Chipper Jones' comments are....awesome.

This was on CBSSportsline.com, firstly, he's batting over .400 and he's pissed because every year he's overlooked by fans, and whoever else votes, despite having a fantastic career and all that. He said this:

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Chipper Jones leads David Wright in All-Star voting at the third base position in the NL through Wednesday. He hasn't made the All-Star team since 2001. "Honestly it's a shame that I've got to go out and hit .400 for two months to make an All-Star team," Jones said. "It's kind of depressing to me because I've had -- to me -- what I think are some pretty good first halves, what I think is a pretty good career, and I haven't made an All-Star team since '01. ... But I'll take it. Got to make a splash to get people's attention? Got to make a splash."

Love him or hate him, it's the truth. He's been overlooked more times than John McCain's health records. I hate David Wright, he's having a not-so-good year, and if he makes it to the All Star Team in front of Chipper Jones, I will boycott baseball. Not only that, but if David Wright makes it in front of Ryan Braun, I will fucking be astonished. Braun is having a fantastic year. It's just funny to me that there's always these fan favorites that have to be right up there, like David Wright. He's never that good, he has some good stats (sometimes) and he gets the fans behind him and New York Metropolitans fans are fucking retarded. Ryan Braun deserves to be in the All Star game, what I think should happen, and what I think are going to happen are two totally different things.

Fuck you David Wright, I hate your guts.

Murphy signs for a 4th "Cop"

Beverly Hills Cop I, II, and III are some of my favorite flicks. The first one indefinitely. I loved them, when I heard that Brett Ratner was going to direct a new one, I immediately got scared. Brett Ratner is a decent director X-Men: The Last Stand was absolutely atrocious to begin with, so the directing didn't really strike fear into my heart...Now Eddie Murphy has signed on for Beverly Hills Cop 4 to be directed by Ratner...and maybe...maybe star Judge Reinhold?

It wouldn't be the same without Judge Reinhold.

Minute Man picture...shit...

The Minute Men is what the Watchmen were before they were Watchmen...basically there is flash backs in Zack Snyder Watchmen of the first super powers.

It looks pretty fucking badass.

What I saw on my way to work....

So I'm driving along, singing a song, and I pass by a garage sale. Or, I guess in this case, a trailer sale, because I'm pretty sure (on pretty sure) that trailers do not have garage's. And being that it could be a yard sale, but there was no sign I will make a joke out of this, and say "What would you call a garage sale if it was being held at a trailer...on the side of the road?" I figure, one could call it a yard sale, but that's too easy. What I would like to know is how they fit this gigantic table they had outside, inside that teenie-weenie trailer. Craziness.

Finally...a "CHOKE" trailer...

It's been a while since we've gotten a flick from the creative mind of Chuck Palahniuk which is directed by Clark Gregg.

Firstly I haven't read Choke, but I am pretty sure that I own the book and that it's somewhere; so I may have to indulge. Secondly Clark Gregg is way-way-way-underrated. He was the mystery buyer in Sports Night some years ago, played an FBI Agent on multiple episodes of The West Wing plays Julia Louis Dreyfuss' ex on The New Adventures of Old Christine, was the lead Agent of S.H.I.E.D in Iron Man, played a sicko on The Shield and countless other shows/movies he was in.

Needless to say, this is the first movie he's directed, but it did win the Jury Prize at Cannes..and it is based on the novel by the same cat who wrote Fight Club..and Se7en...can it be bad?

Check out the trailer.

Gas Prices are way too high...

Got this at UPI.com...

Longest .400+ Streaks...

Sports Illustrated has an article....or a pictorial? I'm not sure. Aren't pictorials lazy? PRETTY PICTURES! Woo...Chipper Jones is batting .418 right now with 12 dingers and 30+ RBIs, so far, having the best season of his career and hopefully it continues until October. When we can say when someone drops below the .400 mark at the beginning of the season: "Oops, they dropped below the Jones line!"

Check out the article

Baltimore v. New York... it's homerfest 2008!

Apparently the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles (pronounced BAAL-Tee-Mohr) don't know Ozzie Guillen's style of small-ball. They collectively hit 9 dingers in tonight's baseball game. The Score right now is 8-8 with Mariano Rivera pitching for the Yanks.

That's a lot of dingers. Can the Braves borrow some? 

Jose Canseco v. Vai Sikahema

It's interesting to me that Jose Canseco is doing something this stupid. I mean, offering $5,000 to someone to fight him. Finally someone has stepped up. Vai Sikahema stepped up, a former Philadelphia Eagle who had a dream of being an amateur boxer before becoming a football player. He actually fought in a Gold Gloves Competition (Sugar Ray Leonard ultimately won). Anyway, Sikahema has actually taken Canseco's challenge and...answered it.

Jesus Fuck The Heck...

Sydney Pollack dead at 73...

Sydney Pollack has sadly passed away. The director won acclaim (and awards) for his film Out of Africa...he also directed Tootsie, Random Hearts, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were, and The Firm just to name a few.

He won an Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director for Out of Africa and was nominated for both of those for Tootsie.

All in all he was a fantastic director with serious skill, and should be mourned, because a good director has passed on.

Hot Chick O' The Week...

I think I've come up with a new...weekly thing for this Blog of Awesomeness...



HOT CHICK O' THE WEEK!



Kind of an homage (oh-mage) to my Irish folk, and to the cats who read this blog for the scantily clad broads.



Alicia Witt is smokin' hot. I love her. God, I really would marry her this instant.

YES! YES! YES!

BARRY ZITO GOT A WIN!

Woohoo!

1-8 is a great way to start the season.

Braves sweep Metropolitans...

The Atlanta Braves are on a tear. Literally, I think there's a hole in the universe, that every time the Braves win a game ... the hole tears more. Who knows, maybe I'm going nuts, or maybe the Braves are a very good team.

Chipper Jones for example, is still hitting over .400 (knock on wood) and it's almost June. Anyway, the Metropolitans are in meltdown mode right now, and when any team is in meltdown mode what happens? There's talk of firing your manager. Now, Willie "Please Like Me" Randolph has been running his mouth like an idiot for what seems like months (only once, I think) saying stuff on the radio that all the bad talk is racially motivated. . . Sigh. And then the whole thing with Billy "Talk to Me" Wagner, about the team not talking to the press after a loss.

Now David Wright is getting in the mix and I quote: "Losing like this, I hope, would ruin their nights." Apparently Wright's tone suggested that he didn't think that it would. The Mets have been playing abysmal baseball - they aren't clicking - and their losses show for that inadequate performances.

They signed Johan Santana to a $137.5 million dollar deal, and he's 5-3 with a 3.36 ERA. Like I've said time and time again, one player can not change a ball club. Last years downward spiral for the New York Metropolitans has carried over into 2008.

The Mets for the first time since April 13 are below .500, their payroll is $138 million dollars this year, compared to lets say the Florida Marlins who are 27-19 and their payroll is $21 million dollars (once again, that's less than what Alex Rodriguez makes a year). The Metropolitans are really not playing good baseball, the only person on their team who is batting over .300 is Ryan Church (who is playing stellar baseball) everyone else is not doing well. Delgado's average is almost below the Mendoza Line (he's batting .218 see: Mendoza Line), Beltran is batting somewhere around .250, Wright is around .280. Jose Reyes, as I've said on numerous occasions is beyond overrated. He's finally starting to pick it up batting .276 with 14 bags stolen, 4 HRs and 19 rbis. Finally, he's starting to pick it up (I drafted the guy, he's supposed to do good, I assumed anyway).

The Braves have 5 guys who are in the vicinity of batting .300, and some of them already have batted .300 and their averages fluctuate with every game. Chipper Jones is batting .412, McCann is batting .329, Escobar is batting .315, Kelly Johnson is batting .299, Kotsay is batting .296 (much improvement to Andruw Jones' average ...which is actually below the Mendoza Line). The Braves problem is their pitching staff, for the last ten years it's been their pitching staff, Tim Hudson settled down last night and pitched phenomenally for 8 innings. It's just funny to me that you go out and spend this boatload of cash on a guy who is supposed to be your saving grace and clearly he's not lighting the world on fire.

Another interesting tidbit...the Braves have scored 232 runs, they have a team ERA of 3.42 (second only to Oakland). The Mets have scored 213 runs, and have a team ERA of 4.09.

That's it, I'm ranting.

Cusack interview by AICN's Quint...

Did you know that the United States has more contractors in Iraq then troops? This is something I did not know, and is very, very interesting.

Check out the interview. It's laced with political rankings though, so if it's not your thing, then look away.

...The fans are chanting to a different Barry...

I'm sure the chants are ringing throughout AT&T park..."BAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRY!", but these aren't the infamous chants directed towards Barry Bonds, instead they're towards the pitcher who signed a deal worth $1 gazillion dollars. Barry Zito signed a 7-year $126 million dollar contract which calculates to roughly $18 million a ...year. Barry Zito's 2007 & 2008 numbers are 11-23 with a 5.39 ERA. Is that worth $126 million over 7 years?

Fuck the heck it is not. Barry Zito wasn't lighting the world on fire over in Oakland, but he wasn't as horrible as he is right now, but I'll tell you what...I will give him some credit. The Giants stink. They're abysmal, they can't score runs, they can't win. Therefore Barry Zito can't win. He's 0-8 in his 2008 proverbial stink-fest. He's only struck out 22 guys in 9 starts and he's given up 31 Earned Runs..

God he still stinks, I don't care if the Giants don't score.

Ellis' sequel gets a title...

Bret Easton Ellis is clear-cut, my favorite author of all time. The shit that he puts on paper is so outrageous and slightly unbelievable that it leaves me craving more. Anyway, he just put a title to his new book, which will be a sequel to Less Than Zero called Imperial Bedrooms. I am stoked for this book, but it doesn't hit bookshelves til 2010...

Tatum gets a chance to show his chops...

It's no doubt that Channing Tatum can act...really he was fucking great in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, but I haven't seen Stop Loss yet, and that'll prove to be another indication of his acting skills. She's the Man and Step Up do not show it's acting skills at all. So, they're casting him in Dear John which is based on the novel Dear John by Nicholas Sparks.

The book, which I happened to have read, was actually really good. Let me explain my reading habits. I randomly, and I do mean randomly, pick up books off the shelves and just buy them. Dear John was no exception. It's about a soldier who comes home on leave for the first time since leaving his father, and falls for a young college girl.

Bale is officially John Connor

Christian Bale who'll emblazen screens in a month or so with The Dark Knight will potray John Connor in the upcoming Terminator: Salvation...This has been said, by me, on more than one occasion, but now it's official. He apparently has signed on for 3-flicks, if the first one does well enough of course.

Tori Spelling joins new "90210"

I just posted the promo clip for the new Beverly Hills 90210 spin-off, and it's been made apparently official that Tori Spelling, who played Donna Martin on the hit series from 1990-2000, will reprise her role. Apparently now Ian Ziering wants to be in the show too.

I can dig it.

Iron Man writers go to the Highlands...of Scotland?

Art Marcum and Matt Holloway have been tapped to pen a Highlander remake. Which I guess would make sense considering they'll remake anything and everything. Holloway and Marcum did a fantastic job on the Iron Man script, so much so I think they'll do Highlander justice. It was only a matter of time before someone tried to reinvent the films, because the last couple of movies have been so terrible they're not worth watching.

OH SHIT..

Falcons sign their new Quarterback...

Matt Ryan has been signed by the Falcons to a 6-year $72 million dollar deal. $34.75 mill guaranteed.

Piazza hangs up his cleets...

Mike Piazza went from being a gritty Los Angeles Dodgers catcher to a much hated, much bleached blond New York Mets Catcher/1st Baseman. Some Piazza stats:

• 12 time Allstar making the NL Squad 10 years in a row.
• Career .308 batter, 427 HR (396 as a catcher), 1,335 rbis.
• His 396 HRs as a catcher is easily the most by a catcher ever. Carlton Fisk is second on that list with 351, followed by Johnny Bench (327) and Yogi Berra (306).
• He's pretty much a clear cut Hall of Famer.

Honestly...I thought he was overated as a catcher, but as a hitter not so much.

SUPER MAX details revealed

I said a long time ago that David S. Goyer wrote a screenplay which had Green Arrow getting framed for murder, arrested, and thrown in a prison made specifically for meta-humans (super villains). I said that Matt Damon was interested also. Now we've got a script review of Goyer's Super Max which sounds awesome to say the least.

Green Arrow is Green Arrow for all of 5 minutes in the film before he gets tossed into prison and has to fend for his life while someone on the outside attempts to take over his estate and company. A lot of characters from the DC Universe make appearances. Apparently cameos from The Riddler, Lex Luthor, and The Joker are within the flick, although, most of them are mainly known to comic geeks such as myself.

Check out the script review.

Lester throws a No-No

Jon Lester, the Boston Red Sox pitcher who survived cancer is the first Red Sox south paw in 52-years to throw a No Hitter and the 18th pitcher in Red Sox history to throw a No-No. Clay Bucholz threw one last year. . Lester pitched 9 (obviously) innings, struck out 9 and only walked 2.

Mark Wahlberg is Happening...

As you know (or probably don't) M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening hits theatres sometime in 2008. The movie itself looks fairly interesting...at least the first trailer made it look interesting. Plus it's a M. Night flick for fuck's sake. This is what the synopsis says: "A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity."

Take from that what you will, the reason why I'm even writing about this is because someone put a review of the flick up on Collider that basically says Mark Wahlberg is a Paul Walker incarnate in this flick. Meaning. . . he's the shittiest actor ever.

Now, I don't know about you, but I like Mark Wahlberg, I always have. He made a star turn in Boogie Nights some years ago, and he was excellent in last years We Own the Night...as well as The Departed and Shooter (I actually liked it). What scares me, is apparently how bad this flick The Happening is. This guy on Collider wrote this:

• "The Happening is a terrible, terrible movie. I mean, it's bad on an epic scale. It's so bad that I can't possibly tell you how bad it is without understating the point or making it sound like I'm picking on the film. But let me stress: this is not pent-up Shyamalan aggression or a desire to see him fail. This is bad in a jaw-dropping "they can't really be serious, can they?" kind of way. The closest comparison I can draw is to Neil LaBute's Wicker Man and, like that film, the only consolation I can offer potential theater-goers is that you might want to see it just to be in on the ground floor when the film gets its ass handed back to it."

If it's any indication of what's to come this year from Wahlberg, then...we're so fucked. First of all there's a big screen adaption of Max Payne coming out this year and The Lovely Bones by Peter Jackson where he plays the father in one of (what should be) the greatest novel adaptions in a long time, and then there's Darren Aronofsky's The Fighter and the sequel to The Italian Job; The Brazilian Job.

This is what the cat said from that article about Wahlberg's performance: "I'm saying this with no hyperbole, but Wahlberg might very well give the worst performance I've ever seen in anything."

GW's Signature is pretty badass...

Check out below.

Jerry Crasnick thank you...

For this

Wagner shits on Metropolitan Teamies.

Billy Wagner might be the only member for the New York Metropolitans that is firing on all cylinders. I mean Ryan Church has been too, but how long will that last. This isn't the first time that Billy Wagner has opened his mouth. A few weeks ago, he did the same thing and openly criticized Starting Pitcher Oliver Perez (THANK YOU!) about a shitty game he pitched. He only lasted 1 1/3 innings in the 13-1 shalacking at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Maybe Wagner is overly critical or maybe he's right.

I loathe the Mets, I honestly do, but I mean stand up for your team. Wagner says only a select few guys stand around to talk to reporters after a loss (him, David Wright, etc) and that it's getting old fast. You have to stand there after a loss as much as a win. This is your team, have some respect for yourself and answer to the problems your team is having. Don't just shower and bounce. I actually have to say that I respect Wagner for this. It's actually show that New York has done him some good, and that he doesn't give a fuck what people think. He wants people to be held accountable for their shitty playing and what-not.

This is very much like the Andruw Jones story, Andruw Jones came into Spring Training out of shape, and sluggish, and couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a snow shovel, but he didn't talk to reporters, he blamed it on allergies. Just fucking come out and say "I can't hit right now, I'm working through it, hopefully I can get back on track." Is that so fucking hard to do? I mean, come on, if every player did this there wouldn't be that many journalists sitting around having shit like Wagner's rant to talk about. Players need to take responsibility for their playing, whether it's good or it's bad, you need to put up or shut up.

Football is the anti-baseball. Football players have a fucking CONFERENCE after the game. Losers and winners talking about their individual performances. Baseball players get interviewed in the lockerroom. I mean, it's not the greatest place to conduct an interview when a player is standing around in his underoos, but whatever. I mean, if I was a baseball player, and I had a shitty game, I would want to talk about it. And I would joke about it too, albeit, seriously. If you're hitting/fielding/pitching is shitty, speak up, because if you do, your fans will get behind you. If you don't, you just get booed to high Heaven.

"Fringe" photos...

Some photos from J.J. Abrams upcoming series Fringe have surfaced on TV Week and I have to admit that the posters and the photos make the show look intriging. Somewhat like X-Files, but probably not as good. I will definitely check it out.

Cruise v. Washington...

Apparently there is a movie in the works called The 28th Amendment which would have Tom Cruise playing the President of the United States, who finds out that the United States is being run by a secret organization...led by Denzel Washington...

I would definitely see it.

Stephanie Meyer on Borders Presents...

Stephanie Meyers is the author of the current book I am reading and cannot put down Twilight. And some of you are thinking..."Why the fuck is JD reading Twilight?" and I will tell you. I saw the trailer for the movie that's coming out sometime next year, and it looks fantastic. It's also about vampires...so there you go. My obsession with vampire fiction reigns supreme. Also, I posted this so you can see how great the fucking video stream is on BordersMedia.com, it's fucking flawless I don't know how they do it. But every other website in America and beyond, should take this and run with it.

So yeah, Stephanie Meyer is the author of a new book called The Host not sure what it's about, not sure if I'll read it or not, but she's talking about it on the little Borders Presents thing they do.

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

I think everyone should check out this video/song by Jeff Buckley.

One Quarter in...for baseball!

Yahoo did their One Quarter In....thing this year for Major League Baseball, and I agree with most of it.

Especially this:

10. Chipper Jones will never retire. Not at this pace, anyway. He’s batting .415, and ranks fourth in the N.L. homers (10) and RBIs (31). Before the season, Jones—who is 36—said he wanted to play in 150 games this year. So far, he has been in 36 of 38.

Chipper Jones is having a superb year, a few more dingers before the AS break would be nice.

My first Quarter In shock is the Tampa Bay Rays. Holy shit, I know they have a good team, however, I never expected them to be so damn good. The hitting is outstanding, even the pitching is good. We all know that Scott Kazmir has talent, but Scott Shields? I told my boss at the beginning of the season that he was a backup pick, so he picked him up and thus far he's pitched at an alarmingly good rate.

The Florida Marlins also have been surprising, difference is, we know they've got a good team there. Hanley Ramirez is overlooked for the overrated Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins. Ramirez has power, speed, and can hit fucking anything.

Scott Olsen and Mark Hendrickson have been surprising for the Marlins, as well as basically their entire bullpen.

Something else surprising is Ryan Howards abysmal batting average and inability to hit. Andruw Jones' hardship serve him right, he's a douche. He's batting somewhere in the realm of .170...with ONE HR. I mean...

Good Fucking Riddance.

Read Yahoo!s article here

Who would be your first two picks....

If you could have anyone, and I mean anyone and you were starting fresh with two players...a position player first and a pitcher second, who would you pick?

George Bush's picks? Chase Utley and Roy Halladay.

My picks? Chipper Jones (duh) and Tim Lincecum (SHOCKER!)

Unrelated? Jenna Bush got married to some weirdo:

Rockford has a stroke...

James Garner star of the hit show The Rockford Files has had a stroke. It's sad, because Garner has been a staple in American Television for decades and it's just hard to see a guy like Garner have a stroke.

Good news though, he's expected to make a full recovery.

Scott Rosenberg....Fuck you, No.

First of all Scott Rosenberg is a writer, he most recently wrote October Road (which I liked, don't get me wrong, but what-the-fuck?). He also penned Domestic Disturbance, High Fidelity, Disturbing Behavior, and Con Air ...(and Kangaroo Jack...fuck the heck?)...So, I mean, the guy can write Domestic Disturbance wasn't really a great flick, but Con Air, High Fidelity, and Disturbing Behavior were all pretty much good flicks.

However, I just found out two things about young Scott Rosenberg that startled me. To explain first and foremost, if you know me, you know that I am a huge (huge) fan of the Joe Pitt Series that Charlie Huston has put out (as well as his Moon Knight run) which go by the titles of Already Dead, Half the Blood of Brooklyn, and No Dominion. These books came out before Moonlight and all that shit, so don't get the wrong idea. Charlie Huston writes noir-crime-fiction. Which, I kid you not, is fantastic. It's based on a vampyre named Joe Pitt (and that's all you get). I found out that there's a movie in development ...based on the first book Already Dead....and Scott Rosenberg is behind it. I nearly cried. The cat behind October Road one of the most overly pretentious shows ever written? Christ on a crutch. Then I started reading about the guy; and I saw that he was once arrested ...

For getting into a bar fight with Vince Vaughn and Steve Buscemi in which he was stabbed three times in the scuffle.

Right on.

Thank God Andruw Jones isn't a Brave

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-simers11-2008may11,0,532491.column?page=2

E-Mail Tag...

E-Mail tag with Dan Graziano and Carlos Delgado's agent David Sloane, hilarium ensues.

"Scrubs" gets no respect...

from NBC...so that's why they're moving to ABC!

It's official!

"Moonlight" bites the dust.

CBS announces it's fall schedule tomorrow, but Hollywood Reporter is...reporting...that Moonlight a show that has long been on the bubble has bitten the dust. The show starred Alex O'Loughlin and Sophia Myles, but really wasn't that good. I always saw it as a mediocre attempt at Charlie Huston's Joe Pitt Saga ("Already Dead" etc.)

Oh well.

"Donnie Darko" sequel...

Apparently when a good movie does bad at the box office, and excellent in DVD/Video, Cult-Superstardom, it's time to bank in off of that even more.

So, they've written something called S. Darko which is going to revolve around Donnie's younger sister Samantha (Daveigh Chase reprising her role). The flick will have Samantha Darko traveling with friend Cory (both are 18 now) and take a road trip to Los Angeles. While on the trip they are plagued by visions.

Richard Kelly is not involved in this.

Craig Ferguson writes a tell-all book

Craig Ferguson is writing a book based on his hardships getting to the United States and what happened along the way. He tried his hand at being a punk-rock drummer, a club bouncer, a construction worker and a modern dancer.

The book will be called American On Purpose...I think.

"Amsterdam" gets the proverbial boot

FOX hourlong drama New Amsterdam will not be back, despite me loving it dearly. I really did dig the series, which only last 8 episodes this season and I am saddened by the loss.

Regardless, Back to You got canned, and 'Til Death is sticking around for another season.

Jennie Garth returns to "90210"

Jennie Garth, who played the holier-than-thou Kelly Taylor on the FOX hit drama Beverly Hills 90210 for ten years, is returning as a recurring character in the upcoming 90210 sequel as a guidance counselor at Beverly Hills High.

I want to go to USC so I can get some free shit!

First it was Reggie Bush on the receiving end of all sorts of shit, and now USC Trojans basketball star O.J. Mayo is in deep shit because he was on the receiving end of clothes, money, and countless other shit.

Someone needs to stop this shit, I'm looking at you USC.

Something I posted on Yahoo! sports:

"David Wright IS clearly overrated. His gold glove win is laughable. And so you can look at his stats and say that he is a .308 hitter. He's only played 4 years. FOUR YEARS. Chipper Jones has been playing since 95' and has a lifetime .309 average. Get back to me when David Wright can do that. As far as this 20/20 stat is concerned, who gives a crap? Lets look at the stats, shall we? Chipper Jones has NEVER...EVER...struck out 100 times in a season. Ever. Check it out. David Wright in his first 3 years (of full service) has struck out 113, 113, and 115 times. This year, he's already got 24 K's matched up to Chipper Jones' 10.

I'm not saying that David Wright is a bad player, but he's not the holy grail of baseball like all Mets fans make him out to be. He's a decent fielding 3rd Baseman. I can already see his average plummeting over the next couple of years, while Reyes' speed waivers and he doesn't steal 70 bases a year. I understand that slumps happen, but people need to realize this and not be just blind cows going into the slaughter. I am a die-hard Braves fan. That doesn't make me an idiot (as Mets fans would say) it just makes me loyal to the team that I grew up watching. Chipper Jones is having a "monster" year, and if he stays healthy should put up "monster" stats. This year, however, I do not see David Wright putting up "monster" stats.

The David Lettermann curse thing is crap too, by the way."


TRUTH!

"Wolverine and The X-Men" trailer hits the web...

No this isn't a trailer for Wolverine the flick starring Hugh Jackman, it's a trailer for the new Cartoon that's going to hit networks sometime next year; Wolverine and The X-Men it actually looks pretty good. Check it out here.

Jonah Hill no longer in Transformers 2...

Jonah Hill's negotiations with Dreamworks have ...ended and he's no longer the front-runner to play Shia LeBouf's comical sidekick.

Jesus.

Alan Ball starts casting "True Blood"

True Blood is going to be a Louisiana based Vampire show starring (now) Stephen Root (Newsradio), Anna Paquin (X-Men), and a few other people. Root plays the lead character; who is a lonely vampire living in Louisiana, Paquin plays a telepathic waitress.

Alan Ball is the mastermind behind Six Feet Under.

Hords of New "GI JOE" images

AICN has linked them all up, I'm still waiting for Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander, however, Destro doesn't have his silver head...

It may be a helmet, shit, I don't remember, check out the pic's...Sienna Miller looks so f'n hot as the Baroness

MySpace's Artist on Artist featuring Cusack v. Cody

John Cusack and Diablo Cody interview each other on MySpace's Artist on Artist

Apparently Diablo Cody (who I actually dig a lot her book Candy Girl is fantastic) has a new movie coming out called Jennifer's Body which is a horror movie. She claims it's in the same vein as Sam Raimi's stuff. Should be interesting; they also touched on their first concerts Cusack's was a simulcast (How come I remember simulcasts?) of The Who. Cody's was a New Kids on the Block concert...

Anyway...it's a pretty funny video, some laughs and such. So check it out.

This is the story of John Challis

It's a very sad story about a high school senior who has cancer. The article is written by Mike White at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Check it out here

Chipper Jones: Most Valuable Player?

Chipper Jones is my favorite baseball player. I think I've made this fact known time and time again. I defend him against the best of the best every year, because he is the Best of the Best. Chipper Jones batted .337 last year; which was one behind the batting title.

This year, his line is incredible. I understand that it's May 7th, I understand that it's probably just a hot start, but is it? Can it actually be more than a hot start? It's a possibility. Chipper is batting .426 in 29 games, has 49 hits, 10 HRs, 29 RBIs, 14 Walks, and only 10 K's in 115 At Bats.

Chipper Jones is churning on all cylinders. He's determined to play in 150 games this year, despite being injured very often in the last couple of years (wether it be his feet, hands, quads what have you). He's a Hall of Famer, he's a career .300 batter, he's 4 HR's short of 400 dingers. Chipper Jones is going to win the Batting title this year, unless of course he gets hurt, or just has an abysmal rest of the year. I could understand that a slump may come, it just doesn't look like it's going to happen.

The Braves offense never falters, but I think we need a new pitching staff built around Timmy Hudson.

Also, if Chipper Jones doesn't start 3rd for the All-Star game, I'm going to boycott baseball and write a 1,000 letters to Bud Selig complaining about the All-Star ballots.

Octobers Road ...more than likely finished...but...

October Road a show that I haven't watched since the first season was shockingly great, is on the verge of getting shit-canned, because apparently everyone but me and the masses who watched it last year, hate the holy shit out of it.

This comes on the cusp of finding out that the writers and creators behind the show Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg are being sought to run USA's version of Life on Mars which has a contemporary cop who is suddenly transported back in time to the 1970's.

David E. Kelley was involved, but apparently wants to ...not...be involved so much anymore.

Smoltz likely to become Braves closer...

John Smoltz who has been fantastic this year on the mount, 3-2 with a 2.00 ERA, in 5 starts. He also has struck out 36 batters have 10 K games back to back.

The problem is, Smoltz is getting old. His arm is killing him (much like the rest of the Braves organization) and the Braves and Smoltz are looking at a possible return to the Bullpen when he returns in a few weeks.

The reasons behind this are:

Rafael Soriano is out...for a while.
Peter Moylan is out...for at least a year.
Mike Gonzalez should be back at the end of May, but who knows.

The Braves need a solid closer, a closer who in 3 years collected 144 saves. If the Braves want to win the division they need Smoltz in that Bullpen, because right now, the bats are doing their job; it's the pitching staff that's struggling.

[EDIT] Smoltz also said that he would start in the Post Season; if he did move to the Bullpen in during the season.

Gavin Floyd two-outs short of No-No...

Right handed hurler Gavin Floyd pitched 8 1/3 innings and didn't give up an hit. He pitched masterfully though, and struck out Brendan Harris to start off the 9th and then Joe Mauer broke up the No-No with a Double to Deep Center field.

Lohan is "Ugly" as fuck...

Well that was mean, wasn't it? Lindsay Lohan is a stupid, stupid girl, who makes idiotic life mistakes, and still gets uber-amounts-of-chances. This time around Lohan is going to potray a mean girl on Ugly Betty.

I don't watch the show...and God, are they on the hire-an-idiot bandwagon ala How I met your Mother? Jesus.

First Avenger: Captain America...cast?

Apparently Matthew McConaughey is being rumored as Captain America in the upcoming 2011 Marvel Studios Film First Avenger: Captain America. Well...uh...being that it's going to come out in 2011....I doubt McConaughey is going to play Captain America/Steve Rogers ...I mean first of all...who the hell knows what's going to happen...three years from now...let alone if ..the World'll even be here.

2011 is a LONG way away; I am not looking forward to this...yet.

Tigers cut ties with Jaque Jones

After an abysmal start to his 2008 campaign (him and the Tigers) the Detroit Tigers have designated (cut) outfielder Jaque Jones for assignment. The Tigers are currently 14-19

Reynolds to Wed Johansson...

Ryan Reynolds has apparently popped the question Scarlett Johansson. The question being about Marriage, and all that. They're apparently going to tie the knot, which is going to break the hearts of guys and girls across the country.

Personally I have never really been in love with Scarlett Johansson - I don't really find her...that attractive and she's kind of a bitch...I'd think.

Awesome Andy Van Slyke interview

Check it out here, I've always liked Andy Van Slyke, and this makes me like him more.

Schwartz pens "X-Men" flick...

Josh Schwartz, whose credits encompass The O.C., Chuck, and Gossip Girl, has signed on to pen a spinoff of the X-Men franchise, which would revolve around the kids at the Xavier Institute. He also said in the interview that The Incredible Hulk looks like it's going to stink, that Ratner had no credibility going into X3: The Last Stand and that Superman Returns scribe Bryan Singer got a free pass on the flick, because of his history on the X-Men flicks.

Shit is going to hit the fan.

Something Awful.com presents:

Movies through the Eyes of Kids

There's No Reaper like this Reaper...

Reaper is a fantastic show, it's one of the funniest things on television and mainly because of the people who're in it.

Brett Harrison, Tyler Labine, and Rick Gonzalez (who played Scarface in Old School). The ever sexy Missy Peregrym stars as Harrison's love interest.

Reaper is about Sam, who's parents sold his soul to the Devil when he was a wee tot, is now forced to do the Devil's bidding. This entails sending Demons back to Hell using whatever tool they give this certain power. Sometimes it's a bird in a bird cage, sometimes it's a dust buster. All in it's a fantastic show, hilariously written, well acted; not to mention the pilot episode was Directed by Kevin Smith.

You're probably wondering why I'm writing about this now? Well...I just found out that Reaper has a good chance of sticking around for a 2nd season. CW is going to give it a chance apparently, and that has given me hope for television. Even though, Journeyman is cancelled.

I'm all Bamboozled out...

After a day of music, food, and watching teeny-boppers get punched in the face. I have decided that I am never going to another Music Festival every again. My brother (Dan-O) obliges, the Bamboozle which it is aptly called, gave us what we wanted to see. Performances by:

Cobra Starship
Motion City Soundtrack
Phantom Planet
Bouncing Souls
Alien Ant Farm
Sound the Alarm
All Time Low
Envy On the Coast
Bret Michaels (sucks)
&
Much, much more.

I didn't name Panic at the Disco, because we didn't stick around for them. We were there since 11:30am and left at 8pm...so when we found out that Panic was going to be on at 9:30 at night, until 10:30 at night....we said fuck it and went home.

My face is red, my arms are red, my legs hurt, my back hurts, my neck hurts. My entire body hurts and I don't mosh (so it's not from that). It's from standing around for 8 1/2 hours. We're both tired and mentally exhausted.

One thing that this festival can do without is the little kids who go there dressed like freak-o's wearing their black fishnet stockings, and their peircings like honor. There is no honor in this, I am a normal person (so you think) and I dig a lot of that music from yesterday. I don't dig the scream-o heavy metal bullshit. Sound and Fury is the worst band ever. God, what a terrible fucking set they had. Whilst really gathering about 25-30 fan, the band after them Alien Ant Farm came out and rocked the fucking house; to about a 100+. After AAF came and went, Phantom Planet totally fucking stole the show, holy shit, a fantastic set of music. New, and of course old (they played "California" and everyone sang along).

They didn't play a lot of old stuff, but I think that's because they trying to become mainstream rock and not play a lot of that mellow stuff. After PP came Motion City Soundtrack which we only caught a couple of songs L.G.F.U.A.D, Broken Heart, and Everything is Alright; we walked over to where the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (of Boston, Mass.) were playing and they stunk so we split.

All in all, it was fun, but I would not do it again.

Finally, a great Dark Knight trailer...

More Joker, More Dent, more everyone.

This movie looks spectacular

Hancock trailer....embedded!

My Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Team...

I just perused over to my Yahoo! team for the first time in a while. Apparently I'm kicking butt. It might have something to do with the team I have....

And that I have all five of the Hitting Leaders in the League right now.

Starting with:

1. Chipper Jones .417
2. Rafael Furcal .384
3. Chase Utley .364
3. Albert Pujols .364
4. Derek Lee .356

12th is Geovany Soto (who is my starting catcher)

It's crazy when you have that on one team.

On a terribly unrelated note:

Mariano Rivera is a fantastic baseball player. Right now in 11 games he's 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA with no Earned Runs, 4 hits, and 12 k's.

In 11 games, he had the ability to face 33 hitters, probably wound up facing 37 or 38 something like that, but after facing 33 hitters, he's given up only 4-hits, and struck out 12 of those 33 guys.
His WHIP is 0.33, his OBA is .103. He's got 8 saves, and if the Yankees didn't suck this year, he'd probably have 20 by now.

Not only that, but I have Matt Holliday, Jeff Francouer, Curtis Granderson in the Outfield and Ryan Zimmerman, Jorge Posada, and Jim Thome on the bench.

Iron Man makes a killing

IRON MAN starring Robert Downey Jr, Jeff Bridges, Gwenyth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard opened up Friday to astounding $30 million dollars just on Friday alone. Tack on an additional $5.2 million dollars and you've got $35.2 million for Thursday's 12am shows, and Friday's opening day/night numbers.

Looks like it will make somewhere near $90 million dollars.

I hate Milk...

Trucks.

I spent a good portion of my morning following closely behind a Oil-Burning Milk-Truck. I was not pleased about that.

Miles boots Perrilloux...

Ryan Perrilloux is a pretty damn good QB...what I've seen of him anyway. Matt Flynn is the starting QB for the LSU Tigers, so Perrilloux didn't get much playing time unless Flynn was hurt or taking a break or drinking a beer (whatever).

Les Miles, Head Coach of the Tigers, has booted Perrilloux from the team following a college career of disciplinary and legal problems.

One istance has Perrilloux using a fake ID to get into a Casino in Baton Rouge; which got him into a counterfeiting investigation (almost), he also got into a fight at a Night Club, but was cleared of all wrongdoing.

Funny Gremlins BT ad...

Check it out here

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

James Patterson is best known for his Alex Cross character (portrayed by Morgan Freeman in Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls) and ABC's (probably) short-lived Women's Murder Club series. He's got a new book coming out called The Dangerous Days of Daniel X.

Daniel X chronicles the adventures of a conflicted yet extraordinary teen who yearns to discover secrets about himself and his family as he battles alien outlaws who threaten life on Earth.

Well...going on that Regency has picked up the rights to the book and plan to make a movie out of it.

Sounds pretty interesting to say the least, the book hits shelves in July of this year.

New Villians for Smallville Season 8

Since Michael Rosenbaum is only going to be a guest star next year, Producers and Writers from CW hit show Smallville are bringing in New Villians. One villian is going to be Doomsday, who is most known for killing Superman in Superman Doomsday (ie: comic book). The second villian they list is a girl who fans are very familiar with, they didn't give a name. I honestly don't know who it is. And it's not Wonder Woman, she's not a villian. I honestly cannot think of a female villian right now at 10:34am.

"Lovely Bones" halts filming....

Apparently there are creative differences with Peter Jackson and his art director over how to depict Heaven in the film The Lovely Bones. I know that a good majority of the book takes place in Heaven where Susie Salmon is looking down on her family after the murder.

So...

Whatever.