blogs/hey-how'd-WE-get-involved-in-this? situation from last week. If you'll recall, Cubs manager Dusty Baker cancelled his appearance on "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" because a staffer encouraged people to boo him, and Smith, rather than acknowledge that a staffer made a mistake, blamed us, of all people, for doctoring the memo. Well, in an email sent out to various involved Cubs Web sites, a representative to Stephen A. acknowledges that the infamous Jackea Chan email was legit though a press release quoting Smith. More »
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The Post Where Stephen A. Calls Us A Liar, And We Return The Favor
On Wednesday, we told you about how several Cubs blogs reported receiving emails from "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" staffers encouraging them to come out and boo Cubs manager Dusty Baker. Well, it turns out, Baker caught wind of the emails and cancelled his appearance on the program. In the Chicago Tribune today, media columnist Teddy Greenstein talks to Smith about what happened. And guess what? He says it wasn't a planned ambush of Baker, nor was it the fault of an overzealous staffer. You know whose fault it was? OURS! More »
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Come On Down And Boo Our Guests!
You know how audience coordinators at "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" are always trolling Web message boards trying to get people to come to their shows? Well, now it's getting rather extreme. More »
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You're Doing A Heckuva Job, Dusty
It's Opening Day, and that means it's time to play "What's Your Caption?" More »
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Those Racist Cubs Owners
Working presumably from ESPN Page 2 columnist Scoop Jackson's somewhat inexplicable column about racism and Cubs manager Dusty Baker earlier this season, satirical Onion-esque site SportsPickle "reports" that Cubs Management Unsure How To Fire Baker Without Exposing That They're Racists. More »
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· Bad News Bears: Dusty's nightmare just could be your dream come true.
· Fantasy Football: Show me the money!
· Covers serves up a large helping of Big 12 football barbeque.
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· Fantasy Football: Show me the money!
· Covers serves up a large helping of Big 12 football barbeque.
