Edgy MD

Come on. I can't be the only one with muddy underpants.

Yeah, I was really impressed by the horse's speed in Toy Story. What is the takeoff speed of a 747? I'd really like to be that guy who readily quotes the exact speed to all the other viewers during that scene.

Modern-day Tom and Huck find a vagabond living on a river island. When he turns out to be a fugitive, they agree to run errands between him and the mainland, and act as go-betweens for him in his mysterious relationship with his mysterious girlfriend. Trouble's got to ensue, and the sort of trouble you get into when you live on the river ain't usually too good.

Cruising against the Land o' Lakes Tigers, retiring 13 straight batters, the irresistible force that is Rainy Lara's pitching ran in the fifth inning into the immovable object that is Rainy Lara's fielding. A Lara error opened the door for four Tiger runs (only one earned, but fielding counts too), and Rainy took his first Florida State League loss. Five more strikeouts to throw in his closet. One more walk in his shoebox.

Like such a sad and lovely emo girl could possibly see a typo past all her tears and mascara.

Adam Rubin wrote a lustful blog post about Rainy. He doesn't have high heat --- his blazer comes between 89-92, and occasionally gets up to 93, but his hard stuff all sinks and at 21 he has time to add a mile or two maybe. He's been moved up to St. Loo where his first start was typical but for a few unearned runs and fewer strikeouts but... 8.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO. That's the stuff, you know? Combined over two levels, he's 4-2, wit a 1.38 ERA in 58 2/3 innings, with 55 strikeouts, six walks, ONE homer allowed. It's great to pick a guy out because he sounds like a sad pretty emo girl and have him turn out to be the goods.

Your avatar was never so appropriate. Spurs and loose bodies beats ligament replacement, right? RIGHT?!

The bridge doesn't have a window, man, it's a "view screen" --- a monitor. The hand phasers always bothered me. In the future, we'll have hand weapons that aren't particuarly more effective than a Saturday night special, but they'll make cool sound and light. Shouldn't those things be able to do auto targeting, and take out broad fields of targets?

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Leathersich came on with a lead and one out in the eighth tonight. Gave up one hit but got all five batters on strikeouts.

I'm watching this guy too closely not to be responsible for him. Another two hits and a HbP tonight and his OBP is up to .448. There are two adjectives to describe that. The first is "Bondsian," and the second is "stupid." Now at .306 / .448 / .530 // .978. Promote him up two levels now. We need a firstbaseman and he appears to need the money.

That's the saddest little maudlin signoff. Come on! Buck up! People care! And it's enough that YOU care!

Remember, Collin, you dreamed about this your whole life.

I like to think you could have somehow been briefer in your comments. As to Willets' point, sure, it's about direct conflict and relationships and identity stuff and personal redemption --- as opposed to themes of exploration and discovery and ending conflict by searching for a set of values that are truly democratic and progressive, that the various TV series often tried to represent. But I think this is basically true of the film series in general --- almost entirely, in fact, since the ambitious but turgid first installment in 1979. The medium of films --- self-contained little units that they are --- probably demand those sort of conflicts: an immediate threat, a decisive resolution. On a TV show, in contrast, a broader plotline or theme can develop over an arc of several weeks or months or years, if you're lucky. I think maybe that the films have been at their best, in that sense, when they were what the TV show wasn't. That Generations film kinda stunk. Would have maybe been a good few episodes of the TV show, though.

Look for Collin and Buzzy during your runs. They're your neighbors!

Saw it last night. Like the first one, some biggish plot holes that are easy enough to get past if you are willing to just enjoy the thrill ride, which is nicely paced as J.J. knows how to do. Man, the future is populated by the young and beautiful who just don't even know. The villain turns out to be (redacted)=#fff5c2]Khan Noonien Singh(/redacted), but he's presented very differently from the who actor played him in the past, which would be fine if they hadn't previously put so much effort into getting lookalikes and actalikes for all the principles. The actress playing Carol Marcus maybe kinda looks like Bibi Besch, though certainly more petite, but the British accent sort of throws that aside. But you know, having a frosty and pale Brit with excellent diction will always make for a zexy zidekick as well as a daunting villain even if that villain is playing the part of a (redacted)=#fff5c2]Spanish-Mexican playing an Ottoman Turkish-Armenian-Indian Sikh(/redacted). They throw a lot of bones to the geeks, with passing references to the likes of Harry Mudd, and also have scenes that are baldfaced references to scenes from the TV series and first film series that are now understood to have taken place in an alternate reality. Somehow, the creators seem to be saying, this timeline is unwinding similarly but differently. That's all good, I think, but at least one extended scene is such a literal re-working of a prior Star Trek scene, that it sort of chews up more space than it should, since you know exactly how it's going to unfold. This may just be my natural impatience. I had this problem the first time I saw Groundhog Day. "We know how this scene unfolds! Can you get to the part where it's different?!" But now I really can't get enough of Ned Ryerson. One cool thing: Spock is almost as much the protagonist here as Kirk. Probably the best part. It's a lot of fun. Not sure I'll ever get past or want to get past scenes of a villain blowing up city blocks and shattering a civilian population going about their day.

Good call. I'm crazy about this guy. Want satisfying results? Adopt your guys while they're still in the DSL. Lara goes today against Charelston. Battle of beloved, quaint southern cities with first-place on the line.

He didn't leave with a 1-0 lead. Brian Bogusevic led off with a homer for Iowa. He got the next two guys and left after walking his last batter, who Edgin allowed to score on a pair of singles. Five strikeouts and one (fatal) walk, plus four hits in 6 2/3 innings. Very nice, overall. Unfortunately his teammates weren't generating any more offense (three hits) than the parent club. Managed five runs (all in the sixth inning) in the nightcap, but lost that one, 6-5. Zach Lutz: starting to hit a little.

Double header today in Iowa. Montero gets the day game

Matt Eddy just made my list.

It's a definite miss. But a gloriously stupid miss. Same period and same themes as this one, though.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Springsteen would never have put up with such a lazy band. Neither would Eddie Wilson!

Personally I think he's too kind to those who abuse the art of adaptation. It's not about faithfulness, it's about respect. The worst adaptations don't care about the source material at all. They borrow authority from their superiors. And don't always return it intact.

Another trip through the rotation, another night when sons of men pointlessly try and oppose Rainy Lara with ashen clubs. 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 SO His ERA sits at 1.17. People in Savannah are soooooooo lucky. Game had to go to the eleventh, before the Gnats broke through for six runs and the win, but break through they did.

Welcome back, Collin. Find other Mets in their wedding picture.