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Rest in Peace, Harry the K

“Swing and a long drive … watch … this … baby! … OUTTA HERE!” 
Harry Kalas started calling Philadelphia Phillies’ games in 1971, the year that I was born. Today he died in the broadcast booth, a couple hours before the game against the Washington Nationals. 
Back in the days before cable TV, most home games weren’t televised. (OK, if that [...]

What Does Winning Feel Like?

Winning feels like a cherry coke made with real syrup.
Winning feels like pots and pans banged together in the cold autumn night.
Winning feels like a thousand whistles going off all at once.
Winning feels like the helicopter rides your dad would give you before you got too big.
Winning feels like that photo on the right looks [...]

It Ain’t Over Till … It Ain’t Over

The World Series entered some kind of weather-induced limbo last night, just as my Phils were on the verge of possibly, maybe, hopefully winning the city’s first major sports championship in 25 years.
Watching the game on the big screen at the Distillery sports bar here in Rochester, I couldn’t help recalling that old feeling from [...]

Capsule Movie Reviews

Alice in Wonderland
Pittsford Plaza 03.05.10
The word I left the theater with was "boring." Johhny Depp is a marvel, but there was little else there besides a handful of amazing visuals that I'd love to have as posters on my wall, but not as a 108-minute movie.

Edge of Darkness
Pittsford Plaza 02.03.10
Mel Gibson does a good angry face, but the British TV series this was based on was sooooo much better.

Crazy Heart
Pittsford Plaza 01.22.10
Loved the music, loved Jeff Bridges. But I'm sorry, Maggie Gyllenhaal nearly ruined it for me. Is it too much to ask the Bridges' character might fall for someone in, I don't know, maybe her *thirties* or something?

Sherlock Holmes
Pittsford Plaza 01.14.10
Completely ridiculous but oddly endearing. Sorta like Robert Downey Jr.

Up in the Air
Pittsford Plaza 01.01.10
Fantastic. So simple, so small, but kinda perfect. And very on point with the current economic situation.

Avatar
Pittsford Plaza 12.20.09
The day a filmmaker with an actual story to tell ("unobtanium?!" hilarious.) gets his or hands and this amazing visual technology, that will be something.

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