Radio J-Dub, Volume 14 – Just What Are We To Make of the Chicago Cubs?
Are the Cubs ahead of their schedule to be contenders?… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 14 – Just What Are We To Make of the Chicago Cubs?
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Happy 4th of July, Dubsism Style
Baseball, shredding guitars, explosives, and liquor… AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!… Read More Happy 4th of July, Dubsism Style
Radio J-Dub, Volume 10 – Instant Replay In Baseball Needs A Fix and The Ever-Changing Narrative on LeBron James
We’ve said before that June is usually a slow month for sports, but J-Dub is on another rant. This time, he’s all over how the sports media in this country can’t decide how they want to portray LeBron James and how the focus and standards for the use of instant replay in baseball is in… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 10 – Instant Replay In Baseball Needs A Fix and The Ever-Changing Narrative on LeBron James
Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 80: Is Mike Redmond a “Scrub?”
Now that baseball season is upon us, it’s time to start looking for some hardball look-alikes, and where better to start than a couple of hardened characters. You can’t tell me there isn’t a strong resemblance between former career back-up catcher and current Miami Marlins’ manager Mike Redmond and John C. McGinley, also known as… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 80: Is Mike Redmond a “Scrub?”
J-Dub’s Assessment of All 30 MLB Teams Now That We’ve Actually Seen Them
For the longest time, I used to be a blog-lemming and would write predictions about baseball before the season. Then I realized just how fucking stupid that is.… Read More J-Dub’s Assessment of All 30 MLB Teams Now That We’ve Actually Seen Them
Russell Wilson Demonstrates The Texas Rangers Don’t Understand The Purpose Of Spring Training
What can a Super Bowl quarterback do for a bad baseball team on a part-time basis?… Read More Russell Wilson Demonstrates The Texas Rangers Don’t Understand The Purpose Of Spring Training
Why the Names Dewey Baranyk and Les Straker Are Forever Linked In My Mind
A tale of how a love of sports can foster friendships which cross all lines. … Read More Why the Names Dewey Baranyk and Les Straker Are Forever Linked In My Mind
The Deep Six: Questions For Minnesota Twins Fans
Baseball season is drawing near; by the end of this week Minnesota Twins pitchers and catchers will be in Ft. Myers for Spring Training. This the most awesome time of year for baseball fans, because this is the time of year where everybody has hope. If you are like me and a long-suffering fan of… Read More The Deep Six: Questions For Minnesota Twins Fans
So…If You’re Going To Cheat in Little League, At Least Be Smart About It
Obviously, this is a follow-up to my original post on this matter. Yesterday’s decision to strip the Jackie Robinson West (JRW) team from Chicago of it’s U.S. title came as a complete surprise to me, because I thought for sure there was no way Little League International (LLI) was going to kill it’s “feel-good” story… Read More So…If You’re Going To Cheat in Little League, At Least Be Smart About It
RIP, Ernie Banks
This past weekend, baseball lost a true legend with the passing of Ernie “Mr. Cub” Banks. I really can’t say more than has already been said in terms of eulogizing this larger-than-life baseball icon, but I can say how Mr. Cub taught me a lesson I would use throughout my life. I’m of such an… Read More RIP, Ernie Banks
Jamie Moyer Finally Gets Into The Hall of Fame…Well, Not That Hall of Fame
You have to admit, it makes sense reading this story on the blog which has been home to the Jamie Moyer for the Hall of Fame campaign for close to five years now. Before we go any further, we aren’t talking about the “big” Hall of Fame in Cooperstown; the Seattle Mariner pitcher headed there… Read More Jamie Moyer Finally Gets Into The Hall of Fame…Well, Not That Hall of Fame
Apparently, There’s Cheating in Little League and Nobody Cares
Try not to let that headline shake your faith in humanity. I know it’s hard to admit that something as innocent as Little League baseball might be fraught with corruption. In case you didn’t realize it, that was pure sarcasm. Every year, I watch the Little League World Series if for no other reason that… Read More Apparently, There’s Cheating in Little League and Nobody Cares
Things Jameis Winston Needs To Do…Today
Every athlete has a moment when they have to make some decisions. That moment is now for Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston. The first decision he needs to make is obvious. Will he or won’t he enter the 2015 NFL draft? Winston is now three years removed from high school, which makes him eligible to… Read More Things Jameis Winston Needs To Do…Today
The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2014
15) The College Football Play-off and the ESPN-ization of Bowl Games There are two words to describe how we got this four-team playoff to determine the college football national champion. Television Money Don’t even try to deny that. Sure, you can point out that we really aren’t adding any games with this play-off, which is… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2014
The Sixth Annual Dubsy Awards
It’s become a tradition here at Dubsism to bring in the New Year by taking a look back the old one. Every January since this blog was created, we here at Dubsism have given an award for achievements during the previous year in some under-recognized categories in the world of sports. In prior years, the… Read More The Sixth Annual Dubsy Awards
Point-Counterpoint – J-Dub and SportsChump on the Growing Popularity of the NHL
To understand this latest J-Dub/SportsChump collaboration, you need to know that the exceptionally Floridian SportsChump is a recent convert to the religion known as hockey fandom. To most, the idea of ice hockey and Floridians seems as natural a mix as Navy Seals at a Tupperware party, but it actually isn’t that strange if you… Read More Point-Counterpoint – J-Dub and SportsChump on the Growing Popularity of the NHL
Tales of Depression and Sorrow: The Los Angeles Angels
This is another installment in the Sports Blog Movement series which takes a hard look at certain instances, or specific seasons which would make sports fans cringe in horror and pain, or expands on that to take a hard look at the long-suffering fans of franchises who have tortured their supporters for decades. The episode… Read More Tales of Depression and Sorrow: The Los Angeles Angels
Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: CBS News Uses Ferguson Riots to Inject Race Into Little League Baseball
This post may sound like it belongs on Turtle Boy Sports (which is an awesome read, by the way…), but what I saw on my television this morning literally made me spew coffee across my living room. I’m watching my local morning news during which CBS News does a two-minute cut-in with a “headlines of… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: CBS News Uses Ferguson Riots to Inject Race Into Little League Baseball
The 2014 Baseball Trading Deadline – The Shark Week Comparison
Thanks to the Discovery Channel, Shark Week has become a phenomenon. It completely escapes why they haven’t partnered with the Sharknado people, but that’s a topic of another day. Last year, there was such a dearth of trade deadline moves in baseball that I skipped my annual Shark Week Trade Deadline comparison. That is certainly… Read More The 2014 Baseball Trading Deadline – The Shark Week Comparison
The Write-In Campaign: J-Dub for Major League Baseball Commisssioner
Back in his first stint at the World Wide Bottom Feeder, back in the days when Bud Selig had yet to seize complete control of baseball, Keith Olbermann used to refer to him as “Acting Commissioner for Life.” As much as Olbermann is the definition of “smarmy ass-hat,” he was absolutely right. But now that… Read More The Write-In Campaign: J-Dub for Major League Baseball Commisssioner
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