DLD 4/21/09: Overheated and underreported: Scott Hatteberg, Actin' Machine!
by Englishmajor on Apr 21, 2009 9:41 AM PDT
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Bruce Jenkins: on the Yankees' new ballpark:
The real Yankee fans, the ones who perfected the art of sophisticated (or downright rude) heckling, have been priced out of the yard.
The Wall Street Journal: rocks the high socks....with stirrups; taking us to Twin City, South Carolina, home of "the last mass-production baseball-stirrup mill in America".
And the most awesome news after the jump.
Scott Hatteberg to play himself in Moneyball: The Movie alongside Brad Pitt as Billy Beane and Demetri Martin as DePo. David Justice will also appear in the role of David Justice. If this thing ever actually gets made I will see it 1000000 times.
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That's nice about Hatteberg
Why not try and get as many ball players to play themselves as possible? Especially if they’re going to be used mostly in baseball and interview scenes where they don’t need to do as much acting.
I like important stuff just as much as the next guy, but please, for a little while, deliver us from meaning, baseball. That's your greatest glory, and we thank you for it very, very much. -- Craig Calcaterra
by JLeverenz on Apr 21, 2009 9:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus...
Steven Soderbergh is directing this thing. He must see a good story in it, the guy has a decent track record, he’s not just some hack. The odd part is the final outcome; the only thing the A’s achieved is being able to play with the big money clubs, but in the long run they never got the prize.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 9:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What I thought when I saw that Soderbergh was directing
“This is gonna be a loose interpretation of the book and probably funny.” I think the casting is starting to look like that may be the case. I am excited by that.
by jeffro on Apr 21, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
presumably they'll need some Oakland A's fans to play Oakland A's fans
and there don’t seem to be all that many of us left….
If there’s anyone down in LA, please inform Mr Soderbergh of my availability and willingness to wear green
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By reading that description
looks like the big moment/prize will be the 20 game win streak instead on the w.s. since a’s never made it.
by Athletix Man on Apr 21, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This one cracks me up
They went winless because the Lions on the helmet weren’t ferocious enough, see.
by jeffro on Apr 21, 2009 9:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Things scarier than that lion
1. My mother
2. My breath in the morning
3. Jason Giambi’s pink thong
4. Huston Street closing anything other than a door
5. the lint trap in my dryer
"Smells like summer camp!"
by Jennifer on Apr 21, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wasn't it gold?
The thong I mean. Maybe not really pertinent, cause either way it is scary.
by jeffro on Apr 21, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Might have been.
Mulder told me it was pink.
"Smells like summer camp!"
by Jennifer on Apr 21, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
awwww, I miss mulder....
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Apr 21, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too.
This 1 hour 45 mins complete games were a joy to watch. It prob also killed him.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
by Syphon on Apr 21, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
uhh, that's not what killed him. otherwise buerhle would also be dead.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Apr 21, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Buerhle throws 86-88
Mulder threw 91-92 when he was right. Much more stress.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
by Syphon on Apr 21, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt it.
Pitching half a season with a broken bone in his leg/hip is what did it.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
by mikev on Apr 21, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He had 10 starts on 8 innings or more in 2004..
before he melted down. Throwing 90+ that much very well coulda negatively effected his hip.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
by Syphon on Apr 21, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry, English major
affected.
again, sorry.
can’t help it.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
I’m terrible with grammar.
"Their Triple-A rotation, led by Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson, could be better than some big-league rotations; Michael Ynoa is the best Latin American prospect of the decade; 2008 draftees Jemile Weeks and Rashun Dixon bring much-needed tools to an advanced group of hitters." - BaseballProspectus.com
by Syphon on Apr 21, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, if his mechanics were off.
It was likely a combination of both, the hip injury being fairly minor, but then not really allowed to heal which leads to mechanics changing and exacerbating the existing injury.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
by mikev on Apr 21, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know he's
sporting the frosted tips under that cap, too.
by humdinger on Apr 22, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They didn't even really change anything either
but its a good logo.
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Samuel L Jackson.
There’s m’fin runs on the mf’in board!
"Smells like summer camp!"
by Jennifer on Apr 21, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
m’fin machine! m’fin machine!
"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin
by Hot Cup Joe on Apr 21, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the other day
I watched “Snakes On A Plane” on cable.
His line was changed to “It’s time to get these monkey-fighting snakes off this monday-to-friday plane”
by colin on Apr 21, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite swear turned PG for TV line ever.
Die Hard 2: “Hippie Kay Yay Mr. Falcon”
by drink409 on Apr 21, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, know what?
Forget you! (Raises pixelated hand)
by Kaiser99 on Apr 21, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“you see what happens Larry??!”
"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra
by Cheezombie on Apr 21, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've heard it changed on one of the versions to:
“Yippie Kay Yay My Friend”
by Athletix Man on Apr 21, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like it because the "Mr. Falcon" was said in a dubbed asian voice.
Eveland rocks! Eveland rocks! Somewhere Drew Carey just smiled.
by miggyk2 on Apr 23, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite
Boyz in the Hood: “Tre, you got a rock? I’ll suck yo neck.”
by jeffro on Apr 21, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Major League
Its not what they said but how its dubbed…..when Corbin Bernson goes to Charlie Sheen on the mound, “strike this muther fucker out” becomes “strike this guy out” with a much different sounding voice saying “guy”. It sounds like a badly dubbed Japanese kung fu movie.
Gas to Chicago- $23.87 A's/White Sox Tix- $28 Watching the A's whipping the Sox in July 05'- Priceless
by WiscoFan on Apr 21, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big Lebowski
“This is what happens when you f**k a stranger in the a**!”
changed to
“This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the alps!”
by Rocktopus on Apr 21, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FIND
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Apr 21, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right.
There’s also a line about “feeding a soldier scrambled eggs” or something.
Here’s the video:
by Rocktopus on Apr 21, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
aww damnit i just posted it above lol
"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra
by Cheezombie on Apr 21, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
that’s the worst one in my book too
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
by flipgatey3 on Apr 21, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, that's amazing.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try watching Glengarry Glen Ross on cable. Always good for a laugh!
I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: "What the hell good would that do?"
by Jackson23 on Apr 21, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I cant believe that a Moneyball movie will be anything but an abysmal failure.
The book Moneyball is about economics. A movie cant make that interesting and compelling, therefore the movie is going to become exactly what Joe Morgan says the book is, gushing over Billy Beane and how smart he is.
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Have you even
saw the movie yet Joe?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Apr 21, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No I haven't
but are you going to suggest that Hollywood is going to make a film with Brad Pit describing diminishing marginal returns for two hours?
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The movie will be about the characters.
Billy. Billy O. DePo. Fat Scouts. Wash. Hatty. Mrs. Hatty, hopefully.
That could make for a couple of compelling hours, even if economics and theory take a back seat.
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
by vegAN ryAN on Apr 21, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus if it irritates Joe Morgan, I am all for it.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The problem is making it about personalities vindicates Joe Morgan
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thankfully, the world will always have the FJM archives.
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
by vegAN ryAN on Apr 21, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moneyball, the book
Given the actual subject matter of the book, I was blown away by how readable it was.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Im not saying it is going to be a bad movie
but I am going to say that it isn’t going to be true to the spirit of the book and will become Billy Beane hero worship rather than: The A’s shouldn’t be winners yet they are, this is how they think about baseball and maybe why they are winning.
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect there's more in it than there is at first glance
Small, struggling franchise with low budget, with young, charismatic GM who plays by his own rules takes on the league and shakes things up.
With math.
Hey, it worked for the matrix, right?
Plus, throw in the colourful nature of some of the players, and you can have a scene set in a strip joint, people looking sad when they lose a game, etc, etc etc.
Darn, I should write this thing
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look im not saying its a bad story, just that it isn't Moneyball
Call it “Billy Beane Wins at Baseball.” I don’t really care. Its just not going to be possible to capture in a visual medium the point of the book.
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You need a mid 90s Tom Cruise to play Beane.
by OldhamA on Apr 21, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i totally agree
in fact, if you add in a bunch of locker scenes, it could be a homoerotic classic.
Yes, Top Gun was on tv last night
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, he's too short...
Everyone around him would have to be down on their knees for the heights to match up…
by RickeySteals on Apr 21, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
let's get wee jimmy cranky in!
that joke may be available only for British viewers
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FOR BRITISH EYES ONLY
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That photo is cropped too high.
I switched Cabreras when your back was turned!
by Elvez on Apr 21, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you trying to get him banned?
...then Pennington takes over.
by Poppy on Apr 21, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
She may be too pretty for a DLD.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
neither do i!
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's Mr. F, of course.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also,
They mentioned discussion about Billy’s playing days. That may end up being a fair amount of the beginning-showing how he had al of the conventional signs of being a success, flopped, and how it got him to where he is now…
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Apr 21, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was just a joke.
I’ll be amazed if the movie is ever produced.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Apr 21, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I took it as one, sorry if the tone didn't convey that
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No worries.
I wasn’t sure.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
by alox on Apr 21, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soderbergh has been working on biopic of Cleopatra.
A musical, at that. With music by Robert Pollard (ex-Guided by Voices). Pollard, incidentally, also wrote music for Soderbergh’s film Bubble, which was a very chilly, detached film, to say the least. All of which is to say, Soderbergh doesn’t necessarily target his movies towards the mainstream — so, yeah, I could see him doing a movie based on Moneyball.
by Ray of Lite on Apr 21, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soderbergh's "Full Frontal" was an odd one
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Apr 21, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a bit of faith in Soderbergh. He's not Spielberg or Michael Bay, so I have hope it'll retain the best features of the book.
I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: "What the hell good would that do?"
by Jackson23 on Apr 21, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not necessarily
wall street and boiler room were good movies about boring old stock trading and economics
i bet it will have a bit of a bull durham feel with scott hatteberg’s minor league journeyman story
Cust is the new Jaha.
by johnjahafanclub on Apr 21, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moneyball
I think the movie will look at Beane himself more, guy was interesting – promising career, intense personality, different way of building a ball team. To be honest, it sounds so odd a movie choice that I am actually quite interested in it.
Also Rick Peterson will play Rick Peterson.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
While your thesis may be correct
I disagree with the reason. Abysmal failure, most likely. But not because of the content of the movie. I would be surprised if it wasn’t entertaining in a “Best in Show” kind of way. I don’t doubt that the “measure what is important” aspect of the book will be woven into the plot but it will not be entirely central to the movies entertainment value. I imagine it to just sort of pop up here in there and the movie will actually show more about how absurd it is that baseball is a billion dollar industry run by some interesting people.
I am already cringing at how stupid they will make Omar Minaya look.
by jeffro on Apr 21, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a sneaking suspicion
It might be satire.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
by walk off bunt on Apr 21, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its going to be a fine story
however its NOT GOING TO BE MONEYBALL. It will be some other story.
Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom
by designatedforassignment on Apr 21, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Steve Philips?
"RIP: UserID: 553"
by Masaryk on Apr 21, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am thinking of
The section where Billy was imploring Omar to ask for Kevin Youkilis in the Cliff Floyd deal…
by jeffro on Apr 21, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Deadspin...
The Vigilante Face – Hey Demetri, Dorothy Hamill wants her hair back
Good one
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 10:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Peterson told Soderbergh to trade Brad Pitt for Ashton Kutcher, saying he could fix Kutcher’s acting style in ten minutes.
LOL, i love a good scott kazmir – victor zambrano joke.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Apr 21, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahahaha
that’s pretty great
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
by flipgatey3 on Apr 21, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two things
1. It’s 67Marquez’s birthday today.
2. The death that Tony the Ant suffered (as represented in Casino by Joe Pesci) would be too kind for Demitri Martin.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh god
I just realised who Demitri Martin is.
I saw him do some standup at the independant in San Francisco a couple of years ago. It took me a week to recover my faith in humanity.
I’ve never seen anyone so smug, self satisfied and obnoxious in my life, frankly.
He is the Emperor’s New Clothes of comedy. And that’s saying a lot. Him being in this film does present a dilema, then – do I end my boycott of him and his ways? what to do, what to do…
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Martin does seem to be very polarizing
I find him one of the best stand-up comics out there. His show isn’t that good though. And I could definitely understand how you could take him as smug.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by vignette17 on Apr 21, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not smug.
Well, okay, it’s smug, I guess. But he makes me want to hurt him. And I completely blame him.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree. just as well he and I live at opposite ends of the country
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also find him amusing
By no means would I consider him one of the best stand ups I’ve heard, but if I’m looking for something to watch while I’m eating lunch I’d keep the station on him. I agree though that is show is ehh.
He has a lot of moments where I think to myself “I guess that’s funny,” but I don’t actually laugh.
rebuildingseason.blogspot.com
by Rebuilding Season on Apr 21, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best Ever Billy Movie song right here
"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King
by Buck Turgidson on Apr 21, 2009 10:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and some good news
Stephen Hawking isn’t gonna die just yet
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy Birthday Marquez
Also, anyone heard anything about Ducherererererrrr lately?
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
by closetasfan on Apr 21, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think we all agree
that the release of this movie needs to coincide with the A’s winning the World Series in 2010.
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
by Zonis on Apr 21, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Will they do a Fever Pitch-esque alternate ending?
And does that mean Drew Barrymore will be running all over the grounds of the Coli after the win?
by cityplANner on Apr 21, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man
I remember FOX flashing to Fallon and Barrymore jumping around on the field during the celebration. I think I vomitted twice in my mouth…
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Apr 21, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try watching the movie...
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Happy Birthday 67M!
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Apr 21, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love that Hatty is going to be in this movie.
by whiteshoes40 on Apr 21, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Party Like a Rock Star....Hammer Like a Porn Star....Rake Like an All-Star."
I want to make that shirt for Giambi after reading that GQ article. I think it would be awesome to see him wearing it.
And Holliday talks to SuSlu about his slump.
by drink409 on Apr 21, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In the land of Bloom
Tampa Teen Pitches 4th Straight No-Hitter
(CBS) A Tampa-area high school pitcher threw his way into the state record books, pitching a fourth straight no-hitter Monday, reports CBS affiliate WTSP.
Patrick Schuster, a senior at Mitchell high school in New Port Richey, Fla., struck out 17 Pasco batters Monday in the 5-0 victory. He broke a 24-year-old state record held by Ben Webb, who threw three straight no-hitters for Gonzales Tate High School in 1985.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that literally is right up the street.
Wait a minute, didn’t I quit AN?
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man. I miss a few game threads and miss out on the fun.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
In looking up Moneyball movie info I stumbled upon this rumour, please do not let this happen. I can’t even say what it is about. Just hover over the link and be horrified.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 1:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Please allow me to join you.
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did not click the link - url told me all I need to know
DO
NOT
WANT
And may whoever produces such a travesty perish in the conflagration OF HELL.
"The glass is half full….and we are going to drown in it." - OptimistPrime
by doctorK on Apr 21, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we can picket it.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Picketin' machine!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
by iglew on Apr 21, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew it all along!
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” was an allegory for Scientology
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
by franks a lot on Apr 21, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oooh, i hope it's a musical version!
seriously, though – it’s gonna be great.
by which I mean, it’ll be terrible, but it’s not like they’re going to delete the original. and really, all that’s going to happen is people are going to look at the remake, and go ‘eh… it’s not as good. these guys are hacks’.
Unless they do a musical version, of course. In which case it’ll be the greatest thing ever.
FACT
It's never too soon to jump to conclusions
by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you're completely insane.
But you’re my kind of insane. Turn up the crazy and twist off the knob.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think the heat is getting to me, tbh
also, Liverpool drawing 4-4 and pretty much throwing away their last chance of winning the league
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
finally!
a reason to root for the bolivians.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Apr 21, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(comment NSFW)
Holy fucking shit.
...then Pennington takes over.
by Poppy on Apr 21, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
agrd.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heart stirrups.
That WSJ article needs more pictures. Like this one:
Outman may not be able to get outs, but at least he knows how to rock the stirrups.
by whiteshoes40 on Apr 21, 2009 2:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
see, this is why he needs to stay in the rotation
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GOG countdown
you have about one hour left to submit your guesses here. Or update your old guesses, if you made them back when it was going to be a three game series.
by colin on Apr 21, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is my greatest fear about 'Moneyball: the movie"
Follow this logic:
1.The story concerns the Oakland A’s
2. The Oakland A’s play at the colliseum
3. No matter how you dress it up, the colliseum is not very photogenic
4. Hollywood is in Southern California
5. Anaheim is in Southern California
6. Anaheim has a baseball stadium
7. They change the story so IT’S ABOUT THE ANGELS.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I mean, they changed Fever Pitch so it was about the Bro Sox, are you really telling me it can’t happen this way?
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Was Fever Pitch about soccero r some such nonsense?
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fever Pitch, the book, originally told the story of one of the most traumatic moments of my youth
It was also made into a British film, too.
It’s pretty much the most evil book ever written.
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So it would be as if someone wrote a book about
Kirk Gibson bastard fuck who should burn in hell for all eternity, then?
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess, yeah
except, from the point of view of a Dodgers fan, making them seem all cool and human and stuff, so like, you are meant to sympathise with them, but when you reach the end of the book, rather than celebrate with him, all you can think of is how your parents let you stay up and watch a game that all your team had to do was avoid defeat in BY TWO GOALS or more and how they threw it away in the last minute and lost it and then you cried and how since then you’ve been an emotional vaccuum because it was at that stage you realised their really was no heaven or justice in the world and when you die you just rot.
yeah, if that’s what you mean
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just spat up bile at a man who hit a homerun
twenty years ago. Yes, I mean the exact same thing. If that nameless bastard walked in front of my car today, I would not only not brake, I would floor the accelerator and laugh my ass off. Then, I’d throw it in reverse, back over him twice, get out, laugh at his pain, and watch and wait.
But I really don’t like him.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't actually hate the player who scored the second goal against liverpool
I think at that age, I realised he was just doing his job. It was more the existential realisation that basically, sometimes we’re just fucked and there’s not a lot you can do about it. I think if I had been a few years older, it would have been the start of my drinking habit.
I do, however, despise Nick Hornby for bringing it all into the public consciousness and making it a thing.
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loathe the Nameless One.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
understandably
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
voldemort?
"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra
by Cheezombie on Apr 21, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nick hornby book about soccer fans
I tried to read it 2 or three times, an
by Future Ed on Apr 21, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to cancel
anyway, I think its more inside baseball than I could understand
by Future Ed on Apr 21, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's interesting
Clearly, as I state above, i despise the book, but didn’t you find something universal about the experience of a fan supporting a team?
I always figured that’s why people less traumatised by the whole thing than I liked the book
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
never got too far into it
I think I was reading it as High fidelity was being released as a movie in the states, which soured me to Nick Hornby.
by Future Ed on Apr 21, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
interesting
I like the book of High Fidelity a lot. The film is ok, I guess.
Many people I know (myself included) fit very well into a mixture of the three personality types of the three main guys
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fever Pitch
Sounds like a movie about Cricket.
Enjoy the game
by DCinWC on Apr 21, 2009 3:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wait, I can name that tune in four notes!
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A’s starting ________ _____________ was put on the 60 day DL today. THere is no date expected for his reutrn. _____________ injured his ________ while rehabbing from a __________ injury suffered during spring training.
by Future Ed on Apr 21, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
alternate version
Day 1. A’s _________________ will sit out today’s game with a sore _____________. Manager Geren says he’ll be back in the side after the rest day.
Day 4. A’s _________________ has undergone exploratory surgery on his ____________ after he failed to improve. A’s staff say they do not know the problem. Manager Geren says that he’s a battler, and expects him back in a couple of weeks.
Day 14 A’_________________ has been shut down for the season.
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by alea iacta est on Apr 21, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A's Mad Libs! I'm game
A wonderful pitching effort by (a name) was wasted when (a name) hit into a double play to end the (a number between 1 and 9) inning.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Apr 21, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eric Chavez
C’mon down… you’re the next contestant on the Injury is Right (not)!
"Twenty minutes," says Jack Sr. "Thank god for Billy Beane."
"Any fan that wants us to do that is going to be disappointed because that just isn’t us." - Wolff
"Joe Morgan's going to think Beane wrote the movie too..." -whitshoes40
"What am I going to do, seriously? Maybe be a bouncer at strip joints. That's about all I'm qualified to do." -Giambi
by ST on Apr 21, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fudge! That 0.93 (or something) ERA was pretty sweet last year..
"RIP: UserID: 553"
by Masaryk on Apr 21, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
0.59
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 21, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Least surprising news ever....
Will be surprised if it isnt more than just this season too.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Apr 21, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ozzie Guillen proves his is still an idiot
by drink409 on Apr 21, 2009 5:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In fairness to Ozzie,
he has to deal with super-asshat Kenny Williams all the time.
ooooh, better than last years. Yeah, that should be the standard that lineups are judged against. --xbhaskarx
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 21, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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