Tales of Depression and Sorrow: The Tampa Bay Rays
The Evan Longoria trade finally drove SportsChump to the “Dark Side” of Dubsism.… Read More Tales of Depression and Sorrow: The Tampa Bay Rays
The Evan Longoria trade finally drove SportsChump to the “Dark Side” of Dubsism.… Read More Tales of Depression and Sorrow: The Tampa Bay Rays
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 nominations for the awards were done exclusively by an internal committee. This was the first year we allowed nominations from the… Read More The 2011 Dubsy Awards
I’m just going to come right out and say it…if you didn’t find last night’s baseball drama to be one of the most exciting things you’ve seen since discount warehouse liquor stores, you either don’t like baseball or you have no pulse. I’m such an old codger that I can remember first-hand the days of… Read More The Dubsism Baseball Post-Season Preview: A Look Back at Yesterday and A Look Ahead To October
Here we are; another October full of post-season baseball. Let’s be honest, most of the crap I said about these teams six months ago was wrong, so why not go for month number seven proving I have no idea what I’m talking about. Take the following for example (from April 22nd): California in General: The Padres are leading… Read More The Dubsism Baseball Power Rankings: The Post-Season “Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For” Edition
After announcing that his retirement originally scheduled for the end of this season was moving up to today, it is time to give Lou Piniella the send-off he richly deserves. 18 years as a player, 23 years as a manager, three World Series rings; his 1,835 wins as a manager rank him behind only Tony… Read More Goodbye, Sweet Lou…
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