The Bronx Is Burning (split from "All Star Game?")

[Frayed Knot]

]Now i didn't see the 1st episode, so its highly unlikely i'll watch any of the rest.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that they're going to re-run it two or three (or eight or nine) times before getting around to episode two.

None of which makes it not incredibly stupid that, not only was their highly publicized self-produced series bumped off of its starting time, but that it was done for a contrived event which ran long thru ESPN's own fault to begin with.


Fran Healy is one of the consultants for the flick, mainly as a result of his being Reggie's best friend on that team.

[stevejrogers]

G-Fafif wrote: When I first heard of the .44 Caliber Killer at 14, I thought it was an overwrought nickname the News pinned on Jackson. I wasn't paying attention.

In Spike Lee's "Summer Of Sam" some yos speculate that the killer actually could be # 44. Obviously no one outside of someone suffering from paranoia would think that, but it was just a funny part of that movie.

[stevejrogers]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Yeah. It had to be, meant to be, Sky King.

Same sequence also saw # 17 Felix Millan, but A) Felix is shorter, Felix is not caucasian and C) the batter did not choke up on the bat, It looked more like it could have been Mike Vail or Lee Mazzilli

and also # 28 John Milner, and I believe I called it when a pic was posted of an indy league player on "set" in a Met uniform a while back who looked a bit like The Hammer circa 1977.

[soupcan]

"HANDS UP! I'm taking this thread to Cuba!"

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: ]Now i didn't see the 1st episode, so its highly unlikely i'll watch any of the rest. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that they're going to re-run it two or three (or eight or nine) times before getting around to episode two. None of which makes it not incredibly stupid that, not only was their highly publicized self-produced series bumped off of its starting time, but that it was done for a contrived event which ran long thru ESPN's own fault to begin with.

Excellent point. They hyped it as starting at 10ish but ended up being 11. Though I'd suspect that they made it that way so the HR Derby would get a late "spike" even if it had Griffey, Bonds, ARod, and other big stars.

[Guest cooby]

I wanted to watch and forgot...are they replaying each episode?

[Guest cooby]

Im sorry, Frayed Knot, I just read what you said...but if there is a set schedule if somebody could please post it...I don't watch ESPN much to see what they're airing.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm not sure what day and time the 8-week series is supposed to air on a regular basis. The first one was Monday and ESPN usually has a Monday night game at 7 so maybe it's going to be after that - which means it won't always start on time depending on the length of said game.

I'm sure they'll also find a time to re-air each one at least once during the week and they will re-air episode 1 tomorrow (Wed) at 10PM

[Frayed Knot]

]When Steinbrenner approached Martin in the managers office after losing the 76 WS and vowed to never again be humiliated like that because" this is my team now" is sounded so fucking childish..

Back to this for a second; I just glanced through the early chapters of the book again and this scene is absolutely as it was reported: Martin crying in the clubhouse after the '76 WS sweep and Steinbrenner coming in to berate him for making him look bad with the loss. Now that doesn't mean that every word of the dialogue is exactly as portrayed but the idea certainly was NOT concocted for dramatic purposes.

Nor, btw, was that the last time Steinbreener whined like a spoiled child. Buster Olney's book on the 2001 WS has George yelling at the clubhouse guys as they're trying to do the network set-up for the post-series celebration in the Yankee (visitors) clubhouse because he thought they were "jinxing it" before the series was complete. Then when the Yanx did indeed blow the lead, George is screaming at those just doing their job that the loss was their fault.

[G-Fafif]

Supposed to run Tuesdays at 10 PM.

More info here:

http://www.bronxisburning.com/

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Replays Tonight at 10, thurs at midnight I do believe

[Guest cooby]

How long are they on? I don't think I can stay up until midnight...

[Guest Iubitul]

I believe it's only an hour cooby.

[Guest cooby]

If I remember, I will try to watch it

[Benjamin Grimm]

Meanwhile, I plan to record the Brooklyn Dodgers documentary that's going to be on HBO tonight.

[stevejrogers]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Meanwhile, I plan to record the Brooklyn Dodgers documentary that's going to be on HBO tonight.

Ditto. FWIW I couldn't get into that documentary that was on SNY last week on the same subject, narrated by David Hartman.

Just seemed very cheaply done, culling from dated interviews (which is okay when subjects are dead and all, but sometimes a fresh interview with Duke or Erskine would be better than something done in the 70s or 80s) plus they didn't have the MLB rights so they only used news reel footage, file footage and probably home made videos. Also the lighting on the clips made me feel like I was watching an old SportsChannel presentation.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I missed the first hour of the Dodgers HBO special but the 2nd hour was excellent.

One of the commentators (Shapiro, who was knowledgeable about the Moses-O'Malley dynamic) authored an excellent book on that subject, THE LAST GOOD SEASON.

The commentator telling the story of holding the cross during the World Series was very funny. Who was that? Using just a snippet of him with his hands was really effective and funny.

Weirdly, today I received a letter from my dad including a recent newspaper clipping of an interview with Johnny Podres. The jist of the note was, look how old he looks!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mets trivia in this Yankee thread. Who was batting at Shea when the lights went out?

[G-Fafif]

Lenny Randle. He thought more than the game was over.

A little Queens Was Quiet perspective on the other side of 1977 if anyone is interested.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I'd feel like a dork for adding a comment now but that was good. Seeing it now I realize I'd begun reading it but never finished.