Jobu compares Jorge Posada and Jason Varitek, cornerstones behind the dish and at the front of the rivalry between their respective teams for the better part of the last fifteen or twenty years. As I mentioned in this week’s Shots of Rum, the Red Sox recently signed Kelly Shoppach to a major league contract. It…
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Jobu’s back with his Monday shots. Don’t worry, they’re as tasty as last week’s! This week, the shots are back in their regular Monday time slot. I know I’d much rather drink on a Monday, and I’m sure you would too. Anywho this week we cover some basketball, a little baseball and some football too,…
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Jobu is coming at you with a fresh round of shots from the last week in sports news! Boy are they tasty this week! Because of the whole Chris Paul trade debacle, I had to push the round of shots back a day. I don’t normally drink on a Tuesday, but here goes. This week,…
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Jobu examines the rumored Manny Ramirez comeback That’s right, readers. Manny Ramirez is apparently applying for reinstatement by Major League Baseball. Back in April, when news of Manny’s retirement (aka his fleeing baseball to avoid a second drug suspension) first hit the wire, I wrote a piece called “The Four Faces of Manny Ramirez” (it…
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Jobu is back again with this week’s Weekly Shots of Rum, a series of quick posts about this past week’s sports news notables.
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Jobu weighs in on Ndamukong Suh’s dispicable stomping incident, his punishment from the league and the tackle’s state of mind. It has become apparent that Ndamukong Suh has problems. Yesterday Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Suh would be suspended for two games without pay for his Thanksgiving stomping of Packers Guard Evan Dietrich-Smith. If you…
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Jobu is back with another round of shots! This week’s theme is “greed”, and we’re covering baseball, basketball and pro-wrestling. Greed can come in many forms, including trophy hoarding, divorce settlements and even owner lockouts. We also have an example of the opposite of greed from Major League Baseball. Enjoy!
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Hello Readers, Sorry this is a little late in the day, but I’ve been traveling to the GF’s parents’ house for a little Thanksgiving feast. I’m assuming all of you are doing the same, so you won’t miss us too much. Between Thanksgiving Thursday, black Friday and a friend’s b-day on Saturday (Happy birthday, Dr….
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Jobu Gives his take on the sale and moving of the Houston Astros… What’s the final verdict? The Houston Astros. Basebal’s lovable losers. They haven’t finished over .500 since 2008, and they haven’t made the playoffs since making it all the way to the World Series as the National League Wild Card winner in 2005…
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Last week’s round of shots went down pretty smoothly, so Jobu is back with some more for you! We’re covering five different sports this week: boxing, basketball, baseball, football and even professional wrestling. We have controversial judge decisions, disbanding unions, disgruntled shortstops, lucky quarterbacks and the return of The Great One. Here’s some musings from…
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