Vic Sage

if you want the war, see DUNKIRK. I found this a generic procedural, focusing on the inside politics of the British parliament while people were dying across the channel.

these things always seem to sort themselves out (usually due to injury). That's why i'm never concerned about having "too many starters". A surplus is rarely a problem; most often, its the lack from which a team will suffer.

Lind would give us more flexibility and production than A-(my talent is)Gon.

they should just settle it by arm wrestling.

I can see Harvey over Matz (I guess), but Reynolds over Familia? I'm not f(am)eeling it.

bad defense and base-running... fundies, people, fundies!

avi

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, somebody's got to get him, Brian Dozier, and Derek Holland on the same team sooner or later. But then they'd have nowhere to run!

Centerfield wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think he gets displaced by Bruce when Conforto returns and Nimmo takes Bruce's spot in the outfield. I think so too. I guess a lot of that depends on how Nimmo performs during that first month. ditto.

Zvon wrote: You were at that game!?!? WOWZERS! I was watching on TV and you could hear the gunshot like sound at home. Damn, I was so scared shitless (spellcheck says I was scared "shirtless") Matlack was seriously hurt. Jon was a favorite at the time and I was very upset. He came back so fast and so unaffected that I thought it was a miracle. He had been a speaker at my little league's awards breakfast after his rookie year and i had gotten his autograph. He seemed to be like 17 feet tall, and he looked a little bit like Herman Munster. So when i saw him go down at that game, it was pretty scary. It was like somebody i knew. It must've made an impression because here i am, 45 years later, and i can still smell the grass and the rain.

good for the Phillies. That's a serious overpay, and it'll bite them. Arrieta is in decline; i'd take Lynn at 1/2 that price for 1 year.

i'm sure I went to games before '73, but my earliest memory was seeing Jon Matlack take a line drive off his head that year. It was mid-May (we went for my 12th birthday), and a rainy day against the Braves. I don't remember who hit it, but I remember the sound off the bat, like a gunshot, and Matlack going down like a puppet with its strings cut. People thought he was dead. My father was, like, "of course he's dead. that's the Mets for you." we ended up losing. It was a bad day, but ended up a pretty good year.

i'm at 44th/Broadway - somewhere west of GCT is good I think. sometimes I go to TONIC, 727 7th Ave (48-49th st)

a walkoff grannie... now THAT'S the way to end a game. Way to go, Phil Evans. You'll be living off that moment for a while.

Nido homers and throws out a runner at 2b. Nice game for the kid.

has anyone seen SUGAR?

[u:37i2z06p]IMDB top 10:[/u:37i2z06p] Moneyball 42 Field of Dreams Natural Bad News Bears 8 Men Out League of their Own Major League Sugar Bull Durham [u:37i2z06p]honorable mentions:[/u:37i2z06p] Sandlot Pride of the Yankees Everybody Wants Some The Rookie

[u:1geyubyr]Rotten Tomatoes top 10:[/u:1geyubyr] Bull Durham Moneyball Bad News Bears Pride of the Yankees Sugar Field of Dreams Bang the Drum Slowly 8 Men Out The Rookie 42 [u:1geyubyr]just missing the cut:[/u:1geyubyr] Major League Fear Strikes Out The Natural League of their Own Fever Pitch Cobb Off the Black Game 6 [u:1geyubyr]In the top 25, but not "fresh":[/u:1geyubyr] Sandlot Perfect Game Mr. 3000 Trouble with the Curve

Lugo in to finish 3rd. Good thing Vargas picked off 2 runners in the 1st, or it would've been worse.

[u:35t3upzj]Blevins' list:[/u:35t3upzj] 1. Everybody Wants Some 2. The Sandlot 3. Major League 4. For Love of the Game 5. A League of Their Own 6. Bull Durham 7. Little Big League 8. Rookie of the Year 9. The Rookie 10. Bad News Bears I haven't seen EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, but its a Linkater film, so maybe it's worth watching. But LOVE OF THE GAME? yeesh. that dog has fleas. and LITTLE BIG LEAGUE? ROOKIE OF THE YEAR? Man, he's got the taste of a 12 year old. No wonder he can't relate to FIELD OF DREAMS. [u:35t3upzj]My top 10:[/u:35t3upzj] Bull Durham Field of dreams The Natural Moneyball Bad news bears, the A League of Their Own Sandlot, the Major league Rookie, the Eight Men Out [u:35t3upzj]honorable mention:[/u:35t3upzj] Bang the drum slowly Damn Yankees Pride of the Yankees Bingo Long Fever Pitch [u:35t3upzj]Mets content:[/u:35t3upzj] Game 6 Frequency

3 good innings for Hahhvey. Meaningless game, sure, but it makes me happy.

sorry to see Villanueve get overlooked, but it won some Oscars (FX, cinematography), so that was nice.

i just got that It's a gorgeously shot movie, weaving together three stories and time-lines, then merging them at Dunkirk. It's light on character but strong on imagery; it's minimal dialogue makes it a quiet movie that explodes with a moments of intense violence and anxiety... as war itself has often been described. I liked it alot.

First of all, damning a drama for not being funny is kind of missing the point. Yes, IN BRUGES was funny. This one isn't, and wasn't trying to be, despite some comic moments from Rockwell, Harrelson and McDormand. Secondly, i don't find a character's redemption to be too hard to believe. especially, when he's played by Sam Rockwell. It seemed clear to me, throughout the movie, that this not-to-bright momma's boy was desperate for Sheriff Woody's attention (as a surrogate father), and his violence and racism was a rather thin, alcohol-fueled veneer over his self-loathing and a real human desire to connect. When he suffers the multiple traumas the story provides (including the life-affirming, post-mortem letter from Woody) and then is literally purged by flame, his transformation feels earned and valid. As to characters not facing justice for their crimes... it's a small town in the south. The fact that crimes go unpunished doesn't shock my sensibilities or make me cry bullshit. It isn't a perfect movie, but McDonagh is one helluva good writer, its a great cast, and there are moments of great sadness, beauty and redemption in it.

I was class of '83! Mark, is that you? Hey buddie, can i borrow your jet ski?