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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Horror Stars

Boris Karloff (1887-1969) the KING of Horror Stars, Boris created an international sensation when he first donned the monster make-up in 1931. He'd play the character three times, giving us a portrait of depravity touched with identifiable humanity, that has been impossible to forget. Boris didn't stop there, though, one year after playing Frankenstein's Monster, he created the character of Imhotep - The Mummy! So, two of the major icons of the genre were straight Karloff. In fact, he was billed as just "Karloff" in Bride of Frankenstein after having been listed as "?" in the original. He was huge! When allowed to speak, it turned out his voice was even creepy! He later went on to make a series of horror thrillers with Lugosi, notably, The Black Cat and the Body Snatchers, and played a series of mad scientists in some of the later Universal and independant horror flicks. In the `60's he was a national treasure and appeared in some AIP flicks, was the voice of the Grinch and the Monster (in Mad, Mad Monster Party) and finally appeared in a cool Peter Bogdonavich thriller called "Targets" which you should try to see. Anyway, he was the best, and he will always be missed. Especially today. Happy Haunting!

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Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Have fun, everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Joe!


We'll be back in business soon, bro!

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Cheers!

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

He Has Returned!

It appears that former Yankee "prospect" Bobby Meacham will be replacing Larry Bowa as the Yankees 3b coach. Apparently, Bowa, a darn good coach is gonna be on Joe Torre's Dodger staff. Looks like Tony Pena will be back as 1B coach and Dave Eiland will be the pitching coach. Mike Harkey, a good friend of Girardi's, will be bullpen coach. Longtime Yankee system coach/development exec Rob Thomson will be Joe's bench coach. And that should be the full staff.

Horror Stars

Bela Lugosi (1882 -1956) the first Dracula of the talky era, only played his most identifiably character twice! First in Dracula, then finally in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. Unreal, eh? It's how he is remembered, but he did a lot more work in Horror. He was Ygor in the Frankentstein movies (a characterization I prefer to his Dracula) and even played Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. He also made many other horror thrillers like The Body Snatchers and The Black Cat. You all probably know of his sad, post heyday decline, so I won't recount it for you here, but Lugosi was a giant in Horror movies, even if many of us prefer Lee's Drac. Happy Haunting!

Mo Meeting With Yanks!

Right now, Mo Rivera and his agent Fern Cuza are down in Tampa meeting with the Yanks. Expect a new deal to be announced, shortly.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Torre Is Now Manager of the Dodgers

It seems Don Mattingly will join him on the staff and they want Kevin Long, too, though he will likely stay with the Yanks. This is good for Don cause his son is in the Dodger organization, and it's good for Joe cause he loves it out here, and he keeps a prestigious job. Good luck, guys, and don't poach any of our players!

Rangers WIn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




3-1 on goals by Dawes, Jagr and Shanny! Jagr even lost some teeth and still scored! Hank was typically awesome, giving up the only goal on a penalty shot that was brought to you by Malik. They look like they're starting to come together, and Dawes is a big part of it. Go Rangers!

UPDATE: I hate mixing sports here, but the way Jagr lead the Rangers to victory after having three or four teeth knocked out, and then joking about it afterwards, is such a breath of fresh air after the crap we've been through with ARod over the last 24 hours. Thanks Jaromir!

Get in Shape, Wilson!

Wilson Betemit hit 14 homers in 230 AB's this past season. There's some concern that he's a part timer, but he won't turn 26 till this Friday, and his prime should be ahead of him. He's probably gonna have a chance to win the 3B job coming out of camp, so right now Wilson should be about getting in the best shape he possibly can right now. He's hit a bunch of homers and take some walks if he comes in in shape and ready to compete. Go Yanks.

The Man for PC

Dave Eiland should be the next pitching coach of the Yankees. He has done great work in the system over the last few years with pitchers like Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, Ian Kennedy, Edwar Ramirez and Tyler Clippard. He'd be perfect for the job, because he knows the Yankee pitchers so well and has been able to really help them. It was he who came up and fixed Phil Hughes's mechanics which lead to his big September and playoff series. Under Nardi Contreras, the Yanks have installed a top to bottom state of the art pitching system in their minor leagues. Eiland is a key exponent of it, and should be the man who creates the major league continuity for the minor league system. The Yanks have several other good pitching coaches in the system, like Gil Patterson, Scott Aldred, Greg Pavlick and Carlos Chantres. Hopefully, one from this group will become bullpen coach. Go Yanks!

Marcos Vechionacci

Nacci is the best 3B prospect in the Yankee system right now. He'll be 21 in 2008 and starting the season in AA. He looked like a future superstar as a 16 year old shortstop in rookie ball, but then the switch-hitter started to grow. He spent 2005 at short and third before finally settling in at third in 2006. Since then, his fielding has become major league ready, while his bat has shown flashes of being the special player he looked like as a 16 year old. Right now, he's hitting and hitting for some power in the Venezuelan Winter League. People in the Yankee system think he will eventually hit 20-25 homers a year and get on base at a plus rate. We need to hope he puts it all together in Trenton this year, and is ready to come up and play third for us some time in 2009. He remains a very good prospect and one the Yanks now must count on to some degree or another.

It's Girardi!

The Yanks have offered their vacant managerial job to Joe Girardi. He's flying to New York to accept and will be introduced later today or tomorrow. It was the right move and he's the right guy to tackle the issues that are already cropping up with ARod's opt-out. Girardi won't be outworked and will take full advantage of the metrics available to inform his decision. The key now will be putting together his coaching stafff. Pitching coach, bullpen coach and bench coach are all key openings. Don Mattingly will not be on the staff. Tony Pena will be if asked. Good work, Yanks!

Sunday, October 28, 2007

ARod Has Opted Out?

According to Heyman over at SI, Arod has opted out without even negotiating with the Yanks. That seems unreal. Here comes the Wilson Betemit Era!

Horror Stars

Vincent Price (1911-1993) Amercica's greatest Horror Icon, Vincent actually went through several phases of popularity in the genre. A great and versatile actor, Price split the 40's between Horrors like The Invisible Man Returns, noirs like Laura, and historical costumers like Brigham Young - Fronteirsman. In the `50's he really hit his horror stride with House of Wax, House on Haunted Hill, The Fly and The Tingler. In the 1960's, American International, aiping Hammer, decided to develop their own Gothic Horrors are Edgar Allen Poe's stories. Vincent was the star they hung them on and he kicked ass! He could play the victime and the villain with equal aplomb. As the decade closed, he even made Scream and Scream Again with Messrs Cushing and Lee. And just as the Poe stories ran out, Price came back as Dr. Phibes! I'm doing my Halloween thing by stars instead of movies this year, because I realize we just don't have beloved, iconic Horror starts like Cushing, Lee and Price anymore. And it's a shame. Happy Haunting!

Is It Joe?

Only the Cashman knows right now. Actually, that's not true, the whole Yankee heirarchy probably knows right now. But everyone else is just guessing. It does seem that the longer the process goes, the more likely it will be Girardi. We should know something more concrete tonight or tomorrow. Go Yanks!

Giants Take One for The League

The Giants need to burn the tapes of their 13-10 win over the Dolphins. The English field was terrible and made worse by steady rain. The refs acted as if they had been instructed to keep in competitive as they ignored several blatant pass interferences by the Dolphins. Ugly, ugly game, and play calling was once again an issue. So was Tynes who has probably kicked his last for the G-men. Enjoy your bye, you're 6-2! Go Giants!

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Pathetic

Just pathetic.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Horror Stars

Christopher Lee (1922-) The definitive Dracula was not Bela Lugosi, it was Christopher Lee. While Lee continues to have a long and varied career, both in and out of the Horror Genre, I am always happiest to see him in his Dracula get up, battling Cushing's Van Helsing. That's what Halloween and loving the Horror Genre are all about. He played the cunning Count at least 10 times between Hammer and other European studios, and he just blows Lugosi's early talky performance out of the water - interesting note, in one of the Hammer flicks, he played Dracula silently cause he didn't like the scripted lines. That's badass. Happy Haunting!

Horror Stars

Peter Cushing (1913-1994) - Peter Cushing is one of the greatest actors of the Horror Genre. Though he played a variety of roles over his long career - including a damn good Sherlock Holmes - Cushing is best loved as Victor Frankenstein in the Hammer Frankenstein series and Van Helsing in the Hammer Dracula series. As Frankenstein, Cushing was far more corrupt and perverse than Colin Clive had been in the universal series. He is, on several levels, scarier than the monsters he creates. In other words, he rocks! And he was equally great as Van Helsing. Cushing's Van Helsing played a bit like an early Indiana Jones, not that the stunts were that great, but he was a far cry from the aged Van Helsing that was presented in Universal's Dracula. Cushing went on to do Star Wars and some later Horror stuff, but to see him at his best, check out the Hammer Frankensteins and the Hammer Dracs!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Rangers Shutout Devils!

Rangers win 2-0, both goals by Nigel Dawes! Lundqvist was superb as well, as was the team defense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dawes also was first star! See why we were perturbed when he was sent down? Go Rangers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Together

The Turtles are possibly the most underrated band of the `60's. Two smart kids named Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman started hanging out around the neighborhood and at Fairfax High in the early `60's. By the mid-`60s they had a surf band called The Crossfires from Planet Mars. A DJ friend helped them get a record deal and they became the Turtles and started recording a series of popilicious hits for White Whale. You know the songs: "Happy Together," "You Baby," "Elenore," etc. And something you may not know was that they were also trying to push boundaries with albums like "Battle of the Bands," where they masqueraded as 11 different bands with funny names and individual styles, and "Turtle Soup" where they collaborated with Kink-genius guy Ray Davies to produce a really great album. So anyway, White Whale got mad at them for following their bliss and fired the rest of the band, making the Howard and Mark play with strangers.

Soon the relationship with between the record company and the Turtles was over, with the record company holding onto the Turtle name, Howard and Mark's names, and all the music. Howard and Mark became "Flo and Eddie." As such they recorded with Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. At some point, they won the bidding for their music and now have control of all of it, and after that, they eventually regained the use of the Turtles name. It's been a pretty great career for these funny, smart kids from L.A., and unlike so many groups from the `60's the Turtles never really went away, they just changed names for awhile. Check em out!

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Knicks Cut Nichols

In a show of utter unresourcefulness, the Knicks today cut long, defensively responsible, sweet shooting Demetris Nichols today. The Knicks have had since the draft to manager their roster problem, but I guess they were too busy IN COURT. Now they've cut a kid who fit exactly what it appears they wanto to do on O and D. What a blunder. Go Knicks?

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Rangers Lose Again

The Rangers haven't scored a goal in 6 periods, 1 OT and 1 shoot out. This can't continue... can it?

Donnie's Day

Mattingly had his meetings for the Yanks' managerial opening. Joe Girardi apparently did very well yesterday, and remains my favorite by a slight margin. That said, I would also be more than happy with Donnie Baseball. Donnie sounded like he really wanted it in his conference call, and I wonder if having his favorite player really want it is something George could ever say no to. We'll see. Something I really do like about Donnie is that he hasn't got any National League taint on him. He's pure AL and pure Yankee. Go Yanks!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

1967: What a Year for...

Despite their Anglo name and trappings, the Buckinghams were a pop-rock group from Chicago, who most of you have probably heard of, and are also probably familiar with at least one of their hits. You know, songs like "Kind of a Drag," "Don't You Care," "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," "Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)," "Susan," - actually that's all of them! They had 5 hits, and they had them all in 1967. What I gather happened, was that they got in a fight with their producer Jim Guercio. See, he wanted to add more horns and a bit of a jazz feeling, while the band preferred to rock out. Well Jim packed up his horns and jazz feel, and apparently a shitload of hits and took them across town to a group known as The Chicago Transit Authority and then as just plain Chicago. So that was it for the Buckinghams, who, to this day play around the world with their 5 1967 hits, but wouldn't trade their rock n roll souls for all of Chicago MOR hits. I say God Bless the Buckinghams!

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Girardi To Meet With the Yankees on Monday

Joe Girardi will be the first man interviewed for the Yanks' managerial opening. The interview will take place in Tampa on Monday. Donnie Baseball will interview for the job on Tuesday, and Tony Pena will have his interview on Wednesday. I'm leaning slightly toward Girardi because of the amount of prep he puts in, but I really would be happy with any one of the three and would love it if they could find a way to keep all three in the organization next year and in the future. Go Yanks!

More Dominance!

The Giants probably could have pitched a shutout if not for an Antonio Pierce PF, but he made up for it later with a pick that set-up the final TD. Osi made a Lawrence Taylor play when he sacked Dilfer, forcing him to fumble, then picked up the fumble and went about 70 yards for a score. Strahan chipped in three sacks of his own, and Tuck and Ross also added sacks. Jacobs was beastly in his limited role, and Eli played a lot better than his numbers will show: there were drops all over the place. A lot of stuff still has to be cleaned up, but it's easier to do that when you are winning like the GMen. Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 20, 2007

It's Getting to Be That Time of Year Again...

Muahahahahahahaha! Actually I'm really disappointed with what the TV stations are offering this year. I had high hopes for the Chiller Channel, which as part of Universal/NBC holds the rights to all of the old Universal Monster Movies as well as the American rights to all of the Hammer Stuff. They're not showing a lick of it on Halloween. I'm really disappointed. This means I'll be getting up and changing DVD's every 90 minutes or so during the crucial week. Once again, this year, I think I'll be warming up with some Vincent Price favorites. Happy Haunting!

The Dave Clark Five

Also known as The DC5, the Dave Clark Five were one of the best and most exciting groups of the British Invasion. Glamorized Garage Rockers, they brought the blistering truth of rock's rage to vinyl and the stage. Though their name made them sound like a jazz quintet, they were anything but. Dave played the drums, Mike Smith handled lead vocals and the keyboards, Lenny Davidson played the only guitar and Denny Payton shouted it out on the sax a full decade before anyone had heard of Clarence Clemons. Right now, their music is unavailable because it's tied up in some litigation between Dave and the music company, but we can still watch the rock right here. Behold the Dave Clark Five!

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This post if for my buddy, Coz.

Friday, October 19, 2007

The Top Three Candidates



Cashmoney Green has spoken. The first three interviews to fill the manager position will be Tony Pena, Joe Girardi and Don Mattingly. Good stuff, I think I'd be excited by any of them getting the job. Pena and Giradi have both been managers of the year in their previous gigs, and Donnie Baseball would be a first timer, but hey, he's Donnie Baseball. Seriously, none of these guys are dumb and I'd venture a guess that all are quite a bit baseball smarter than the man one of them will replace was. We'll see. I favor Girardi because I think, though I'm not sure if he's the smartest of the crew. Whoever gets the job will have to convince Cash that he will take care of the young pitchers, and, hopefully the bullpen. All three candidates are well thought of around baseball, though, I don't know how popular Tony is back in KC since he resigned. We should be fine with either, and I do hope all three are with the oranization in one capacity or another next year.

Cash also said that he would be working on keeping Mo, Po and ARod as they carry on their search. Go Yanks!

The Man for the Job?

I think I'd be fine with Joe Girardi or Don Mattingly becoming the new manager. They are both widely known to have serious baseball smarts, and both seem open to looking at numbers to evaluate performance. Right now, I'm probably leaning toward Girardi ever so slightly over Mattingly. Girardi will have guys throw at the other team if they throw at the Yanks. I'm concerned that Donnie Baseball might not. Girardi has apparently talked to Paul O'Neill about being on his coaching staff, and I must admit, I like that idea, too. We'll see, I don't think we can go wrong if we go in either direction.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Rangers Still Struggling...

No chemistry yet, and with the way Renney is changing lines up, in game, it's hard to figure when it will develop. Pathetic effort in Atlanta through 2. I'll update if there's a change.

Torre Turns Down Yanks Offer!

Wow, in a stunning turn of events, it now appears that Joe Torre won't be back! The 67 year old has apparently turned down the Yanks offer of 1 year with an option for 2009. Cashman now on saying, they will undertake a full search for a new manager! Wow! I guess we'll just have to see where this goes! I'm not one who believes this will effect our retention of our own free agents. Things just got more interesting in Yankee Land!

Rest in Peace, Joey

The last of the Rat Pack regulars is gone. But hip lives on! Swing with the angels, Joey B!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

More Life

This show is so much more fun than it appeared at first. Detective Crews may be the best offbeat leading character since House. That's no feint praise coming from this House fan. This beats the crap out of all other current police procedurals (I don't consider Bones a police procedural), well done producers! Something to watch on Wednesday Nights (along with Pushing Up Daisies on ABC). Keep the quirky mix of innocenc and darkness cooking!

Knicks Have a Long Way To Go

Knicks looked like utter crap in Boston tonight. Fortunately, they still have time to develop some chemistry and perhaps learn to play team D. Curry and Randolph started together and were both in together when Curry was forced out with manufactured foul trouble but they didn't acknowledge each other on O, and when both were in, Eddy was the first option. No-co stuff. Oh well, they'll get better as the players who missed time last year get into shape, cohesion grows and Balkman gets back. Go Knicks.

Planet Terror Has Arrived!

Planet Terror (Dimension, 2007), directed, written, etc by Robert Rodriguez is the other half of the commercially ignored, but creatively delightful Grindhouse double-feature that came out earlier this year. It's a damn good flick and reminiscent in so many ways of low budget action/horror stuff of the seventies and early eighties, with hints of that late fifties and early sixties, to boot, and of course, a nod and a bow to George A. Romero. Rose McGowan was a revelation in both flicks. but here she really commands the lights, camera and action. Really good to see her as something other than the no good hot chick. Check it out!

Monday, October 15, 2007

Dominance!

The Giants went to Atlanta with two dinged up running backs and won by three touchdowns. That, ladies, is dominance. Eli was great other than two picks, and the D was pretty fantastic aside from a big TD run early. One of these days, Jacobs and Ward will be healthy, and Eli will stop throwing those two minute picks in the first half, and that is the day when we will be a consistently great team. It may not be that far away. Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!

Giants Up at the Half!

Amani has his first TD of the year and after a slow start the D has really taken over. Eli has been brilliant except for his traditional late first half pick. It was okay, though, Ross ended up picking it back. We haven't been able to establish the run without Jacobs who was missing for most of the first half. Plax caught another TD bomb and Droughns took one in from the 1. Giants up 21-10 and they get the ball back to start the second half. Go Giants!

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Rangers Lose

The Rangers just don't have any chemistry, poise or confidence yet. They were missing each other and missing point blank shots all night. Oh and Malik must go, and Betts has hands that are as bad as Howard Cross's used to be.

Get This Thing Off the Rangers


In the last 3 minutes of tonight's game, the Rangers have given up three goals and lost a fight. 2 of the 3 goals were the direct fault of Marek Malik. He's got to go!

Friday, October 12, 2007

Rangers Win!

Gomez finally scored and Jagr had three assists! Rangers looked really good in winning 3-1. All goals came on power plays, and Hank was great as usual. The one goal he gave up was after a foolhardy give away to Ovechkin with a head of steam. Some chemistry is emerging and Staal, Girardi and 210 are all looking like solutions rather than questions. The Girardi and 210 line should be the #1 pair. Malik and Roszival (who scored) are still taking a lot of dumb penalies, and Malik is looking terribly slow in transition. Another game tomorrow! Go Rangers!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Edwar Ramirez named MiLB Reliever of the Year

Major league disappointment Edwar Ramirez was named MiLB reliever of the Year. Let's hope this helps his confidence and something is found to help his fastball controll. When he's controlling it, his monster changeup is a killer pitch. When he's not, they are laying off the change or timing it and hitting it great distances. I still think he'll get it together cause he was soooo dominant in the minors, but he needs to find it soon or he'll be on the Scranton shuttle all year next year, or get himself traded or released.

Ian Kennedy Wins MILB Pitcher of the Year!

Ian Kennedy today was named Minor League Baseball's Pitcher of the Year! And what a year Ian had flying through the minors and all the way to the Bronx. A real pitchers' pitcher, it will be fun to follow Ian through the years as the non power pitcher in the Yanks rotation. Well done, kiddo!

Three More Yankee Power Prospects

Today, we'll talk a little bit about three "older" prospects that we've been waiting on or that are just older than the other kids we're excited about.

*Eric Duncan 22, Eric will just be 23 next season though it feels like we've been waiting forever for him to realize his vast offensive potential. At this point, it's probably wise to consider how vast that potential really is, since between his back and his numbers, we're not seeing a ton of "trace evidence" to suggest he's the player we thought we got in 2003. On the other hand, his homers go farther than anyone else's we have at the upper levels, and though that could indicate a complicated all or nothing swing, that's not what we see in the games. When you watch his ab's, he really has a professional approach most of the time, and even his singles tend to be hit harder than those of the other prospects at AAA or AA. His back has slowed his progress, but this year he was healthy and still did't break out. I think the real problem here, is that he was rushed, and never saw enough breaking balls at the lower level to become proficient at repelling them. So he has to try to pick that up at higher levels. I still think there is some threshold of pitches that he will cross and show us he can be a big league power hitter. But the clock is ticking.

*Juan Miranda 25?, a 1b/DH Juan smote high A after missing 2.5 seasons for political reasons, and was promoted to AA where he maintained a strong OPS till he ran out of gas after his return from a minor injury. All told it was a successful comeback for the not so young man from Cuba and he has a very advanced plate approach that features both patience and pop. He should get a long look in ST, though he'll probably start in AAA. He's a lefty who might make serious hay at the stadium as early as some time next season. He could be a sleeper who emerges to help us down the stretch.

*Marcos Vechionacci 20, a very talented defensive 3B, Marcos is still really young. He finished this season as the starting 3B at AA at age 20. He'll be 21 at the start of next season, and I believe he will really break out. This is a kid who was over here at 17 and really impressed, only to have his body keep growing and filling out. I think his talent is just catching up with his new dimensions and he looks and sometimes hits like he's got good pop. The Yanks think he will eventually be a 25 hr guy, and I see no reason to dispute that, even though I find the idea of a 20, 25, or 30 hr potential guy to be somewhat meaningless these days. What era are those #'s drawn from. Do they mean 25 1977 homers or 25 2007 homers? Hard to say, but these have often turned out to be underprojections. I'd rather think of these kids has either good pop, medium pop or low pop. Nacci's body looks like he's gonna have good pop. We'll see. If we give ARod a long extension, like it seems we will, Nacci will probably become a trade chip next season. More later.

First Look at 2007-08 Knicks on MSG Tonight

So we'll get a first look at Zach Randolph as a Knick! Unfortunately, no Curry and no Balkman yet, but Lee and Craw will be back, and we'll get to see the rookies. Not bad for anyone looking for something to watch since the Yanks unexpected ouster. Go Knicks!

BTW, the blog is one year old today. It's been fun. We'll keep it going.