Change My Mind: Craig Counsell is Baseball’s Most Overrated Manager
Craig Counsell’s managerial career exemplifies the difference between “narrative” and “reality.”… Read More Change My Mind: Craig Counsell is Baseball’s Most Overrated Manager
Tag: Chicago Cubs
Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: The Chicago Cubs Are Now A Leading Cause Of Diabetes
What else can I say but “Trust The Science?” The Cubs winning another World Series could be as catastrophic as Iran with a nuke. … Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: The Chicago Cubs Are Now A Leading Cause Of Diabetes
RIP, Steve McMichael
How a football-playing Texan used a baseball moment to become a Windy City sports legend. … Read More RIP, Steve McMichael
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 146: “Captain Newman, M.D.”
How a movie about a WWII U.S. Army psychiatrist is actually the story of the world’s first sports psychologist being hired by the Chicago Cubs. Insert your own Cubs’ fans/insanity jokes here.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 146: “Captain Newman, M.D.”
Change My Mind: The Chicago Cubs and Joe Maddon
Today’s Take: The Chicago Cubs need to part ways with Joe Maddon.… Read More Change My Mind: The Chicago Cubs and Joe Maddon
The Sports Sewer: Episode 14: The Chicago Cubs
A Cubs fan gets a lifetime ban for a hand gesture, but if he made a fist with that hand and punched his wife, the Cubs might have paid him. … Read More The Sports Sewer: Episode 14: The Chicago Cubs
The Deep Six: Under-Appreciated Baseball Realities Coming Into The Home Stretch
The title is fairly self-explanatory…six stories about baseball nobody is really taking about. … Read More The Deep Six: Under-Appreciated Baseball Realities Coming Into The Home Stretch
The All-Time “Played For Both the Cubs and the White Sox” Team – The Chicago CubSox
Once again, J-Dub fires up the Tesla coils and sparks life into a baseball monster.… Read More The All-Time “Played For Both the Cubs and the White Sox” Team – The Chicago CubSox
My Epiphany on Dusty Baker
Many of the things you believe about Dusty Baker are wrong. I know because I used to believe them too…until I saw the bag full of dog collars. … Read More My Epiphany on Dusty Baker
Point Counter-Point: The “Kyle Schwarber Sucks or Doesn’t Suck” Edition
Get ready to sharpen your crayons, Cubs fans. Either J-Dub or The Unknown Blogger is guaranteed to say something that pisses you off.… Read More Point Counter-Point: The “Kyle Schwarber Sucks or Doesn’t Suck” Edition
The Deep Six: Things I’m Looking Forward To
Only J-Dub could weave a narrative featuring Carson Wentz, Jürgen Klopp, and bourbon,,,sweet, sweet, bourbon.… Read More The Deep Six: Things I’m Looking Forward To
Dubsism’s 15 Most Important Sports Stories of 2016
Think the big media outlets are the only ones who can do those “click-bait” end of year “remember this” bits? No, except ours are better… Read More Dubsism’s 15 Most Important Sports Stories of 2016
The Duality Of Being A Cubs Fan Expressed in Copyright Law
Leave it to a Cubs fan to find a way to win and still lose.… Read More The Duality Of Being A Cubs Fan Expressed in Copyright Law
The Aroldis Chapman Music Incident Might Be The Most “Cubs-y” Thing Ever
There’s a reason why the Cubs will always be the Cubs.… Read More The Aroldis Chapman Music Incident Might Be The Most “Cubs-y” Thing Ever
Think You’re a Chicago Cubs Fan? Here’s a Test to Prove It
It’s time to separate the “band-wagon jumpers and pink hat” Cubs fans from the real ones. … Read More Think You’re a Chicago Cubs Fan? Here’s a Test to Prove It
Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 94: Is a Chicago Cub Working for Goodwill?
Will John Lackey come pick up your old couch?… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 94: Is a Chicago Cub Working for Goodwill?
Radio J-Dub, Volume 44 – The Post-Mother’s Day Baseball-Palooza
Now that we’re past Mother’s Day, we’ve got a great picture for the story lines which will drive the next five months of baseball season.… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 44 – The Post-Mother’s Day Baseball-Palooza
Point-Counterpoint: Whose Fans Have Suffered More – The Chicago Cubs or the Philadelphia Eagles?
This might seem an odd comparison; but this isn’t about the teams or the games themselves…this is about the torment to which those teams have subjected their fans.… Read More Point-Counterpoint: Whose Fans Have Suffered More – The Chicago Cubs or the Philadelphia Eagles?
Three Reasons Why Closers Are Overrated
Now that we are in the Post-Season, you’re going to see classic examples of JFI’s three reasons in action. … Read More Three Reasons Why Closers Are Overrated
Point-Counterpoint: 5 Reasons Why the Chicago Cubs Can/Can’t Win
In “Back to the Future,” the Cubs win the World Series in 2015. Could it actually happen?… Read More Point-Counterpoint: 5 Reasons Why the Chicago Cubs Can/Can’t Win
