Brock Beauchamp
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I wouldn't do backflips for that offer but I'd take it because no one else was interested in Dozier and the Twins need arms. Sometimes the market for a guy just isn't what it should be... And Dozier appeared to be in that situation.
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Ish. If the Dodgers were willing to give up De Leon for Forsythe, one has to believe their offer to the Twins was significantly better. Do not like.
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Hah, good point.
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Yeah, the movie was terrible but the scenery was nice to look at. You'd be hard-pressed to find more ridiculously pretty people than those three.
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The other thread got me thinking, what movies have you seen that started out amazeballs, only to turn into 90-120 minutes of getting kicked in the groin afterward? I'll offer up three choices that spring to mind: 1. 28 Weeks Later. The first ten minutes are terrifying and emotional, just like the original. Then it turns into a lazy Hollywood horror film full of tropes and completely ****ing nonsensical plot points. 2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The Liev Schrieber and Hugh Jackman adventuring through time is amazing. Then, the rest of the movie turns into the worst X-Men film ever released. I won't even bother describing its faults, as they're too plentiful to list. It was simply ****ing terrible. 3. The Happening. While my memory is a bit shakier on this one and it's hard to forget how laughably bad the rest of the movie was, I remember the intro being very good. It starts with a bunch of people just going about their day and then people stop moving. I remember there being a construction crew who watched as their coworkers jumped off the building one by one.
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Jorge Polanco At SS Could Be Disastrous
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Yeah, it minimizes it a bit but even flyball pitchers put 30-40% of contact on the ground. -
Jorge Polanco At SS Could Be Disastrous
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I agree Escobar is a better backup guy than a starter but I'd still rather see him at short than Polanco. -
And while I don't believe it should be remade, I'm all in favor of wiping the existence of 28 Weeks Later from the public consciousness. It easily makes my "top five disappointing movies" list. The film was made even worse by the first ten minutes, which had me enthralled, all as a setup so the director could Cleveland Steamer me for the next 90 minutes.
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While we're on the subject of King, we really need a version of The Running Man that resembles the short story. The short story made for a far more interesting premise than the schlocky nonsense we got on film. Not that the film can't be appreciated for said schlockiness but it literally had nothing to do with the short story. Another movie that should be remade is I Am Legend, except this time they need to remember what the title of the film means and why it's the title. I still can't believe they made that movie and missed the entire point of the story, which is laid out right there in the title. Will Smith needs to stop doing adaptations of novels. We can throw I, Robot on the list as well, near the top of the "WTF ARE YOU IDIOTS DOING RIGHT NOW" category.
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Jorge Polanco At SS Could Be Disastrous
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Hah, yeah, just the other day we were talking about the potential damage caused by keeping Dozier and how it creates a defensive domino effect throughout the infield. In no way am I accusing Nick of swiping the idea, just that many of us realize keeping Dozier has some effects that could hinder the team in 2017. Despite Escobar's flaws, I'm far more comfortable with him at short and Polanco at second than I am Polanco at short and Dozier at second. And that's not even bringing up the option of going glove-first at short, either through the minors (Vielma) or picking up a stop-gap solution for a season. -
Point Break, yo. Seriously. Remaking Point Break is a travesty. Is nothing sacred?
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Stewart baffles me. A guy who sits mid 90s with a solid breaking ball but can't finish off batters in the lower minors. Double-U. Tee. Eff.
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The sad thing is that I could write a doctoral thesis on Star Wars. Don't even get me started on Anakin and his role in the galaxy, as dictated by the Force. He's essentially an abused foster child who is manipulated by everyone and everything around him with the sole purpose of fracturing galactic society. He was engineered to destroy everything. He's essentially a tool of destruction and only after he kills billions does he get to absolve himself and just die. Sucks for him.
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I don't know if it was a conscious decision to ignore the prequels or a result of them being set 50 years previous to The Force Awakens. Either way, I'm sad that Sith no longer play a role. While lots of things about the prequels sucked, the Sith were a good idea, a limited shadow organization that showed incredible patience to strike back at their enemies.
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That was my first thought as well. It's so iconic that I can't imagine either Disney or anyone they hire will want to get rid of it. But hey, they already dropped the Sith, or at least they appeared to drop them. Which is kind of disappointing. I think the ying-yang of Jedi/Sith is pretty great.
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Don't Sleep On Phil Hughes
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
True, but I hope that problem departed with Terry Ryan. -
I really earned today's geek card with that post.
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Oh, the Force is absolutely the dark side as well, which was key to the prequels. The entire "balance of the Force" thing led to the wholesale slaughter of the Jedi Order. Which is why I'm curious to see where they're going with all of this. Lucas opened the door to the Force being an active entity, not a passive thing that lets a few people jump really far and swing a light sword. The Force created Anakin with the purpose of wiping out the Jedi, which had come to dominate the galaxy in large numbers. And it did it again with Luke and Leia, who supplanted Obi-Wan and Yoda. Then the dark side was wiped out, creating another imbalance. It appears that in the third trilogy, the dark side has once again taken hold and created yet another imbalance. Is the awakening another proactive attempt by the Force to maintain balance? That's why I'm intrigued by The Force Awakens title. And even Rogue One could be read in that fashion... The scene where Chirrut, a non Force user, taps into the Force could be read two ways: 1. Despite being Force insensitive, his faith allowed a momentary glimpse into that power at a crucial time. 2. The Force itself took hold of everyone around him to fulfill a greater need for the galaxy at large, the involvement of Luke and Leia in their journey to balance the Force.
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I still don't know if I like The Force Awaken title because I'm still not sure exactly what it means. Is it only about Rey's awakening? Meh, okay. Is it about an actual reawakening of the Force as a cohesive, semi-sentient power that binds the galaxy together? Okay, that's kinda cool. I want to see where that's going. So, no real opinion on this title yet. I'm curious to see where they're going with the series.
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Don't Sleep On Phil Hughes
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Sure. The dollars aren't really a problem, it's more the length of the contract. Hughes is going to be paid by the Twins through 2019. Technically speaking, his extension hasn't even kicked in yet. And that's a discouraging thought. I hope Phil can rebound. The Twins need a competent starter and they don't need another albatross contract (even though it's not going to kill the payroll). -
Now that you bring it up, not really.
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That's friggin' brutal. 50% more PAs with the bases empty than with runners on any base. It's even worse when you consider where Mauer batted all season. 1st: 36 PAs 2nd: 240 PAs 3rd: 289 PAs He spent half his time in the third slot and had that many bases empty plate appearances. Ugh.
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I've long believed that left-leaning groups need to stop bickering amongst themselves and find common ground instead of differences between their outlooks. It's all too common among lefty groups to holler at each other over the 5% disagreement instead of embracing the 95% agreement they share with one another. In comparison, look at how the right has woven business and religion together into a cohesive unit. And those crazy bastards should be 5% agreement and 95% disagreement on the issues... Yet they're not.
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Absolutely. I believe the extreme right-leaning nature of most of our state/local governments is at least as big of a problem as Trump, maybe more so. Even Minnesota has fallen prey to the extreme right's idiocy, as evidenced by the completely bat**** crazy legislation that has been proposed over the past few weeks.
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Oh, I agree, if we're talking strictly about on-field value of players. But without other teams vying for Dozier's services, there simply isn't a reason for the Dodgers to break open the farm and shell out prospects. It's unfortunate for the Twins but sometimes, a soft market at a position just kinda screws you because you can't time this sort of thing.
