The Crane Pool Forum

YEAH, WELL YOU'RE NO BRAD PITT!
New York Daily News, October 19, 2021.
Winner of Round 1.23




FRANTASTIC!
Newsday, January 8, 2021.
Winner of Round 1.02

These both suck

I gotta say, Newsday has the best fastball on the staff. It may need work on its secondary pitches, like exploiting scandals, cashing in on LOLMets moments, and making use of Mr Met with a variety of facial expressions and such.

I'm having a hard time believing the Brad Pitt cover won its pool. I'm guessing the other covers must have featured Chase Utley, Donald Trump and Mickey Calloway's genitalia.

There's a link to the original poll right above the picture of the cover.

That was a bad round.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:45 am I gotta say, Newsday has the best fastball on the staff. It may need work on its secondary pitches, like exploiting scandals, cashing in on LOLMets moments, and making use of Mr Met with a variety of facial expressions and such.

What do you consider to be Newsday's heater?

Is there a point to the Brad Pitt thing or is it just dumb on it's own?

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:18 pm

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:45 am I gotta say, Newsday has the best fastball on the staff. It may need work on its secondary pitches, like exploiting scandals, cashing in on LOLMets moments, and making use of Mr Met with a variety of facial expressions and such.

What do you consider to be Newsday's heater?

I mean it's their typical pitch. They pretty much fire their covers down the middle and dare the offense to hit it, but they have a weak secondary repetroire. No screwballs like the Snooze and Post often spring on us.

kcmets wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:54 pm Is there a point to the Brad Pitt thing or is it just dumb on it's own?

Brad Pitt played Billy Beane in the Moneyball movie adaptation

Ah! Never saw it (obviously).

I'm picking a lot of loozas this round.

Is it a matter of perspective or are those models 25 feet tall?

They adjust their height as necessary.

If they continue to stand in the middle of the L.I.E. they're not going to be tall for long.

I just watched Moneyball on a flight this week. I was bored out of my skull. This won Oscar nominations? It's a turkey. Watching Brad Pitt smash things in a locker room and make that scrunched up constipated face is just not getting it done for me.

I thought it was a good movie. Good performances, a little heavy on the melodrama. but not nearly as good a movie as the book was a book.

"He's got an ugly girlfriend"

Call me soft, but I have trouble being objective about any movie with a Jeff Tam element.