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QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Sep 11, 2011 -> 06:09 PM) How did anyone think Bucky Larson was going to make money, they advertised the hell out of it too. As a native Iowan, it's annoying the idiotic stereotype of the local yokel with the protruding overbite and bowl cut. Seems with this genre of movie, you have to push the envelope as far as possible now...or not make the movie at all. Another example would be Piranha 3D versus Shark Night. I get they want to have a PG rating to attract more teenagers, and most of the teenagers would probably buy a ticket for another movie and then sneak in anyway, but you would think SOMEONE would pull the plug before these movies made it to a theatre. Piranha was always meant to be tongue-in-cheek and they promoted the over-the-top T&A element, so it was relatively successful with that marketing approach at least. Maybe their egos are simply too big...like Adam Sandler's. I tried to watch CREATURE online and the worst part about it is that it truly is so bad....it's not even amusing to watch because the horribleness makes it funny or amusing.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/09/11/box-...port-contagion/ Ooops, CREATURE averaged 2 people per show, per theatre....Bucky Larson, 8.333 Two of the worst wide releases in history in one weekend, to challenge good 'ol DELGO

I really liked Midnight in Paris and the previous one Allen did, simply because I have a crush on Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire/Planet of the Apes). http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bucky_lars...n_to_be_a_star/ Bucky Larson currently fighting it out with Delgo to be the worst wide-release movie ever....hope Nick Swardson didn't buy a $3+ million house in the Kenny "The Genius" Williams Hills just yet, after this one and Your Highness.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/10/m...o_n_956409.html http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/09/10/jona...ogM-2H-LN-Jonah Hill on 'Moneyball' and being an underdog: 'I was at the bottom of a list of other actors you'd expect to see in this part.' Jonah Hill on snagging the 2nd lead (behind Pitt) in a dramatic role

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) It he were a hitter, Greg Walker would be the issue. How come no issue with Cooper? He clearly didn't perform very well for the White Sox last year. Then you have to give the White Sox/Cooper credit for (the opposite of Hudson) being patient with Humber....whereas the Mets, Twins and Royals clearly were not, as I think he only had 3-4 starts combined amongst those three teams before we pilfered him from the A's roster.

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 09:18 PM) But didn't Twins limit his ABs for 1/2 the season, if memory serves me correct? It was closer to 2 months...before Morneau went down for the year, and they also had to juggle playing time with Young, Span, Kubel and Cuddyer in the DH slot.

Good idea. They can have Rios/Dunn/Peavy (2008) and Beckham rookie cards (2010) arrayed with their more glowing statistics highlighted. At this point, fans probably believe more in Brent Morel being a 725-775 OPS 3B than Gordon Beckham ever managing the same at 2B.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 07:45 PM) No, Moneyball was about Michael Lewis giving Billy Beane and the Oakland front office a complete hand job. Sabermetrics existed long before Billy Beane and heavy steroid use. Research about Markov models of baseball lineups existed in the late 80s and there were numerous books written on similar research. People just think Moneyball made sabermetrics because it was the first time they heard about it. Who would go to a movie starring Paul Giamatti or Dan Fogler as Bill James?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 07:39 PM) So thats a no, they were not enough to make up 9.5 games. Clearly we'll never know because Ozzie was unwilling to try a different approach, period. He's more stubborn than almost any manager in baseball that can be named.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 07:33 PM) You seem partial to SABRmetrics, do De Aza and Viciedo make up 9.5 games from June on? There was one Saturday when DET lost and we'd yet to play and could have pulled within 2 games. They only needed to play well enough to make up 3-4 games at that time. 9 wasn't the issue until recently...when DET decided to play like the most dangerous team in the playoffs.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 07:29 PM) How about... White Sox Baseball: It's a New Era Not only is that a real answer, but it implies some coaching changes. OR they have a new revenue stream from NEW ERA ball caps?? If it was Robin Ventura playing a more prominent role, or even Frank Thomas...but my hopes are minimal at best. The only thing that gives me hope is the continued booing of Dunn and Rios...knowing that JR has to be taking note of that, even with earplugs in. White Sox Baseball: You Can't Easily Change Your Favorite Team, So You Just Have To Deal With It

Moneyball has zero or nothing to do with OBP. Those teams won because of Hudson/Mulder/Zito and then enough offense with guys like Giambi, Chavez and Tejada sprinkled in there. They filled out their last 25% of the roster with those Dan Johnson/Hatteberg/Swisher types (high OBP at 1B/LF/RF/DH)....but the whole idea of it as being an area where they exploited this concept to build some kind of replicable dynasty is a complete joke. Moneyball should have been about the Twins....but Ryan over there was never interesting or compelling or egomaniacal enough to write about.

Nope, Marty. Ozzie didn't have that "power" until well after 2005. You remember, KW brought in the likes of Javy, Cabrera, Swisher and Thome? None of those were "Ozzie moves," with the exception of Freddy Garcia. Ozzie has seemingly had almost unlimited roster control since before the 2010 season...especially in regards to Viciedo, not dumping Pierre, not bringing back Thome (rotating DH with Jones/Kotsay/positional players resting once every week or 2).

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 07:10 PM) Rios hit .245/.250/.654 in August. Not the greatest, but an improvement over the rest of the season. Surprisingly, his best month was June, where he hit .266. He has had 4 HR over the last 6 weeks. Basically the same numbers that banished Brian Anderson from baseball. Except he actually played a much better CF than Rios has this entire season. And for a much cheaper salary.

Come Watch the Boring White Sox Whose Colorful Manager Split for the Baseball Paradise Known As South Beach White Sox Baseball: Fuc- You Fans! You're all idiots and will make less in your lifetime than I do in one year of lousy managing. Sox Rock: Come out and support us in our ongoing effort to surpass the Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies for most payroll dollars spent per win Come out and see our young players who win AAA batting titles and are voted best hitting prospect but are believed by their organization to be "not ready" while their manager continues to utilize 3 for 82 Dunn in key situations Come out and see the 2nd player in history to have more K's than his batting average (LOL at the post-game caller who said Dunn was bearing down in his 3 at-bats today so as to avoid striking out and gaining this statistical "distinction") White Sox Baseball: It's Not Even as Fun as Oney Tweets or Joe Cowley "Who Am I?/Where Have I Been?" Mastercard Commercials starring Brooks Boyer

Rios hit .250 in August and is 9/24 (.375) for August. But still only 3 homers and 12 RBI's combined for what basically amounts to six weeks of play. Sure, he's missed out on playing time because of DeAza, but not nearly as much as Dunn. And his overall OBP is still .258, vs. lifetime as .323. That's pretty terrible. And his road OPS is still well south of 550.

Without Ozzie, we finally get rid of Walker. That might be the ONLY remaining way left to turn around Rios/Dunn/Beckham. Because of that impending risk, and that amount of money alone invested in those guys (the equivalent of $100+ million), goodbye Ozzie. Otherwise, you're just writing all three of them off completely. Imagine the heat Beckham would be taking (if we were within 2-3 games of DET still), were it not for the presence of Dunn/Rios/Peavy this year?? Or even Morel...like Anderson in 2006.

What's really scaring me is that DJ and Farmer were talking up Juan Pierre as an awesome #2 hitter for next season. That's the second coming of the apocalypse. KW gone, Ozzie stays and we have another season of Juan Pierre...blocking DeAza/Lillibridge from playing and wasting, let's say, another $4.5 million. The bloom is also officially off the rose on the Tyler "Long Swing Surpassed Only by Adam Dunn" Flowers experiment.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 05:39 PM) Boy that Rios kid is special. Look for some good things from him next year. GREEN? Hyperbole?

Ozzie's managing was so great!!! Ozzie didn't make a single mistake this entire game because we won. Just win, baby!!! Give him the extension right now. Even DJ and Farmer are saying how terrible we played...fifth time with bases loaded is finally the charm. Indians issued 11 walks and gave up 10 hits. If either Dunn or Ramirez are playing on Sunday, Ozzie should be fired on the spot....whenever that line-up card is posted.

There was another interesting revelation that the White Sox have admitted they messed up with Beckham...and that one executive with another MLB team said "The White Sox do the worst job in the majors of promoting players who are not properly prepared and bringing them up too quickly." Hopefully Dunn will get to K again this inning so the volume of boos will increase enough for JR to hear wherever he's hiding to get escape from this trainwreck. GREG, CAN YOU REALLYSTILL defend Ozzie after this game? Not pinch-hitting for Dunn, who was 3 for 81 against LHP before that at-bat? Total lack of fundamentals and execution. LOL at Rios walkoff grand slam after how badly we played today. 9-4 against the Indians this season.

Anyone want to predict who will not come through here to score Pierre, and the volume of booing? Ramirez took three room service fastballs last time he was up with a chance to win the game and the bat never left his shoulder...maybe challenging Dunn's worst at-bats of the season or Beckham/Rios with RISP. I don't even think I'm going to argue with Marty34 anymore about trading Ramirez. "Worst fundamental execution of any game we've seen this season." Indians' announcers. Yet the Ozzie-lovers will say that has ZERO to do with coaching, somehow.

In the meantime, DET has won 9 in a row with the Inge walk-off. 6 straight K's, 15 on the game for CLE. Santos with an ERA around 5 at home and around 1 on the road. WEIRD.

Dunn is now 3 for 82 against lefties. And yet Ozzie didn't use a pinch-hitter after it has been clear for months that nothing will result but more boos. "In all honesty, this is not a good game. When you've walked 9 batters, as the Indians have, you should lose. You know that you've got a bad ballclub when it comes to situational hitting (White Sox)." Indians broadcast team Really, I don't think I'm going to bother to listen to any games started by either Rios or Dunn. "Mind-boggling, how can they not scratch a run out of it? You wonder why Dunn was batting, or why he didn't bunt the runners over???"

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 11:30 PM) Here's a prediction for next year: Rios is the starting LF and De Aza/Lillibridge platoon in CF. The Sox organization is supposedly extremely frustrated by Rios' defense in CF, and that seems to be even more obvious with Ozzie's quotes the other day. What did he say? Link?