When you take a man with a fighting spirit and try to force him into a fight he doesn’t want, you may not get the result you expected. … Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 150: “Spartacus”
How can a 1950s British war movie offer a lesson about guys pitching on short rest in the World Series? You know Dubsism is the only place to find out…… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 149: “The Steel Bayonet”
Well before he became the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy exemplified one of the most important rules in any sport. … Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 148: “PT-109”
“Movie Magic” makes “Mistaken Identity” meet “Being in the Right Place at the Right Time.” To that end…Peter Sellers, meet Jeff Hostetler.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 147: “Being There”
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.”
Did Stanley Kubrick really understand hockey? Is that why they call it the Stanley Cup?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 145: “2001: A Space Odyssey”
Even the worst among us still occasionally do good things…just like Tommy Lasorda did for Hall-of-Famer Mike Piazza.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 144: “A Star Is Born”
Comedian Ron White once said “You can’t fix stupid.” I’m here to tell you, it’s much worse when the stupidity is your own. … Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 5: The “Grease” Soundtrack
If you’ll buy Betty Grable dating a cab driver, you’ll buy them becoming champion race horse owners.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 143: “The Day The Bookies Wept ”
Here’s the promised “bonus coverage” from the post about the movie “Fargo.” Here’s where you can see scenes not in the movie, and discover your blogger’s roots as deep as a North Dakota nuclear missile silo.… Read More Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 10 – “Fargo II: This Time It’s Personal”
How Hall-of-Famer Phil Niekro and women’s professional baseball saved me from one of the worst dates of my life. … Read More Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 9 – “A League Of Their Own”
When Fargo wasn’t really Fargo, and the residents of Fargo were better off that way. … Read More Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 8 – “Fargo”
A private detective, sausage being smuggled by gangsters, and baseball. What could be more American than that?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 142: “The Rockford Files – Heartaches of a Fool”
How one WWII movie (Anzio) morphed into another (The Dirty Dozen).… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 141: “Anzio”
Do you think Faye Dunaway is the kind of person who might kneecap somebody with a crowbar? Joan Crawford certainly was…… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 140: “Mommie Dearest ”
What if George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin sold real estate rather than run the New York Yankees? Would “closer” Goose Gossage still get coffee?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 139: “Glengarry Glen Ross”
Did Quentin Tarantino actually make this movie while being secretly funded by the Chinese communists?… Read More Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 16: “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”
What does baseball’s first Mexican owner know about dealing with an evil empire? Plenty.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 138: “Battle of Britain”
Vito Corleone built an empire that started with olive oil. Louis Jacobs did the same with stadium popcorn, peanuts, and soda.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 137: “The Godfather”
Is this movie really a mystery or a live action version of the Warner Brothers Coyote/Roadrunner cartoons? I ask because it certainly isn’t a comedy.… Read More Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 15: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
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