An offer to Judge, a change in legal strategy for Yasiel Puig, and some talk about Cocaine Bear, Avatar, conservatives' victim complex, making ED-209 a reality, Spotify Wrapped, and Christine McVie
One of my favorite pockets of Twitter that crops up every now and again are the folks who try to physics and math their way to whether or not the door was too small. I personally don't care either way, I just love that level of investigation.
Titanic isn't awful. The acting is pretty good. And it's better than some other Academy Award winning blockbusters like Gladiator and Braveheart. (And say what you will about Cameron but at least he isn't the reprehensible Mel Gibson.)
I’m surprised you didn’t get “Aussie Indie” from Spotify. I imagined that Carlo would have been playing some King Gizzard on you phone for no other reason than to intentionally skew your year-end results.
Someone (and that someone is almost for sure the Yankees) is going to overpay for Judge and end up with a platoon DH in about five years. But after last season he should get paid in some fashion, and if he puts up even two more years like 2022 and gets a team to the World Series, it's worth it.
The obvious sequel to Cocaine Bear is Breaking Bear, about a meth-dealing grizzly. And of course Cheech and Chong's Bear in Smoke.
Leak what you will pay, get outbid, shrug/flex and say you made a great offer. Best offer eva. If the offer was so great, why has it not been signed? Why are they negotiating out loud?
Either way, why leak it every time you make an offer? Worst case it's teams sending strong smoke signals. Best case scenario is that it's just stupid at a "Blazing Saddles" gun-to-my-own-head level IMO, which is about where the Yankees front office rests these days.
I have not looked at the most recent CBA but every once since the 1960s (arising out of the Koufax & Drysdale joint holdout) expressly prohibited teams from sharing their offers with each other. It chills the bidding process. “You are offering $; I only need to offer $+£.”
i'm a little disappointed that Trevor doesn't seem to be related to Jim Gott? I remember using every bad dad joke (with my dad) when he was pitching for the Pirates. "Jim Gott Hammered" by the Mets. "Jim Gott Lit-Up." Even better than when Hippolito Pena used to pitch for them too. "He pull it too, Pena!"
I know we have a few posters from Great Britain but don’t know if we have any from Germany. Gott min uns? Gott der Seemann? Or after a bad outing, Gott in himmel!
Via interaction on Twitter I know we do have at least a couple of subscribers from Germany but I am not sure if they have commented here or not. If they ARE regular commenters, I didn't match their user name here up with their ID on Twitter.
Don't forget the religious overtones when Jim Gott was on the mound and Tim Teufel was at the plate. Baseball Reference tells me they faced each other 11 times, and Teufel had an OPS of .919 in those encounters. I don't know what conclusion can be drawn from that.
Every time I drive by a water tower with my kid he says, “I’m glad we don’t live here! Because the first thing that gets blown up is the water tower. If there is a plane crash, it’s going to hit the water tower.”
And funny enough, the dead drug lord who dealed in mind-altering drugs and whose brain is implanted into the menacing, bear-sized police robot in RoboCop 2 (pictured in today's Cup of Coffee) was named Cain.
That "adult" aspect of Christine McVie — real or imagined — totally came through to me in her singing, even as a kid. I love Stevie, but Christine was never trying to channel a Welsh witch or any other such nonsense. And in the post-Janis world, it was a revelation to hear that a woman could be bluesy and soulful in her singing without resorting to showy "blues mama" cliches. She just seemed content to be herself (even if that self was deeply conflicted about things that were going on in her life), and write, sing and play amazing songs which just happened to soundtrack a lot of my happier childhood moments. This one does indeed hurt.
I mean I think her songwriting was accomplished by all the crap going on around/with her in the band. It seemed like a bit of Therapy for her to write about all those things. I always wondered what it was like for the other band members playing her songs. Was it an uncomfortable introspection for them or were they just so out of it, they didn't care.
Speaking of Stevie, my wife and I saw here open for Rod Stewart about 5 or 6 years ago. Afterward my wife asked me if she was the "Witchy Woman" due to her attire and movements on the stage.
It says the Yankees might increase their offer if the Giants match it, but how would they know the Giants matched it? Aside from taking the word of Judge's agent. Teams don't publicize what their offers are. It's not uncommon for a writer to get news of it, like Passan did in this case. But if often turns out those rumors were off by a bit. Sometimes more than a bit.
Maybe the Giants would give an offer in writing that Judge's agent can then show the Yankees? I don't know how it works.
I often wax poetic about pre-covid life, but now i'm going to have to add a new mile marker in life as life before the Cocaine Bear trailer, and after. A friend of mine excitedly texted me about it yesterday and after the initial confusion of "wait, Ray Liotta, this is his final movie? Why God Why?..." I guess with such poor overall faire in theatres, this will do quite nicely, or I'll forever ignore it, not sure what'll happen first.
We use Amazon Music for our constant tunage and not spotify, so not sure i can get one of those cool concert poster thingies, but it'd basically be Rush opening for the Beatles every night of the festival, kinda boring but very on brand for me. But it'd be pretty mashed up with the newer Juice Wrld-flavored stuff my son listens to which is completely the opposite.
I remember quite enjoying Avatar and it being entirely forgettable except that it was exactly like Dances with Wolves, and all the jokes we've made for a decade about sequels eventually coming. Either nobody will watch it or it'll be the 3rd most popular movie ever, not sure how it'll break. Too bad they couldn't get Wong to cameo.
Losing Christine McVie to me was the equivalent in fandom to the day us Rush fans lost Neil Peart. I feel for every F.M. fan today. She was the backbone of at least what we perceive of that band, if not in reality then at least in the back of our minds. What a voice, what talent. What a loss for all of us.
Here's hoping Al Roker recovers nicely. Terrible time of the year for him to be on the shelf with the parade and tree lighting, here's for a quick recovery and back to what's going on around the country in our neck of the woods.
Here's hoping Aaron Judge extracts every dollar he can in his Winter '22-'23 revenge tour.
As you can imagine, my Spotify Wrapped was especially charged because of everything that happened this year - and not surprisingly, I am a Frank Turner superfan (over 60 hours on him alone!) with The Next Storm at the top of my list. Rejoice, rebuild the storm has passed…
PS Waiting for the Nats to say they offered 8/296M #ShootJustMissedAgain
a friend of my son's was super proud that he says he represented .5% of the ENTIRE INTERNET's listening to Eminem. Hey, if you wanna wear that, flaunt it.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, I loved that trailer. Will definitely watch once it streams, won’t go to movies though. Also loved ‘White Line’, brought back some 80’s memories.
There’s no doubt in my mind that Cocaine Bear will be a massive hit, quickly scooped up by Disney, and followed up with a number of movies starring characters such as Meth Raccoon and Fentanyl Frog. Somehow Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd and Chris Evans will eventually make their way into the Universe.
i'm just grateful for the door being too short. Bye Jack.
One of my favorite pockets of Twitter that crops up every now and again are the folks who try to physics and math their way to whether or not the door was too small. I personally don't care either way, I just love that level of investigation.
Titanic isn't awful. The acting is pretty good. And it's better than some other Academy Award winning blockbusters like Gladiator and Braveheart. (And say what you will about Cameron but at least he isn't the reprehensible Mel Gibson.)
My biggest beef with Titanic winning the Oscar isn't that it's a bad movie. It's that LA Confidential was so much better.
I’m surprised you didn’t get “Aussie Indie” from Spotify. I imagined that Carlo would have been playing some King Gizzard on you phone for no other reason than to intentionally skew your year-end results.
Cocaine Bear is giving me a reason to live until February. It looks like the most insane movie ever and I can't wait to see it.
Looks like I found a fellow devotee to Cedar Rapids. When Isiah Whitlock goes into Wire mode, I just lose it.
I will be extremely disappointed if there isn't a well timed Sheeeeeit.
With Rhys and Russell, seems like a really weird The Americans reunion.
I love that it has not one not two but THREE actors from *The Americans* in it!!!!
Or a rogue Russian bear! Any other old heads remember Misha, the mascot from the 1980 Olympics!?!?
Someone (and that someone is almost for sure the Yankees) is going to overpay for Judge and end up with a platoon DH in about five years. But after last season he should get paid in some fashion, and if he puts up even two more years like 2022 and gets a team to the World Series, it's worth it.
The obvious sequel to Cocaine Bear is Breaking Bear, about a meth-dealing grizzly. And of course Cheech and Chong's Bear in Smoke.
The Yankees are almost pathological in the way they "leak" Judge offers.
It's a good thing this kinda thing is not collusion!!
But how would making Judge the highest paid player be collusion?
Leak what you will pay, get outbid, shrug/flex and say you made a great offer. Best offer eva. If the offer was so great, why has it not been signed? Why are they negotiating out loud?
It's not a good look even if it isn't collusion. But maybe they are really just bidding against themselves and the Giants aren't a serious buyer?
Either way, why leak it every time you make an offer? Worst case it's teams sending strong smoke signals. Best case scenario is that it's just stupid at a "Blazing Saddles" gun-to-my-own-head level IMO, which is about where the Yankees front office rests these days.
I have not looked at the most recent CBA but every once since the 1960s (arising out of the Koufax & Drysdale joint holdout) expressly prohibited teams from sharing their offers with each other. It chills the bidding process. “You are offering $; I only need to offer $+£.”
Of course it happens all the time.
Now I dread the coming of Bear Week.
I’m sorry but the failure to write “Seattle Gott its Man” makes me question my subscription.
i'm a little disappointed that Trevor doesn't seem to be related to Jim Gott? I remember using every bad dad joke (with my dad) when he was pitching for the Pirates. "Jim Gott Hammered" by the Mets. "Jim Gott Lit-Up." Even better than when Hippolito Pena used to pitch for them too. "He pull it too, Pena!"
I know we have a few posters from Great Britain but don’t know if we have any from Germany. Gott min uns? Gott der Seemann? Or after a bad outing, Gott in himmel!
Via interaction on Twitter I know we do have at least a couple of subscribers from Germany but I am not sure if they have commented here or not. If they ARE regular commenters, I didn't match their user name here up with their ID on Twitter.
Don't forget the religious overtones when Jim Gott was on the mound and Tim Teufel was at the plate. Baseball Reference tells me they faced each other 11 times, and Teufel had an OPS of .919 in those encounters. I don't know what conclusion can be drawn from that.
Gott clearly was infatuated with the Teufel Scheufel.
Every time I drive by a water tower with my kid he says, “I’m glad we don’t live here! Because the first thing that gets blown up is the water tower. If there is a plane crash, it’s going to hit the water tower.”
Good luck SF with those robots.
Speaking of water towers, read "Mimic" by Donald A. Wollheim..... It answers the question of why there are so many of them in NYC....
San Francisco watches ONE movie, but it's "Cocaine Bear" then they send in robots on cocaine.
And funny enough, the dead drug lord who dealed in mind-altering drugs and whose brain is implanted into the menacing, bear-sized police robot in RoboCop 2 (pictured in today's Cup of Coffee) was named Cain.
Not to pick nits, but that pic is of Dick Jones (aka Ronny Cox) from the first Robocop.
That "adult" aspect of Christine McVie — real or imagined — totally came through to me in her singing, even as a kid. I love Stevie, but Christine was never trying to channel a Welsh witch or any other such nonsense. And in the post-Janis world, it was a revelation to hear that a woman could be bluesy and soulful in her singing without resorting to showy "blues mama" cliches. She just seemed content to be herself (even if that self was deeply conflicted about things that were going on in her life), and write, sing and play amazing songs which just happened to soundtrack a lot of my happier childhood moments. This one does indeed hurt.
I mean I think her songwriting was accomplished by all the crap going on around/with her in the band. It seemed like a bit of Therapy for her to write about all those things. I always wondered what it was like for the other band members playing her songs. Was it an uncomfortable introspection for them or were they just so out of it, they didn't care.
Speaking of Stevie, my wife and I saw here open for Rod Stewart about 5 or 6 years ago. Afterward my wife asked me if she was the "Witchy Woman" due to her attire and movements on the stage.
It says the Yankees might increase their offer if the Giants match it, but how would they know the Giants matched it? Aside from taking the word of Judge's agent. Teams don't publicize what their offers are. It's not uncommon for a writer to get news of it, like Passan did in this case. But if often turns out those rumors were off by a bit. Sometimes more than a bit.
Maybe the Giants would give an offer in writing that Judge's agent can then show the Yankees? I don't know how it works.
All those f-bombs in the Cocaine Bear trailer, Isiah Whitlock Jr. in the cast, and not one "Sheeeeeeeeit".
I am disappoint, but I will happily see this movie because I think it's going to be batshit.
You should think about Every Which Way But Loose more than Avatar, it is a stone cold classic.
Maybe it should have been Cocaine Orangutan.
Murders in the Rue Morgue?
I think those Clint films are the opposite of chick flicks. I have been trying to get my wife to watch them with me but it is a big fat no every time.
They're so dopy and formulaic, but also good-natured. I can't resist pulling one up every now and then.
"Right turn, Clyde!"
I often wax poetic about pre-covid life, but now i'm going to have to add a new mile marker in life as life before the Cocaine Bear trailer, and after. A friend of mine excitedly texted me about it yesterday and after the initial confusion of "wait, Ray Liotta, this is his final movie? Why God Why?..." I guess with such poor overall faire in theatres, this will do quite nicely, or I'll forever ignore it, not sure what'll happen first.
We use Amazon Music for our constant tunage and not spotify, so not sure i can get one of those cool concert poster thingies, but it'd basically be Rush opening for the Beatles every night of the festival, kinda boring but very on brand for me. But it'd be pretty mashed up with the newer Juice Wrld-flavored stuff my son listens to which is completely the opposite.
I remember quite enjoying Avatar and it being entirely forgettable except that it was exactly like Dances with Wolves, and all the jokes we've made for a decade about sequels eventually coming. Either nobody will watch it or it'll be the 3rd most popular movie ever, not sure how it'll break. Too bad they couldn't get Wong to cameo.
Losing Christine McVie to me was the equivalent in fandom to the day us Rush fans lost Neil Peart. I feel for every F.M. fan today. She was the backbone of at least what we perceive of that band, if not in reality then at least in the back of our minds. What a voice, what talent. What a loss for all of us.
Here's hoping Al Roker recovers nicely. Terrible time of the year for him to be on the shelf with the parade and tree lighting, here's for a quick recovery and back to what's going on around the country in our neck of the woods.
Here's hoping Aaron Judge extracts every dollar he can in his Winter '22-'23 revenge tour.
As you can imagine, my Spotify Wrapped was especially charged because of everything that happened this year - and not surprisingly, I am a Frank Turner superfan (over 60 hours on him alone!) with The Next Storm at the top of my list. Rejoice, rebuild the storm has passed…
PS Waiting for the Nats to say they offered 8/296M #ShootJustMissedAgain
a friend of my son's was super proud that he says he represented .5% of the ENTIRE INTERNET's listening to Eminem. Hey, if you wanna wear that, flaunt it.
Wow. 0.5% seems impossible for one person when the artist is as well known as Eminem. For some really obscure band I could see it.
He must listen to Eminem 24/7/365.
I got top 1% of Depeche Mode and thought that was a lot.
Then Allison told me that she was top 0.1% for Depeche Mode. Which . . . whoa.
That was me for Frank- strangely satisfying 😎
You forgot #darnMASNContract
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, I loved that trailer. Will definitely watch once it streams, won’t go to movies though. Also loved ‘White Line’, brought back some 80’s memories.
There’s no doubt in my mind that Cocaine Bear will be a massive hit, quickly scooped up by Disney, and followed up with a number of movies starring characters such as Meth Raccoon and Fentanyl Frog. Somehow Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd and Chris Evans will eventually make their way into the Universe.
Rocket might already count as Meth Raccoon.
Cocaine Bear seems like Snakes on a Plane for 2023.
I mean that as the greatest compliment.