It’s been a Scarlett Johansson sort of weekend. I saw her in two movies on Saturday. (No, this isn’t a sports take. I’m getting to it. Be patient.)
There she was with an English accent in The Other Boleyn Girl with Natalie Portman. David Morrissey and Eric Bana were also in
this, along with a blink-and-you’ll miss him Benedict Cumberbatch. I’d like to say I enjoyed it, but it’s Henry
the VIII and Anne Boleyn. You know how
it’s going to end.
More surprisingly but probably not coincidentally, I later saw
her with her Captain America: the Winter
Soldier (now playing in theaters) co-star, Chris Evans in the MTV produced The Perfect Score. This movie must be about ten years old, but
you can already see them practicing for their future parts. Evans, the leader of these high school Avengers
as they scam to steal the SAT test answers, at one point rallies them in a very
inspirational manner. (Though he has a
very un-Captain America
like moment when he leaves somebody behind that gets caught during the
heist.) Scarlett as a gothy, punk school
girl, after his speech, imagines herself (I’m not making this up) clad in black
leather, performing wire-fu and taking out a bunch of security guards
single-handed. Destiny. The film was okay, I think, since I was
flipping back and forth between this and the fight.
Hockey:
They make a lot of the “Original Six” teams whenever they’re
playing each other for some reason. With
the broadcast schedule, by and large, it’s the “Exclusive Eight,” whom they mix
and match together all season for the NBC national game, ignoring the other 22
teams entirely. I guess with the morning
timing of these broadcasts, they are limited to East Coast games, but since
they’re not doing regional broadcasts, it might be nice to see a few more good
teams, maybe some western teams.
The Sunday game was a 3-0 blanking of the Blues by the Red
Wings, but the Saturday game was pretty good.
Very late in the third period, the Flyers took the lead, but moments
later, the Penguins scored and tied it, sending the game to overtime, where the
Flyers would win it on a soft goal. What
made it great was the full team brawl that took place at the end of
regulation. This how every hockey match
should end.
Baseball:
On Saturday, Fox Sports 1 had a double header of
action. Yes, you guessed it! One of the games was Yankees vs. Red
Sox. If they could get both teams to
play an actual double header every Saturday, they’d do it. No, I still don’t have an upper tier cable
package to watch these games. No, I’m
not paying to watch Yankees vs. Red Sox every other week, much less a premium,
and much less listen to Joe Buck’s histrionic play calling and demanding
replays on every close play. Without
even having seen a game that Bucks’s called this year, I know that’s what he’s
doing. That’s how tedious and predictable
he is.
On Sunday, I invited my dad over so he could watch the
Masters, so I missed listening to most of the Rangers and Chihuahuas ’ games on the radio. Has any son ever made a greater
sacrifice? (I also bought dinner.) From what I could tell lately, the Rangers
have forgotten which end of the bat to hold.
Every team goes into an offensive slump sometimes, but they’re playing
the freaking Astros! At least they won,
by the minimum, 1-0.
The El Paso Chihuahuas, meanwhile, were continuing their
“home” series in Tucson ,
playing the Reno Aces. Yes, that’s a
little confusing. I don’t know what the
baseball situation is in Tucson since El Paso enticed away their
team, but this seems like a cruel taunt to baseball fans there. “Hey, the stadium we bought for your team
isn’t ready yet. Mind if we use yours
for a few more games? It’s not like
anybody else is using it.”
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to listen to the last few games. I’m sure these questions have been
answered.
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