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Edgy DC wrote: I agree on the Rocketdude. I'm not sure it's a shame that it didn't sprout sequels however. They likely would've diappointed. did I miss the point of the thread or what man?

Monsters, Inc. For the life of me I can't fathom why there has been no sequel, and we watched again the other night....my son often calls me "Sully" in that Mike Wazowski voice.....

True, but .....ha, this is why it could drive you crazy......Michael Cain only ever appeared in Cobb's real life and not his dreams....I think......

I finally watched this Saturday evening....I had it on the DVR since June I think but waited for the right time to watch, wife out and son sleeping.......what a mindfuck it is, it really does demand your attention and even then it's all over the place at times......the whole concept though is crazy but once they explained what they were going to try and do I was on board........the ending, wow......the top falls right?, Michael Cain being there is proof no?

Your guys must have bunted a lot , all I have to say is that I didn't finish last.

Over at Rotten Tomatoes it has a 4.25 rating http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moneyball/

Feel bad for Howe, is it true they used a prop to portray him?

@BillWhiteheadFL Bill Whitehead Final line on Zack Wheeler. 3.2 IPs, 5 Hs, 4ERs, 6Ks, 2Ws, 1HBP. #Stluciemets #FSL #mets He'll not be best pleased with that.

20 innings pitched for St. Lucie and 20 hits, not good but 23 SO and only 5 BB are http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=wheele001zac

ZacK tweeted from Outback the other night asking what he should get, I was going to reply a life but then thought it's me that needs one. I told him to order a full rack of ribs, he tweeted that he got the cheese fries. I was beyond disapointed .

"@stluciemets: Wheeler six shutout innings. He struck out seven, allowed four hits, no walks, 1 HBP. Still no score, top 7." He's legit?, too legit to quit ?

Yeah it was a great read.

Edgy DC wrote: The majority of pitchers should expect a major arm injury over the next five years, no? And if Wheeler somehow escapes that, who will remember a prediction made five years previous? Yeah I know, it's ridicules , Bondy is ridicules . I'm timing this , and if he gets through the five years without the above mentioend I'm going to email Bondy. So I guess I'll remember , he's my boy after all.

Bondy in the Snooze today mentioned a site called Project Prospect as saying Wheeler is a major arm injury over the next five years. http://projectprospect.com/article/2011/05/23/zack-wheeler-scouting-report Mechanics/Misc. Wheeler throws from a 3/4 arm slot. He has a good, aggressive tempo. He's not a max effort pitcher. He stays balanced through his delivery and repeats it well. He has big feet and broad shoulders. There's a good chance that his body isn't done filling out. Added muscle could lead to better body control, better command and more velocity. That said, Wheeler has a big red flag in his mechanics, a timing problem. He doesn't begin to turn his forearm over and get the ball into the driveline until after he plants his front foot, despite his long stride. This leads to halted lower body momentum and a lot of stress on his throwing arm. Ideally, a pitcher will generate energy with his core then bring his arm along for the ride. Though Wheeler looks balanced and his velocity appears easy, he doesn't create an efficient chain of kinetic energy in his delivery. His arm is left to do a lot of the work.

Per Rotoworld via the internet Zack Wheeler, who the Mets acquired in the Carlos Beltran trade, allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings Monday in his first start with High-A St. Lucie. Wheeler allowed three of the four runs in a 40-pitch first inning, but settled down from there. The 21-year-old right-hander struck out four and walked one. The 2009 first-round pick has already thrown 92 innings this season, so it might not be long before the Mets shut him down for the year.

Presser as mentioned above , Depodesta in here too......no surprise he saw Wheeler back in highschool By Adam Rubin Right-hander Zack Wheeler, the sixth overall pick in the 2009 draft, who was acquired from the San Francisco Giants for Carlos Beltran, spoke with reporters by phone an hour after arriving in Port St. Lucie. Wheeler, 21, grew up a Braves fan an hour outside of Atlanta. He expects to make his Mets debut Monday with Class A St. Lucie in the Florida State League. VP Paul DePodesta also weighed in on the trade. Here's a transcript ... What are your emotions joining a new organization? ZW: "It's good. I'm looking forward to some new opportunities, and looking forward to seeing what this organization has to offer. And I think it's going to be good." I presume there were a lot of rumors leading to trade. Were you tracking it? ZW: "There's always been that rumor out there for a while now. It sort of died off, because I thought that I would possibly get traded for (Jose) Reyes. But that died off. And it just got brought back up. I woke up I think it was Wednesday morning and I thought my buddy, Gary Brown, our center fielder, I thought he did get traded. So I texted him. He was like, 'No. Not yet.' And so I went downstairs and started watching ESPN. And like 15 minutes later, they're like, 'Zack Wheeler is probably about to get traded.' So I was like, 'Oh, man. That's a shock.'" Courtesy of Tom Medina/San Francisco Giants Zach Wheeler with Class A San Jose Mechanically you recently made some changes because of a high walk total (47 in 88 innings this season with Class A San Jose)? ZW: "When I first got drafted, I went to my first instructs (instructional league) and they tried to settle my motion down a little bit to make it more easier. I think I just had to think a little too much, because I was going too slow. I didn't have any rhythm really. When I broke my hands, I had to think about getting the ball up and stuff. So it was a little too much. Probably like two outings ago we went back to what I was doing in high school. And that's just a high leg kick and bringing my hands up sort of next to my head. It's all one, fluid motion, so it works out good. I just feel comfortable again. My command is there. I've only walked two guys (in 11 1/3 innings) my past two outings. I think it's working." When will you pitch for St. Lucie, and what has the transition been like the past few days? ZW: "I think I'll be pitching Monday down here in St. Lucie. It's been sort of like a little drag, I guess you could say, these past couple of days, just traveling and the airport and flights getting delayed and all that kind of stuff. But I got to go home (to Georgia) last night and stayed a night at my own house and see my mom and dad and my brothers. So that was nice." What were the pressures going up in a baseball hotbed in Georgia? ZW: "My whole family was athletic. They loved sports. I just grew up playing baseball ever since I could stand. It was really in my blood. My brothers, I was always at their practices throwing the ball around and stuff. But when it really came down to it, I just worked hard and always tried to get better." Did you ever make it up to New York when your brother Adam pitched professionally with the Staten Island Yankees? ZW: "I went up to Staten Island to watch him pitch. I also went to a Brooklyn Cyclones game when they played them. It was a pretty cool atmosphere up there. It was nice." Not the Staten Island-Brooklyn game when your brother was involved in a bench-clearing brawl with the Cyclones? ZW: "No. I didn't get to see that one. I wish." How much do you lean on your brother, since he was a professional in Class A with the Yankees from 2001-04? ZW: "He played four years and got some good coaching and got to talk to a few big league guys and stuff. So when I was going into high school, he was telling me all of this. And most guys in high school don't get to hear all of that stuff. So I think it sort of made me one step closer just knowing what to expect and just changing my demeanor out there on the mound. Being confident out there and not showing your emotions, that was the biggest thing he preached to me." Paul, did you see Zack firsthand before the trade or in high school? And what were your observations? PD: "I saw him in high school. At the time I was with San Diego. We had the No. 3 pick in the country (and took Georgia high school outfielder Donavan Tate). So I was down there in Georgia and did get to see him pitch toward the end of his senior year. In short, it was pretty electric. That night he touched 99 (mph). He came out in the first inning throwing 97, 98, and had one of those breaking balls that elicited an audible sound from the scouts the first time he snapped one off. It was a pretty good combination and certainly an exciting guy. He was right near the top of our board in San Diego, and I think was the top high school pitcher on our board. I may have gone to great lengths here to finally acquire him, leaving the organization and everything else. We're certainly glad we have him here in New York." Paul, with his innings count (88), could he pitch in the Arizona Fall League? Or is it a pretty quick shutdown for this year? PD: "We think there's probably another 30 (innings) to go. St. Lucie is going to be in the playoffs, so he might get another start in there. We'll see as we get closer, down the line. We think it will be already a pretty good, full year." Zack, I presume you grew up a Braves fan. How far were you from Turner Field? And who were your favorite players? ZW: "I was probably about an hour away from the stadium. Everybody grew up liking Chipper Jones. So that was probably my favorite player -- watching Chipper, and Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. A pretty good team growing up. I didn't go to a lot, but I went to a few." Paul, your thoughts on the reverting back to his old delivery? PD: "Even like you do with a draft pick, when we bring a new player to the organization, we're really going to sit back and just watch for a while. I don't think it's our job to go in there and immediately start changing things. We're going to get to know him, get to know his delivery, understand from him what feels comfortable to him and what doesn't. And then we'll see as we continue to move forward. I suspect we'll let him do what feels comfortable here for a while and we'll just sit back and evaluate and see if there's anything we can do to maybe help. I don't think there are going to be major changes." What was it like finding out about the trade basically on ESPN? ZW: "I was kind of shocked at first, of course. Once I started thinking about it, the Giants are pretty stacked up there. I mean they could have used me in a couple of years probably. It was fun just thinking about what I could be doing with the Mets. It's something new and they're developing a lot of young guys and they're looking toward the future. I was pretty happy about it."

So far he's a chilled guy....and blessed.....and active on Twitter.

You want Fielder for Reyes?

This upcoming Pixar movie played in the previews, looks interesting [youtube:320bio93]tYg0VgPy6Uk[/youtube:320bio93]

The Toy Story short was the best part of the movie.

Without question Cars was the worst Pixar movie , a tough group though. Maybe Newman made Cars tolerable or maybe it was the not here anymore Americana but this one was terrible....should have taken him to Kung Fu Panda like he wanted to.

Just got back with Lorcan from watching this in 3D, it's loud, it's visually great but it has none of the charm of Cars. You'd be forgiven for thinking Michael Bay directed it. A little bit of Mater in Cars was fun , a lot of Mater in Cars 2 is annoying and I thought a terrible idea to make him basically the lead. The movie opens up all James Bond like with Michael Cain as a British spy on the tail of an international crime gang.....Mater and McQueen accept an invite to Japan to compete in the first leg of the World Grand Prix, Mater gets mistaken as an american spy and shenanigans ensue, but by being his not so smart good ole boy self he has them all fooled into thinking he's this great spy....Mater of course is not in on the game though, cos see, he really is dumb...nice stereotypes here. Lots of explosions and car chases , goes form Tokyo to Paris to London , in a nearly full theater I didn't hear a lot of laughing , not a good sign. Didn't care for it at all.

For a movie depicting a few months in 2008 in which the effects are still being felt this was I thought a compelling account of the Wall Street/Lehman/Goldman/Banks disaster. A bunch of mid level actors play the central characters in this drama , none better than William Hurt playing Hank Paulson , can you make a person like Paulson a sympathetic figure?, in this he comes across as having the weight of the world on his shoulders, getting physically sick from the burden of being the man in charge. I at least felt for the guy, it's hard at times to figure out in reality who were the "bad guys" in the real life crisis that happened. I think what works in this telling is that you basically have the main players in the drama represented but you see them only in this crisis mode for the most part, except Buffet played by Ed Asner making multi billion decisions while out getting ice cream with his grand daughters. Paul Giamatti's Ben Bernanke is great , silent, whispering and brooding , Billy Crudup's Timothy Gei"loaningthner is seen making huge decisions while out jogging , it's that kind of movie , things happened quickly and at times Paulson's team change their minds on the fly about how to proceed and frankly they don't come out looking good for it. The idea of "loaning" the banks money which eventually is what happened was broached and dismissed by Paulson several times , when they saw it was all they could do they go to DC with three sheets of paper and the politicians can't get around the fact that one it's only three pages.....needs to be a lot longer, that was kinda of funny and frustrating to see how things like that might work, that bill failed the first vote but then passed. James Woods as Dick Fuld comes out as the biggest prick and I thought the movie made it seem at times like he was the main cause , maybe he was the symbol of all that was wrong? You know how this ends and how it's still affecting the world , but for all that it was still enjoyable.

I enjoyed this movie more than I would have guessed. The movie opens with high ranking Ba'thist party members in hiding having a meeting on the morning of the invasion , among them is General Al-Rawi , he's key to the plot..... U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) is in Iraq at the outbreak of that war looking for WMD's , he believes the intel until the sites they are hitting continually turn up empty of WMD's. Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear) is part of the transition team and the one pushing the WMD agenda , Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson), a CIA officer based in the Middle East doesn't believe there are any WMD's and when Miller becomes disillusioned about his mission Brown pulls him in with a mission to find Al-Rawi to do a deal, Brown believes the General and the defeated Iraq army are needed to keep the country from disintegrating in to civil war. No surprises that Poundstone and Brown have competing interests , Miller is naive in that though.I guess in that I can imagine that a lot of the troops on the ground back then believed the intel and the movie portrays their frustration building up, in typical Greengrass fashion danger lurks around every corner and the movie is at breakneck speed, it never lets up and even when it does you still I was still on edge. I liked it ,plenty of action but also the fallacy that was WMD exposed with plenty of blame to go around .

RealityChuck wrote: The trailer is one of the best of all time. Stay till the end; I was completely underwhelmed -- until the surprise. [youtube]6CloKbXtD28[/youtube] I'm watching and think Chuck has lost his mind..............then , yep , can't wait.