MLB Roundup 2011 (June 25)

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East
NY Yankees
Boston only 0.5 games behind the Yankees
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Baltimore

Central
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota
Kansas City

West
Texas
Seattle 2 games out of first! Let's go Mariners!
LA Angels
Oakland

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Washington
NY Mets
Florida

Central
Milwaukee
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
Houston

West
San Francisco
Arizona
Colorado
LA Dodgers
San Diego

STATS

Batting Average
Adrian Gonzalez (Red Sox) - .358
Victor Martinez (Tigers) - .335
Jose Reyes (Mets) - .334

Hits
A. Gonzalez (Red Sox) - 112
J. Reyes (Mets) - 109
Starlin Castro (Cubs) - 103

Home Runs
Jose Bautista (Blue Jays) - 23
Mark Teixeira (Yankees) - 22
Paul Konerko (White Sox) - 21

Wins
CC Sabathia (Yankees) - 10
Justin Verlander (Tigers) - 10
Jair Jurrjens (Braves) - 10

Saves
Huston Street (Rockies) - 23
Brian Wilson (Giants) - 22
Joel Hanrahan (Pirates) - 22

ERA
Josh Beckett (Red Sox) - 1.86
Jered Weaver (Angels) - 2.01
Jair Jurrgens (Braves) - 2.07

ESPN Power Rankings (first 10)
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees Booo!!!
San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Brewers
Detroit Tigers
Atlanta Braves
Arizona Diamondbacks
Cleveland Indians
St Louis Cardinals
............Seattle is at #14

Favorite Heroes and Villains

This is an update to something I posted in May 2010, Top 3 Comic Book Characters Part Two.

This post was not titled correctly in the first place but on top of that my feelings have changed since then. In that post I listed my favorite comic book heroes and comic book villains. This is an update to that list (not in any particular order):

Heroes
Batman
Superman
Flash
Captain Marvel
Punisher

Villains
Joker
Doctor Doom
Lex Luthor
Magneto
Two-Face

DC Comics Poll: Which new titles will you purchase?

In case you live under a rock, you know that at the end of the summer, DC Comics will be re-booting its entire comic book line.

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans, Justice League, Aquaman, and a slew of 2nd and 3rd tier titles will be completely re-vamped, aka they are starting all of its characters from scratch.

Here is a link to a survey I found on the Comic Book Resources website:


Which New Titles Will You Purchase?

Happy Birthday George!

Happy 57th Birthday George!!!

For those of you that don't know who I am talking about, I am talking about George Perez, one of the best known comic book artists of all time. He was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Queens, New York.

He is most well known for being the artist for the DC crossover event of the century Crisis on Infinite Earths but that is not the only comic he has lent his pen to.

What comics has he drawn for? The easier question would be what comics has he not drawn but here is a quick list of some of the comics that he has graced his presence with:

Action Comics, Batman, Flash, Infinite Crisis, Justice League of America, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk, Infinity Gauntlet, Green Lantern, Superman, Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, X-Men............

So, again, happy birth George, here's to many more years of drawing our favorites!

The Best of Michael J. Fox

Happy 50th Birthday Michael! Can't believe he is that old already!

Here is a list of what I think are his best films:

1. Back to The Future (1985)
2. Teen Wolf (1985)
3. Light of Day (1987)
4. The Secret of My Success (1987)
5. Casualties of War (1989)
6. Back to the Future 2 (1989)
7. Back to the Future 3 (1990)
8. Doc Hollywood (1991)
9. The American President (1995)
10. Mars Attacks! (1996)

If I had to choose an absolute favorite of these films, I would definitely have to go with the one that launched him in super stardom.........Back to the Future!!

Currently Reading: Batman: The Long Halloween

TITLE: Batman: The Long Halloween

AUTHOR: Jeph Loeb (writer); Tim Sale (artist)

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1998

PUBLISHER: DC Comics

I have read this Batman story more than once but I was at the library the other day and saw it on the shelf and decided I wanted to read it again.

This is actually one of my favorite Batman stories. It is written by Jeph Loeb, who is one of my favorite comic books writers (along with Geoff Johns, Chuck Dixon, Garth Ennish, and Peter David). The artwork in it is decent. Not amazing. Not great. But decent.

But it's the story itself that makes me read it over and over. I love the story. Jeph Loeb has written other Batman stories (most notably Dark Victory) but this one is definitely one of his best works in my opinion.

If you are a Batman fan, or a comics fan, or a Jeph Loeb fan, or just a fan of reading, check this one out.

Saturday Shuffle (6-4-11)

1. Spin - Lifehouse (from the album Stanley Climbfall)
2. Last Ride In - Green Day (from Nimrod)
3. Fatal Flu - No Use for a Name (from Leche Con Carne)
4. Better Off Dancing - The Donnas (from Bitchin')
5. Tell It on the Mountain - Duvall (from O Holy Night)
6. Letterbomb - Green Day (from American Idiot)
7. Emotion is Dead Part 2 - The Juliana Theory (from Emotion is Dead)
8. 531 - Season to Risk (from Men are Monkeys, Robots Win)
9. Cold Streets - MxPx (from Panic)
10. Knock-Down Drag Out - Weezer (from Weezer)
11. More Than a Feeling - Boston (from Boston)

Quote of the Day (6-3-11)

"The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?"

- - P.J. O'Rourke

Libertarian Presidential Candidates for 2012

Here is a list of the folks running for President in 2012 for the Libertarian Party:

Jim Burns
Libertarian since 1973. Past chairman of the Nevada Libertarian Party.

Jim Duensing
Also a former chairman of the Nevada Libertarian Party. Couldn't really find much information about him.

Michael Jingozian
Joined the Libertarian Party in 1981. Former Vice-Chairman of the National Libertarian Party. Economics degree from NYU School of Business. MBA from Bentley College. CAS (Certificate of Advance Study) in Applied Science from Harvard University.

Roger Gary
Member of the Libertarian Party since 1977. Former Chairman of the Texas Libertarian Party.

Wayne Allen Root
2008 Vice-Presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party. Political talk show host. Former Republican, he joined the Libertarian Party in 2007. Author of The Conscience of a Libertarian. It has been written that he is the front runner for the Presidential nomination.

Lee Wrights
Bachelors degree in History and Journalism from Willmar College. Founder and editor of the online libertarian newsletter LibertyForAll.Net. Has been active in the Libertarian Party since 2000. Former Vice Chairman of the North Carolina Libertarian Party.

RJ Harris
Army National Guard officer. Bachelors degree in Philosophy from the University of Oklahoma. Ran against Tom Cole for the Republican nomination in Oklahoma's 4th District in 2010.

Quote of the Day (6-1-11)

"When you've got big business and big government and big labor in bed together, those are dangerous combinations, and they always leave out the interests of the American citizen."

- - Mark Meckler (Tea Party Patriots co-founder)

I found this quote in an article on the Huffington Post titled Tea Party: GOP Will Be Held Accountable for Backing Business in Debt Ceiling Fight.

Wednesday Night Shuffle (6-1-11)

1. Once - Pearl Jam (from Ten)
2. Days Go By - Lifehouse (from Lifehouse)
3. Caught Up in Yourself - Third Day (from Revelation)
4. Norwegian Wood - The Beatles (from Rubber Soul)
5. Leech - Eve 6 (from Eve 6)
6. Great Expectations - Gaslight Anthem (from The 59 Sound)
7. Veronica Hates Me - Screeching Weasel (from My Brain Hurts)
8. Through These Eyes - Social Distortion (from White Light White Heat White Trash)
9. The Wild Rover - Dropkick Murphys (Sing Loud Sing Proud)