Vic Sage

it is a fun movie, though, and reminiscent of a old Dan Dailey baseball movie, THE KID FROM LEFT FIELD

In celebration of opening day, and with the new Jackie Robinson movie opening next week, i thought it was time for our periodic review of top baseball movies. I'm including only theatrically released feature films (no tv/cable/video, no shorts, no docs), so here's my top �Baker�s Dozen�: 1. Bull Durham 2. Field of dreams 3. The Natural 4. The Bad News Bears (1976) 5. Moneyball 6. Bang the Drum Slowly 7. The Rookie 8. The Sandlot 9. Major league 10. Eight Men Out 11. Fever Pitch 12. A League of their Own 13. Pride of the Yankees

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Will Johan be lining up with the team during today's introductions? If he does, I hope he gets a nice hand. he should get the sound of one hand clapping... it'll be like a zen tribute and metaphor all in one.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Fun fact: the two highest paid Mets outfielders this year are Jason Bay and Bobby Bonilla There's a factoid that hasn't been posted all over sports and social media yet. Oh wait, it has. sorry, i guess i don't pay that much attention to "social media" (besides the forum of course). I saw it in an article and mentioned it here. Is it posted somewhere here that i missed?

Fun fact: the two highest paid Mets outfielders this year are Jason Bay and Bobby Bonilla

he's fighting storm troopers and the Rat Patrol?

And the problem with the future is that it ain't what it used to be.

good for Bobby.

In honor of the upcoming IRON MAN 3, I thought I'd "reboot" the old thread on this topic that we used to keep running endlessly. The following films have release dates: 2013 IRON MAN 3 (5/3) - hack action writer Shane Black directs the new chapter, featuring Ben Kingsley as one of Shellhead's earliest and best villains, The Mandarin. MAN OF STEEL (6/14) - Zac Snyder reboots Supe with a great cast: Henry Cavill (Kal-el), Amy Adams (Lois), Kevin Costner & Diane Lane (Jonathan & Martha kent), Russell Crowe (Jor-El), Lawrence Fishburne (perry white) and Michael Shannon (Gen. Zod). But where's Jimmy? My god, they've killed Jimmy! THE WOLVERINE (7/26) - They're adapting (loosely, i imagine) the Frank Miller mini-series about Wolverine in Japan vs Silver Samurai. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR (10/4) - Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez are back, adapting Miller's sequel (actually a prequel, i guess) with the same cast (Willis, Rourke, Alba, etc.) THOR: DARK WORLD (11/8) - THOR 2 features Hemworth and Portman and the Warriors 3 against Chris Eccleston (Dr. Who) as a Dark Elf villain seeking revenge. 2014 CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER (4/4) Cap and SHIELD (Nick fury and Black Widow) try to stop a brainwashed Bucky Barnes, back as the Winter Soldier. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (5/2) - Shailene Woodley joins the cast as Mary Jane Watson (she can't be worse than Kirstin Dunst), with Jamie Foxx as Electro, Paul Giamatti as Rhino and Chris Cooper as Norman Osborne. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (7/18) - Bryan Singer is adapting the classic Chris Claremont time-travelling storyline of the early 80s, using both the new and the old casts. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (8/1) - still in development, Troma director James Gunn is set to do the star-spanning series, with Starlord, Drax and Thanos included (so its not the original Guardians i guess). 2015 FANTASTIC FOUR (3/6) - no specifics available AVENGERS 2 (5/1) - Joss Whedon set to return with original cast, plus Cap's sidekick, The Falcon. JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (6/1) - no specifics ANT-MAN (11/6/15) - no specifics

seawolf17 wrote: It's not a Rule V situation. Any team can soon claim them and stash them in the minors. The problem is that we need to make room for LaTroy Hawkins to give up home runs, so Reese Havens can make the All-Star Team six times in ten years as the future starting second baseman for the Orioles. Frig. Yeah, that was my point. Since the difference between Atchison and Hawkins (for example) and arms already on the 40man (e.g., Elvin Ramirez) is NOT going to be the difference between success and failure this year, risking the loss of prospects just to gain the advantage of that difference seems foolhardy and short-sighted to me.

Edgy MD wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Singleton and Brooks, at least, were traded for veteran players (both from the Expos!) who helped the Mets win a pennant. Mazzilli, too, if you take out the Expo clause. Mets can't be too blamed for Cleon Jones and Craig Swan shlubbing it over to the American League for a few pointless appearances it at the end of their careers. To be clear, i'm not suggesting the Mets are to blame here for anything. just an observation that we've never had a good Met retire as one (for whatever the reasons). Wright has a chance to do so, but he might not either.

i thought the Mets were a club rebuilding after a sour year? why shouldn't THEY make a grab for Havens, German and Robles, rather than risk losing them to fill the pen and bench with worn-out retreads?

Mets � Willets Point wrote: I'm now a little sad that I brought this topic up. yeah, when i started going through the list, it became clear we would not be fielding an all-star team. But i think with most franchises, the guys who end up as "career" guys are either marginal players with short careers (they get a shot and then they're gone), or limited playing time over a long period (bench players), or face-of-the-franchise superstars. I think the mid-tier guys, the productive guys with market value, tend to price themselves out with their first team and move on for a bigger mid-career contract. Where i think the mets have come up short is that they don't lock down their stars, with Wright being the only exception (so far). That all-stars Seaver, Koosman, Cleon, Harrelson, Ryan, Matlack, McGraw, Ken Singleton, Amos Otis, Craig Swan, Hubie Brooks, Mookie, Mazz, Doc & Daryl, Dykstra, Darling, Orosco & McDowell, Fonzie, Hundley, Jeffries, Reardon, Isringhausen and ReyRey (to name a few) weren't career mets is where we suffer (historically speaking) as a franchise.

i'd still rather have Ron Hodges, if only for sentiment's sake. on edit: on further review, Hodges actually had a better career OPS+ compared to Thole so far. so its not just sentiment.

Some guys, guys for sale. They're going cheap. Only minor prospects. That -- or thereabouts. Lame guys... Rather frail... From lack of `roids. don't think that they are winners. Our hurlers get no outs. If I should say their bats were quite productive... I could not, I'd be telling you a tale. Some guys, Guys for sale. Guys we cannot keep. Have you ever seen as Weak A bunch For sale!

good point.

C - Ron Hodges 1973-1984 1B - Ike Davis 2010-2012 2b - Daniel Murphy 2008,2009,2011,2012 SS - Ron Gardenhire 1981-1985 3b - David Wright 2004-2012 LF - Lucas Duda 2010-2012 CF - Dave Schneck 1972-1974 RF - Bruce Boisclair 1974, 1976-1979 RSP - Mike Pelfrey 2006-2012 LSP - Jon Niese 2008-2012 RHRP - Bobby Parnell 2008-2012 LHRP - Pedro Feliciano 2002-2004, 2006-2010 [u:r5tzmxm4]retired players only:[/u:r5tzmxm4] C - Ron Hodges 1973-1984 1B - Ed Kranepool 1962-1979 2b - Kelvin Chapman 1979, 1984 SS - Ron Gardenhire 1981-1985 3b - Rod Kanehl 1962-1964 LF - George Theodore 1973-1974 CF - Dave Schneck 1972-1974 RF - Bruce Boisclair 1974, 1976-1979 RSP - Bob Myrick 1976-1978 LSP - Eric Hillman 1992-1994 RHRP - Bob Apodaca 1973-1977 LHRP - Rick Baldwin 1975-1977

yeah, why should THEY gouge our fans when WE can gouge our fans and cut out the middleman!

Dude, what about it? I, who will watch just about anything remotely science-fictionish, couldn't get through a single episode, despite repeated attempts to do so. In fact, the show was so bad that even Scheider hated it, demanding to be released by the 3rd season.

what about him? I like Roy Scheider; very underrated actor and one of the best of the 1970s. surprisingly wide range... good guys, bad guys, leads, character roles, even a MUSICAL for crissakes. [u:pfeklf4n]selected films of the 1970s[/u:pfeklf4n]: Klute (1971) The French Connection (1971) (Academy Award nomination) The Seven-Ups (1973) Jaws (1975) Marathon Man (1976) Sorcerer (1977) Jaws 2 (1978) All That Jazz (1979)(Academy Award nomination) There wasn't much of interest in the subsequent decades (except for maybe 52-PICKUP (1986), a Frankenheimer action film), but he was one of the defining actors of that period.

college admission/application movies: ACCEPTED HISTORY BOYS PERFECT SCORE GETTING IN HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE RISKY BUSINESS LEGALLY BLONDE HOW HIGH RUDY SPANGLISH REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES ORANGE COUNTY ANYWHERE BUT HERE EDUCATING RITA

77-85 fourth no no

Griffith invented the syntax of cinema, and created the feature length film with BIRTH OF A NATION, but he was a product of his time and geography. Born and raised in Kentucky, a few years after the civil war, a war in which his father served as a confederate colonel, the film's view of race, reconstruction and the KKK is hideous by contemporary standards. But it was a broadly accepted view of our recent history when it came out (though it did engender some protests in northern cities). its really an impossible film to rate, like TRIUMPH OF THE WILL.

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Benjamin Grimm wrote: One or two sizzling hot streaks. One prolonged slump. Overall, .295, 25 homers, 38 doubles, 95 rbi. The "Captain America" nickname will fade, to be replaced by "Man Thing." And not just "man-thing"... GIANT-SIZE Man-Thing! You would have thought SOMEBODY on the editorial staff -- Roy Thomas, Steve gerber, Mike Conway, somebody -- would have raised their hand and said "um, i don't think we really want to call our comic `big dick'". But no, it slid right on through. Somehow i think it must've been Gerber's doing.