Sunday, January 26, 2014
NFL Mock "Rough" Draft
ROUND 1
1. Hou- Jadevon Clowney DE S.Car
2. Stl- Jake Matthews OT TA&M
3. Jax- T. Bridgewater QB Lville
4. Cle- Johnny Manziel QB
5. Oak- Sammy Watkins WR Clem
6. Atl- Taylor Lewann OT Mich
7. T.B.- Blake Bortles QB UCF
8. Min- Khalil Mack OLB Buff
9. Buf- Darquezze Denard CB Mich
10. Det- Mike Evans WR TA&M
11. Ten- G. Robinson OT Auburn
12. NYG- Zack Martin OT ND
13. Stl- Anthony Barr OLB UCLA
14. Chi- Justin Gilbert CB OK St.
15. Pit- Marquise Lee WR USC
16. Bal- Eric Ebron TE N.Car
17. Dal- Louis Nix DT ND
18. NYJ- Hasean Clinton-Dix FS Ala
19. Mia- Cyrus Kouandijo OT Ala
20. Arz- Timmy Jernigan DE FSU
21. G.B.- Ryan Shazier OLB Ohio St.
22. Phi- Kony Ealy DE Mizz
23. K.C.- Allen Robinson WR Penn St
24. Cin- Marcus Roberson CB Fla
25. S.D.- David Yawkey G Stan
26. Cle- Kelvin Benjamin WR FSU
27. N.O.- Jason Verrett CB TCU
28. Car- Morgan Moses OT Vir
29. N.E.- Odell Beckham Jr. WR LSU
30. S.F.- Dee Ford DE Aub
31. Sea- Jace Ammaro TE TexTech
32. Den- Yawin Smallwood ILB UConn
ROUND 2
1. Hou
2. Was
3. Oak
Sunday, December 29, 2013
2014 Top 5 Movie Preview
1. Sin City 2 A Dame To Kill For
When "Sin City" first came out, it totally blew my mind! The cinematography was outstanding, mixing black and white with just enough distinct colors, and how they blended the stories together was just so astonishing to me, it made me want to be a writer/storyteller. Frank Miller's Sin City Graphic novel series definitely raises the bar, and Robert Rodriguez did a great job bring it to life. The actors were cast so perfectly for each story, and most of them are returning, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, and Jaime King. Joining them are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, and Ray Liotta just to name a few. I read a few of the Sin City books, and "A Dame to Kill For" was my 2nd favorite, behind "The Hard Goodbye", which was told in the first movie. "Sin City" may be one of the most underrated films in history, and hopefully the new one can get the credit and recognition that the first one didn't. Well, only if it's as or almost as good! Oh yea, and it does have my #1 Hollywood crush in it, Eva Green!
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bryan Singer, the director of the first 2 "X-Men" returns, and combines the original cast, the cast of "The Last Stand", and the cast of "First Class" into a whirlwind time travel, where Old Professor X (Patrick Stewart) sends Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, to the past to help young Professor X, (James McAvoy) prevent a war between humans and mutants. This looks good, and all the actors have played their roles, respectively, in the other X-Men movies such as Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Sir Ian McKellan. So this to me looks to be the most exciting movie of the summer.
3. Dumb and Dumber To
With Anchorman 2 coming out to mixed reviews, a lot of people are going to be skeptical about the long awaited "Dumb and Dumber" sequel. I will say that great comedies do take time to really be appreciated. How many times have we seen them, and each time you almost discover something new. That being said, it will take some time to let it sink in, but the excitement starts with Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, and the Farrelly Brothers returning. We can only hope that it will be funny, and leave your expectations at that. Don't expect it to be as funny as the first, because that's just not fair for this movie, and other comedy sequels. I say just see the movie looking for laughs, and don't try to compare it to the original at all. You'll probably be disappointed.
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Before they can gear up and make another "Avengers" movie, they have to continue to build foundations for each character, and here we get to see Captain America in a modern day adventure. And we get to see more of the beautiful Scarlett Johansson, so that helps a lot. Here we get to see an old fashioned hero adapt, and the story of the Winter Soldier is a classic that has one hell of a twist.
5. A Million Ways to Die in the West
Seth MacFarlane wrote and directed what seems to be a comedy, about a sheep farmer in the Wild West, who loses his girlfriend in a gun duel, and looks for the courage to win her back with the help of another gunslinger's wife, Charlize Theron. It's Seth MacFarlane, so expect a lot of laughs to go along with some dark and twisted storyline. It's another film from MacFarlane, and I did like "Ted", and MacFarlane has become a better story teller throughout his time with "Family Guy", and here he brings along most of his staff from the show.
Other Movies to Look Forward to:
The Amazing Spiderman 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Exodus
Transformers 4
22 Jump Street
Robocop
When "Sin City" first came out, it totally blew my mind! The cinematography was outstanding, mixing black and white with just enough distinct colors, and how they blended the stories together was just so astonishing to me, it made me want to be a writer/storyteller. Frank Miller's Sin City Graphic novel series definitely raises the bar, and Robert Rodriguez did a great job bring it to life. The actors were cast so perfectly for each story, and most of them are returning, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, and Jaime King. Joining them are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, and Ray Liotta just to name a few. I read a few of the Sin City books, and "A Dame to Kill For" was my 2nd favorite, behind "The Hard Goodbye", which was told in the first movie. "Sin City" may be one of the most underrated films in history, and hopefully the new one can get the credit and recognition that the first one didn't. Well, only if it's as or almost as good! Oh yea, and it does have my #1 Hollywood crush in it, Eva Green!
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bryan Singer, the director of the first 2 "X-Men" returns, and combines the original cast, the cast of "The Last Stand", and the cast of "First Class" into a whirlwind time travel, where Old Professor X (Patrick Stewart) sends Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, to the past to help young Professor X, (James McAvoy) prevent a war between humans and mutants. This looks good, and all the actors have played their roles, respectively, in the other X-Men movies such as Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Sir Ian McKellan. So this to me looks to be the most exciting movie of the summer.
3. Dumb and Dumber To
With Anchorman 2 coming out to mixed reviews, a lot of people are going to be skeptical about the long awaited "Dumb and Dumber" sequel. I will say that great comedies do take time to really be appreciated. How many times have we seen them, and each time you almost discover something new. That being said, it will take some time to let it sink in, but the excitement starts with Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, and the Farrelly Brothers returning. We can only hope that it will be funny, and leave your expectations at that. Don't expect it to be as funny as the first, because that's just not fair for this movie, and other comedy sequels. I say just see the movie looking for laughs, and don't try to compare it to the original at all. You'll probably be disappointed.
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Before they can gear up and make another "Avengers" movie, they have to continue to build foundations for each character, and here we get to see Captain America in a modern day adventure. And we get to see more of the beautiful Scarlett Johansson, so that helps a lot. Here we get to see an old fashioned hero adapt, and the story of the Winter Soldier is a classic that has one hell of a twist.
5. A Million Ways to Die in the West
Seth MacFarlane wrote and directed what seems to be a comedy, about a sheep farmer in the Wild West, who loses his girlfriend in a gun duel, and looks for the courage to win her back with the help of another gunslinger's wife, Charlize Theron. It's Seth MacFarlane, so expect a lot of laughs to go along with some dark and twisted storyline. It's another film from MacFarlane, and I did like "Ted", and MacFarlane has become a better story teller throughout his time with "Family Guy", and here he brings along most of his staff from the show.
Other Movies to Look Forward to:
The Amazing Spiderman 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Exodus
Transformers 4
22 Jump Street
Robocop
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Special: Top 10 Actors Who Could Be Batman
Well it looks like that Zach Snyder, the Director of "Man Of Steel", and the upcoming "Batman/Superman" movie is going to stick with Ben Affleck to be the Dark Knight, and has sparked so much controversy in doing so. Affleck did turn down the role, twice, but Snyder kept pushing, and Affleck finally caved to the director's request. I don't really like the decision, but I also didn't like the choice of Heath Ledger playing the Joker, and that turned out pretty well, (except for Ledger losing his life, R.I.P). So we are just going to have to hope that Ben can do a good job, and not destroy Zach Snyder's career. One thing we must first understand, is that these new movies are going to be totally different from Christopher Nolan's, and Christian Bale's "The Dark Knight" series. It's a whole other universe, it won't continue where they left off, or relate to those stories at all. Christian Bale said he would play Batman again only if Nolan was doing it, and Nolan has no desire to make more Batman movies. That being said, I personally don't like the Affleck decision, and I composed a list of actors who I think would play a great Bruce Wayne/Batman. Let's check it out shall we....
10. Bradley Cooper
9. Ryan Gosling
8. Clive Owen
7. Wes Bentley
6. Zachary Quinto
5. Andrew Lincoln
4. Karl Urban
3. Sam Worthington
2. Michael Fassbender
1. Jon Hamm
10. Bradley Cooper
9. Ryan Gosling
8. Clive Owen
7. Wes Bentley
6. Zachary Quinto
5. Andrew Lincoln
4. Karl Urban
3. Sam Worthington
2. Michael Fassbender
1. Jon Hamm
Sunday, December 15, 2013
If Shua won the Mega Millions.......
I had the opportunity to take an extensively long nap, and in my dream, I had the winning ticket to the Mega Millions $500 million jackpot! Congratulations Shua! What are you going to do with all that money?! This is my plan;
First of all, I'll go ahead and take the lump sum over the annuity, so after taxes, that would be $270,238,100.00 up front. Here you go Mom and Dad, here's $70 million to help you retire, disperse throughout the family, and make sure that we will have money for forever! Then, after my date with Eva Green and Anne Hathaway, it's time to get down to business. I'm going to go ahead and buy a large portion of the Colorado Rockies and turn them into yearly contenders.
Over the last 20 years, I have been apart of so much of their history, I was at the first ever home game, I was at the game when they clinched the pennant, I was there for Mike Hampton's 2 home runs, I was even at game 4 in 2007 to watch Boston celebrate on our field. It is a fact that the Yankees are my favorite team, but there is a special place in my heart for the Rockies. They're my hometown team, and really the only team that I will ever root for in the National League. And if the Yankees and Rockies play in the World Series, I'll be pulling for the Rox.
So, with that aside, I'm taking my $200 million left over, and I am going to turn the Rockies into serious contenders. With quite a few of the free agents already taken, here's what I would do:
They already signed relief pitcher Boone Logan, that's a good start for the bullpen, and already picked up first basemen Justin Morneau. These are moves that I would have done, but since the Rox already made them, this will save me some money.
First, bring back Ubaldo Jimenez. We should have never traded him away, and he is familiar with Coors field. We have the money now, so let's give him a 4 year, $40 million dollar contract ($10 mm per yr.). Then go get Francisco Rodriguez, and put him in a middle relief role, at a 2 years $8 million contract. This would put Juan Nicasio, or Tyler Chatwood into the bullpen, and give us some good strong depth there.
Now, let's get some fielding help. I don't agree with trading Dexter Fowler, but what's done is done. So let's get the best available outfielder, Shinn Soo Choo. He's been waiting this long in free agency, so he may take a bit of a smaller contract than what he was first asking for. At 31, we won't commit too long, but should still be able to get good production out of him, so let's do a 4 year, $55 million deal with him, about $13.5 mm a year. Now that we have our outfield taken care of, let's plug that hole at 2B, and sign IF Stephan Drew. With Morneau signing a 3 year deal, we should give him a 4 year, $40 million contract. Now just sign a couple of key bench players, like catcher Kurt Suzuki, and OF Grady Sizemore to help with veteran presence and leadership.
Boom! There we go! With some of the remaining money, invest in a top quality training staff to keep the players healthy all year long, so that would cost around $3 million dollars. Total, that's about $160 million dollars to add to Colorado's salary, which is now only at about $85 million. Then we would have a good mix of free agent acquisitions, and farm talent that should take us to the top of the division.
Sure, some will argue that paying for top free agents may not be the way to go, but look at the top teams of the past 20 years, the Yankees, the Cardinals, the Phillies, the Red Sox. If you do want to be successful in Major League Baseball, you will need to spend some money.
Here's the lineup under Shua's management:
Starting Line-up
1. Stephan Drew 2B
2. Shinn Soo Choo LF
3. Carlos Gonzalez CF
4. Troy Tulowitzki SS
5. Michael Cuddayer RF
6. Willian Rosario C
7. Nelson Arenado 3B
8. Justin Morneau 1B
9. Pitcher
Utillity Men
C Kurt Suzuki
OF Chris Dickerson
OF Grady Sizemore
IF/OF Tyler Colvin
IF Jordan Pacheco
IF Jonathon Herrera
Pitching Staff
SP Jorge DeLaRosa
SP Ubaldo Jimenez
SP Jhoulys Chachin
SP Brett Andersen
SP Tyler Chatwood
RP Boone Logan
RP Francisco Rodriguez
RP Juan Nicasio
RP Raphael Betancourt
RP Jeremy Butler
First of all, I'll go ahead and take the lump sum over the annuity, so after taxes, that would be $270,238,100.00 up front. Here you go Mom and Dad, here's $70 million to help you retire, disperse throughout the family, and make sure that we will have money for forever! Then, after my date with Eva Green and Anne Hathaway, it's time to get down to business. I'm going to go ahead and buy a large portion of the Colorado Rockies and turn them into yearly contenders.
Over the last 20 years, I have been apart of so much of their history, I was at the first ever home game, I was at the game when they clinched the pennant, I was there for Mike Hampton's 2 home runs, I was even at game 4 in 2007 to watch Boston celebrate on our field. It is a fact that the Yankees are my favorite team, but there is a special place in my heart for the Rockies. They're my hometown team, and really the only team that I will ever root for in the National League. And if the Yankees and Rockies play in the World Series, I'll be pulling for the Rox.
So, with that aside, I'm taking my $200 million left over, and I am going to turn the Rockies into serious contenders. With quite a few of the free agents already taken, here's what I would do:
They already signed relief pitcher Boone Logan, that's a good start for the bullpen, and already picked up first basemen Justin Morneau. These are moves that I would have done, but since the Rox already made them, this will save me some money.
First, bring back Ubaldo Jimenez. We should have never traded him away, and he is familiar with Coors field. We have the money now, so let's give him a 4 year, $40 million dollar contract ($10 mm per yr.). Then go get Francisco Rodriguez, and put him in a middle relief role, at a 2 years $8 million contract. This would put Juan Nicasio, or Tyler Chatwood into the bullpen, and give us some good strong depth there.
Now, let's get some fielding help. I don't agree with trading Dexter Fowler, but what's done is done. So let's get the best available outfielder, Shinn Soo Choo. He's been waiting this long in free agency, so he may take a bit of a smaller contract than what he was first asking for. At 31, we won't commit too long, but should still be able to get good production out of him, so let's do a 4 year, $55 million deal with him, about $13.5 mm a year. Now that we have our outfield taken care of, let's plug that hole at 2B, and sign IF Stephan Drew. With Morneau signing a 3 year deal, we should give him a 4 year, $40 million contract. Now just sign a couple of key bench players, like catcher Kurt Suzuki, and OF Grady Sizemore to help with veteran presence and leadership.
Boom! There we go! With some of the remaining money, invest in a top quality training staff to keep the players healthy all year long, so that would cost around $3 million dollars. Total, that's about $160 million dollars to add to Colorado's salary, which is now only at about $85 million. Then we would have a good mix of free agent acquisitions, and farm talent that should take us to the top of the division.
Sure, some will argue that paying for top free agents may not be the way to go, but look at the top teams of the past 20 years, the Yankees, the Cardinals, the Phillies, the Red Sox. If you do want to be successful in Major League Baseball, you will need to spend some money.
Here's the lineup under Shua's management:
Starting Line-up
1. Stephan Drew 2B
2. Shinn Soo Choo LF
3. Carlos Gonzalez CF
4. Troy Tulowitzki SS
5. Michael Cuddayer RF
6. Willian Rosario C
7. Nelson Arenado 3B
8. Justin Morneau 1B
9. Pitcher
Utillity Men
C Kurt Suzuki
OF Chris Dickerson
OF Grady Sizemore
IF/OF Tyler Colvin
IF Jordan Pacheco
IF Jonathon Herrera
Pitching Staff
SP Jorge DeLaRosa
SP Ubaldo Jimenez
SP Jhoulys Chachin
SP Brett Andersen
SP Tyler Chatwood
RP Boone Logan
RP Francisco Rodriguez
RP Juan Nicasio
RP Raphael Betancourt
RP Jeremy Butler
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