DLD - 12.22.09 - Misc.
by JLaff on Dec 22, 2009 8:55 AM PST
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PrintKeeping with the movies theme... I'm not going to lie. I did not have any inclination to see Up in the Air until I read Joe Posnanski's blog entry about it.
I live a metal free existence when traveling, and so when I beeped going through security the other week, I remember feeling defeated. The woman at security asked me all the questions she asks regular travelers … do you have any keys on you, anything metal in your pockets, can you remove your belt, like I was some kind of road tourist. It’s hard to explain, but I felt strangely humiliated. The whole thing took only a few seconds, and I went back through the X-Ray and I did not beep this time, and I wanted to shout: "It was YOUR mistake! See?" But there was no such admission. And I thought about it way too much the rest of the day.
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The Warriors haven't had an All-Star in 12 years, the last being Latrell Sprewell in 1997. Could Monta Ellis be the next?
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Monta Ellis
As of right now, I think he deserves it. Of course, it’ll be left up to the coaches.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 22, 2009 9:20 AM PST reply actions
Javier Vazquez must have forgotten
that he was not very good last time he pitched for the Yankees.
Back to the AL and his ERA will climb to well over 4.00
That is my prediction.
I guess they are also not planning on bringing Wang back for cheap
Still not opposed to taking a flyer on him for $3-$4M
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Dec 22, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
When I saw you had created a DLD
I assumed it was to highlight this breaking news. But no! So it falls to me to relay the sad story:
Banjo Man missing his banjo
The banjo was in its case when he put it down on the sidewalk while he adjusted some boxes of his signature beanie caps to make room for it in the back seat of his car.
But sometimes folks in Fairfax tend to be a bit forgetful, so the banjo never actually made it in to the car. I hope whoever picked it up gives it back in time for Spring Training. WE’RE NUMBER ONE!
In completely unrelated news, Oakland police found at least 1,000 marijuana plants in a grow-op in a former fortune cookie factory .
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
Less interesting than if it was found in an active fortune cookie factory.
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
It' ll all work itself out
Somewhere in the deep south (perhaps North Georgia somewhere) a small cross-eyed boy is beaming at his new instrument.
by LowcountryJoe on Dec 22, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
ORLY?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I don't know who this dude is
But he creeps me out
Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
Let's just say he's the first thing you see
before you watch your friend get raped, you kill a guy and watch another buddy die.
Then they flood everything, you lose your hair and have to wait 25 years for anyone to take anything you do seriously again.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
Wait,
you didn’t take Smokey and the Bandit seriously?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
No, but I did enjoy Cannonball Run.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Even creepier:
THOSE AREN’T HIS HANDS!!!
Stewart: "What really needs to be clear is it wouldn't have mattered if there was an earthquake or not. We were going to beat the Giants.
as a player of fretted instruments myself, i have one favor to ask of banjo man...
tune the freakin’ thing. it’s always out of tune. drives me nuts.
Forget Monta Ellis
TYREKE EVANS IS A GOLDEN GOD!!!!
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
by jeepers on Dec 22, 2009 10:07 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I'm not surew who that guy with the beard is,
but I kinda want to choke him.
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(not Banjo Man. I love Banjo Man.)
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
It looks like the private-eye guy from House
O'Hara: Detective Lassiter is literally on fire.
Spencer: What kind of fire are we talking about-- "Michael Jackson in the Pepsi commercial" fire, or "misusing the word literally" fire?
It looks like an invisible man is choking him right there in the picture.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Joe P, is usually a bright guy, but if he beeped, and then took his belt off, and
didn’t beep, wouldn’t that mean, IT WAS HIS BELT, or did he not take his belt off?
Up In the Air was great.
"Tarry not on the subject, danmerqury, for the heathen will surely be cleansed by the hellefire cast downe upon him by Bill James Moste High, praise his name."
by LongLiveLangerhans on Dec 22, 2009 3:19 PM PST reply actions
hhhmmmm?
I’m Not sure how a feel about this movie.
Kick-Ass Trailer (name of the movie, not my description)
NSFW trailer focusing on Hit Girl
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That ALSO looks awesome.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
I just watched the second trailer.
Is it okay to be in love with a ten year-old?
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Natalie Portman in Léon
Not be a perv or anything, but has she ever been hotter? Not that I’ve seen.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Leon was fun!
And what are you doing making movie references?!
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I've seen a few.
I usually wait about ten years so that the chaff gets sorted out.
Also I hate anything that’s all about the special effects, which is like about 75% of movies these days. Even in that Hit Girl trailer you tricked me into watching, she’s flying around through the air defying the laws of physics.
I hate that shit. It was cool when Bruce Lee did real jumps, and it’s cool when they do crazy-ass stuff in Cirque du soleil acrobatic acts. But when it’s just cinema trickery it pisses me off. Especially when it’s gratuitously inserted into a movie that is otherwise quasi-realistic.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
so you must really like Jackie Chan movies, then.
And you should hate the Wachowski Brothers. I mean, REALLY hate them.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
And I didn't trick you into watching anything,
but youtube clips of pinball, which I think you probably enjoyed.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Out of curiosity, did you see the American cut or the real cut?
Apparently the American version was some 20 minutes shorter and it cut out the majority of the friendship between Jean Reno and Natalie Portman.
Your day breaks, your mind aches.
You find that all her words of kindness linger on
when she no longer needs you.
I don't know.
I think it was on TV, so probably American. But then, it may well have been on one of those arty cable channels, so who knows.
I missed the beginning, was flipping channels and stopped on it precisely because Natalie’s performance was amazing. (I came in just in time for the awesome scene where she comes home and walks right by.) I didn’t much care for the rest of the movie, since it’s not my style*, but she was amazing. At the time I didn’t even know it was her. I had seen her a few times as an adult and was unimpressed. Didn’t recognize the girl as the same person till I looked it up later.
*more precisely: French existentialist character stuff = yes. Lots of shooting = no.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I think she could still be something special,
but that film and Beautiful Girls have been her best work. I liked her in V for Vendetta and Closer, too, though.
Her acting is great
Her choices in roles… not so much.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
She did the rap video with Samberg
and guest-judged on Top Chef.
What else she need to do, playa?
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 1:13 AM PST up reply actions
Loved her on Top Chef
Hate Samberg, so can’t give props for that.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
The international cut is the best
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
So why was the American one different?
Was it the idea of a kid wanting to kill people and getting mixed up with drug gangs? Or was it the idea of a kid blatantly flirting with a grownup?
I’m guessing the latter, but I liked how they played that. The guy did exactly what a guy should: he was genuine about returning the affection, but at the same time he didn’t try to make her his girlfriend or do anything inappropriate because she was still just a kid. I love stuff like that, weird relationships that don’t fit any standard pattern.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
A little of both, but mostly the latter.
They (probably correctly) figured that American audiences would raise hell at the thought of that relationship. It’s a shame, because the uniqueness of the relationship is what makes it work.
Your day breaks, your mind aches.
You find that all her words of kindness linger on
when she no longer needs you.
Agree with both of you
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
Who is the greatest Batman?
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/12/best-batman/
I’m torn between Kevin Conroy from the classic Batman: The Animated Series and Michael Keaton in the first 2 Batman live action movies. I’m fine with Christian Bale but I don’t really like his Batman voice that much.
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What?
You’re gonna vote for Michael Keaton, Mr. Frickin’ Mom, over Christian Bale?
I’m not talking to you any longer and you might not be allowed to talk about movies here anymore.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
We are not voting based on their other performances in other movies
Keaton played Wayne like a crazy dude, which was awesome and makes sense since it takes a crazy person to dress in a rubber batsuit.
“YOU WANNA GET NUTS! Lets get nuts”
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It reminded me of Beetlejuice playing Batman.
I think Tim Burton misstepped on casting. I think Christian Bale is much closer to how I always envisioned Batman. He’s not perfect, but he’s closer than Michael Keaton.
Let me also say that I like Michael Keaton. I’m making fun of all his movies, but I saw them all, too. I think he’s likable, fun, engaging and I always wonder what happened to him. I thought kindly of QT for bringing him back around in Jackie Brown.
I love Batman, grew up reading his comic books and really no others.
I love Tim Burton. I own no fewer than five of his movie, probably more.
The movies should have worked for me, and they didn’t. And the reason they didn’t was Michael Keaton. I didn’t buy it.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Fair enough
I was too young to see any of his movies prior to Beetlejuice so I was not tainted by his perceived status as a comedic actor. I could see how that would be an issue for you. BUT after reading this wikipedia entry I am impressed by Keaton’s judgment.
He was prepared to return for Batman Forever (1995), even going so far as to show up for costume fitting. However, when Burton was dropped by Warner Bros., Keaton left the franchise. He was reportedly dissatisfied with the screenplay approved by the new director, Joel Schumacher, which Keaton considered to be lighter in tone than the past two Batman movies. According to the A&E Biography episode on Keaton, after he had refused the first time (after meetings with Schumacher), Warner Brothers offered him $35,000,000 (one of the highest salaries offered to an actor at the time), but Keaton steadfastly refused.
While it seems stupid to pass up 35 million dollars at least he could tell the series was going downhill.
Did you know he started out as a camera man for Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and that his real name is Michael Douglas but he changed it because he did not want to be confused with the other more famous Michael Douglas?
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David Bowie did that, too.
And, yes, that story does make me like him more.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
did what?
Change his name or appear on Mr. Rogers neighborhood?
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Both, actually!
Him and Henrietta Pussycat did a duet of Changes.
Meow meow time change me meow!
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
But.
I must also note that Henrietta is essentially a sock puppet.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
other Michael Keaton Tivia realted to Batman
Keaton starred in Speechless with Geena Davis (his co-star in Beetlejuice) and Christopher Reeve, as a political candidate’s speechwriter. As with Keaton and Batman, Christopher Reeve had gained notoriety for playing an iconic comic superhero, in his case Superman. Out of Sight starred George Clooney, who succeeded Keaton in the role of Batman in Batman & Robin.
Keaton starred in the 2007 TV mini-series The Company, set during the Cold War, in which he portrayed the real-life CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton. The Company also starred Chris O’Donnell, who portrayed Batman’s crime fighting sidekick Robin (the Boy Wonder was absent from the two Batman films that Keaton starred in) in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.
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I think Keaton was perfect for the Burtonesque Batman
He played the part well for the direction they were going for. But the true doom & gloom everyman, “real” feel of Batman, Bale does a much better job. Bale would have been horrible with Burton, Keaton would have been horrible with Nolan.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
huh.
you may be right.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 1:14 AM PST up reply actions
legendary's a bit much.
It was good at the time. It’s a little…dated now.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
Adam West
Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
nostalgia I can get behing.
But Michael Keaton was the impetus behind Gung Ho.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Gung Ho?
Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
It was painfully full of cliches
at the time. I’m sure it has not aged well. It is from the 80s.
Here.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
I kind of liked it
But definitely full of cheese and, well, yeah cliches a plenty. A little too over stereotypical of it’s characters as well.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
Michael Keaton was the best Bruce Wayne but far from the best Batman.
Stewart: "What really needs to be clear is it wouldn't have mattered if there was an earthquake or not. We were going to beat the Giants.
I actually like Val Kilmer for that generation.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
OK!
now YOU are not allowed to talk about movies around here, Val Frickin’ Kilmer over Michael Keaton?
; -)
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Michael Keaton does not strike me as being anything other than fake-guy crazy.
Val Kilmer I could see having several bodies buried in the desert outside of his ranch.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
weird
I think the opposite :-)
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Val Kilmer is legitimately freaky.
I’ll see if I can’t find the interview.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Klosterman.
That explains why I read it.
Here.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
read the whole thing, smart ass.
My favorite part:
Stone says Kilmer has substantially matured over the years, noting that the death of Kilmer’s father in 1993 had an immediate impact on his emotional flexibility. “We didn’t have the greatest relationship when we made The Doors,” he says. “I always thought he was a technically brilliant actor, but he was difficult. He can be moody. But when we did Alexander, Val was an absolute pleasure to work with. I think part of his problem with The Doors was that he just got sick of wearing leather pants every day.”
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I was reading all of it, I just thought that was weird. I think the author summed it up nicely in the end
On the banks of the Pecos River, nothing is as it seems: Kevin Spacey was once a terrible actor, Bob Dylan remains a terrible guitar player, and Val Kilmer is affable and insecure. Crazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy. Gusty winds may exist.
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0705VALKILMER_120#ixzz0aXjuQdMG
OK, OK, Kilmer is a interesting dude. I stand by my Batman votes but understand that is really based on my experiences and would be different if I had different knowledge of the actors. It’s not like baseball where you can use stats to back up arguments.
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ACK!
{runs into traffic}
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I couldn't see Vilmer as Bruce Wayne though
Batman, sure, but not the suave billionaire. The reverse for Clooney.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
again, huh.
you’re on a roll.
and something something about batgirl and butter…
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 1:14 AM PST up reply actions
Yvonne Craig!!!
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I loved her body.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 2:27 AM PST up reply actions
Also...
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 2:41 AM PST up reply actions
He's my lover and I have to kill him.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
She is one hot green chick.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
Gotta love those green legs.
I never understood that stupid Princess Leia in a gold bikini fantasy, but a girl who paints herself up green and acts like a psycho? Oh man, I’m so there.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Well, there was just more inherent sexuality in her than Carrie Fischer.
CF may have been on a lot of drugs.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 25, 2009 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
How did John Cusack's Agent get him to agree to be in this movie?
Hot Tub Time Machine (I am NOT making up the title to this movie)
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DUDE!
THAT looks AWESOME!
….
{strains thought-making thingie}
….
Today’s not opposite day, is it?
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 22, 2009 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
I love the concept,
but I’m annoyed that you tricked me into clicking on a YouTubish link because the URL didn’t say YouTube.
Hot tubs, time machines, Jon Cusack. How can that go wrong?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
srsly.
Though the one with the little girl bad ass looks AWESOME, especially with Nic Cage as her dad. I found another clip or two….dude.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Well
where else are you going to see movie trailers? I guess you could go to Yahoo! (unless you hate them also of course)
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he doesn't like movies, micdog.
He’s a lost cause.
But I really seriously thank you. I’m excited for 2010 now!
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I dislike trailers even more than movies.
I watch movies occasionally, but it takes up too much time that could be spent doing other things that are more fun. Like, sitting around all day doing nothing, for instance.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
but trailers don't take up that much time
of course, they aren’t as emotionally rewarding as a full movie.
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They invariably show the most annoying parts of the movie
And they are invariably fast-paced with lots of explosions and jumping around, which is what I hate most about movies.
Come to think of it, the speed of movies is exactly what I like least about them. Trailer accentuate the speed.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
They are loud and explode-y.
I’ll agree.
That’s right! Circle gets the square!
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
oops
hit enter on accident. I also wanted to say that I’m glad you’re excited. I also saw this on yahoo.
So Jackie Chan is the new Pat Morita?
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Interesting end of decade stuff
Here’s Neyer’s list of the top 100 players of the decade.
We had:
2.5 seasons (of 10) of #19
4 seasons (of 10) of #30
5 seasons (of 10) of #31
1 season (of 10) of #32
“10” seasons (of 10) of #39 (though I don’t think the last 2.5 seasons should count)
7 seasons (of 10) of #48
3 seasons (of 7) of #69
.5 season (of 10) of #71
.5 season (of 6) of #77
kinda .5 season (of 10) of #82
1.5 seasons (of 9) of #97
So 35.5 of a possible 1000 seasons, which, if we figured it out for each team should be 33.3 seasons per team, so we’re a bit above average there.
Divide those numbers between 2000-2004 and 2005-2009, and you get 22 for 00-04 and 13.5 for 05-09.
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Only Giambi and Chavez
are wearing the A’s hat in the picture.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
must be beginning of 2009.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I hate Derek Jeter
and I think Neyer is putting too much into playoff stats. I was also disappointed to see Jeter’s WAR being so high when I looked it up on fangraphs.
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Jeter sucks.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, what?
You were disappointed by his WAR because you think it’s wrong, or because it makes you sad to have to realize that he actually really is very good at baseball.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I'm sad that he is actually good at baseball
I only hold on to the hope that perhaps a lot of his value comes from his teammates being very, very good (more opportunities to drive in runs and score runs) and the stupidly short porch in right field inflating his HR totals. I hoped that his bad defense would keep his WAR down but I guess he is awarded points for playing a difficult position which cancels it out.
If Icihro was a decent SS on the Yanks instead of a right fielder for the M’s he would be higher on Neyer’s list, yes/no?
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Yes
And it’s still true if you reduce the sentence as follows:
If Icihro was a decent SSon the Yanksinstead of a right fielderfor the M’she would be higher on Neyer’s list, yes/no?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I'm watching MLB Network right now.
The Giants have the Angels down, 5-0 in the top of the seventh in game six of the World Series.
What could possibly go wrong? I think I’ll watch….oops! Now it’s 5-3…
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The Giants.
Poor little butterflies.
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Aw....
Robb Nen, wha happen?
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 23, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
he blew out his shoulder trying to win a WS
right?
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yeah, but not before blowing game six of the WS.
HA!
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 1:15 AM PST up reply actions
Is anyone else a fan of psychotic banjo music?
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just me, then?
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by Leopold Bloom on Dec 24, 2009 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
You really should return it to the poor guy.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
oh.
him. I forgot about George.
He probably does like psychotic banjo music.
I was talking about The Pine Box Boys, whose latest recording I recently purchased.
Sock puppets have never been able to successfully attack castles. -NM
by Leopold Bloom on Dec 25, 2009 12:17 AM PST up reply actions
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