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metsmarathon wrote: looks like it could be an interesting thing to try. i'm certain there'll be a significant benefit to anyone whose ever played a auction draft before, and an even more significant benefit to anyone who won't have a munchkin nipping at their heels all night long. the draft will be like herding cats, i'm sure. but what the heck. i have a title to defend. Never have. It'll be interesting though, since it's a continuous league, the balance between signing prospects and guys that'll actually contribute.

#NW top 10 centerfielders right now on @mlbnetwork gonna have to get on this list soon.

We could try Otto Neu if anyone's interested. Keeper style, 40 man rosters, etc. $10 though. http://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/userdashboard

The John Henry scene where he discusses the fate of teams that fail to embrace the changing ideas hurt a lot considering that was the very same moment we were ditching Valentine for Howe, and still three years from the start of the Omar Era. Discouraging that it took nearly a decade from that moment to begin to look forward, and that was only because their lenders forced them to. One of my worries about the Mets finding financial footing again is that they'll waste no time ousting Alderson afterward, and probably make John Franco the new GM. Well, as we learned Saturday, they did start looking forward with the hiring of Baumer. I loved the movie. Spoiler here, but the only bit I wasn't into was all the attention paid to the 20-game win streak. Plus you did have the the "Last Second Victory Against Improbable Odds" when Hatteburg smacks the dramatic homer in the 20th game. It felt kinda like movie pandering to the lowest common denominator baseball fan and it didn't seem all that relevant to the point of the story. But then the next scene is Pitt saying it doesn't mean shit if you don't win the last game of the series, and it only serves to sell some tickets and hot dogs in the meantime, and he really could've been talking about the team or the movie at that point and I loved it. It was like they put that scene in the movie to try and let you think it was important and then took it back and said, 'No it's not. At all.' This was a big part in the book too. And I think it's also a part many "stat-heads" miss sometimes when they trumpet Moneyball as this transcendent moment in baseball. How invested Beane is emotionally, which was the reason he failed as a player. They talk about it near the end when he's talking about romanticizing baseball. I enjoyed the movie, but I guess slightly disappointed probably from the "Never as good as the book" standpoint. I didn't really like the ending. It made it seem like Beane made the wrong choice. The last two little epilogue points: "The Red Sox won the World Series two years later using Beane's philosophy" and then "Beane is still in Oakland trying to win the last game of the series". Hardly true. Even just the offer to Beane is an example of the difference. money. Just look at Damon, who was used as an example of a player not worth what he was being paid. '' On the other hand it's now 2012 and the A's absolutely suck, traded away roughly everyone and haven't been good since they lost their last 'big three' pitcher. They're headed for a 4th place finish and only because the Astros don't show up until next year. I couldn't watch the movie and not wonder how Beane is handling it these days.

Tim looks like a real winner.

Boardwalk Empire's pretty nice. I like the end scene with him washing liquor wash up around him.

I ended up not seeing a ton of movies last year. Not that I was intending on seeing most of the ones on the list of nominees. Did see The Help the other day though. Still haven't seen Moneyball. I should go do that.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: My favorite title sequence is probably the one that opens HBO's True Blood. pretty good. I like Dexter's.

I kinda like this movie even less in retrospect.

I enjoyed it. Thought it was cool that it ended in Muir Woods. Fun place, I broke a mug from there in the microwave once. Didn't realize whatever it was painted with had metal in it. Monkeys, viruses, what's not to love? Very predictable but whatever, most origin movies are predictable. Will watch a sequel.

Brian Erni recommends ESPN. fantasy season hasn't started just yet, but we're getting closer.

and who here doesn't love a good argument? well, we probably have some time, still like 2.5 months until freaking season starts.

What's a good keeper site? Yahoo doesn't do that right?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I think in order to do an auction you'd wanna at least be at your computer, yeah? In person is fun but I could see the logistic issues. although a couple of years ago they did invent this thing called conferences calls.

Vic Sage wrote: i like both those ideas, but wouldn't a "live" draft require an in-person meeting (which penalizes our out-of-town participants)? And keeper leagues require an optimism about our continued existence as a species (or even a CPF subset of our species) that i'm not sure i share. so you're saying I shouldn't really worry about trying to lose weight for the future? gotcha. I'm good with the keeper league idea. I don't think we have to do a live draft do we? It would certainly help with the randomness I felt like was inherent with trying to guess which fringe guys were going to get playing time if someone got hurt last year since we pretty much had every active player on the rosters.

Netflix wrote: For the up-and-comers on Philadelphia's west side, West Philly Grounds is the place to be. There, Claire (Jennifer Love Hewitt) serves wisdom along with coffee and scones. The clientele comes to her with advice in love, life and careers. But even the neighborhood's favorite gathering place has a dark side. Jamie Kennedy, Alexa Vega, Madeline Carroll and Daniel Eric Gold co-star in writer-director Marc Erlbaum's slice-of-life drama. That description was horrible. It really has nothing to do with anything like that. this one's better IMDB wrote: When tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are. Either way, I enjoyed this one, despite the very blatant biblical allusions. The story basically takes place within the Cafe the entire time, except for one scene just outside. It goes day by day and you check in with most of the regulars as they develop their story and you learn new things about them all. A lot of interesting stories that I think were richly created, although some have very little to do all-in-all with the overall plot. Lots of beautiful women in the there too.

btw, apparently Verabschiedung is German for adoption.

gave it 2.5. It wasn't bad, although very stereotypical and predictable. Definitely had some funny/ridiculous moments though, and was very watchable.

watching it right now. They just failed to get to Vegas. I'm..I dunno, mildly entertained? Granted, I'm photoshopping little kids into a bowl of M & Ms while I'm watching, so I'm only giving it like 77% attention.

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Frayed Knot wrote: "[it's] like a cold sore I can't stop flicking with my tongue" -- Vic Sage, Crane Pool Press I can't imagine why the marketing department for this movie didn't use that quote in their newspaper ads. More people would read reviews written like that. I accidentally gave this a three before reading the thread and got the movie wrong. I'd thought I'd saw it because for 6 months everytime I saw my Grandma she'd ask me the name of the movie since it was Heath Ledger's last project or whatever. But I confused it in my head with that weird toy-store movie with Natalie Portman. sounds like i'd enjoy giving it a once over though. Stunning images..should I download it on Blu-ray/HD then?

Edgy DC wrote: Is Ricciardi JPD2? I've never seen him referred to as such, but that'd be perfect.

Edgy DC wrote: PDeP ain't moving him yet. The proper nickname is D3PO.

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The Second Spitter wrote: Eddie (Bradley Cooper) down on his luck (it's tough) stumbles upon the mother of all smart pills. Hijinks ensue. Plot holes aplenty and deus ex machina ending aside, vaguely enjoyable. Best to think of it as a seriously- toned Brewster's Millions and it's attempt at social critique carries about as much weight as that film. De Niro miscast. I enjoyed it. Wasn't great, but fun still. I don't know if De Nero was miscast as much as mis-developed. He mostly exists as Cooper's stepping stone. He could've been like a non-drug genius and represented what could be with just an iron will and ruthless attitude, but it's not really developed well.