Sollywood - YOU'RE GONNA CALL WHO?!

I don’t blame Bill Murray for turning down Ghostbusters III. Why ruin the legacy of the first movie if the script isn’t up to par? More often than not, a sequel is nothing more than a simple cash grab and doesn’t have the fun, excitement, or feel of the original.  For every “Godfather Part II” you get “Caddyshack II” or dare I say it,...

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Monday Night Flaw - Episode 9

Monday Night Flaw - Episode 9 Andy and Chris break down the 2/21 live Smackdown, the 2/27 episode of Raw and break new ground when they make fat jokes about Nikki Bella and old jokes about the TNA roster. Also, we debut two new smash hit songs! OMG PRODUCTION!!! Discuss on the message boa...

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Sollywood - Drop Dead, Fred

After the latest Fred Wilpon PR disaster, I’ve decided that another Fred should be running the team.  No, not me but here’s a list of other Freds I’d rather see running my beloved Metropolitans. Bonus points to anyone who can name all these references w/o using Google. Freddy Benson Freddy Shoop Fred Sanford Freddy Fernandez Fred...

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Random Moosings - ROH Review 02/25/12

We are still at the Du Burns Arena in Baltimore Maryland…….at what point does it stop being a wrestling event and start being a hostage situation? We open with a recap of last week’s events between Charlie Haas and the Briscoes.  Haas still asserts that if you hold up a chair, Mark Briscoe will just slam his head into it because...

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Sollywood - Braun's Balls

OK time to weigh in on the Ryan Braun situation. To me, it sounds like a lot like getting pulled over for going 90 MPH but the radar gun was off. You challenge it in court and get off on a technicality.  Here's the thing - it doesn’t mean you didn’t do it, it means you found a loophole in the system. I think that’s what happened...

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The View From Down Here - Blatantly Stolen From Failbook

No, this isn't weird or creepy at all.... Courtesy of Failbook....

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Northern Reflections - 84th Academy Awards

Awards season officially wrapped up last night with the 84th Academy Awards. Or “Oscars,” as they’re occasionally called. Maybe the event is the Academy Awards and the statues are Oscars. I honestly don’t know, and frankly, I’m too hungover to care. The show was long and dull, just like most of the movies that won awards, I assume....

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Sollywood - The Numbers Don't Lie

With the recent passing of Gary Carter, it got me thinking about the numbers retired by the Mets: 37 for Casey Stengel, 14 for Gil Hodges, and 41 for Tom Seaver. Does Kid deserve the same honor? If you look at the numbers, probably not. He had two solid years in Flushing before his career started to go south. Does he really belong...

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Monday Night Flaw - Episode 8

Monday Night Flaw - Episode 8 Andy and Chris break down the 2/17 episode of Smackdown, the Elimination Chamber PPV, the 2/20 episode of Raw, discuss the upcoming Wrestlemania event and read ponderously long email submissions from the loyal and long-winded fans. Discuss on the message boa...

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The Devil's Den - Introduction

I was just going to jump into the first blog, but then I thought I’d do more of an introduction to what I plan on doing with the blog and give everyone an idea of where I’m coming from with things. I know I have a reputation for being really negative about a few things, but the fact is I like to think my negativity comes from a place of...

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Altaku - The Walking Dead: Triggerfinger

On last week's episode of The Walking Dead, we were all pleasantly surprised to see what looked like the beginning of Rick developing some balls and taking control of the overall situation he and his merry band of mentally challenged misfits have been thrust into. Tonight's episode, "Triggerfinger", did its best to demolish all of that...

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Random Moosings - ROH Review 02-18-12

We open with a recap of the Eddie Edwards – Kyle O’Reily  match from last week.  There’s Davey Richards, just like last week.  And yep, there’s Adam Cole as well.  And just like last week, Eddie and Adam challenge Davey and Kyle to see which team can be the wolfiest wolves in the world. Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuiness...

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The View From Down Here - Carlos Zambrano Says "No Hard Feelings"

When Carlos Zambrano walked out on the Cubs after getting roughed up during a game in Atlanta late in the 2011 season, it was a forgone conclusion by most fans (myself included) that he had just pitched his last game for the team.  Zambrano's antics over the last several years, as well as his empty promises that he had "changed", had...

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The View From Down Here - Really? REALLY? Really?

What is it about Florida that makes baseball ownership come up with (or, at the very least, approve) such horrible ideas?  Is it the nearly unbearable heat?  Is it the insanity caused by listening to a nearly endless loop of "Small World"?  First it was the Marlins new logo and uniforms.  Now this: The Tampa Bay Rays...

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Sollywood - 8

The beauty of baseball is that the connection you have with a player is greater than any other sport. You have the ups and downs of 162 games, year after year. They're YOUR guys. So when a player from your childhood dies, it’s like a part of you died. I’ve been a Mets fan since 1984 but didn’t really get into it until ’85, which just...

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The View From Down Here - R.I.P. #8

Baseball prematurely lost a great one today when Gary Carter lost his battle with brain cancer.  He was 57 years old.   Admittedly, I don't know enough about Carter to do a proper tribute.  I'll leave the eulogizing to Solly. But I will say this.  Much like when Ron Santo died back in 2010, fans of another storied...

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The View From Down Here - Play Ball!

In honor of pitchers and catchers reporting this week........

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The View From Down Here - 2012 MLB Preview: The Kevin Smith Version

With the 2012 Major League Baseball season fast approaching, and fantasy baseball drafts beginning in earnest all over the country, I decided to take this opportunity to examine some of the more intriguing storylines heading into the season.  Without further ado, I give you the 2012 MLB Preview: The Kevin Smith Edition. You gotta boil...

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