Alex Drude the Sports Dude

08/22/2026

Check out my new special-edition free Saturday post! Old Hoss Radbourn and Wes Littleton are connected for MLB games they participated in this week some 130 years apart, but you’ll just have to read to find out how. Also, the demise of one of the most-loved TV programs you may have never heard of, and what’s next in that time-slot… (subscribe, read, and share for free)

This time in August is when the historical MLB blowouts happen, just ask Old Hoss and Wes

08/19/2026

is inspired by the 2026

08/18/2026

Check out my new free Tuesday post! Tommy John’s 1985 cameo with the Oakland A’s is worth remembering, plus a new splash hit record, and just how bad are these San Francisco Giants compared to the worst teams in franchise history? The answers are at the link...

Tommy John's cameo with the 1985 Oakland A's, other 1985 things, splash hits and very bad Giants teams...

08/07/2026

Check out today's free Friday column! A little on Mike Krukow, but more on how fantasy leagues make you smarter, MLB streaks of today and yesteryear, and contracts you've forgotten about... (subscribe for free today!)

Fantasy leagues make you smarter, streaks of today and yesteryear, The Snodgrass M**f, and more...

07/20/2026

in Chicago, 7/18/26, second half of "Leave That Thing Alone" instrumental

07/15/2026

07/13/2026

Check out my new free Monday post! It almost happened: no-hitters and boxing attendance records. Plus more college sponsorship deals mean more jersey patches, and when is the west not the west? (don't just almost do it, click to read and subscribe and share)

Almost a no-hitter, almost a boxing record, almost in the west, almost a good sponsor deal

07/08/2026

Check out my new free Tuesday post! Waffles are still legal in the United States (for now). How actual World Cup contention is still far away for the USMNT, plus Captain Renault, the world’s best corrupt official, and Ringo’s birthday wish. Click to read, subscribe, and wish you had a waffle before saying "peace and love."

The USMNT is far from World Cup success, with or without government meddling