Author: J-Dub

Author and Managing Editor at Dubsism, a blog about life as viewed through sports, old movies, and too many concussions.

What We’ve Learned: The Dubsism Baseball Power Rankings After 10% Of The Season

1) Washington Nationals ↑ 13 What We Originally Said: Upside: The Nationals have one of the best young rotations in baseball.  Strasburg appears ready to return to his pre- Tommy John surgery condition, and the acquisitions of Gio Gonzalez and Edwin Jackson were huge.  If Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, and Chien-Ming Wang can stay away from the injury… Read More What We’ve Learned: The Dubsism Baseball Power Rankings After 10% Of The Season

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Your Jamie Moyer Update 4/25/2012 – There’s More Than One Road To Cooperstown

Seven days after becoming the oldest pitcher to win a game in major-league history, Jamie Moyer left last night’s game against the Pirates in line for the victory which would put him ahead of Hall-of-Famer Jim Palmer. But it was not to be. The Rockies’ bullpen couldn’t get Moyer’s six innings of one-run ball across… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 4/25/2012 – There’s More Than One Road To Cooperstown

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Arkansas Logic – The Kind That Says Somehow John L. Smith Is Better Than Bobby Petrino

Maybe because he hasn’t been caught with a mistress half his age whom he put on the university payroll? Well, not yet, anyway. Yeah, you read the headline correctly. The University of Arkansas, in a continuing quest to succeed in football despite itself hired John L. Smith, former Michigan State mediocrity-meister to replace the disgraced… Read More Arkansas Logic – The Kind That Says Somehow John L. Smith Is Better Than Bobby Petrino

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Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/18/2012 – 49 Years, 150 Days

The numbers from last night’s history-setting performance: 7 innings pitched, 2 walks, 1 strikeout, 3 inning-ending double plays all while allowing nary a single earned run. But the number that really mattered…49 years, 150 days.  That number sets the new standard as it passed Jack Quinn’s win for the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 13, 1932, when… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/18/2012 – 49 Years, 150 Days

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Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/12/2012: History Is Still In A Holding Pattern

History will have to wait at least one more start for Jamie Moyer to become the oldest pitcher to win a regular season game.  Moyer left his start against the Giants today in the 6th inning trailing 4-0.  Moyer scattered 8 hits across 5.2 innings, dealing 112 pitches and giving up four earned runs.  Moyer… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/12/2012: History Is Still In A Holding Pattern

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So, Urban Meyer Is A Hypocrite…In Other News, the Sun Rose This Morning

Wow…somebody wrote an article saying Pope Urban I may not be so saintly.  Color me shocked.  Let’s face it, the guy is a big-time college football coach, which means he’s part politician, part used-car salesman, and complete sleazewad.  If you doubt that, look at a coach who has won a BCS game in the last… Read More So, Urban Meyer Is A Hypocrite…In Other News, the Sun Rose This Morning

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Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/08/2012 – History Hits a Holding Pattern

Jamie Moyer’s quest to become the oldest pitcher to win a Major League Baseball game hit a holding pattern Saturday night in Houston, as the Astros hit Moyer hard. While the ageless wonder notched two strikeouts to move to within 72 K’s of passing Jack Morris, the history-making “W” which would tie him with Jim… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/08/2012 – History Hits a Holding Pattern

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Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/05/2012 – Get Ready For History

In Moyer’s final spring tune-up,  there was yet another sharp contrast.  Facing the Seattle Mariners, Moyer faced a 25-year old flamethrower you may know as Felix Hernandez. These two were teammates when Moyer pitched for Seattle; when Hernandez was a 19-year old rookie and Moyer was already a baseball elder statesman. Heading into the regular season,… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 04/05/2012 – Get Ready For History

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Originally posted on Sports Blog Movement:
Congratulations are due for the aptly named “Winner’s Bracket” for…you guessed it, winning the 2012 Dubsism Bracket Challenge. But for many of the rest of us (myself especially), the question is:  Can you euthanize a bracket? I manage to get only one of the Final Four, and then I’m…

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Your Jamie Moyer Update 3/29/2012 – Will He Make the Rockies’ Rotation?

What we know: Jamie Moyer will pitch once again this spring; he has been told he will pitch in an exhibition  game against Seattle early next week. What we don’t know: Will Jamie Moyer pitch after that? We here at Dubsism say he will.  There’s some important reasons for that. 1) He still has the… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 3/29/2012 – Will He Make the Rockies’ Rotation?

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Guest Column: Joe McGrath On The New Orleans Saints and the Bounty Situation

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 Dubsism, our staff,… Read More Guest Column: Joe McGrath On The New Orleans Saints and the Bounty Situation

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Your Jamie Moyer Update 3/27/2012 – The “Fact-o-Palooza”

A lot of people know Jamie Moyer is the oldest player currently in spring training. If you’ve been following our Jamie Moyer coverage, you know that he’s got a pretty good shot at making the roster of the Colorado Rockies.  But simply sticking to that one number obscures some real “WTF” type facts. Here’s 16… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 3/27/2012 – The “Fact-o-Palooza”

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Originally posted on Sports Blog Movement:
10…9…8…  Eventually you get the blinding flash, then the blast wave that crushes everything in its path for miles in every direction, then the radioactive fallout which poisons the landscape into a toxic nuclear wasteland where there simply is no survival. Then there’s what happened to my bracket.  This was…

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Thanks to Dave Hakstol, I’m Never Filling Out Another Bracket Ever Again…At Least Until Next Year

That headline is the classic exasperated utterance as the sheet on which any of my brackets were printed gets wadded into a ball and serves as yet another miss as it doinks off the rim of the wastebasket.  Every year, I think the NCAA Hockey tournament can save my enjoyment of filling out brackets. Every… Read More Thanks to Dave Hakstol, I’m Never Filling Out Another Bracket Ever Again…At Least Until Next Year

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