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Welcome to 'Duk's Dozen, a streamlined selection of 12 morning-fresh links and items to start your baseball day. It welcomes your email submissions or Twitter tips.

1. WGN's Pat Tomasulo takes on the do-it-yourself parking mavens in Wrigleyville. The Patdown 2. The Cubs' clubhouse situation between Sweet Lou & Uncle Miltie is just as funny these days. Hardball 3. A Cards fan presents three reasons for the 85-62 Cardinals to worry. Viva El Birdos 4. Congrats to Peter Abraham, who's taking his blogging prowess to the Boston Globe. LoHud 5. 1998 Yankees vs. 2009 Yankees. Who you taking? NYDN 6. Any chance the White Sox will also take Vernon Wells(notes) from Toronto? Bluebird Banter 7. How Raul Ibanez(notes) proved he wasn't the second coming of Pat Burrell(notes). Phillies Nation 8. Phillies fans are already working themselves into playoff shape at CBP. The 700 Level 9. "Bobby Jenks Hates Us All And Drowns Puppies On His Offdays." South Side Sox 10. "Jason Varitek: Finding New Ways To Suck" Surviving Grady 11. What the Giants should have done to improve their team. McCovey Chronicles 12. The Minnesota Twins: From the Metrodome to the Technodrome? Style Points