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I don't know how Yankee fans can tolerate John Sterling. Listening to WFAN and they played the 'Yankee Game Winning Drive' - or whatever the fuck they call it - and it happened to be Nick Swisher's homerun from yesterday. Sterling, as usual, was over-the-top embarassing -IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT! IS! GOOOOONE! OOOOH, THAT WAS FAAAR BACK AND DEEEEP OVER THE RIGHTFIELD PORCH, A TRE-MEN-DOUS SHOT! IT'S SWISH-A-LICIOUS! 'Swish-a-licious'? Seriously? It must be how we felt when Francis X. was doing the Mets games, but Sterling is worse. Fran was cluless, obvious and had a really irritating voice but Sterling is just self-serving to the point of being inaccurate. Honestly it sounded like he was having an orgasm when he called that shot. Between him on the radio and Kay on TV, if I was a Yankee fan I think I'd just play music while I watched the games.

Short for 'Zipperhead' right?

From today's New York Post: ...these are the Fightin' Mets with bullpen coach Randy Niemann and Francisco Rodriguez having a "verbal discussion" Sunday night. That was Omar Minaya's way of describing the bullpen action. Oh Omar, what will I do without you when you're gone...?

Steve Politi wrote: "...or if Wright wasn�t striking out like a washed up Dave Kingman" Wright is on pace to finish with 121 RBI. If that's washed up I'll take a team full of them please.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I'm working on it. You think it's easy rhyming Dickey? Yes, actually it is. My name is Nicholas, I go by 'Nick'. When I was a kid I was 'Nicky'. My sister tortured me with rhymes - 'Tricky Nicky has a sticky dicky' and so forth. So yes, it is easy rhyming Dickey. If you need any help, I'm right here. Or you can call my sister.

I've been unstoppable for going on 15 years now. Ask my wife - she'll vouch. Not sure if that counts though.

Steve Phillips on WFAN: 'I would trade Strasbourg for Oswalt. I would not take Mejia for Oswalt'.

Its not the same shot, look at Frankie's right arm.

Anybody else getting a 'Miss Piggy' vibe...?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Totally different scenario batmags. Warren Beatty wasn't just the owner - he was the QB. Sure he died and was in a different body but he he still possessed the skillz to pay the billz.

*rim shot*

Gotcha. Glad you're going to try and see it.

Thanks but I'll stick with my original 3.5.

A friend of mine has a bit part in this indie flick that's playing at the Quad Cinemas on 13th street through tomorrow I think. I saw it yesterday and while I really only went to to gather fodder to tease my non-actor friend, I found myself enjoying the movie. In �Here and There,� a rough-edged first film written and directed by Darko Lungulov, Robert (David Thornton) is a down-and-out saxophonist from New York so clinically depressed that he can barely interact socially. Forced to move, he employs Branko (Branislav Trifunovic), a Serbian �man with a van.� Branko has a proposition for the broke Robert: go to Belgrade; marry his girlfriend; bring her to New York; make $5,000. In Belgrade, the girlfriend takes Robert to Olga (Mirjana Karanovic), Branko�s mother, who has been told only that Robert is Branko�s friend and needs a place to stay while he does some business. Back in New York, though, Branko�s van is stolen. No van, no work; no work, no money; no money, Robert makes clear, no deal. Meanwhile, Robert starts, slowly, to thaw. It�s not that Belgrade is charming. If anything, the city seems filled with warehoused souls, waiting, not unlike Robert, for something to do. But Olga stirs something in him, and he responds, shaving his perpetual stubble, buying her flowers, trading small secrets at a dinner out. � Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times I liked the feel of the movie, I thought that the acting was great across the board and the story interesting and unique. The movie was very successful in relating to me, Robert's depression and how and why he slowly comes out of it. I give it 3.5 Depressed Sax players. Full NYTimes review here

metirish wrote: Can someone fix the avs? Okay - it's not just me, thanks.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: You mean, that she's playing a Marvel Universe spy/assassin type, and is married to Ryan Reynolds, who also played a Marvel Universe assassin-type (Deadpool, in the Wolverine origin thingy)? Yeah - that and the fact that she looked incredibly sexy-awesome in that black skin-tight suit.

That's a good point. Where would the bat go? You're not going to replace Jason Bay and you're not going to get a significant upgrade over Pagan. I guess I get really frustrated with Matthews off the bench and the starters just not playing up to their career numbers. I just want more offense but logically I'm not thinking about where to insert it. (that's what he said)

I liked it - gave it a 3. Not as great as 'Iron Man Uno' but still very entertaining. On the way home my 13 year-old son says 'Hey, dad, um, who was that actress that played Black Widow?' Yeah, I noticed her too.

'What do tigers dream of....?'

I'll have one order of Bobby V. with a side of some hitting please.

A number of successful major leagers have seen their careers either ended or greatly diminished due to their sudden inability to throw with a modicum of accuracy. Steve Blass... Chuck Knoblauch... Mackey Sasser... Rick Ankiel ... Steve Sax too: STEVE SAX: The NL Rookie of the Year in 1982, Sax suddenly lost his ability to make throws to first base on the easiest of plays in 1983. He said he felt like a "prisoner." As Sax worried about his grip and his arm angle, his throwing became so bad that fans behind the first base dugout began donning batting helmets. Sax, who committed 30 errors in 1983, battled his way back to defensive respectability and went on to lead AL second basemen in fielding percentage and double plays in 1989. His career already had rebounded in 1986, when he put together a 25-game hitting streak and finished the season at .332, missing the NL batting title by two points.