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About Last Night ...
What you missed while helping Giant Lego Man celebrate his 75th birthday ... • MLS: Beckham makes LA Galaxy debut before a sellout crowd ... we welcome our new soccer overlords. • MLB: Say Hey, Willie! Harris, Braves rob Mets. • Golf: It's just too freakin' hot for Tiger at the PGA Championship. So,...

The Mariners Like 'Em Big
Ever wanted a six-foot doll of Raul Ibanez? Well, boy howdy, this could be your lucky day. As long as you have four figures to spend....

Matt Murphy, Call Your Accountant
That fella who caught Barry Bonds' homer the other night, his name's Matt Murphy and, as you might have heard, he's a Mets fan. He'll be selling the ball, of course; estimates are between $400,000 and $500,000. eBay is even trying to help him out....

Welcome To Barry's Inferno
If it were possible to open the human mind and step inside, to shine a flashlight into the dark corners of the psyche and root around in our deepest anxieties, then you might possibly see what occurred in the left field bleachers of AT&T Park on Tuesday. Mets' fan Matt Murphy, as we all know by now,...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while reading the Iliad, and skipping the Odyssey ... • MLB: Cubs urge everyone not to panic; the helicopters will be here soon to evacuate the women and children. • Tennis: Nikolay Davydenko wins opener at Rogers Cup in a match that certainly was not fixed by organized crime. • WNBA...

Bud Selig's Fortnight From Hell
As we move on with our lives now that Barry Bonds has taken over the home run record — though we really can't move on, considering he's gonna keep playing — we look at the guy who has consistently looked worse than everybody else, Bonds included, this entire time. We're talking of course about Bud S...

Barry Blogdome: Asterisk-esque!
What they're saying in Blogopolis about No. 756. We apologize for the use of that word, by the way. At least we didn't say "sphere."...

In The End, You Don't Feel Nothing
By now, we've all pretty much made our peace with it, though there was a little part of us today that wanted to not mention Barry Bonds until about 4 p.m., and then throw up a "holy crap, did you guys see what happened last night? We just noticed" post. We felt that would be too gimmicky, though no...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while attempting to unlock the mystery of Giant Leggo Man ... • You know, I hate to bring this up, but I'm beginning to suspect that this new home run record may not be completely legitimate. • WNBA: New York beats Houston to break four-game losing streak. Well of course; the Comets ...

Have Barry Bonds' Arms Really Not Grown?
Yesterday, Editor & Publisher, of all places, ran a column saying Barry Bonds' elbow brace gives him an unfair advantage. Over at Baseball Prospectus, Will Carroll follows up and stumbles onto a scoop of his own....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while opening 130 cans of Fancy Feast ... • MLB: For a couple of hours on Monday, the Yankees were tied for the wild card lead. Yeah, weird. • Tennis: Who is this Legg Mason, and why does Andy Roddick seem to own his tournament? • MLB: Barry Bonds fails to solve the baffling puzzle t...

Our One Moment Of Grace, Coming From A Guy Who Pees On Teammates
As Barry Bonds goes to finally break the record this weekend, we hark back to the only real revelatory moment of this "chase:" Greg Maddux's performance against Bonds on Friday night....

The Next Guy To Be Immortalized In The Record Book
As we come to terms with the fact that Barry Bonds is now the all-time home run leader — and no one is coming to terms with it better than The Dugout — we look to the future. Specifically, we look to the time that Alex Rodriguez breaks the record himself....

Today's Story: Coco Crisp And The Very Careless Moose
It's always a sad thing when a moose goes bad. One minute he's delighting children with his playful antics, and the next ... vehicular assault. The victim: Boston's Coco Crisp, who was minding his own business, warming up for Sunday's game in Seattle against the Mariners. The assailant: Mariner Moos...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while being arrested by a monkey ... • NFL preseason: Despite talking with Deion Sanders before the game, Mike Tomlin begins his Steelers reign with a victory. • MLB: Glavine wins 300th at the expense of the formerly-in-first-place Chicago Cubs. • Golf: Tiger tunes up for PGA Champio...

Washington Wizards beat writer Ivan Carter is reporting that the team has agreed to send the rights to Spanish superstar—and Pau Gasol's bosom-buddy—Juan Carlos "La Bomba" Navarro to Memphis. In exchange they'll give up a future first round pick that might be lottery protected (crap). I'm not thrill...

Vazquez Punishes Marquez While Diaz Retires Morales
Nobody thought that Israel Vazquez could be ready for his rematch against Rafael Marquez just five months after he took that battering. Freddie Roach, Vazquez's highly regarded trainer in that fight, declined to train him for the rematch if he was going to fight just four months after major surgery...