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Kevin Bass strikes out to end the 1986 NLCS

I was lost throughout the entire first hour. I started to get it towards the middle of the movie, but all in all, it was a huge disappointment. I felt like the entire time, the movie was trying to tell me that I wasn't smart enough to get it.

="Frayed Knot"]Have you no sense of decency, sir? Um, let me check....nope! No decency here.

Ricky had a weird moustache. Like you weren't sure if he was trying to grow one, or if he just hadn't shaved, or if he was just a messy eater.

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Yancy Street Gang wrote: I just got a phone call from the New York Mets! They want me to play second base for them next year! They'll pay me $5 million! Plus incentives! Yancy, are you over 40 years old? You can probably get a multi-year deal.

I have new respect for Steve Carell. This was fantastic.

Caught this on one of the movie channels this weekend and was pleasantly surprised. Of course, I went in expecting it to be horrible so maybe I'm lowering my standards here a little, but I thought it was entertaining and fun. I'm on board for the sequel.

Awful.

I think at this point you have to over-pay for Mulder a bit. Let the kids try out until Mulder is ready, hope that some of them pan out. If not, hope that they can stay in it until Mulder or Pedro come back. And hope that at least one of the two return to form. And if that doesn't work, hope for a deadline deal.

Wow. That is a ton of fucking money.

Mulder? Tomo Ohka? I'm open to ideas. This winter sucks.

Ok. Now I believe him.

Well, there are two statements there. One is that a source told the Rangers that Zito is signing elsewhere. That's fine. The other is that the Rangers believe he will sign with the Giants. That's fine too...we assume the Rangers have no inside knowledge of Zito's intent. Plus, it benefits Zito to circulate he'd sign with the Giants in order to get his price up. Not worried yet.

This winter has already sucked. Even if we sign Zito, it will mean we have not upgraded LF, 2B, the bullpen or the rotation (as it was Opening Day 2006).

HAIL!

Hit a walkoff HR in '05. He said it was his first one ever, including Little League.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Refrain from speaking Street Spanish, Tony! That was really funny.

They can make it smoky all they want, I don't think there is any way to make the suit look cool until they lose the red and yellow. And I know it sounds blasphemous, but they did away with Batman's yellow belt too, so there is precedent for it. Until then, it's just going to look like he has the same custom tailor as Robin.

How old is Jeff Wilpon? Has he worked in anything other than for his father?

I watched it last night. The length of it didn't bother me at all. I was completely engaged the whole time. I loved how they kept the Williams music and the "fly at you" 3-D credits in the opening. I like how the movie was treated seriously and wasn't cartoony or ridiculous as some super-hero movies get. Great character development. They gave the character depth he never had before. As is mentioned in this thread, Bosworth was too young and gave only an adequate performance. At no point did I ever get the feeling she was an accomplished journalist. Routh, who was also too young, was great. He had a tall order to fill...with Christopher Reeve's likeable and engaging performance still in our minds, but he did a great job staying true to that character while making the role his own. Spacey, I thought, was excellent. One of the best villain performances...and I feel like he even captured a bit of Gene Hackman to him during his scene with Lois Lane. Everyone else was passable. Unfortunately, the plot was awful. It was full of holes, and at times the coincidences were so far-fetched you have to roll your eyes. The ultimate showdown between Lex and Superman is also a letdown...and I don't think it was explained adequately enough how Superman managed to ultimately succeed. That being said, I liked the movie. I like the direction it's being taken in. Put in a slightly better plot, and we could be looking at a fantastic sequel.

Shawn Green - An extra two inches on his jump.

Jeff Pearlman strikes back at the man who won't go away even though we all wish he would. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/061214&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1

They seemed to be having a ball. A couple questions: 1. When Matsuzaka was batting, was he facing himself? 2. How much would it cost to sign that video version of Matsuzaka? That might be cheaper than signing Zito. That setup with the markers for "base hits" and cutout baserunners and video pitchers, that's how I want to spend my weekends from now on.

At least he thought it was cocaine. I think he snorted her powdered formula.