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https://www.city-journal.org/little-women Little Women Goes to War “Woke” critics express outrage that men stay away from a movie with little to offer them.

1995 Nebraska and 2001 Miami...maybe 1972 USC.

https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2020/1/13/21064786/houston-astros-you-reap-what-you-sow Great opinion piece by a Stros fan...and McCullers better hope Clevinger is traded out of the AL soon.

At the VERY least, Luhnow's going to be hired as a consultant to get those cellar-dwelling teams into the 21st century in terms of analytics and their proprietary database operations...which was the bone of contention when he took a lot of that with him from St. Louis to Houston in the first place. There's no clear rules about "work product" in MLB like there is in Silicon Valley.

One of the bottom 5-7 franchises is going to get desperate and hire them as a package deal. They might not hire Hinch to manage the big league team right away, he would probably start off with some front office or scouting/instructional title and then spend at least one or two years in the minors or as 3rd base or bench coach doing "penance" for their crimes.

Even though they claim it's a huge loss since Hinch and Luhnow are supposed to be Top 3 in baseball at their positions, they have the internal replacements and system in place in terms of the front office. Of course, the question then becomes do they keep all those who were "too close" to Luhnow and Hinch, or overlook that for continuity's sake? Is there an organization like the Marlins, Tigers, Pirates, Mariners, Orioles....that's ballsy enough to hire both those guys as a package, let them sit out their suspensions and say "f--- you" to the penalties, basically believing that building a winning team outweighs what they've done?

Where is EVERYONE? Exciting first half, but it seems like LSU just has too much offensive firepower. On pace for a 700+ total yardage game. At least it didn't start out like the semi's, where OU was out of the game in the first quarter. Plus, Clemson has Lawrence, but the Tigers have just lost so much talent from last year's team, hard to see them coming back...yet stranger things have happened.

SoxTalk is world-renowned for its cogent discussions of obscure Women's Professional Hockey Leagues in Eastern/Northern Europe and Russia.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/columnists/solomon/article/Solomon-Jim-Crane-s-firings-set-the-bar-higher-14972513.php According to the report, Hinch admitted he knew what the players were doing, and though he was against the practice, he allowed it to continue. Crane expected them to do more. “Neither one of them implemented it … but neither one of them did anything about it,” Crane said. Luhnow’s claim of complete innocence and ignorance is interesting. According to the MLB investigation, two emails mentioning the sign-stealing effort were sent to Luhnow, and there is “conflicting evidence about conversations with Luhnow on the topic.” “When I found out, I was very upset,” Crane said. “We want to be known for playing by the rules.”

Yes, but she's hardly a "mainstream" actress like a Hanks/Clooney/Eastwood/Favreau/Costner...let's just put it this way, if you ask the majority of Americans who Greta Gerwig is, and what movies she's acted in, the recognition level will be around 3-5%, maybe. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/oscar-2020-nominations-snubs-surprises-joker-jennifer-lopez-oscarssowhite-beyonce-153624963.html Dolemite is My Name should have gotten at least ONE nomination, that was ridiculous. And there's NO WAY IN HELL Joker is one of the nine best films and deserving of 10+ nominations, let alone 5. A GREAT performance from Joaquin Phoenix...and hitting the zeitgeist in terms of the current political climate almost exactly...but nope.

Except all Russian females take the "A" at the end from their father's names....Ivanov becomes Ivanova, Pavlov becomes Pavlova, Sharapov becomes Sharapova, etc.

Yeah, whereas Bigelow started her career in the early 90's directing Keanu and Swayze in Point Break. I do think actors (especially popular ones) who turn to directing have an inherent advantage getting noticed for their "multi-talented" abilities.

“I hardly knew that guy. He was just referred to as ‘bench coach’ around here, and the fact he’s now managing one of our biggest rivals means that we want absolutely no harm to come to some totally random guy that I just went out of my way to pin the blame on by not directly naming him. Well, actually, now that I’ve had time to reflect, it’s kind of AJ’s fault for hiring him in the first place.”

And, in typical “white collar crime way,” Luhnow will get hired in a heartbeat somewhere but Hinch will never manage a big league team again.

That story is MUCH more nuanced, and anyone taking Luhnow’s side without considering the circumstances of his departure from St. Louis and the execs he took with him knows that both guys are far from angels.

Would have a lot more respect if he simply accepted responsibility. The “buck stops here” as Harry Truman said. Now the culture seems to be more one of avoiding any responsibility and hoping it goes away because the attention span of the public and news media is so short.

We know Chris Correa...formerly of the Cards and serving that lifetime ban...has to be elated Luhnow’s finally getting his comeuppance.

They have totally different personalities, but Cora was pretty much perceived as a sidekick and enabler in the 2009-2011 time period...and that still doesn’t sit well with many. It’s kind of like he should have known the consequences when he hitched his wagon to Ozzie’s. That, and some of the reports about the drinking culture and extracurricular hijinks, just don’t see it ever happening for him.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/oscars-nominations-lack-diversity-major-144849001.html Awkwafina really got robbed. I know, worst name for an actress/comedian, but The Farewell is an excellent film and she totally plays against character. Not shocked at all the grandmother in that film didn’t get any recognition either, the Academy loves stars (well, except for The Artist.) Not convinced “Us” was quite good enough either, but the point still stands overall on the diversity issue with J-Lo getting passed over for current “it” girl Margot Robbie. That said, there’s no simple solution to this problem that will satisfy PC and anti-PC sides of the argument.

Hard to say, the same thing was said about Davey Martinez year after year when he missed out on managing jobs.

Wonder what Ozzie’s take is, since he’s so close to Cora’s brother...whose chance at managing has pretty much been doomed through guilt by association. And, did Renteria ever attend Camp Cora down in Florida with Alex also present, lol? Probably no such luck.

Last year’s contract was not exactly a bargain by the going rates for Tier C/D starters this offseason...

Well, apparently we haven’t learned from 1917...Hinch has now had two chances to get it right, and he flunked in different ways, both times. Who knows, the White Sox originally drafted him and he has that Stanford connection with KW, but the likelihood of this is 1/1000. Would rather bring in Luhnow to continue revolutionizing the front office, but that would be a direct threat to Hahn. Sometimes that type of direct competition brings out the best in people, at other times, it leads to the Cleveland Browns level of dysfunction and infighting.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/brian-t-smith/article/Smith-The-darkest-day-in-Astros-history-14971873.php

This is one of those things where it usually takes 2-3 “successful” movies to break through, whether that’s fair or not. Obviously, that happened much more quickly for Bigelow on Hurt Locker. Obviously, there’s still a bit of the good ‘ol boys club voting that always gets the Academy favorites in there, like Scorsese. Honestly, The Irishman is the only nominated movie I haven’t watched and probably won’t unless it becomes Best Picture. And I don’t think it can be 1917 when it wasn’t even as good as Dunkirk.