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Benjamin Grimm wrote: Who is currently projected to be in the Mets outfield? Nimmo and Conforto. And maybe Cespedes. Who's the left fielder if it's not Cespedes? Davis? Or McNeil?I'm thinking it's Davis in left and McNeil at third base? If Smitty is still around (I haven't missed anything, have I?), then I think Smith and Davis are the two-headed leftfielder until Céspedestrian proves otherwise.

There was a light movie back around 1980 — I remember liking it but the critics did not — in which a newly-elected-but-already-alienated-pope-sneaks out the back door and passes himself off as a simple parish priest in a poor Italian mountain village. OH, the hyjinx. But yes, we need to a Dave-type movie in which a papal stand in ends up in the job, or King Ralph plot where an ordinary shlub gets elevated through a series of improbable events. Both would likely suck, but have good opportunities for garbled Latin, impure urges, and sight gags when the pope decides he likes actually wearing the sports jerseys all the teams present him with.

POW!

When Karol dies at an advanced age, a whole bunch of cardinals meet to pick a new pope. Jorge is desperate to see the Church address the internal rot among them, but he is shy and guilty and doesn't put himself forward as a leader. Josef, on the other hand, has been Karol's right-hand man on doctrinal affairs, and is happy to thrust himself forward, if for no other reason than to provide doctrinal clarity. Flash ahead a few years, and Josef (now Pope Benedict XVI) has summoned Jorge to Rome to talk to about the latter's application for retirement. It turns out, both men are burned out, tired of fighting internal and external forces, and carrying a lot of guilt. Benedict is all, "You can't resign! I want to resign!" The ensuing of hijinx commences. [FIMG=450]https://www.thekfs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Two-Popes-Poster-1.jpg[/FIMG]

They both look kinda stiff, but look at the size of that ringaling! [FIMG=500]https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/lyTFS0SIrTYCYtMaLGFTGQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/16ddc8db1ad1eaecbee62e9d360dca70[/FIMG]

I think we should open with Bar Mitzvah footage. Mom is all proud of pious young Chaim while he's sneaking into the girls' room to ogle cousin Ruthie. Too cheap?

I kind of want an all-Rojas/Alou staff.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Rock biopics have come a long way from Athens: Inside-Out As discussed here previously the Van Halen origin story could be a dynamite movie. The KISS origin story: Are you kidding? Would be so fucking great. The latter idea is such a guaranteed Moneymaker I'm surprised Gene $immons hasn't done 3 versions already And he's so-far passed on a juke box musical. Weird, but I guess there's more certainty in the coffin game.

=whippoorwill post_id=30283 time=1579700536 user_id=79] Please say this is one of your masterpiece made up stories

Had a terrific year in AAA. If they can find a roster slot for him, he probably becomes the best candidate to be the backup catcher.

BLAME IT ON THE BORAP! MUSICIAN BIOS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT (AND SOME THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED) Judy (2019) Renée Zellweger plays 1969-era Judy Garland. Suck it, Judy Davis. I Am Woman (2019) This Helen Reddy biopic has already been released in Australia to great fanfare, but it has so far been enbargoed in the US. Call Netflix and get angry. WHAT THE FUCK!! I Still Believe (March 2020) Riverdale's K.J. Apa plays hard-luck Christian singer Jeremy Camp, with Shania Twain playing his mom. Has this guy really covered The Call? If so, OK, but don't tell me they're using the Call song as a title for his biopic. Respect (August 2020) Jennifer Hudson plays Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, written by Thema & Louise screenwriter Callie Khouri. The Power of Love — Celine Dion (2021?) Valérie Lemercier both directs and stars, so you know this will be great. Plus, it's in French, so you don't have to listen to the words, just the notes, which gets you halfway home, I think. Untitled Elvis Presley-Themed Thing (October 2021) Baz Luhrman directs beauty-boy-but-up-until-this-mostly-a-supporting-actor Austin Butler portraying the King, with Tom F. Hanks as The Colonel, telling the story of Presley's rise to fame. On the bright side, if you're having trouble sleeping, you can count reasons not to see this film. Blue Moon of Kentucky (2021?) No release date (or cast) has been publicly announced, but Khori is also writing this story about the life of bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe. Untitled Amy Winehouse-Themed Thing (2021?) Not much news except that Winey's father is cooperating. Untitled Bob Marley-Themed Thing (2021?) Ziggy producing. Untitled Boy George-Themed Thing (2021?) Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil) tells the tale of Boy growing up, as the genre of rock biopics becomes even more dominated by the sub-genre of gay rock biopics. Beautiful — Carole King (2022) This adaptation of the jukebox musical has been bouncing around since 2015, but now it's got Tom Hanks' backing. And when he joins a project, it becomes big. Untitled John and Yoko Thingie (2022?) BoRap writer Anthony McCarten has been hired, so you know the historical accuracy will be pristine. Jean Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies, Dallas Buyers Club) will direct stuff. I've got to get in the shower, but other upcoming music biofilm subjects I've found: Leonard Bernstein, Teddy Pendergrass, Madonna, etc. Kill me now.

Plenty of players have come out and been all like "hey, like, those other guys do this too" As far as I know, none since Billy Bean in 1999.

Yeah, this was OK for a debut, but by most other standards, it contained big holes. The most glaring was this absence of this magical song. In films about prodigious writing, this copout often occurs. A young writer begins reading from something they wrote, and the sound fades after a sentence or two, and they montage the audience raptured by this young genius, but what's glaringly obvious is we're not hearing this great work, because the screenwriter isn't capable of writing something so brilliant on the face of it. So it goes with A Boy Called Sailboat. He begins his song and what sounds like the old "Emergency Broadcast Test" tone plays while we watch the transfixed listeners, stunned by it's beauty, putting aside old grudges, giving up their sinful ways, reconciling. You can play this sort of magic in earnest or you can play it for laughs, but give us some of that song so we can feel a little blessed too. No such luck.

Honey, I think that large man is going to eat that poor girl. Oh, wait ... it's Dellin Betances and his wife, Janisa. [fimg=350]https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/yankees-pitcher-dellin-betances-and-wife-janisa-attend-amber-and-cc-picture-id496084608[/fimg]

=kcmets post_id=30144 time=1579489230 user_id=53] Why is it more and more the 'quoted' poster isn't showing up but just "'s ?

but analogies aside, ... Thank God.

=Ceetar post_id=30048 time=1579367783 user_id=102] =nymr83 post_id=30020 time=1579317498 user_id=54] Who else was cheating? The Yankees - obviously!

Back in '15 Max Scherzer strained his thumb batting while Adam Wainwright messed up his Achilles tendon running the bases. That said, I think many such "we need to reduce ..." initiatives in baseball history have been shortsighted, and fall subject to The Law of Unintended Consequences.

I really feel like something that something has occurred not unlike the initial spilling of the names of the guys who failed the initial (allegedly sealed and performed for statistical purposes only) steroid test. I mean, why was Beltran named and not everybody else? I think it's largely because he's retired and so naming him spares the league having a class of disgraced guys sprinkled through the league giving league an ongoing black eye, potentially for years to come. Also, he doesn't have the MLBPA's protection. So the Mets fired him, and there's a perfectly sound argument both for or against that move. A couple of arguments, actually. But I think something like justice would be either naming nobody or naming everybody.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Jessica Mondoza checks in with an idiotic take on how wrong it was for Mike Fiers to spill the beans. Whack her while we're at it. Mendozy's got a hell of a conflict of interest here, doesn't she? She's serving both as a decision-maker within baseball and a commentator on MLB decisions.

It's also how the MLB handles it. The Yankee wins and losses under Don Zimmer whilst Joe Torre was going through cancer treatments are credited to Torre. But just because they have it wrong, don't mean we have to. As far as I'm concerned, a game won while a manager is off to see his son graduate from college or while the manager has been ejected should be credited to the substitute with the lineup card. Rube Walker (I think it was Walker) should get credit for the games following Gil Hodges heart attack. Revising the record to reflect these wins and losses by substitutes would be very illuminating. Actually, just reporting out the data without MLB necessarily revising the record would be interesting.

Because the record of who has been manager doesn't really have to be fixed to a season.

Nobody has experience until they do. And experienced guys have plenty of skeletons in their closets, too. As for "the Top Three scandals ever to engulf the game of baseball," I'll happily disagree with that. They could have hired literally anyone else, all of whom had actual managerial experience on some level or another. Please review this sentence.

=seawolf17 post_id=29901 time=1579203740 user_id=91]No, that would definitely be pretty shocking.

Carlos is one of only seven Mets managers to win as many games as he lost.