Today, we are going to explode a big misconception about booze, namely that it always impedes athletic performance. Babe Ruth used to have a pint of bourbon for breakfast, then slam three homers. Ex-major league pitching coach Barney Schultz used to implore his players to “pound those Budweisers, boys.” Now, according to CBS Chicago, we… Read More Dennis Rodman Strikes A Blow For Drunks Everywhere
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then how many is this GIF worth? You have to love how Buck Showalter does the solo fist bump after getting completely blown off. It’s OK; Mark Reynolds has made a career out of not making contact. Anybody care to take a guess as to what Showalter is… Read More Mark Reynolds Leaves Buck Showalter Hanging
Unavoidable circumstances prevented the crack staff here at Dubsism from getting an update published after Moyer’s May 21st start in Miami against the Marlins. Moyer had nothing but good things to say about the 50th major league ballpark in which he’s pitched. Too bad the outcome wasn’t as rosy. Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 5/28/2012 – A “Two-Fer”
1) Los Angeles Dodgers ↑ 1 What We Originally Said: Upside: Clayton Kershaw won the NL Cy Young last year and is a contender for the award again. He is signed with the Dodgers through 2013. Matt Kemp was the runner-up for the NL MVP Award, and was a single dinger away from joining the 40HR/40 stolen… Read More What We’ve Learned: The Dubsism Memorial Day Baseball Power Rankings
I grew up watching the Los Angeles Kings. I’m old enough to remember those purple and gold uniforms with the giant crown which was more reminiscent of Imperial Margarine than a hockey team. I’m old enough to remember when the Kings were essentially an NHL after-thought, when their line-up consisted of Hall-of-Famer Marcel Dionne and little… Read More There Are Still Plenty of Dan Patrick-Adjacent Seats Left On Your Los Angeles Kings’ Bandwagon
For those of you who don’t remember, Chad Curtis was a “journeyman” baseballer who patrolled major league outfields for the then-California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers between 1992 and 2001. Over his career he compiled a .264 batting average and hit 101 home runs Before today, Curtis was… Read More Chad Curtis Is the Latest Link in the “High School Coach Is Allegedly a Skeevy Pervert” Chain
Editor’s Note: Mr. Rockford is a private detective based in Malibu, California. We here at Dubsism have retained Mr. Rockford at his standard rate of two hundred dollars a day plus expenses to investigate matters of crime and other general shadiness in the world of sports, then report back to us when needed. If you would… Read More Guest Column: Jim Rockford on Why Roger Goodell is a Stalinist Hypocrite
After three straight shaky starts, Jamie Moyer got mad and took it out on the Arizona Diamondbacks at the plate and in the field. Not only did Moyer pitch a crisp six-plus innings giving up only one earned run and striking out five, Moyer brought the lumber driving in two runs. Those two runs would… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 05/17/2012: Moyer Is A One-Man Wrecking Crew
I swear to God, there is almost no type of person who pisses me off more than whiny, bitchy parents. To be honest, this rant started as a tome against those “sports” parents who manage to achieve the supreme ranks of assholiusness by insisting their palsied little klutz is the greatest thing to hit (insert… Read More People Who Grind My Gears: Parents Who Bitch About Being Parents
The question isn’t can Jamie Moyer pitch forever? The question is how long can Jamie Moyer pitch effectively? It has to end at at some point, doesn’t it? Over the first month of this season, Moyer was undeniably the Rockies’ best pitcher. Despite the fact Colorado went 1-3 over his first four starts, it certainly wasn’t… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 5/12/2012 – One Can Only Defy Trends So Long
Feel free to consider this an open letter to all of you who are wringing your hands in angst over the comments made a few days ago by New York Times columnist Phil Mushnick. If you are one of such people, I have two succinct, yet crucial messages for you: Get ready for a hefty… Read More Thanks to Phil Mushnick, The Race Hypocrites Expose Themselves Once Again
Jamie Moyer likely was hoping for some run support Saturday night against the Atlanta Braves. He has only been backed up by five runs in all of his starts so far this season, and he received none at all for the third time in a 6-5 home loss in 11 innings to the New York Mets… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 5/6/2012 – Moyer Gets Shelled
In what may actually be good news for Notre Dame football, quarterback Tommy Rees was arrested early this morning (from Yahoo Sports). SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees has been arrested and jailed on a preliminary felony charge following a confrontation with officers early Thursday, police said. Rees, 19, was arrested on charges of… Read More The South Bend Trifecta – Notre Dame Football, The Rees Family, and The Slammer
Things to Remember: References to the “Kiper Theory” are ironically based on our Dubsism Anti-Kiper NFL Draft Board. All of our draft predictions are based on this board. We refused to change our board based on hype, workouts, or Todd McShay. As one of the the only draft prognosticators we know who actually watches college football… Read More The Dubsism Comprehensive 2012 NFL Draft Review – Who Gained and Who Lost
Last night marked Jamie Moyer’s 633rd career start. While that makes him the active leader in the category, that is by far not the only one. More on that in a bit. As far as last night is concerned, Moyer faced the New York Mets, and while he scattered four runs and 13 baserunners (11… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 4/30/2012 – Moyer Will Be Really Old When He Passes Cy Young
#1 most wanted that is…it seems that some members of the Texas law enforcement community would like for Mr. Leaf to pay them a visit. It seems they have issued not one, but two arrest warrants for Leaf. The Texas prosecutor who brokered a 10-year probationary sentence for Leaf two years ago on drug and… Read More On Draft Day, The State Of Texas Selects Ryan Leaf #1
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
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
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
After my last rant on this topic, SportsChump sent me a link to an article with the simple comment “You’ll love this.” So I read it. As I read, I was forced to rush for the duct tape in a futile attempt to keep my skull from exploding. I was too late. As I was… Read More Stuff That Grinds My Gears: The Ozzie Guillen Situation Redux
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