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Centerfield Jul 11 2007 12:59 PM

1. Who are the Phillies commemorating with their black patch? I don't remember any Phillies dying recently. 2. Does the honor of managing the All-Star team belong to the manager or the team? In other words, suppose LaRussa left the Cards after last year and decided to manage another NL team, would he get to go? Or would it be the Cards new manager? What if LaRussa retired? Would it be his replacement, or Willie as the manager of the NL Runners up? 3. Maggie Gyllenhaal. Hot or Not?

seawolf17 Jul 11 2007 01:03 PM

1. Don't know. 2. According to Wikipedia: The manager for each league's team has for many years been the manager of the previous year's league champion. This honor is given to the manager, not the team, so it's possible that the All-Star manager could no longer be with the team with which he won, as happened in 2003, when Dusty Baker managed the National League team despite having moved from the National League champion San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs. This has even included situations where the person is no longer actively managing a team: in 1979, Bob Lemon managed the American League team after having been fired by New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. The coaching staff is selected by the manager. 3. Not.

Edgy DC Jul 11 2007 01:04 PM

The honor belongs to the manager. Bob Lemon, and he's not the only one, came back to manage the AL team after he had been canned coming off of a pennant winning season for the Yankees. He even put the Yankee uniform back on, which I question. I also question Frank Torre wearing a Yankee uniform in the All Star dugout.

metirish Jul 11 2007 01:05 PM

John Vukovitch..I think #3..very hot in secretary.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 11 2007 01:06 PM

1. Is longtime coach John Vukovich. 2. See above 3. Kinda?

Willets Point Jul 11 2007 01:09 PM

1. John Vukovich. 2. Already answered. 3. Yes, yes, flaming red burning h-h-h-h-h-h-h-hot!

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2007 01:11 PM

I also seem to remember Danny Murtaugh coming out of retirement to manage the NL All-Star team in 1972. (He won the World Series with the Pirates in 1971.) Who managed the All-Star teams in 1965? Both pennant-winning teams in 1964 ended up with new managers in 1965. As for Maggie, she's definitely cute, but I wouldn't call her "hot."

Centerfield Jul 11 2007 01:16 PM

What if the reigning manager declines for whatever reason? Who does the honor fall to?

Willets Point Jul 11 2007 01:18 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Who managed the All-Star teams in 1965? Both pennant-winning teams in 1964 ended up with new managers in 1965. Gene Mauch and Al Lopez.

Edgy DC Jul 11 2007 01:18 PM

Good question, Yancy. Apparently the policy wasn't in place yet, because Al Lopez and Gene Mauch managed the 1965 All Star Game. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/all_star_event.jsp?story=8 Which is a heckuva reward for guiding a team to the most legendary failure of a stretch run in history.

Frayed Knot Jul 11 2007 01:30 PM

Q: Is this the worst day of the baseball year? A: Yes

soupcan Jul 11 2007 01:31 PM

Movies that the very hot Ms. Gyllenhall has appeared nude in, thus emphasizing her hotness: Sherrybaby Secretary Strip Search

Centerfield Jul 11 2007 01:31 PM

re: Maggie I've never seen a girl vary so much depending on angle. She can look great or bad from scene to scene, even within the same movie. Love her personality though....enough to carry her to Top 5 status for me.

Nymr83 Jul 11 2007 01:53 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: Q: Is this the worst day of the baseball year? A: Yes i think monday was the worst, being further away from the next met game than we are now. how did Vukovich get 597 career at-bats and a 13-year career with those numbers? he had a career OPS of .425, i wonder if thats the lowest ever for someone over 500 career ABs?

sharpie Jul 11 2007 01:59 PM

He did manage to get traded straight-up for Dave Schneck (a couple of years after Schneck had played his last major league game).

metirish Jul 11 2007 02:02 PM

Nymr83 wrote: ="Frayed Knot"]Q: Is this the worst day of the baseball year? A: Yes i think monday was the worst, being further away from the next met game than we are now. how did Vukovich get 597 career at-bats and a 13-year career with those numbers? he had a career OPS of .425, i wonder if thats the lowest ever for someone over 500 career ABs? Why the hell did I think he was a former great of the game....would never have checked his numbers until you mentioned them above....

RealityChuck Jul 11 2007 02:11 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 11 2007 02:15 PM

seawolf17 wrote: 2. According to Wikipedia: The manager for each league's team has for many years been the manager of the previous year's league champion. This honor is given to the manager, not the team, so it's possible that the All-Star manager could no longer be with the team with which he won, as happened in 2003, when Dusty Baker managed the National League team despite having moved from the National League champion San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs. This has even included situations where the person is no longer actively managing a team: in 1979, Bob Lemon managed the American League team after having been fired by New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. The coaching staff is selected by the manager. Interesting change, which brings up a couple of trivia questions: 1. What manager (or managers -- there may be more than one) managed an all-star team without ever managing in the post season? 2. What manager managed four all-star games, but only was in the postseason twice? (The change of rules now makes this much more unlikely, though not impossible.) 3. (easy one) What all-star game didn't have either of the previous year's winning managers managing?

cooby Jul 11 2007 02:15 PM

That reminds me...does anybody else think that Reese Witherspoon's chin is really pointy? I never noticed until about a year ago.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2007 02:19 PM

Have you ever seen Drew Barrymore's chin in profile?

cooby Jul 11 2007 02:23 PM

hers too? These poor kids.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2007 02:23 PM

Hers isn't pointy, but it looks like it weighs about eight pounds.

cooby Jul 11 2007 02:25 PM

Ouch. We need a comparison photo test thread. Reese vs Drew's chins. I'd start it but I currently have no PC at home and I'll be danged if I use my husband's laptop to start a thread like that

Vic Sage Jul 11 2007 02:35 PM

Maggie is as hot as a cat on a tin roof. or something. Secretary -- mmmmm, baby... thank you, sir, may she have another? Stranger than Fiction -- not naked, but i understood why will ferrell fell in love with her. drew = adorable reese = scary stepford girl

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2007 02:38 PM

Drew is adorable, but you don't want to get conked by that chin.

Frayed Knot Jul 11 2007 02:53 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Have you ever seen Drew Barrymore's chin in profile? David Letterman saw several of Drew's body parts in profile ... I'm just not sure that the chin was among them.

DocTee Jul 11 2007 03:07 PM

reese is the female Jay Leno-- looks like see has an anvil instead of a jaw. And she'sstill way better looking than drew.

MFS62 Jul 11 2007 03:50 PM

Their chins look almost OK when you compare them with the chin of Bernadette Peters. http://www.bernadette-peters.com/cgi-bin/photoalbum.pl Later

Elster88 Jul 11 2007 05:31 PM

Drew Barrymore is ugly.

seawolf17 Jul 11 2007 07:02 PM

Reese Witherspoon, on the other hand, is gorgeous.

Kid Carsey Jul 11 2007 07:24 PM

FK: >>>Q: Is this the worst day of the baseball year?<<< Just a little less worse than that day off after a home opener (if it's to start the season) ... otherwise, yeah it sucks.

Gwreck Jul 11 2007 07:24 PM

="RealityChuck"]1. What manager (or managers -- there may be more than one) managed an all-star team without ever managing in the post season? Alou and Showalter both managed the all-star game before managing in the postseason, but they both got there years later. ]3. (easy one) What all-star game didn't have either of the previous year's winning managers managing? '95.

SteveJRogers Jul 11 2007 08:16 PM

RealityChuck wrote: 2. What manager managed four all-star games, but only was in the postseason twice? (The change of rules now makes this much more unlikely, though not impossible.) 3. (easy one) What all-star game didn't have either of the previous year's winning managers managing? #2 I'm going with Al Lopez who managed proper in 55 and 59 and was a replacement for Houk in 64 and Berra in 65 #3 also includes 65 with Lopez and Mauch as well as the very first All Star game in 1933 with Connie Mack and John McGraw as the skippers

RealityChuck Jul 11 2007 09:02 PM

="Gwreck"] ="RealityChuck"]1. What manager (or managers -- there may be more than one) managed an all-star team without ever managing in the post season? Alou and Showalter both managed the all-star game before managing in the postseason, but they both got there years later. Not who I was thinking of. And, double checking, this manager managed two all-star games, but never managed in the postseason. And you're right about Lopez.

soupcan Jul 12 2007 07:22 AM

Reese Witherspoon naked in: Twilight. Drew Barrymore naked in: Guncrazy Doppleganger Bad Girls Boys On The Side Poison Ivy Bernadette Peters naked in: Pink Cadillac

Farmer Ted Jul 12 2007 08:12 AM

I've seen Maggie up close. Not hot, not cute. Without the chest, she looks like a frompy 14 year old boy.

metirish Jul 12 2007 08:33 AM

Farmer Ted wrote: I've seen Maggie up close. Not hot, not cute. Without the chest, she looks like a frompy 14 year old boy. Ok,my mental image of Maggie just went to shit.

Vic Sage Jul 12 2007 08:45 AM

"frompy"? Without her chest, Maggie's heart and lungs would keep falling out, so her frompiness would be the least of her problems.

Vic Sage Jul 12 2007 08:59 AM

soupcan wrote: Reese Witherspoon naked in: Twilight. Drew Barrymore naked in: Guncrazy Doppleganger Bad Girls Boys On The Side Poison Ivy Bernadette Peters naked in: Pink Cadillac Thank you for the bare facts, Mr. Skin.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 12 2007 11:33 AM

1) I know Felipe Alou managed the NL squad in 1995 because the Expos had the best record at the time of the strike (Take THAT Bobby Cox and your 14 "consecutive" titles. 2) I think the aforementioned Maggie is pretty, but then again I think Rachael Ray is a knockout, which gets me heavily mocked. 3) Reese Witherspoon's chin is so pointy that it's a distraction. 4) Drew seems to change from movie to movie. I think she looked great in "Music and Lyrics" and especially "Fever Pitch."

seawolf17 Jul 12 2007 11:53 AM

I'm with you on Rachael Ray too.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2007 11:53 AM

If I'd only seen photos of Rachael Ray, I'd probably think she was attractive. But I've seen her in action and heard her talk. She's unbearable.

Edgy DC Jul 12 2007 12:01 PM

This thread is growing unbearable.

Vic Sage Jul 12 2007 12:05 PM

i'd like to read a story in the Post one day that Rachel Ray had her head split open with a meat cleaver in a horrible kitchen accident. That would be "delish".

metsguyinmichigan Jul 12 2007 12:10 PM

Vic Sage wrote: i'd like to read a story in the Post one day that Rachel Ray had her head split open with a meat cleaver in a horrible kitchen accident. That would be "delish". Oh man! That's just so wrong! Now, Derek Jeter with a meat cleaver accident? OK. Clemens? Even better! Chipper Jones? It's just the right thing to do. (And Rachael would say "Yum-o," not "delish.")

Willets Point Jul 12 2007 12:29 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: (And Rachael would say "Yum-o," not "delish.") They apparently do not have Dunkin' Donuts in Michigan. Here in Massachusetts where DuDo's is on every corner there is a picture of Rachael Ray in each window with the words "Quick and Delish" underneath. I'm assuming those are her words.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2007 12:30 PM

I was all set to call Nabisco and demand that they remove Rachael Ray's picture from their boxes of Ritz Crackers (she could actually be seen on four of the six side of the carton) but somebody apparently beat me to it. After we returned from Alaska last summer, I noticed a "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels" in my TiVo Alaska wish list. Since we had just returned from Anchorage, I figured we'd watch the show and see her take on the city. What a mistake. It was 30 minutes of pure stupidity. She went to the Alaska Native Heritage Center and concluded her visit by saying, "If you're interested in Native Alaskan Heritage, then the Alaska Native Heritage Center is the place for you!" How inane can you get?

Willets Point Jul 12 2007 12:34 PM

By the way, I suspect somewhere on the internet Soupcan has put together a database of female actresses and movies they appeared naked in.

Centerfield Jul 12 2007 12:36 PM

I like Rachael Ray...but I have seen only about 4 episodes of her show. I guess she could get annoying with overexposure but I wouldn't know. What I do like about her is that she grew up in upstate New York, and if you've spent any time up there, (soupy, Methead) you can recognize that upstate style of speaking. It was weird to see that on TV. One of the episodes I caught was when she went back home and I noticed that her accent got thicker when she was back in her hometown. This happens to me too. I've been living in the city for ten years, but every time I go home, I feel like a hick again.

Vic Sage Jul 12 2007 12:40 PM

Willets Point wrote: By the way, I suspect somewhere on the internet Soupcan has put together a database of female actresses and movies they appeared naked in. its already there http://tour.mrskin.com/page1.html

metirish Jul 12 2007 12:41 PM

Old article on the hate for RR... http://www.slate.com/id/2122085/ I like her, a little perky at times but that's OK.

DocTee Jul 12 2007 12:45 PM

She does bear an uncanny resemblance to the Joker, with that perpetually upturned smile.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 12 2007 12:47 PM

Is she naked on the Ritz cracker box?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2007 12:50 PM

No, for that you'd have to buy Triscuits.

soupcan Jul 12 2007 01:23 PM

[url=http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/]I prefer this one[/url]

seawolf17 Jul 12 2007 01:26 PM

I'm not saying she's not annoying, I'm just agreeing that she's cute. Her "$40 A Day" show was an invaluable resource when we visited Montreal a few years back; we found great restaurants because of that show.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2007 01:32 PM

seawolf17 wrote: I'm not saying she's not annoying, I'm just agreeing that she's cute. I agree with that too. But I find that she's far more annoying than she is cute. I'm glad she's off the Ritz Cracker boxes. I shudder to think that some day she may be on my boxes of Pop-Tarts!

metsguyinmichigan Jul 12 2007 01:32 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: No, for that you'd have to buy Triscuits. I am SO running to Costco to get that big box....

MFS62 Jul 12 2007 05:03 PM

seawolf17 wrote: I'm with you on Rachael Ray too. Especially when she eats something, smiles, rolls her eyes and says "YUMMMM" as only she can. Later