soupcan

Really? Do you guys not check your calendar at some point during the day? I give you an 'A' for effort CF, but I was not taken in.

Murphy, one of the few Mets to avoid injuries last season, had been anointed the starting first baseman, although Ike Davis, the Mets� top position prospect, is expected to push Murphy aside by 2011. But for now, Davis will head to Class AAA Buffalo while the veteran Mike Jacobs takes over at first. With the Mets also deciding on Wednesday to delay Jose Reyes�s regular-season debut, it means that their opening day lineup will include at least three backup players � Jacobs, Alex Cora and either Angel Pagan or Gary Matthews Jr. In discussing the Murphy situation with reporters, General Manager Omar Minaya did not wait to be asked about the 23-year-old Davis, who had a standout spring, before dismissing the possibility of his starting the season in Flushing. �Right now, our plan is to let Ike Davis develop in the minor leagues,� Minaya said. Jacobs had been a strong candidate to be a left-handed power hitter off the bench for the Mets. Now that he will probably be starting for a while, it opens up roster possibilities for Chris Carter, who on Wednesday hit his fourth home run of the spring, this one off Florida�s Josh Johnson, who will face the Mets again Monday in the season opener at Citi Field. Jacobs, who was signed to a minor league deal during the off-season, has hit only .194 in spring training, with two home runs. But he has experience, and power from the left side. Last year, he hit 19 home runs for Kansas City; in 2008 he hit 32 homers with 93 runs batted in for the Marlins

Okay - I guess I'm the first to have seen this. Saw it Sunday afternoon. I didn't really know The Runaways, but having known Joan Jett and being aware of the name Sherie Curie, I had heard of them and had an idea of who they were and what they did. I only went to see it because my 11 year-old begged me to take him. Yes we kew it was R-rated, but this parenting thing is a case-by-case basis for us and my boy is a creative sort who really wanted to know the story and appreciates the music so I made an executive decision. Lots of bad language (got caught unawares when he leaned over and whispered 'Dad, what's an 'orgasm'?') and sexually suggestive scenes (yes - women kissing), no nudity, well, maybe half a naked boob for a few seconds but I don't think he noticed. JCL saying that it was 'Whip It' on stage is funny because halfway through my son said it reminded him of that movie. So the story, which I didn't know, was 'okay'. Major motion picture-worthy? Eh, maybe, maybe not. The movie definitely 'looked' very '70's. The acting was marginal at best. I liked Kristen Stewart a lot better than I did Dakota Fanning. The only problem with Stewart was that she was too pretty, and that really shouldn't have been a problem but it was distracting. If she were a better actress maybe I wouldn't have noticed but guess what - she ain't and I did. Fanning just sort of stared aimlessly at the walls when her character wasn't on-stage performing. Maybe that's how Curie was but I tend not to think so. The other chickadees in the band were simply a supporting cast. Alia Shawkat of 'Arrested Development' (and 'Whip It') fame played somebody named 'Robin Robins' and had nary a line. Seriously, I don't think she had one line. Strange thing is that according to Wikipedia, nobody named 'Robin Robins was ever in the damn band. I was unaware that Lita Ford was in the band prior to my seeng the film but according to the movie all Lita did was yell at Sherie once in the studio, so maybe it didn't matter. All in all, don't waste your money. If you're curious wait for the DVD, it should be hitting stores in a week or so.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Omar Minaya will speak to reporters... Always an adventure...

metirish wrote: And you have experienced such wars in tony Westport? Have you so soon forgotten the saga of 'The Douchebag Neighbors'? You're just full of piss and vinegar lately aren't you?

Frayed Knot wrote: soupcan wrote: Like 'Blackhawk Down' you really get a sense of the chaos and fear that must exist in Iraq. Unlike 'Blackhawk', however, this one doesn't seem to want to turn war into a music video. Very different IMO and MUCH better. 'Blackhawk' had its flaws but I thought it was very successful in relating the tense, chaotic environmemt of an urban war. That was the basis of my comparison.

So I finally saw this. Netflix'd it and brought it on vaca with me to watch on the plane. I dug it the most. Bittersweet - reminded me a lot of 'Moscow On The Hudson'.

Vic Sage wrote: wild horses could not drag me into a theater showing this movie. Really? I'm stunned Vic. This movie's got quite a lot of favorable press and reviews. I haven't seen it but you being the critic that you are, it surprises me that you don't care to. How come?

I think that I posted here that Lazio and his goons manhandled my obviously pregnant wife at Shea Stadium. If I remember correctly Lazio was making his way up the aisle while she was walking down. The bodyguard roughly pushed her out of the way. No apologies, no nuthin' from any of them.

It looks like they are playing baseball in the La Brea Tar Pits.

I think marathon got it right. They'll remove the wall above the seam but leave the tab in front of the apple. On the tab they'll put an orange line indicating the 'top' of the wall. If a ball is hit to the sides of the apple it'll be literally 'outtahere', but it'll just have to hit above an orange line if it goes dead center. Right?

Hmmmmmmm.

Huh? So, even if they remove the padding won't balls still bounce back into play off the base of the apple? Will they move the apple back or is there a well of some sort in between the wall and the apple that's not visible in this picture?

Socks. I want the answer to the socks question!

They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack.

I had no idea this was his walk year. This is is a tough one. Yeah - pick up his $11 mil option. (assuming irish is more on the ball than Edgy and that the Mets do have the option)

The club might take note that the Yankees' four-championship, six-pennant run from 1996 to 2003 was preceded by a losing stretch from 1990-92, during which the club rebuilt a talent base that produced Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams, among others. Last year's Yankee championship followed a non-playoff season in 2008. Does the article continue by saying that the reason the Yankees were able to rebuild their talent base was because their principal owner was banned from baseball and not able to trade away their young talent which, history tells us, he most assuredly would have done if he'd been able to? Does the author go on to suggest that Wilpon should also hire some seedy character to dig up dirt on Carlos Beltran and use it to blackmail him?

"I no worry, de esplosion is dere." Music to my ears.

We have a winnah. Cajun & Italian.

Smoltz? Can you imagine? Glavine and then Smoltz? Ugh. What's next - Chipper Jones at first base for 3 years?