For me, the All-Star break has always represented the “far turn” in the horse race that is the Major League Baseball season. This is the point when general managers acting as jockeys must decide whether they are contenders or pretenders; whether to go to the whip (trade for talent to augment a “stretch run”) or… Read More The Dubsism Baseball Power Rankings: The “Race at the Far Turn” Edition
Doesn’t it just seem right that since we are roughly a third of the way through the baseball season, we would release our third set of team-by team rankings? With each team having approximately 57 games under their belts, there should by now be a fairly clear picture of who the contenders and the pretenders… Read More The Dubsism Baseball Power Rankings: You Gotta Know When To Hold ’em, and Know When To Fold ’em
Now that we are solidly into the regular season, it is time to take a peek at how wrong my pre-season rankings were. As boring as it may be, most of the teams floated right around their original spots, but there certainly are a few surprises. The Minnesota Twins: Granted this isn’t that big of a shock; that… Read More The Dubsism Baseball Power Rankings: The First Look At How Wrong We Were
Rankings By Division: American League: AL East: 1) New York Yankees Upside: The Bombers easily could have turned on the money-hose and flooded out free-agents like Jason Bay or Matt Holliday, or they could have wasted some serious dough by resigning an over-valued Johnny Damon. But, instead of having their usual explosive cash-gasm, they realized their in-house options are… Read More The 2010 Dubsism Major League Baseball Pre-Season Rankings
First of all, I do actually enjoy the game itself. It requires a great deal of skill and strategy and their is something hypnotic about it. But, as a male, it is hard to deny curling is chock full of hot chicks and MILFy goodness. To be even more honest, I think we all know… Read More Ten Reasons Why I Watch Curling
Joe Paterno has spent a lot of the last decade being hassled by officials and listening to a lot of “old” jokes. We all know every referee in the conference has had it out for JoePa ever since he was hanging effigies of them on the front door of his house (don’t think every PSU fan in… Read More Penn State ’09 – Let the Seal-Clubbings Begin
Apparently, there is a rule in the blogosphere that says if you tag more than three posts with “college football,” you are required to do a pre-season ranking. Failing to do so can mean having your nose flayed, your genitals set on fire, and having to listen to Lee Corso prattle on endlessly about being… Read More The Dubsism Pre-Season College Football Rankings ‘09
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