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Alan Parker films I've seen - Bugsy Malone - I thought this movie was weird when I saw it, but I remember liking it. Midnight Express - Great movie - still scares the shit out of me. Fame - I was a student at the High School of Music & Art when this movie was made and released. The student body of my school as well as the High School of Preforming Arts (the two schools upon which the movie was based) were given free tickets to a showing the week the movie opened. The NYC Board of Ed was also given a preview and after seeing it, they deemed the movie 'unsuitable' for the students to see (I always thought Irene Cara's breasts had a lot to do with that) and tried to get the tickets back from the students. They weren't very successful. I remember having a great time at the showing we all went to at some theater in Times Square. They used a lot of students as extras in the movie and whenever someone we recognized appeared on the screen there was raucous cheering. Side note: Erica Gimpel, who played Coco on the TV series, was a friend and junior high school classmate of mine. I believe she went to Performing Arts Pink Floyd's "The Wall" - Have never seen it without being stoned so I don't know if its any good. Birdy - Matthew Modine, right? I liked this movie a lot. Angel Heart - Lisa Bonet's breasts. The Commitments - Loved it.

Former catchers seem to make good managers. How about Little Falls alumni Hundley or Fitzgerald?

AG/DC wrote: ...But I read that at a Yank blog on Friday. SteveJEdgyDC?

TransMonk wrote: John Maine is the man, as well. John Maine is karmic payback for Kazmir.

Carlos Delgado - no Carlos Beltran - probably not John Franco - no Johan Santana - probably Billy Wagner - no David Cone - no Jeff Kent - yes Jose Reyes - too early to tell David Wright - too early to tell

I think it was Edgy that proposed one of the better names I heard. 'Estadio Popular', the sponsor being Banco Popular. Fits right in with the large Hispanic population of NYC as well as the whole Latino Mets thing. Makes too much sense to ever happen though. That and $40 million a year.

Knocked it outtta the park!

I remember really liking Ringo's 'Caveman'. Co-starring Dennis Quaid, Barbara Bach and John Matuszak.

Not yet, although I have thought about it.

That dude is like 'Spring-Training-Kingman' hot.

Did someone buy me a ticket? I ask because I didn't expect that. Great if you did, no problem. I was planning on using my own and just tailgatin' with everyone, but that's cool. If a ticket was bought for me and someone else wants it that's cool too because I can use my own. Lemme know.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Too bad it's the Devil Rays making a mockery of spring training. Is that what is being said? Beause of that homeplate collision?

Len Berman on Channel 4 News last night reported on the Crystal story. He showed a clip of Kevin Costner playing for his alma mater - Cal State Fullerton I think - in an exhibition game against the Angels a year or so back. He was playing in the infield and a pop-up was hit. Nothing difficult about it, simple everyday infield pop. Costner dropped it. I'm thinking - here's Kevin Costner who obvioulsly fancies himself a pro-ballplayer if not a full-fledged major-leaguer. He gets himself in an actual game and screws up the easiest play there is. Schmuck.

If I gave you a poll there would only be one option: How Much Does This Movie Suck? -A lot.

Do. Not. Waste. Your. Time.

="Methead"]This is soupcan I was ready to dispute that...then I read the story. ="Methead"]Great news from the Mets. I'm with soup... it was just another reason to hate road trips last year. Thank you.

I've got a 61" Panasonic plasma in the den (I know, right?) and a 42" Sharp LCD in my bedroom. Besides the fact that the picture quality is great (little better on the plasma I think but they both have their advantages), the TVs being flat are a space saving bonus. I get a lot less HD channels than I do regular channels but I don't watch anything other than HD anymore. If its not HiDef soupy don't watch it. It's that much of a difference. Once you start watching in HD, you can't go back.

DocTee wrote: September games feature an inflated roster of late-season callups. Could that have any impact on no-nos? I remember reading something about that. It wasn't just September that saw a higher proportion of no-hitters, they spiked in April as well. I believe that the theory was that in the beginning of the season, pitchers are always ahead of the hitters in terms of reaching their 'mid-season form' and as DocTee said, the September call-ups combined with the fatigue of the regular season factored into the higher September numbers.

Amazin'! Who needs Perez - trade him for Nady.

Did they win after Ollie got rocked?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I remember when I was a kid, the smell of cigarettes and cigars evoked thoughts of Shea. Same experience and as a result, cigar smoke always make me think of spring and early season baseball. Just like the smell of Carmex makes me think of skiing.

I'm with Kase on this - too many people I know have gotten cancer as a direct result of smoking. Get rid of 'em. holychicken wrote: IMO, all this is going to do is lead to more people smoking in their seats. They are much less likely to get caught there Not if they're sitting near me. I've ratted 'em out before, I'll rat 'em out again.

Awe-some! That was something that stuck in my craw last year - only Met home games on SNY were in HD. Meanwhile every single Yankee game was HiDef. I learned more about the Yankees last year then I ever wanted to know (Derek Jeter's preferred hair style for example) simply because watching baseball in HiDef was just so alluring. metirish wrote: I really need to get that new telly You do. You really, really do.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm an NYU graduate who did the Washington Square Park thing back in 1985. Wow, you're old.

AG/DC wrote: ...it's March 6. That's what I'm hanging my hat on right now. Still three weeks to go and by then the picture could change radically.