<![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance - Deadspin Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance - Deadspin Comments]]> http://deadspin.com Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:15:55 EST Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:15:55 EST http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4579668 @ghostsoftheSCupcountry: If LaRussa had any balls, he'd have a scrub bean Baker in the dugout. I'm so sorry, Reds fans. But on the bright side, Joe Nuxhall may become the Minnie Minoso of pitchers this year.

If Nuxhall pitches in a game this year, I'll give you 100 bucks.

notthequarterback

]]> 11:364531:c4579668 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:15:55 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4572283 All the pontificating is hard work, which explains why he wears sweat bands on his wrists.

J-No

]]> 11:364531:c4572283 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:40:56 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4571207 Forgot Piniella. How could I forget that asshole?

Uecker Seats

]]> 11:364531:c4571207 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:09:13 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4571188 No wonder all the TV commentators think LaRussa is a genius. The sub-moronic managers in the NL Central can make anyone look like Stephen Hawking in contrast.

Baker, Cooper, Yost and... um, that one guy who sits in the Pirates dugout?

Wow. That is a real meeting of the minds right there.

Uecker Seats

]]> 11:364531:c4571188 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:08:37 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4570616 Is that the same son of his that was almost run over the in the World Series not too long ago? Weird.

shawnkemp40

]]> 11:364531:c4570616 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:50:25 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567592 @Technicolor Jan Stenerud: Donkey will have to, considering that Dusty once said that walks "clog up the basepaths."

Encouraging Referee Pitman

]]> 11:364531:c4567592 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:06:05 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567545 @tater: How dare you leave out Sir John McDonald...

Secret Identity

]]> 11:364531:c4567545 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:03:48 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567536 who needs Jay Bruce when you've got....Corey Patterson... BWWAAAHAHHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Hit Bull Win Steak

]]> 11:364531:c4567536 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:03:15 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567474 @UkraineNotWeak:
Nah they have some mooses too...or is it meese?

tater

]]> 11:364531:c4567474 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:40 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567311 @diddly: I'm sorry sir, this book's been flagged.

Chief Illiniwek

]]> 11:364531:c4567311 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:55:04 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567291 @thesepretzels: True.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:364531:c4567291 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:54:23 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567240 @tater:

Isn't Canada basically a country filled with scrappy white guys?

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:364531:c4567240 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:52:34 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567149 @ghostsoftheSCupcountry: When he's not getting kicked out of (important) games.

thesepretzels

]]> 11:364531:c4567149 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:49:45 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567128 @Secret Identity:
Like Aaron Hill, Greg Zaun, Marcu Scutaro, Lyle Overbay, Adam Lind, etc. Looks like except for The Big Hurt, Vernon Wells, and Alex Rios the Blue Jays are nothing but scrappy white guys.

tater

]]> 11:364531:c4567128 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:48:55 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567120 Barry Bonds wonders if he will good in red...

Tyrone Briggs

]]> 11:364531:c4567120 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:48:30 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567056 @Secret Identity: Like I always say - "You can't spell 'SCRAPPY' without 'CRAPPY'."

DongerArd

]]> 11:364531:c4567056 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:45:52 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4567031 Now that we've signed him to a minor league contract I wonder if I should say something to Corey Patterson about his propensity to shift to a dead-pull hitter with a lot of strike-outs and...

...zzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZzzz*snerk!*...huh?...zzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

DongerArd

]]> 11:364531:c4567031 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:44:58 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566965 It'll be nice to see my team victimizing Dusty's pitching instead of seeing Dusty victimizing my (his) team's pitching.

StevePerryPsychOut

]]> 11:364531:c4566965 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:42:25 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566958 I can't wait until the Reds trade Adam Dunn to Toronto for David Eckstein, Reed Johnson and two other scrappy white players.

Secret Identity

]]> 11:364531:c4566958 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:42:12 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566944 nibs?

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:364531:c4566944 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:41:53 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566919 let's see:

- dusty the new skipper
- josh hamilton traded away
- jerry hairston

this is probably the worst offseason i could possibly imagine as a reds fan. the only thing i can hope for is that donkey breaks his own strikeouts record.

Technicolor Jan Stenerud

]]> 11:364531:c4566919 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:40:54 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566837 @MeSoHornsby: Martin been known to use a stunt double.

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:364531:c4566837 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:37:37 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566834 Pontification Face!

7-8 Deville

]]> 11:364531:c4566834 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:37:29 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566805 Two Martin Lawrii in one picture - someone knows his Photoshop.

MeSoHornsby

]]> 11:364531:c4566805 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:36:21 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566787 @UkraineNotWeak: They have to steal the talent form somewhere.

Sh!tShow

]]> 11:364531:c4566787 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:35:43 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566756 @UkraineNotWeak: All the Mets stories can be found on WebMD.

crazyjoedavola

]]> 11:364531:c4566756 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:34:34 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566737 @Its The Beer Talking: And yet he reamins comatose in the dugout. Amazing.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:364531:c4566737 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:33:50 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566669 What does this have to do with the Yanks and/or Red Sox? Don't all baseball stories have to be related to either of the two or both to matter?

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:364531:c4566669 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:31:48 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566657 If Dusty's having trouble staying "regular", he could use the Ned Yost approach and drink 25 cups of coffee a day....that's right, 25 cups of coffee.

[southernledger.com]

Its The Beer Talking

]]> 11:364531:c4566657 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:31:24 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566624 Ponderous, fucking ponderous.

/Kasem

Jews For Purple Jesus

]]> 11:364531:c4566624 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:30:37 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566597 There's just nothing on Dusty's mind grapes.

throwbot

]]> 11:364531:c4566597 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:29:39 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566570 "And sometime I just sit here and nothing comes."

I find it helps to bring a book.

diddly

]]> 11:364531:c4566570 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:28:35 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566529 "And sometime I just sit here and nothing comes."

Get that guy some Ex-Lax.

The Fan’s Attic

]]> 11:364531:c4566529 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:26:49 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566523 @PeteJayhawk: Corso is alone with that distinction, though Jeff Reed and Sean Salisbury have tried.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:364531:c4566523 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:26:36 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566503 Pontificating is nice if you can do something with it, otherwise you're just clogging up the metaspaces.

Suss--

]]> 11:364531:c4566503 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:25:57 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566497 @Peter Cavan: Emmitt says, "Somepin's wrong with Dusty's vocabumalary there."

suntastic

]]> 11:364531:c4566497 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:25:51 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566488 Here's some fun, Reds fans: Which will last longer: Junior Griffey's knees or Homer Bailey's arm?

Send your answers to firedustythedumbass.com*

*-may not be a live site, yet.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:364531:c4566488 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:25:34 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566480 Sometimes I shits and pontificate, other times I just shits.

Stay Away From Oprah

]]> 11:364531:c4566480 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:25:08 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566473 @Dany Heatley Speedwagon: Its the black Eddie Gaedel

McCroskey

]]> 11:364531:c4566473 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:24:59 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566454 I can't believe Marge Schott hired a negro!

Doyle McPoyle

]]> 11:364531:c4566454 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:24:21 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566450 God his son grew up quick.

Ray

]]> 11:364531:c4566450 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:24:14 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566447 "And sometime I just sit here and nothing comes."

They've got pills for that now Dusty.

the earl of weaver

]]> 11:364531:c4566447 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:24:11 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566430 Well, to be fair, he does have a brain clogging up his head.

Matt_T

]]> 11:364531:c4566430 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:23:45 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566428 I misread that as Homer's Baby arm.

Yikes.

PeteJayhawk

]]> 11:364531:c4566428 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:23:43 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566408 I guess he'll just fade in bolivian this season.

throwbot

]]> 11:364531:c4566408 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:23:12 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566400 @Dany Heatley Speedwagon: I do an awful lot of sitting, and a great deal of nothing. But one of the things that I do very infrequently in the office is pontificating.

elwood

]]> 11:364531:c4566400 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:22:59 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566394 "And sometime I just sit here and nothing comes."

Maalox, good sir, will do the trick.

MattinglysSideburns

]]> 11:364531:c4566394 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:22:46 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566388 There's a lot of thought involved in coming up with a satisfactory lineup that won't clog the bases.

Its The Beer Talking

]]> 11:364531:c4566388 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:22:29 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566372 This explains the Jerry Hairston signing.

Rob Iracane

]]> 11:364531:c4566372 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:22:00 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566369 Isn't that what our President does as well, but in the Oval Office?

Civil Negligence

]]> 11:364531:c4566369 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:21:49 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566363 I didn't know Martin Lawrence had a twin.

Dany Heatley Speedwagon

]]> 11:364531:c4566363 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:21:40 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566345 @Dany Heatley Speedwagon: And some times I just...
//fixed.
//Shits pants.



ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:364531:c4566345 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:20:52 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566324 Bailey's shredded noodle would go great with some chili, diced onions and cheddar cheese.

ArkansasFred

]]> 11:364531:c4566324 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:20:25 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566315 ...and Neifi Perez will be your shortstop. Enjoy Reds fans.

tater

]]> 11:364531:c4566315 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:20:08 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566305 Baker said he sometimes sits in his office staring into space, pondering and pontificating over things of this nature, "And sometime I just sit here and nothing comes."

So Baker is a deadspinner?

/back to pontificating

Dany Heatley Speedwagon

]]> 11:364531:c4566305 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:19:52 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566304 Emmitt Smith thinks Dusty might be using the wrong word in that sentence.

Peter Cavan

]]> 11:364531:c4566304 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:19:49 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566300 If LaRussa had any balls, he'd have a scrub bean Baker in the dugout. I'm so sorry, Reds fans. But on the bright side, Joe Nuxhall may become the Minnie Minoso of pitchers this year.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> 11:364531:c4566300 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:19:42 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566285 Dusty Baker hasn't returned until you can see the smoke coming out of the shoulder of some top pitching prospect.

White Speed Receiver

]]> 11:364531:c4566285 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:19:15 EST <![CDATA[Dusty Baker And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance]]> http://deadspin.com/364531/dusty-baker-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance#c4566246 Fire Dusty!

A Pimp Named DaveR

]]> 11:364531:c4566246 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:18:02 EST