3:10 to Yuma. Nice to see a real Western. As usual, Christian Bale is a total chameleon, and Russell Crowe makes one of the coolest (and smartest) outlaws of all time. I think I may need to say more about this film later.
The War. No, not in Iraq. The PBS miniseries. It's another instant classic that'll have you shaking your head with wonder at the personal stories and incredible combat footage. Nothing is more guaranteed to elicit that odd emotional response whereby one laughs when he feels like crying. Your eyes will definitely well up at points. World War II was just that damn ridiculous. And nobody has a better sense of how to merge the personal and grander narratives of history than Ken Burns. High schools across the country should do away with social studies teachers and just show his films at this point.
National League baseball. After the Cardinals nose-dived, I didn't think I'd care that much about baseball. How could any sports lover fail to enjoy the absurdity of this last month, though? As I speak, the Padres and Rockies are tied in the top of the 13th. OF COURSE it went to extra innings. How could it not?
Hanley Ramirez. Who says there's no emotion in today's sports? After losing a bitter, hard-fought game against the Mets on the penultimate game of the season, Ramirez, who had been hit with a pitch, had some nice things to say after the game: "F*** everybody on the Mets... I'm going to kick their a**** tomorrow." The Marlins, of course, had no reason to play except to knock New York out of the playoffs and help them complete the second-worst choke in baseball history. And they did just that. Looking forward to those head-to-head matchups next year.
Robin van Persie.
Troy Tulowitzki.
Nailing the AL. With my preseason predictions. They still stand, by the way. Of course, in the NL, I didn't pick a single team correctly (Thanks, Mets). So now I'll take this opportunity to try again:
Cubs over Diamondbacks.
Padres over Phillies
Cubs over Padres. The baby bears will then get the honor of representing the senior circuit and losing to the BoSox in the World Series that everyone wanted to see four years ago.
I am anti...
Philip Rivers, Frank Gore, Brian Westbrook (get off the damn bench), Torry Holt, and Darrell Jackson. They know what they did. Team Shane Falco is in a crisis.
Everyone on the Rams. Every last one of 'em. (Trust me, I'll come back to this.)
Hockey. Oh. who cares? Well, actually, I do. But it's gotten very hard lately.
The Rockies losing. Which it appears as though they're going to do. I was really rooting for this club in the absence of my Cards. At the moment, my buddy Jason and I are trying to figure out what Torrealba could have said to Julio right before he got massively tagged by Hairston:
wherespopeyes (23:57:50) : "ok, so here's the plan: throw the straightest fastball you can as close as possible to the middle of the plate"
Ah, baseball.wherespopeyes (23:58:19) : maybe torr just told hairston what was coming becuase he wanted to get to the post-game buffet
JimEdStan (23:59:25) : "ok, here's the plan: 1) throw him a fat fastball right down the middle, 2) pour gasoline on self, 3) light match"
In other news, the Cardinals are still the World Champions. (I just want to enjoy saying that for the next couple weeks while I still can.)
2 comments:
I made the same comment to jeff that Team Shane Falco took a weird and prompt turn for the worse
maybe you should have taken my offer for torry holt before we both found out how awful the rams are this year
Well written article.
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