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I've had this idea for a while and figured I might as well throw it out on the table. (And yes, I do realize that Brian has enough on his plate already) It seems like a couple times a year, we get a thread asking for people to recommend books about baseball to read. So, I got the idea that it might be kinda convenient to make a feature of the website where people could recommend and review baseball books. And, each recommendation could have a link to the book on Amazon.com so that Brewerfan could get a percentage of any of the books that are purchased. Just wondering what other people thought.

Man, 12 bucks for one of those cool little logos; that's worth it enough for me.

Yeah, Bottle Rocket isn't easy to get. I had to go to three different video rental places before I found it, and even then it was an old, scratchy VHS. I have since then broke down and got it from Amzon on DVD.

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou There are two types of people with respect to Wes Anderson; people who absolutely can't stand his movies, and people who think the man is a cinematic genius. I fall heavily into the latter category, so needless to say I absolutely loved this movie. The thing that I really liked about this one was how it took place in a bright and lively atmosphere; with his other movies such as Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and The Royal Tenenbaums, they always seem to take place sometime in autumn and the weather is perpetually overcast. Not only was it sort of a pleasant change, but the contrasting dark-comedy genre and tropical setting was pleasingly quirky. All in all, I enjoyed it immensely, but then again, I don't think he'll ever make a movie that I don't love. Garden State This is an old one, but it definitely ranks in the top five of my favorite movies. Acting is great, the story is great, the soundtrack is great, and the cinematography is amazing. Napolean Dynamite I take a lot of crap for my opinion of this movie, but whatever. Definitely a huge waste of my time. The comedies that I prefer must be witty and slightly intellecutual, this movie was neither. Also, it seemed to be lacking something very essential to a movie; a plot. I could go on for days about its failings as a movie, but I won't. House of Flying Daggers Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we only get the chance to see the better movies that they make over there, but I have thoroughly enjoyed movies of this type; although, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon still blows Hero and House of Flying Daggers out of the water. Once again, I'm a sucker for good cinematography, but the use of color was absolutely stunning. The ending didn't sit great with me ?then again, neither of the other two really ended on a high note? but something just didn't feel right. Anyways, I'll let it slide. The Station Agent Don't really have anything specific for this, except for the fact that it's an exceptional film and I definitely recommend it. A nice little dark drama. Batman Begins To sum it up in one word; disappointing. Now, I don't know which one is right, but the fact that a lot of the story clashed with the Batman cartoon that I used to watch religiously just didn't sit well with me. The "fight scenes" were the worst part. You couldn't tell what the heck was going on. It was a bunch of people dressed in dark clothing, fighting in a darkly lit area, and half of the footage was someone's fist flying across the screen or something equally ambiguous. But, to end on a high note, it was much better than the other Batman movies. I thought about listing a bunch of my favorite foreign films here, but I may just save that for a later time.

I hate having bases loaded and one out and only getting one run Actually, the bases were loaded with no out.

Didn't have that problem here. Bob talked to Ned and Jim was just talking to Doug Melvin.

This game is on tv? Yeah, it was the only scheduled one of the series. But from what I hear, Sunday will be too?

Glover's done. 7 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 10 K 109 pitches, 73 strikes

I think Magruder is a 3rd or 4th string catcher. When Botallico was still around, I think he was 5th string.

nobody hates that more than Damian Chad could probably argue that.

How's this look for a rotation next year? 1. Glover 2. Helling 3. Sheets 4. Capuano 5. Davis http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

It's 3 runs. EDIT: To elaborate...

Well, it is becoming clear that the bullpen is doing all it can to prevent us from getting over .500

Helling, ya bum, ya.

I doubt that Dana's performance last night will have any bearing on what happens with next year's rotation. You have to admit that Eveland getting beat up pretty bad and Helling continuing to dominate as a starter means something. I highly doubt that Doug and/or Ned will just overlook what each player has done this year. And, I refuse to accept the fact that Helling is not capable of being a solid starter next year. This is baseball, anything is possible.

Especially with Eveland's collapse last night, Helling is making quite a case to be our fifth starter next year.

Durrington, ya bum.

All we really need is for Turnbow to get the save, but I'm really hoping that we score like 15 runs this inning.

This is orgasmic.

Miller got a triple? My head is spinning.

RALLY!!!

This blows.

This is disgusting. Maddux heading out there, let's hope he's going to pitch.

Brewers win!!

What's going on? Can any of the pitchers throw a strike?