On the Eve of the most anticipated film of December, maybe even the year. The film that is supposedly going to "change" the way movies are made. I am so freaking excited to see this film. A true drama that is nominated for a Golden Globe as best movie of the year and it is in 3D! WHAT! Let's go! How can you not be excited for this? Dare I say it... game changer like the Matrix? Let me know what you think.
Official Avatar Movie
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Phillies fans stop crying for Lee!
Stop the crying! Seriously! You just got the best pitcher in baseball. Enjoy it. Remember, nothing is guaranteed. Don't listen to the sports talk people that say that the Lee/Mariners deal was a bad deal. No matter what they say you have to do your own research. Three things:
First: The Halladay deal was set on getting something back for him. In the Halladay deal we got 6$ million dollars from Toronto and gave away Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, and Travis d'Arnaud. The most important part was the 3 year extension for $60 million. So for the 2010 season we have the best pitcher in baseball at a discount.
Second: We gave away Cliff Lee for Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, and Juan Ramirez (all minor leaguers).
Third: Most importantly the Philadelphia Phillies organization has made a lot of money, but if you believe what President David Montgomery said then you have to applaud this deal because they are looking at the bigger picture.
Don't think that the Phillies are cheap. According to the interview the Phillies are in the red and been for awhile! So if that is true, they have to look at ways to control their payroll and everyone is baseball knows the best way to do that is to have a good farm system. That being said, let’s talk about why this deal makes sense.
The Phillies have become an elite team in baseball and players want to come here. Quality players, not just your average Joe looking for a paycheck. I think that the Roy Halladay deal has the potential to set a precedent that will allow the Phillies to negotiate with players like Jason Werth, Ryan Howard, and Shane Victorino in the near future. Halladay took less than market value ball all accounts (see C.C. Sabathia, John Lackey, and Johan Santana) because he wanted to play for a team that is dedicated to winning. Ruben Amaro's job is to keep us winning for the long haul. Spending all the money in the world on players will not make you a World Series Champion, it helps your chances but I believe what is most important is the heart of a team and the trust that management puts in these players.
Here in Philadelphia, we love one thing and ask for it every time an athlete takes the field, heart. We want them to play 110% win or lose. We want them to sign with us not for the money but for the feeling they get when they hear 15,000 fans cheering for them and booing them when they do not live up to their talent. We also want the organization to do everything they can to keep us on the winning side. We don't want to be average because we know that we are not. Now factor in all these reasons and you begin to understand why this is such a good deal.
How can Howard, Werth, Victorino, and others ask for Yankee/Red Sox type money when they know that the best pitcher in baseball took a discount to play here? How can they not work with the Phillies management knowing that they don't print money for a living? If they truly are playing the game because they love the game, then I believe this deal will make it a lot easier to sign them in order to keep winning for years down the road. Remember players do not only make money by signing huge contracts. Players sign endorsement deals too. How much easier will it be for them if they are playing for a winning team World Series Championship team? Amaro know that he is going to have to pay these guys close to what market value projects for them. But now know the players know that the Phillies are going to ask for a home town discount because of what we have here.
Remember, Ruben Amaro said that he would have kept Cliff Lee. So don't give up on getting Lee yet. All we have to do is keep being Philadelphia fans and selling out the ball park and truly believe that come 2010 offseason, we will be one of the teams Cliff Lee wants to sign with because of the atmosphere of winning that this organization has created. If he, like Halladay, truly wants to win then he will give Philadelphia a discount and come play for the best team, best franchise, and best city in all of baseball.
Also, let’s start a Cliff Lee fund this year. At every home game 950ESPN the Fanatic has suggested we collect money to help the Phillies sign Cliff Lee this offseason. I’m all for it. Imagine how much we could get if every fan gives 1-2 dollars at the game. This will show Cliff Lee that we do care about him and we want him back and put even more pressure on the Phillies and his agent to sign here.
First: The Halladay deal was set on getting something back for him. In the Halladay deal we got 6$ million dollars from Toronto and gave away Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, and Travis d'Arnaud. The most important part was the 3 year extension for $60 million. So for the 2010 season we have the best pitcher in baseball at a discount.
Second: We gave away Cliff Lee for Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, and Juan Ramirez (all minor leaguers).
Third: Most importantly the Philadelphia Phillies organization has made a lot of money, but if you believe what President David Montgomery said then you have to applaud this deal because they are looking at the bigger picture.
Don't think that the Phillies are cheap. According to the interview the Phillies are in the red and been for awhile! So if that is true, they have to look at ways to control their payroll and everyone is baseball knows the best way to do that is to have a good farm system. That being said, let’s talk about why this deal makes sense.
The Phillies have become an elite team in baseball and players want to come here. Quality players, not just your average Joe looking for a paycheck. I think that the Roy Halladay deal has the potential to set a precedent that will allow the Phillies to negotiate with players like Jason Werth, Ryan Howard, and Shane Victorino in the near future. Halladay took less than market value ball all accounts (see C.C. Sabathia, John Lackey, and Johan Santana) because he wanted to play for a team that is dedicated to winning. Ruben Amaro's job is to keep us winning for the long haul. Spending all the money in the world on players will not make you a World Series Champion, it helps your chances but I believe what is most important is the heart of a team and the trust that management puts in these players.
Here in Philadelphia, we love one thing and ask for it every time an athlete takes the field, heart. We want them to play 110% win or lose. We want them to sign with us not for the money but for the feeling they get when they hear 15,000 fans cheering for them and booing them when they do not live up to their talent. We also want the organization to do everything they can to keep us on the winning side. We don't want to be average because we know that we are not. Now factor in all these reasons and you begin to understand why this is such a good deal.
How can Howard, Werth, Victorino, and others ask for Yankee/Red Sox type money when they know that the best pitcher in baseball took a discount to play here? How can they not work with the Phillies management knowing that they don't print money for a living? If they truly are playing the game because they love the game, then I believe this deal will make it a lot easier to sign them in order to keep winning for years down the road. Remember players do not only make money by signing huge contracts. Players sign endorsement deals too. How much easier will it be for them if they are playing for a winning team World Series Championship team? Amaro know that he is going to have to pay these guys close to what market value projects for them. But now know the players know that the Phillies are going to ask for a home town discount because of what we have here.
Remember, Ruben Amaro said that he would have kept Cliff Lee. So don't give up on getting Lee yet. All we have to do is keep being Philadelphia fans and selling out the ball park and truly believe that come 2010 offseason, we will be one of the teams Cliff Lee wants to sign with because of the atmosphere of winning that this organization has created. If he, like Halladay, truly wants to win then he will give Philadelphia a discount and come play for the best team, best franchise, and best city in all of baseball.
Also, let’s start a Cliff Lee fund this year. At every home game 950ESPN the Fanatic has suggested we collect money to help the Phillies sign Cliff Lee this offseason. I’m all for it. Imagine how much we could get if every fan gives 1-2 dollars at the game. This will show Cliff Lee that we do care about him and we want him back and put even more pressure on the Phillies and his agent to sign here.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Republican Party is Dieing a Slow Cold Death
Wall Street Journal writer Michael Petrilli, makes a convincing case for the death of the GOP. In it he argues that the growth of the intellectual college educated group that is 25 and older is bigger now than it ever was in the past. Petrilli then states that "According to exit-poll data, a majority of college-educated voters (53%) pulled the lever for Mr. Obama in 2008—the first time a Democratic candidate has won this key segment since the 1970s." This, my friends is a great point.
The push of the Republican Party to go back to their "roots" of conservatism and be completely anti-liberal on every agenda in Congress is a prescription for death. This group that Barack Obama won in his election is every particular and is very open-minded to major social issues of our day. Let me speak from my point of view. During the 2008 campaign what drew me towards the Obama campaign was the idea of inclusion not separation. On a national level I do believe that we are a nation of immigrants and that our diversity is what makes us exceptional as a country and what has lead to our success as a capitalist society. America, for the longest time has been beating the drums for its populous to become educated and the capitalist economy has reaffirmed that notion as well. Now a days, if you want to become successful in your field it is a mandate that you have a Bachelors degree. Then if you want to rise to the top of your field, that requires at least a Masters or Doctorate. Businesses understand that educated people are more likely than not to help grow their company and that is why the Bachelors degree has become the new high school degree. Educated people are more critical in their analysis and tend not to take things at face value.
So, if the Republican strategy is to alienate this growing population of Americans I have to say that they, who claim to have the pulse of America, are committing political suicide. Aligning themselves with groups like the Tea Party, which advocates the promotion of the "working class American values," will create an even greater divide in the amount of college-educated people voting for them. The more the make fun of Georgetown democrats and Ivy League elitists, the more the dig themselves into a hole which they will never come out of.
People in this group may not agree on every issue, which they shouldn't, but instead of having shouting matches they have constructive arguments which lead to better understanding and thus progression. I guess my basic point is that candidates like Sarah Palin will never win over this college educated group because of the basic fact that they believe she is truly not smart enough to be our President. When she makes statements about how Obama is an elitist and did not work hard because he has a college degree from Columbia and a law degree from Harvard, she degrades us who worked hard for our college degrees and want we could get into schools like that. Not all college educated people are liberals and the Republican Party needs to realize that.
The push of the Republican Party to go back to their "roots" of conservatism and be completely anti-liberal on every agenda in Congress is a prescription for death. This group that Barack Obama won in his election is every particular and is very open-minded to major social issues of our day. Let me speak from my point of view. During the 2008 campaign what drew me towards the Obama campaign was the idea of inclusion not separation. On a national level I do believe that we are a nation of immigrants and that our diversity is what makes us exceptional as a country and what has lead to our success as a capitalist society. America, for the longest time has been beating the drums for its populous to become educated and the capitalist economy has reaffirmed that notion as well. Now a days, if you want to become successful in your field it is a mandate that you have a Bachelors degree. Then if you want to rise to the top of your field, that requires at least a Masters or Doctorate. Businesses understand that educated people are more likely than not to help grow their company and that is why the Bachelors degree has become the new high school degree. Educated people are more critical in their analysis and tend not to take things at face value.
So, if the Republican strategy is to alienate this growing population of Americans I have to say that they, who claim to have the pulse of America, are committing political suicide. Aligning themselves with groups like the Tea Party, which advocates the promotion of the "working class American values," will create an even greater divide in the amount of college-educated people voting for them. The more the make fun of Georgetown democrats and Ivy League elitists, the more the dig themselves into a hole which they will never come out of.
People in this group may not agree on every issue, which they shouldn't, but instead of having shouting matches they have constructive arguments which lead to better understanding and thus progression. I guess my basic point is that candidates like Sarah Palin will never win over this college educated group because of the basic fact that they believe she is truly not smart enough to be our President. When she makes statements about how Obama is an elitist and did not work hard because he has a college degree from Columbia and a law degree from Harvard, she degrades us who worked hard for our college degrees and want we could get into schools like that. Not all college educated people are liberals and the Republican Party needs to realize that.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Happy Halladay's Philadelphia!
All the rumors were true! Roy Halladay is coming to Philadelphia! This early Christmas gift has ignited a whole bunch of speculation because all the details are not finalized, but I am not here to talk to about the details that will be for another post. This post is all about Doc.
Philadelphia, we are getting a True Ace. Don't worry about losing Cliff Lee. I loved him just as much as all of you did, but in all honestly he is no Roy Halladay. This guy carves up the Yankees and Red Sox for a living, on a yearly basis. Doc has been getting wins with a Toronto that we all know sucks. Doc has been a constant Cy Young award nominee for the last four years. Doc will be with us for multiple years. And Doc unlike Lee said that he would take a cut in market value in order to sign with the Phillies. How much more of a team player can this guy be? All I have to say is let's go Ruben! Check in tomarrow for details on this trade.
Philadelphia, we are getting a True Ace. Don't worry about losing Cliff Lee. I loved him just as much as all of you did, but in all honestly he is no Roy Halladay. This guy carves up the Yankees and Red Sox for a living, on a yearly basis. Doc has been getting wins with a Toronto that we all know sucks. Doc has been a constant Cy Young award nominee for the last four years. Doc will be with us for multiple years. And Doc unlike Lee said that he would take a cut in market value in order to sign with the Phillies. How much more of a team player can this guy be? All I have to say is let's go Ruben! Check in tomarrow for details on this trade.
D-JACK is Back
DeSean Jackson has to be the most explosive wide receiver in the NFL. He has to be. This guy is on another level when it comes to break away speed and agility. Now I am not going to say he is the best wide-receiver in the league but he has to be top 5. Look at the tape. He can beat you in two dimensions on the football field.
First as a wide-out. This guy, for some reason always finds the gaps in opposing defenses. Even Jerry Rice was suprised by this guy's speed, route running, and hands. Yes Jerry Rice (See Video). Jackson seems to catch everything that comes his way. He also has great balance! Balance is sometimes over looked and under stated but this guy has it. Balance allows him to cut back, change directions, and make unbelievable catches that most NFL players just can't do. This guy is something special.
Then add the second dimension, special teams. Special teams seems to be the most important part of football, if all over things are held equal. And man, this kid continues to produce. In the feast or famine aspect of football, he gets his share of turkey a lot more than many players do in this league. And that is with a defense that does not seem to be able to stop teams. Imagine if the Eagles had a shut down defense. Imagine how many opportunities he would have to return punts in a game. My feeling is that if you give him five chances during a game, one of those will definitely get run back for a touchdown, at least one. He is that good.
Eagle’s fans, lets enjoy this as long as we can. The DeSean Jackson Show is live and playing in full 1080i HD while other players are still broadcasting in standard definition. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
First as a wide-out. This guy, for some reason always finds the gaps in opposing defenses. Even Jerry Rice was suprised by this guy's speed, route running, and hands. Yes Jerry Rice (See Video). Jackson seems to catch everything that comes his way. He also has great balance! Balance is sometimes over looked and under stated but this guy has it. Balance allows him to cut back, change directions, and make unbelievable catches that most NFL players just can't do. This guy is something special.
Then add the second dimension, special teams. Special teams seems to be the most important part of football, if all over things are held equal. And man, this kid continues to produce. In the feast or famine aspect of football, he gets his share of turkey a lot more than many players do in this league. And that is with a defense that does not seem to be able to stop teams. Imagine if the Eagles had a shut down defense. Imagine how many opportunities he would have to return punts in a game. My feeling is that if you give him five chances during a game, one of those will definitely get run back for a touchdown, at least one. He is that good.
Eagle’s fans, lets enjoy this as long as we can. The DeSean Jackson Show is live and playing in full 1080i HD while other players are still broadcasting in standard definition. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
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