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Big win @ Dallas tonight. Team seems to be playing much better of late.

Just curious what this is based on? He only has 13 career plate appearances, so you couldn't draw any conclusions either way, but even if you relied on that small sample he has a .250 OBP and .200 SLG in those limited opportunities. In the interview he did with Toronto radio, his tone was very apprehensive about batting regularly and he described his career at bats in an almost fearful-sounding way. "You couldn't get me out of the box soon enough ... I don't know how hitters do it." (paraphrase) I believe I read it in an article on some other site that Marcum is both a solid fielder and hitter. Hence the word 'supposedly' because there isn't really data pointing one direction or another.

Marcum is supposedly a really good hitter. The Brewers could have one of the better hitting staffs in recent memory if that holds true.

I wouldn't count the Reds out just yet. They are one of the teams inquiring about Greinke. Could you imagine that rotation if they got him?

The Secret in Their Eyes This Argentinian film from writer director Juan Jose Campanella is simply brilliant. It's about a retired prosecutor who begins writing a novel about a brutal rape and murder case he worked on 25 years earlier. As he delves further into the mystery he uncovers facts about the case and about himself and his relationship with his former boss that bare striking similarities. It's as if the murder mystery unravels two plot lines. The performances are all top notch, the script is terrific, and cinematography incredible (there's one chase scene shot during a soccer match that had me hitting the rewind button two or three times). All in all this is one of the better films I've seen in several months. Not quite as satisfying a script as The Lives of Others but better performances. ----- Continued here: viewtopic.php?f=67&t=30868

Age matters. When you're the second youngest player in your league and post an .800 OPS which is top 15ish in that league, it means you know what you're doing with the bat. His SLG was very triples heavy which is hard to reproduce. Without seeing those triples it's hard to say whether they were grounders or liners or what so it's difficult to project if they'll turn into home runs as he ages.

http://sports.espn.go.com...lb/news/story?id=5892211 LOney and Broxton for Fielder rumor.

Well there's the Brewers' #1 prospect and then there's guys like Mike Stanton. Stanton is on an entirely different plane prospect wise than Lawrie.

Only negative peripheral I saw on Marcum was a higher than average strand rate. Everything else looked good. His season was legit in my eyes and not a fluke.

Now its just Lawrie for Marcum straight up.....ok, I'm done until this gets sorted out.

Heard a rumor its Lawrie, Gamel, and Bucci

Actually, I'm going to wait and see what Keith Law thinks before passing judgment. If he hates it for Milwaukee, then I'll be ecstatic.

If he gets guys out, I couldn't care less how hard he throws. I'm going to withhold judgment until we see what the Brewers gave up. Another rumor out there is that Cain is involved. That would suck.

The average high in Qatar in June, July, and August is 106. Have fun, boys!

Now that school is over for the quarter, I've been catching up on my Netflix queue. Here are some I've watched recently: Chaser Korean film about an ex-cop pimp whose ladies start to go missing. Pretty solid thriller with some good performances. There are some holes in the story and Act II was kind of slow (the movie could have probably been about 30 minutes shorter) but all in all it kept my attention. Some solid camera work and nice gore for those that are into that kind of thing. Dead Man's Shoes Paddy Considine (was the reporter that gets assassinated in one of the Jason Bourne movies) co-wrote and starred in this brutal drama about a British soldier who returns to his small home town to seek revenge on a gang of thugs that tormented his mentally challenged brother. Considine is good but not great in his role as vicious heavy. I didn't totally buy into the fact that these guys would have been so fearful of him but that's a minor complaint about his performance. The relationship between Considine and his younger brother is subtle and well written. The scenes in which Considine goes about netting revenge are very well done and extremely creepy. He wants to teach the lads a lesson as he inflicts all sorts of pain on them - both physical and psychological. All in all it's a good picture with a non stereotypical revenge pic ending that wraps things up nicely. The Girl Who Played with Fire Sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, this is the second installment in the Stieg Larssson thriller trilogy (Tattoo is currently in production for an American release). The film centers around a girl (who plays with fire and has a tattoo) who is framed for the murder of a journalist and his girlfriend just as he is about to bust open a sex slave ring involving some very high profile members of government. Along the way we realize that the murders and the girl are interconnected through a plot line that started in the first movie. All in all this is a good movie although not as successful as the first film. I love seeing the seedy underbelly of Swedish society. The Swedes seem so suburban on the surface - even the thugs - that it makes the violence and macabre nature of their proclivities even more unexpected and strange. There are some really bad performances in this episode and it's not as well crafted as the first but still a solid movie. The final installment comes out on DVD in January. Pillars of the Earth This 8 part mini series produced by Tony and Ridley Scott is based on the best selling novel by Ken Follett. I actually read the book about 10 years ago and had no idea this was made into a mini series until i stumbled across it during a Netflix search. The story is based in England in the 12th century where the church and the king (in that order) have absolute power. There's a love story, there's deceit, there's political intrigue, there's grand ambition, there's gore, family secrets, disease, murder, rape, incest.....this thing has it all. At the center is the construction of a cathedral which is very grandiose for its time - groundbreaking in some ways. The book goes into much more detail on cathedral building which was fascinating but the film does a good enough job covering what's necessary. All in all I found this a really good piece of drama. I could have watched all 8 episodes in a night if I had the time. Ian McShane (Deadwood) is his usual awesome self as the power hungry Bishop Waleran - the man who manipulates both sides to protect his secret and propel him up the church's ranks. The Human Centipede Yikes.

Nielsen was hilarious no doubt but it was Zucker Abrahams and Zucker that made him funny. Nielsen was a better actor than he was a comedian. Perfect casting, and great commitment on Nielsen's part to just play the role and not try and be funny.

It's starting to remind me of Lost where the CDC is like the Orchid (or whatever that station was called). Only instead of "others" lurking in the jungle it's flesh eating zombies. Next week's finale looks pretty entertaining.

I'm sorry about the loss of your husband. We would have come earlier but he wasn't dead then.

I just want to wish you good luck, Leslie. We're all counting on you.

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Or you could yell "home run!" when they cross the goal line.

Pretty cool, UA. I'd have introduced the guy earlier and then had more cuts between the two of them. That's cool FTJ agreed to be in your video.

The can play the exhibitions but not regular games.

Crap you're right. I was thinking camera sensor, not TV.

1080p and 120Hz minimum. 1080 refers to the number of rows of pixels from top to bottom. More rows = better resolution. It's actually short for 1440x1080 (1440 is the columns, and 1080 is the rows). "P" refers to the way the image is scanned onto the screen (progressive). The other option is "i" which is "interlaced". I could go into what that means but you probably don't care. Most people probably wouldn't notice a difference between the two anyway but most articles I've read say P is better so if you have the option get P.