One of baseball's sponsors has a contest in which they ask you your picks in the following categories, I thought I would share them now to celebrate the 2nd full week of Spring Training. Remember, these are my "educated guesses" for the upcoming 2010 baseball season.
* AL East Champs: NY Yankees
* AL Central Champs: Minnesota
* AL West Champs: Seattle
* AL Wildcard: Boston
* AL Champs: NY Yankees
* AL MVP Award Winner: Derek Jeter
* AL Cy Young Award Winner: Cliff Lee
* NL East Champs: Philadelphia
* NL Central Champs: St. Louis
* NL West Champs: LA Dodgers
* NL Wildcard: Atlanta
* NL Champs: Philadelphia
* NL MVP Award Winner: Chase Utley
* NL Cy Young Award Winner: Ryan Madson
* World Series Champions: Philadelphia
* Total combined home runs hit during 2010 regular season: 5043
Monday, March 8, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
DeLorenzo's Dugout Top Movies of 2009
I'm a little late this year with my annual list, a list that started way, way back in 1995! But here we go -- this year I'm breaking it into two parts -- movies that we went to the theatre to see, and movies that I ended up catching either on DVD/Cable/PPV.
Top Movies We Saw in the Movie Theatre in 2009:
5. Up in the Air
4. Duplicity
3. The Informant!
2. Moon
1. The Hangover
Top Movies We Caught on DVD/Cable/PPV in 2009:
5. Watchmen
4. I Love You, Man
3. The International
2. Inglorious Basterds
1. Star Trek
Some notes: Moon was an outstanding sci-fi flick starring the always under-rated and always watchable Sam Rockwell and directed by David Bowie's son (!)...Loved most of The Informant! and can't wait to see it again...I enjoyed Up in the Air and Duplicity far more than my lovely bride did, hence their lower scores...and both of us loved The Hangover...I think I've developed a slight man-crush on Clive Owen -- having watched over and over again Children of Men, Shoot 'Em Up, The Croupier...I watched Watchmen on PPV in a hotel somewhere in the mid-west and have since watched it a few times on cable...My lovely bride and I caught up with The International on cable...I watched Inglorious Basterds solo on PPV and still haven't told my lovely bride but I do not think it is her cup of tea...Watched Star Trek on iTunes (!), then went out and bought the DVD the next day -- I'm sorry we didn't get to see in the theatre, but I was hesitant all summer due to my long-time Shatner fan status. I was tremendously impressed, and my lovely bride enjoyed it too...You can't pay me enough to see Avatar. The last good movie James Cameron did was True Lies.
Movies coming up that we want to see include: Hot Tub Time Machine and Cop Out.
Top Movies We Saw in the Movie Theatre in 2009:
5. Up in the Air
4. Duplicity
3. The Informant!
2. Moon
1. The Hangover
Top Movies We Caught on DVD/Cable/PPV in 2009:
5. Watchmen
4. I Love You, Man
3. The International
2. Inglorious Basterds
1. Star Trek
Some notes: Moon was an outstanding sci-fi flick starring the always under-rated and always watchable Sam Rockwell and directed by David Bowie's son (!)...Loved most of The Informant! and can't wait to see it again...I enjoyed Up in the Air and Duplicity far more than my lovely bride did, hence their lower scores...and both of us loved The Hangover...I think I've developed a slight man-crush on Clive Owen -- having watched over and over again Children of Men, Shoot 'Em Up, The Croupier...I watched Watchmen on PPV in a hotel somewhere in the mid-west and have since watched it a few times on cable...My lovely bride and I caught up with The International on cable...I watched Inglorious Basterds solo on PPV and still haven't told my lovely bride but I do not think it is her cup of tea...Watched Star Trek on iTunes (!), then went out and bought the DVD the next day -- I'm sorry we didn't get to see in the theatre, but I was hesitant all summer due to my long-time Shatner fan status. I was tremendously impressed, and my lovely bride enjoyed it too...You can't pay me enough to see Avatar. The last good movie James Cameron did was True Lies.
Movies coming up that we want to see include: Hot Tub Time Machine and Cop Out.
Why it is Time for Donovan McNabb to Move On
A good friend of mine from my professional circles has written an outstanding article, "Why it is Time for McNabb to Move On," that he posted recently on "Bleeding Green Nation." You can read the whole article -- and you should -- by clicking here. My friend makes the case far better than I ever could -- and I completely agree with him. Maybe someday I'll be able to root for the Eagles again. Until that day -- I'll always have my Phillies. And my Wildcats.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
DeLorenzo's Unified Field Theory of Late Night Television Salvation
It came to me tonight as I was trying to sleep. The answer is so obvious. First of all, NBC pays off Conan O'Brien and his staff, gives them a non-compete that runs into September 2010. Then, Comcast President Steve Burke offers Conan an 11:30 p.m. talk show to be simulcast on E! and Style, and distributed thru viral media sites such as Facebook/YouTube/Hulu/Fancast, and with greater control over the metrics and viewership patterns by offering each night's show on-demand through Comcast's vast cable systems. Then, when the NBC Universal acquisition by Comcast gets approval (hopefully) in early 2011, Burke and the Comcast team sack Jeff Zucker and Jay Leno, reinstate Conan on the Tonight Show, and a seamless transition/working out the bugs can occur under the new corporate patrons. To me, it's brillant. What say you?
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