As soon as we leave...

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Has anyone else noticed that Robert Redford is slated to star in the upcoming Untitled Jackie Robinson Project as Branch Rickey?

I just crapped my pants.

The question then, of course, is who will play Jackie. L says Jamie Foxx, but I'm not convinced. The imdb message boards also suggest Will Smith, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Murphy, and Derek Luke. None of these choices seem appropriate, though I recognize I may be an overzealous Jackie fan. Anybody else got any ideas?

Labels: Baseball, Film

I'll be honest. Baseball is making me sad. We moved to one of the greatest baseball towns in the country, where Ruth used to build houses, and I can't find a single person to watch the all-star game with me. I miss sitting at friend's houses, drinking beers and talking stats. I miss Dodger stadium. I miss Dodger games. I have had a real hard time even listening to Dodger games since first pitch is usually at 10:15 pm. I miss Vin. I miss Dodger dogs. I had a brief fling with trying to follow the Mets last season, but it just isn't the same.

Oh, Bums, why did you leave Brooklyn? We could be so great together here. I could sit on the stoop enjoying a frosty beverage and listen to you lose game after game. But I wouldn't care. All my friends would talk bad about you, but I would stand up for you. But I suppose you're better off in the wide open spaces, free to roam. So, Ol' Blue, thanks for the good times while they lasted. I hope to see you again soon, but for now, show my friends out there a good time. Don't let them forget how wonderful you can be.

Labels: Baseball, Life

The baseball has risen!

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This New Yorker Feature on former Met/Phillie Lenny Dykstra is one of the best things I have read recently. It thoroughly entertained me on the weather-delayed plane ride we took last weekend to Chicago. If you like intense caffeine-fueled ex-ballplayer entrepreneurs then you will like it too.

Labels: Baseball, Books

Ah, the magic of C++.

This is what it would look like if you took every Topps card from the 1965 World Championship Dodgers and composited them into one card.

It may be snowing in New York city, but Spring is waking up in our hearts.

Enough with the baseball? You want more nerd-talk, you say? Well, my friend you are in luck. Visit our Magic++ page to see more code in action. It'll keep you up at night!

Labels: Baseball, School

Orioltown? It just doesn't work

Labels: Baseball, Life

The baseball season has come and gone leaving most of us sad and lonely. We will have to wait far too long to see our friends again.

We'll miss you, Ground into Double Play. See you next spring, Caught Stealing. And no, I didn't forget about you, Blown Save. We've spent many a long hot summer night together. Me: hoping you'd change. You: knowing it was impossible. Well, so long friends. We'll see you in April.

April. April? That's an eternity away. That's from here to to the moon. What am I supposed to do on a lazy Saturday afternoon? Thankfully there's Spring Training, where this year we officially say farewell to Dodgertown.

Next Year.

Next Year.

p.s. iTunes is easing the pain with their MLB Classic Baseball Channel. I just bought game 7 of the 1965 Twins/Dodgers World Series. Did somebody say Koufax shutout?!

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Rockies vs. Diamondbacks?

Zzzzz...

Labels: Baseball

Let me start by saying that I am, and will always be a true blue Dodgers fan.

That being said, living in New York, L. and I now face the dilemma of who we root for. Mets or Yankees. Upon leaving Los Angeles, I had decided that I was going to be a Mets fan. However, after we went to our first Mets game (unfortunately a game in which they mercilessly defeated the Dodgers), I found that I did not like a) Shea Stadium, and b) Mets fans. L. has been on the fence from the get-go, primarily because Joe DiMaggio is her favorite ballplayer of all time. So now we're confused. Who do we root for?

Mets

Pros

• Underdogs


• Were not a team when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn


• Not part of the Evil Empire


• Brought baseball back to Brooklyn when they bought the Queens Kings, mving them to Coney Island, and renaming them the Brooklyn Cyclones


• Part of the National League

Cons

• Their fans are like Angels fans, upper middle-class, fratty, and kind of annoying


• Shea Stadium is ugly


• Took the place of the Dodgers in the hearts of many a fan in Brooklyn

Yankees

Pros

• A dynasty


• Part of Baseball history and home to some of the greatest who ever played


• Pinstripes

Cons

• Part of the American league


• Evil Empire


• Not only were a team in New York during the Dodgers time, but also routinely defeated them in the World Series


• Everyone who moves to New York becomes a Yankees fan, it's easy


• Steinbrenner

I think my main difficulty with the Mets is that they took the place of the Dodgers. It is painful to see. Tomorrow we go to the last regular season game for the Mets. We will leave our judgment until then, but I am starting to lose sleep over this.

Labels: Baseball, Life

Finally.

Now if only the Dodgers can come back and score 8 runs in the top of the 9th. (note: it didn’t happen)

p.s. The results are in, I sent East of Eden (movie) back to the Netflix. I will read the book first. Thanks for your advice and suggestions.

p.p.s Thanks to Killer Jen for pointing me towards the Baseball Reliquary, a traveling exhibit of baseball history and wonder. I will see this exhibit:

The Baseball Reliquary presents William Robert Steele’s Ebbets Field Replica, an exhibition of Jackie Robinson paintings, and a display of Negro League memorabilia. Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA.

Who's in?

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We are here. We are Happy. Pictures soon.

Labels: Baseball, Life