I didn't. Call me a faggot, call me a ass-hat.
I'm just being honest here. I thought it was not good at all. It was boring, and the first hour felt like 2.
It was just a stupid movie to me.
I would have preferred if they just showed his questions and answers on "Millionaire" and left out the other shit I thought was crap.
Oh yeah, the soundtrack sucked a big bag of black dicks.
On the other hand, hearing Clint Eastwood call a little Asian kid a Zipper Head was fucking classic. Gran Torino is 2 hours of good, old-fashioned racism.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
HAHAHA
Brad Wilkerson is a free man.
And if he can't make it back to the majors, I may have to change the name of my blog to make it even a little relevant. Maybe something classy, like "Brad Wilkerson Was One Of Worst Players In Jays History."
I'll work on it.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Another Spring Update
So, It's been 2 weeks since I've blogged it up.
It's not that I've been busy, I just kind of stopped caring for a bit. But, with the Season 11 days away, I'm starting to get that bit of excitement inside that I get when I see a 15 year old girl shopping with her Daddy.
Onto some baseball:
Matt Clement was optioned a couple days ago, and It leaves Richmond, Mills, and Romero fighting for 2 rotation spots behind Halladay, Litsch, & Purcey. I would like Romero & Mills to be the guys, but really it won't matter because whoever gets left out will still see some big league starts.
Brian Burres was sent to minor league camp as well, along with Randy Ruiz, Curtis Thigpen, Angel Sanchez, Rick Bauer, Brian Jeroloman, JP Arencibia, Bill Murphy, and Davis Romero.
None of those are surprises, although I though Thigpen would stick around until the end of Spring Training. I'm pretty sure Barrett will get the nod to back-up, which will end up a time-share. I suspect if Arencibia is raking after 2 months, he will get the call-up and Barajas will be traded or Barrett released.
Jason Lane continues to hit the ball really well. This is the rease the Bautista re-signing doesn't make sense. My feeling is that you should always at least 1 opening on your roster so that a guy who hits well in camp gets to crack the roster.
Speaking of Bautista, he has been getting some time at SS, which leads me to believe that Johnny Mac is on his way out. If Inglett & Bautista can each play a moderate SS, than Johnny doesn't need to be on the roster, hitting .150 with no power or on-base ability.
Brad Emaus is also hitting the ball really well, as is making a case for himself should Rolen go down for a stretch. Scott Campbell has been pretty impressive as well, so at least some quality gritty white guys are in the pipe-line. This also is doing nothing to calm down the voices in my head screaming that Aaron Hill should be playing SS, with Inglett at 2B.
Travis Snider has done nothing to deserve getting to AAA shaft, but I hope to see it so that his clock gets delayed. 2009 is a lost season anyways with the uncertainty in the rotation. This season should be about trying to builld value on Rolen & Overbay so that they can get something in return on the trade market next off-season.
Russ Adams is also making a case for himself that he is not a lost cause, as he is having a pretty hot Spring. He has played 2B & OF this spring, so he now he can make terrible throws from the OF now too.
Onto some other teams now.
Some battles going on this spring are pretty interesting.
Brett Gardner & Melky Cabrera have both hit well this spring for the Yankees, but Brett Gardner has been steller. He is the faster of the two and possesses the better defense, even with a Johnny Damon-like arm. Cabrera has been labeled as a potential trade candidate, so this one looks like it could solve itself. It is more likely that these 2 split CF almost 50/50 this season.
The San Francisco Giants have their entire IF pretty much up for grabs this Spring. SS is set with Edgar Renteria, but the other slots are an open competition. Travis Ishikawa should be the 1B as he is having a big Spring. Kevin Fransden, Eugenio Velez, & Emmanuel Burris have had great Springs as well, and will continue to battle for 2B. Pablo Sandoval came in as the favourite for 3B and has hit very well, so the job should be his. Other guys with pretty good Springs who could still push their way into a picture: 3B/1B Joel Guzman, 3B/2B Juan Uribe, 3B/1B Rich Aurilia. The Giants have had everyone of their potential infielders put up great Springs, and it will make the decisions pretty hard. But I guess it is a good problem to have.
The Chicago White Sox have a battle going on for CF and lead-off, featuring Jerry Owens, Brian Anderson, and ex-Jay DeWayne Wise. Owens has gotten on-base, but hasn't hit worth a cock. Still, his average wouldn't be below .200 over a full season, so it could be flukey. Anderson has hit pretty well, but above his head with his track-record. He is clearly in the running for his defense, but if he can show consistant pop and on-base ability, then the job should be his. Wise is probably the best hitter of the bunch (not saying much), but he has no upside at his age. There could always be a late trade in Spring to solve the problem (Melky Cabrera, Gary Matthews Jr., Juan Pierre, etc.)
The Minnesota Twins have 5 outfielders for 4 spots (DH included), and going in to Spring, Denard Span seemed to be a favourite to land in the starting foursome. But, he has had a pretty lousy Spring, and serves a better purpose playing 4 times a week as a back-up for all 4 spots. Delmon Young, Mike Cuddyer, and Jason Kubel have all hit well this Spring, and Carlos Gomez is a plus defender in CF.
Last, but not least, is my favourite Spring Training battle. The Texas Rangers have 3 outstanding young catchers is Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Max Ramirez, and Taylor Teagarden. Salty has hit extremely well this Spring, while Teag has struggled some. Ramirez was at the WBC (playing a limited role), so he has had a late start into this battle. I don't believe that either should be backing up. One of them should be traded (Teagarden) for a starter (Boston? Florida?) while the other should be in AAA starting everyday. Adam Melhuse is in camp and would make a fine back-up, and veteren backstops are always in stock on the market.
Well, that's it for today.
It's not that I've been busy, I just kind of stopped caring for a bit. But, with the Season 11 days away, I'm starting to get that bit of excitement inside that I get when I see a 15 year old girl shopping with her Daddy.
Onto some baseball:
Matt Clement was optioned a couple days ago, and It leaves Richmond, Mills, and Romero fighting for 2 rotation spots behind Halladay, Litsch, & Purcey. I would like Romero & Mills to be the guys, but really it won't matter because whoever gets left out will still see some big league starts.
Brian Burres was sent to minor league camp as well, along with Randy Ruiz, Curtis Thigpen, Angel Sanchez, Rick Bauer, Brian Jeroloman, JP Arencibia, Bill Murphy, and Davis Romero.
None of those are surprises, although I though Thigpen would stick around until the end of Spring Training. I'm pretty sure Barrett will get the nod to back-up, which will end up a time-share. I suspect if Arencibia is raking after 2 months, he will get the call-up and Barajas will be traded or Barrett released.
Jason Lane continues to hit the ball really well. This is the rease the Bautista re-signing doesn't make sense. My feeling is that you should always at least 1 opening on your roster so that a guy who hits well in camp gets to crack the roster.
Speaking of Bautista, he has been getting some time at SS, which leads me to believe that Johnny Mac is on his way out. If Inglett & Bautista can each play a moderate SS, than Johnny doesn't need to be on the roster, hitting .150 with no power or on-base ability.
Brad Emaus is also hitting the ball really well, as is making a case for himself should Rolen go down for a stretch. Scott Campbell has been pretty impressive as well, so at least some quality gritty white guys are in the pipe-line. This also is doing nothing to calm down the voices in my head screaming that Aaron Hill should be playing SS, with Inglett at 2B.
Travis Snider has done nothing to deserve getting to AAA shaft, but I hope to see it so that his clock gets delayed. 2009 is a lost season anyways with the uncertainty in the rotation. This season should be about trying to builld value on Rolen & Overbay so that they can get something in return on the trade market next off-season.
Russ Adams is also making a case for himself that he is not a lost cause, as he is having a pretty hot Spring. He has played 2B & OF this spring, so he now he can make terrible throws from the OF now too.
Onto some other teams now.
Some battles going on this spring are pretty interesting.
Brett Gardner & Melky Cabrera have both hit well this spring for the Yankees, but Brett Gardner has been steller. He is the faster of the two and possesses the better defense, even with a Johnny Damon-like arm. Cabrera has been labeled as a potential trade candidate, so this one looks like it could solve itself. It is more likely that these 2 split CF almost 50/50 this season.
The San Francisco Giants have their entire IF pretty much up for grabs this Spring. SS is set with Edgar Renteria, but the other slots are an open competition. Travis Ishikawa should be the 1B as he is having a big Spring. Kevin Fransden, Eugenio Velez, & Emmanuel Burris have had great Springs as well, and will continue to battle for 2B. Pablo Sandoval came in as the favourite for 3B and has hit very well, so the job should be his. Other guys with pretty good Springs who could still push their way into a picture: 3B/1B Joel Guzman, 3B/2B Juan Uribe, 3B/1B Rich Aurilia. The Giants have had everyone of their potential infielders put up great Springs, and it will make the decisions pretty hard. But I guess it is a good problem to have.
The Chicago White Sox have a battle going on for CF and lead-off, featuring Jerry Owens, Brian Anderson, and ex-Jay DeWayne Wise. Owens has gotten on-base, but hasn't hit worth a cock. Still, his average wouldn't be below .200 over a full season, so it could be flukey. Anderson has hit pretty well, but above his head with his track-record. He is clearly in the running for his defense, but if he can show consistant pop and on-base ability, then the job should be his. Wise is probably the best hitter of the bunch (not saying much), but he has no upside at his age. There could always be a late trade in Spring to solve the problem (Melky Cabrera, Gary Matthews Jr., Juan Pierre, etc.)
The Minnesota Twins have 5 outfielders for 4 spots (DH included), and going in to Spring, Denard Span seemed to be a favourite to land in the starting foursome. But, he has had a pretty lousy Spring, and serves a better purpose playing 4 times a week as a back-up for all 4 spots. Delmon Young, Mike Cuddyer, and Jason Kubel have all hit well this Spring, and Carlos Gomez is a plus defender in CF.
Last, but not least, is my favourite Spring Training battle. The Texas Rangers have 3 outstanding young catchers is Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Max Ramirez, and Taylor Teagarden. Salty has hit extremely well this Spring, while Teag has struggled some. Ramirez was at the WBC (playing a limited role), so he has had a late start into this battle. I don't believe that either should be backing up. One of them should be traded (Teagarden) for a starter (Boston? Florida?) while the other should be in AAA starting everyday. Adam Melhuse is in camp and would make a fine back-up, and veteren backstops are always in stock on the market.
Well, that's it for today.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Re-Donkulous
It has been like 2 fuckin weeks since I have had any motivation to write anything about the Jays.
So, I guess I'll talk about the WBC first.
Fucking Netherlands!!!! Way to go you wooden shoe wearing goat fuckers. My support is fully behind the Dutch Rudders. The Australians will battle the Mexicans tonight to see who advances in their pool, and I am hoping the Ausies pull it off.
Canada was disapointing, but I won't pretend I'm surprised. I thought they were the 3rd best team, and I still think they were, despite the loss to the Italians. The Italians had a shitty pitching staff, but so did Canada. Your country really could've used you Dempster, you cock-sucker.
I was there on Saturday, and had chills during the Morneau MVP chants. The Bay chants were lame as fuck. I sat next to some dumb drunk fucks who knew shit about the players on Team Canada. Embarassing. The Italy-Venesuela games was solid, and those bean eaters sure know how to root for their team. Nice work. The Italian RF made a fantastic catch early, and Catalanotto showed his hitting prowess.
Some Blue Jay Stuff
The Spring Training stuff is boring as fuck, and the stations are doing a shit job of covering the Jays, especially Sportsnet. They barely mention the team, and when they do, they don't even show a realbox-score.
Some of the early stats show that Jason Lane is awesome, and Travis snider will not only win Rookie Of The Year, but MVP as well. In ridiculously small sample sizes, Scott Rolen will be nails and Russ Adams will win Comeback Player Of The Year.
I am hoping somehow that the Jays can keep Adams on the roster. I have always liked him as a hitter, and now that he can play the outfield poorly as well, he has increased versitility for sucking bag.
Jason Lane should be allowed to make the team if he keeps hitting well. I would prefer him over Millar and Bautista.
McDonald should be released is Inglett can even play a slightly below average SS. I really don't want to watch Mac hit .200 again. It would be fine if he had an OBP around .330, but no pitcher is afraid of cruising a big fat one to the team captain of the Belgiam girld softball team.
Oh, and if Michael Barrett actually makes the team, I am changing the name of my blog. Fuck Michael Barrett.
What is that smell? I think it is another craptastic roster prediction, hope style.
C Rod Barajas (ugh)
1B Lyle Overbay (ugh)
2B Aaron Hill
3B Scott Rolen (ugh)
SS Marco Scutaro (ugh)
LF Travis Snider
CF Alex Rios
RF Vernon Wells
DH Adam Lind
Bench
OF/1B Jason Lane
IF Joe Inglett
C Raul Chavez (at least he can play good D)
IF/OF Jose Bautista
What a pathetic hitting infield, The OF should be solid if Wells can stay healthy. Rios better be good this season or I will kill his family. In no way is that a serious threat, I swear.
Roy Halladay is awesome.
The rotation should be as follows.
Halladay, Litsch, Purcey, Mills, and Cecil should be the rotation by the end of April. Clement can start in the bigs, John Thomson style. This would push either Cecil's or Mills' free agency clock. Bullington could also be used the same way.
The bullpen should be Ryan, Downs, Carlson, League, Accardo, Janssen, Wolfe. Camp should be released and Tallet and Frasor should be traded for salary relief and fringe prospects, maybe even a better back-up SS.
Dirk Hayhurst has been impressive and could push the Jays to trade Accardo if he keeps it up. I wouldn't mind seeing Downs traded, as there is no reason to pay a reliever $3M on a non-championship caliber team.
This could be a frustrating season.
I hope I survive it.
So, I guess I'll talk about the WBC first.
Fucking Netherlands!!!! Way to go you wooden shoe wearing goat fuckers. My support is fully behind the Dutch Rudders. The Australians will battle the Mexicans tonight to see who advances in their pool, and I am hoping the Ausies pull it off.
Canada was disapointing, but I won't pretend I'm surprised. I thought they were the 3rd best team, and I still think they were, despite the loss to the Italians. The Italians had a shitty pitching staff, but so did Canada. Your country really could've used you Dempster, you cock-sucker.
I was there on Saturday, and had chills during the Morneau MVP chants. The Bay chants were lame as fuck. I sat next to some dumb drunk fucks who knew shit about the players on Team Canada. Embarassing. The Italy-Venesuela games was solid, and those bean eaters sure know how to root for their team. Nice work. The Italian RF made a fantastic catch early, and Catalanotto showed his hitting prowess.
Some Blue Jay Stuff
The Spring Training stuff is boring as fuck, and the stations are doing a shit job of covering the Jays, especially Sportsnet. They barely mention the team, and when they do, they don't even show a realbox-score.
Some of the early stats show that Jason Lane is awesome, and Travis snider will not only win Rookie Of The Year, but MVP as well. In ridiculously small sample sizes, Scott Rolen will be nails and Russ Adams will win Comeback Player Of The Year.
I am hoping somehow that the Jays can keep Adams on the roster. I have always liked him as a hitter, and now that he can play the outfield poorly as well, he has increased versitility for sucking bag.
Jason Lane should be allowed to make the team if he keeps hitting well. I would prefer him over Millar and Bautista.
McDonald should be released is Inglett can even play a slightly below average SS. I really don't want to watch Mac hit .200 again. It would be fine if he had an OBP around .330, but no pitcher is afraid of cruising a big fat one to the team captain of the Belgiam girld softball team.
Oh, and if Michael Barrett actually makes the team, I am changing the name of my blog. Fuck Michael Barrett.
What is that smell? I think it is another craptastic roster prediction, hope style.
C Rod Barajas (ugh)
1B Lyle Overbay (ugh)
2B Aaron Hill
3B Scott Rolen (ugh)
SS Marco Scutaro (ugh)
LF Travis Snider
CF Alex Rios
RF Vernon Wells
DH Adam Lind
Bench
OF/1B Jason Lane
IF Joe Inglett
C Raul Chavez (at least he can play good D)
IF/OF Jose Bautista
What a pathetic hitting infield, The OF should be solid if Wells can stay healthy. Rios better be good this season or I will kill his family. In no way is that a serious threat, I swear.
Roy Halladay is awesome.
The rotation should be as follows.
Halladay, Litsch, Purcey, Mills, and Cecil should be the rotation by the end of April. Clement can start in the bigs, John Thomson style. This would push either Cecil's or Mills' free agency clock. Bullington could also be used the same way.
The bullpen should be Ryan, Downs, Carlson, League, Accardo, Janssen, Wolfe. Camp should be released and Tallet and Frasor should be traded for salary relief and fringe prospects, maybe even a better back-up SS.
Dirk Hayhurst has been impressive and could push the Jays to trade Accardo if he keeps it up. I wouldn't mind seeing Downs traded, as there is no reason to pay a reliever $3M on a non-championship caliber team.
This could be a frustrating season.
I hope I survive it.
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