ANtics - Episode VII: A's Week At the Movies

by louismg on Sep 4, 2005 10:07 PM PDT in News Comment 13 comments

Earlier this week, the A's traveled down to Hollywood way to take on the hated Angels. In that spirit, the ANtics asked A's teammates Adam Melhuse and Joe Blanton to take us backstage and review this week's films - featuring Bartolo Colon as Shrek in "Return of Shrek", and John Lackey as Slingblade in "Slingblade II"! Given Adam and Joe play one of every five games, they obliged to give us some time.

This week's "Melhuse and Blanton at the Movies" can be seen in this week's ANtics!

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The A's 2005 Season Film Title Will Be:

35 Ninjas: Green and Gold Strike Back

14 votes

The Fab Four Rookies

7 votes

Winning at Moneyball: A Seasonal Primer, by Billy Beane

1 votes

9th Inning Love-In: The Huston Street Story

3 votes

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Stat Sheet

1 votes

26 votes | Poll has closed

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As someone involved with movies

this is hysterical! Great job, my favorite ANtic yet. :)

Street is a friggin physical marvel... -Mychael Urban

by rookieoftheyear on Sep 4, 2005 10:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That is awesome!

I love the part about Lackey's mouth never being closed. So true! And Macha and Beane at the end. Classic. Great work, as always! :)

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." -Earl Wilson

by whiteshoes40 on Sep 4, 2005 10:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i think he meant swish...

but lackey does seem to have that "dumbfounded open mouth look" going on.

by Brian in 317 on Sep 5, 2005 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Open mouth look is definitely Lackey

That guy is a certified mouth-breather...

by louismg on Sep 5, 2005 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same with Haren

But Danny wears it so much better!

"Soon, everyone will be using monkeyball quotes for their tag lines! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!" -- monkeyball

by oblique on Sep 5, 2005 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I noticed that...

last year watching Danny pitch in the WS. He never closed his mouth. Me and my family were making fun of him....I definitely regret that now, but Danny totally looks cuter than Lackwit.

by Squeaky on Sep 5, 2005 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs