The Dugout
By Jon - 1-31-07
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**OnlineHost** You have entered the New York Yankees chatroom.

ILOVECASHMAN: Sir, we have a problem.

WinBenSteinsBrenner: AAAHH

/frantically waves around suitcase full of $1000 bills

GET IT AWAY

ILOVECASHMAN: I'm afraid that won't solve this problem, sir.

ILOVECASHMAN: Our outfield depth chart is full. There's no room for Bernie Williams.

 

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ILOVECASHMAN: Bernie Williams. One of the anchors of our team for the past decade and a half.

WinBenSteinsBrenner: Oh, right.

ILOVECASHMAN: We can't just release a guy like that. We'd be crucified for it. But we have to get rid of him somehow.

WinBenSteinsBrenner: Hmm. Let me handle this.

**OnlineHost** Ert_and_Bernie has entered the chatroom.

Ert_and_Bernie: Hey boss!

WinBenSteinsBrenner: Bernie! I have a proposition for you.

Ert_and_Bernie: Does it involve not benching me in favor of a guy whose first name is Melky?

WinBenSteinsBrenner: I'd like to offer you a minor league contract.

Ert_and_Bernie: I'd like to think that my years of loyalty would deserve more than this. But if it's in the best interests of the team, I accept.

WinBenSteinsBrenner: I knew you'd understand.

Ert_and_Bernie: Oh shit, hold on a second! The Yankees don't grow their own players! Do we even have a farm system?

WinBenSteinsBrenner: No. And yet I am sending you there! WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOT EVEN THE LORD GOD KNOWS

/boot

  **OnlineHost** You have entered the Endless Expanse of Void chatroom.
Ert_and_Bernie: Wh-where am I?
  **OnlineHost** The_Universe appears offline and may not respond to your messages.
Ert_and_Bernie: HELLO IS ANYONE THERE
  **OnlineHost** Your message is travelling indefinitely and silently through the Endless Expanse of Void.
Ert_and_Bernie: It appears...it appears as though I'm to remain here for eternity.

Ert_and_Bernie: But now there is only me. Nobody else. Nothing else. No light. Does time still hold meaning?

Ert_and_Bernie: For that matter, what of morality? Purpose? Can these things exist if they only exist inside of me?

Ert_and_Bernie: Oh wait, there's someone! Hey! You there!

Ert_and_Bernie: Turn around!!

Ert_and_Bernie: Hey! Where are you going?

/begins to run

Ert_and_Bernie: Wait! Stop running! Please!

Ert_and_Bernie: I see you there! You! You, in the Yankees uniform with the number 51 on your back...

Ert_and_Bernie: oh...oh no

i am chasing nothing but myself

Ert_and_Bernie: AAAHH MY GOD GET ME OUT OF HERE PLEASE

Ert_and_Bernie: I WANT OFF! I WANT OFF THIS COSMIC TREADMILL! DO YOU HEAR ME I WANT OUT

Ert_and_Bernie: There is no meaning here! There is no existence! There is nothing but myself and my now-irrelevant memories! It is as if

Ert_and_Bernie: ...

Hey, wait a second. Don't the Yankees have a minor-league team after all? Isn't it in South Carolina?

Ert_and_Bernie: hmm

Ert_and_Bernie: /looks around

actually yeah that sounds about right