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Gaylord Perry was such a poor hitter that in 1962 or '63, his manager Alvin Dark made the quip, "there'll be a man on the moon before Perry hits a home run." On July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the moon at 1:17 p.m. 34 minutes later, Perry launched his first career home run against the Dodgers.

I echo your appraisal of The Brutalist-I was reluctant to dive into such a long movie and I had heard some digs about its pacing, but I found the story incredibly compelling. Great acting all around and Brody definitely deserved the Oscar, but I dare say that Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones were...

I forgot to mention, I also watched Adventureland on the flight home and sorry to say, it didn’t clear the bar of TWWB for me. I liked it, but no one matched the charisma of Rockwell, the character that kept hitting Eisenberg’s character in the nuts was annoying as fck, and in relation to that...

A mystery to me also-btw, I saw somewhere that Rich Hill joined Edwin Jackson this week, each having played for 14 teams; Jackson has the bonus of being born in Germany though, so he can stake the claim of king of IG.

I'd much rather they trade the relievers than Ryan or Lopez (not that Lopez is a candidate, but you get my gist). The reason you pointed out and I've highlighted above is the reason that some teams out there might be willing to give up top prospects rather than the likely meager, years away...

And if they can garner anything for Brock Stewart, deal him too. Let's see how Varland does in the closer role for the back end of this season. As has been pointed out by others much smarter than me, bullpen arms are: a) mercurial; b) easier to replace/reclamate than starting...

My first movie on my long return trip to India was Tango & Cash, which I watched for the first time since perhaps the movie theatre (I discovered afterward it was the very last movie released of the '80s, through Bill Simmons' Rewatchables podcast) and it was so awesome in its overwhelming '80s...

I don't think this has been discussed on here when it originally was released in theatres, but watched Robert Zemeckis' Here with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright as the leads (no, it wasn't what would have happened if Jenny never got AIDS, although if Forrest was a bit more sharp. . .) I really was...

I finally got around to watching I'm Still Here on my flight back to India and it was stunningly devastating--without giving away too much, the last 15 minutes or so, set in present times, had me wiping away tears, but the entire movie is a powerhouse throughout. As with you, I knew little of...

Here’s a scolding for us all. I wonder how many of the board members have side pieces? https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/editorial-at-a-coldplay-concert-a-kiss-cam-catches-a-cuddle-and-ruins-lives/

What's the popular conservative/MAGA saying? Feelings aren't facts? LOL, again, your distaste for Colbert doesn't reside in facts. The fact is, as has been stated by several others on here already, the late night show format is dying and has been for quite awhile, all the numbers bear that...

Supposedly he was seriously considering signing with the T-Wolves but ultimately decided to return to Portland. That would have been a fascinating addition, although I don’t know that he would have gotten them closer to breaking through.

Hell, the broadcast channels might as well roll it back to the ‘70s, save some cash, and bring this back (except at 10:30, not midnight): On second thought, at 11:00-first run Cheers reruns; Cheers always felt right at 10:30. And of course, Benny Hill on Sunday nights.

It should also be added, while Gutfield’s numbers far outpace Colbert’s, he’s also coming onto screens at 9pm central time, a full hour and a half before Colbert and the rest. Gutfield’s show is shown during traditional prime time format.

I brought the 10 million You Tube subscribers into the conversation separate from the ratings numbers; while I could be accused of being disingenuous with not including Fallon or others in that reference, I truly wasn’t—it was a statistic I saw online to bolster the ratings numbers. What the...

Colbert dominates the late night ratings versus Kimmel & Fallon. Additionally, the Colbert Report has 10 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. The people haven’t spoken-Paramount (CBS’ parent company) just sold out the CBS News division to push through a merger and is sensitive to...

The Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast did a deep dive into the Beasley story this week, with quite a bit of background on him and the dubious connection between the shady characters in the Jontay Porter situation and Beasley’s. It’s a fascinating listen and you’ll come away echoing what an anonymous...

Joe Ryan representing the Twins proudly-quick 1-2-3 inning with strikeouts of Manny Machado and Kyle Tucker, with a one pitch pop-up by Will Smith sandwiched in between. I don’t think he had to even throw 10 pitches.

Be careful-I was sure Bobby Castillo was a shoo-in for outside the US and turns out he was an L.A. born native. Btw, Brooks Lee (only 1 team/played 3rd base) brought me to 1390 players today. I think I might be leaning on current Twins (or real recent) to push me to 1400.

I wasn’t able to watch the HR Derby last night, but someone on BlueSky posted an old black and white Home Run Derby episode where Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. I intended to watch for a few minutes but ended up watching the whole show-it was really compelling, including the awkward interplay...