Editor’s Note: Mr. McGrath has long and storied history in the management of professional sports franchises, most notably as the general manager of the Charlestown Chiefs of the now-defunct Federal League. Oh, and this is probably a good time to mention that Mr. McGrath’s views are his own, and do not necessarily reflect those of… Read More Guest Column: Joe McGrath on the Olympics
If nothing else, Jamie Moyer is a pragmatist. Moyer left his last start Tuesday in St. Louis when he strained his left elbow after making a pitch. He returned to Philadelphia on Wednesday to be examined by team medical personnel. Moyer stood at his locker Friday afternoon, speaking to reporters of pitching again, not retirement.… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/24/10 – Hopefully, This Isn’t The Last One
Usually this takes until some time in August, or in a “good” year on the North Side we may get to an even more painful collapse in October, but for 2010, its official! The Chicago Cubs are dead. They are as of today 11 games out of first place, they have as good a chance… Read More Rest In Peace, Chicago Cubs
So, let me be sure I got this straight…Alabama head coach Nick Saban, the same man who has deserted two universities and an NFL team strictly for money is calling anybody a pimp? HOOVER, Ala. (AP)—Nick Saban didn’t pull punches Wednesday when discussing the improper contact with athletes by unscrupulous agents, comparing their behavior to… Read More …And For Your “Pot Calling the Kettle Black” Moment
For me, the All-Star break has always represented the “far turn” in the horse race that is the Major League Baseball season. This is the point when general managers acting as jockeys must decide whether they are contenders or pretenders; whether to go to the whip (trade for talent to augment a “stretch run”) or… Read More The Dubsism Baseball Power Rankings: The “Race at the Far Turn” Edition
For those of you unfortunate enough not to be Minnesota Twins fans, you may not know that the “Soul Patrol” was the moniker giver to the fans of Twins’ left fielder Jacque Jones in the early part of the previous decade. Jones was a key cog in the machine that brought a baseball resurgence to… Read More Could We Be Ready For a Return To The “Soul Patrol?”
Sadly, all roads have bumps, particularly those that take 24 years to traverse. While Moyer has a lot of history in the Windy City, it would be a safe bet to say he would rather not remember the most recent bit of it. Last night, Moyer took a beating, giving up 6 earned runs on… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 07/16/10 – It May Be Time To Say “Phuck Philadelphia Phans”
Remember the movie “Forrest Gump?” Despite the fact it’s one of the most-overrated movies of all time, it did give us the classic line “stupid is as stupid does.” Sometimes, it’s more like stupid is as stupid says. At first, I thought Cleveland Cavaliers’ owner Dan Gilbert had a lock on the stupid comments in… Read More This Week’s “Shut the Fuck Up” Moment: Jesse Jackson and Dan Gilbert
Yes, this is another Caster Semenya update. He she Semenya scored its first win since being restored to international competition by the IAAF. The only “female” athlete allowed to compete with “internal” testicles won the 800 meters on Thursday against a field of non-testicled women. The South African she-male won in a time of 2… Read More More Proof Dudes are Better Athletes…
Originally, this was just going to be a good-bye to my favorite corpulent coach, Mark Mangino, formerly of Kansas. But lo and behold, somehow in the process we also unearthed an archive of goodies on another fat coach, Phil Fulmer of the hated Tennessee Volunteers. In either event, we found ourselves with a ton of… Read More File Dump: The Mangino/Fulmer Edition
Does a former drill instructor make a terrible therapist? Of course he does, you jackwagon! Obviously Joe Paterno is old. But he hasn’t always been old. In fact, JoePa just recently became old again. Allow me to explain; Paterno is a time-chameleon. As recently as January, JoePa wasn’t old. See, that was because Penn State… Read More Ask the Geico Guy: Is Joe Paterno Old?
Let’s just start with the obvious. He’s gone; get over it. I understand this is hard for you, but now is the time for some honest self-assessment. Sadly, that will never happen if you keep listening to your owner, Dan Gilbert. Gilbert is doing a wonderful job of playing the dumped wife who can’t help… Read More Open Letter to Cleveland Cavalier Fans: Congratulations, You Sound Like an Ex-Wife
As your home for the Jamie Moyer for the Hall-of-Fame Campaign, Dubsism will continue to bring you updates on the ageless wonder. Even though Moyer took a loss against Atlanta on Wednesday night, it gives one pause to take a look at what Moyer has accomplished in this, his 24th season in the Major Leagues.… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/8/10 – He’s the Best 47-Year-Old Pitcher You Are Going To See Today
Remember the good old days when the arrest of a sports figure brought lurid tales of sex and/or drugs, or at least a slow-speed Bronco chase? Well, today’s athletes clearly lack that sort of panache when it comes to making the police blotter. In fact, this past week has shown us they’ve become downright lame.… Read More This Week in Silly Arrests
As you know, Dubsism is your home of the Jamie Moyer for the Hall of Fame Campaign. As you know, Moyer is in the process of blowing past some serious names in terms of his career statistics. How can this be considering he was never really a dominating pitcher? That’s an easy question to answer. … Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/6/10 – Philadelphia Gothic
That’s right, America. We have yet another episode in the never-ending “dude/not a dude” saga of South African runner Caster Semenya. After 11 months, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has now decided that Semenya is apparently “female enough” to return to sanctioned competition. “The process initiated in 2009 in the case of Caster… Read More My Wiener Has A First Name, It’s C-A-S-T-E-R…
Sometimes, great records are eclipsed in odd places. For example, Cal Ripken Jr. and Dave Winfield both collected their 300oth hits in the frozen wastes of Minnesota. Paul Molitor got his in a place most baseball fans under 20 have barely heard of (Kansas City). Tony Gwynn passed the 3000 mark in a baseball venue… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/2/10 – History Happens in Strange Places
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