tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460886930011973872024-02-19T03:05:34.187-05:00The Politics of SportAmod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-72947444558759867692015-12-01T10:08:00.001-05:002015-12-01T10:08:26.948-05:00Major League Executive Of The Year: Sandy Alderson - BaseballAmerica.com<a href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/major-league-executive-year-sandy-alderson/#.Vl234DGGEOU.blogger">Major League Executive Of The Year: Sandy Alderson - BaseballAmerica.com</a>Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-77513291579400525522015-05-19T12:16:00.001-04:002015-05-19T12:16:27.872-04:00Names Written in Nepali - Valencia Footballers Pay Respect To Earthquake Victims<a href="http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/242344-names-written-in-nepali-valencia-footballers-pay-respect-to-earthquake-victims#.VVthqounl2E.blogger">This is very cool</a>!Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-65841715492071342272015-04-02T17:26:00.001-04:002015-04-02T17:26:43.071-04:00The Mets Go Defensive, Lock up Juan Lagares | FanGraphs Baseball<a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-mets-go-defensive-lock-up-juan-lagares/">This article is worth reading</a> just to watch this GIF over and over again:
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"<i><b>...the producers figured out that it’d better for the MCU to play in the world (and logic) of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., than to have Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. embarrass itself with superhero name-checks – or, as is were, cleaning up Thor’s garbage (see: Season 1, Episode 8 – “The Well”).</b></i>"</blockquote>
It's a shame so many people stopped watching because the show has really gotten good and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhumans#Television">become integral to the Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>.Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-33871157750792994072015-03-11T19:24:00.001-04:002015-03-11T19:24:56.160-04:00Darrelle Revis and Jose Reyes | Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com/2015/03/darrelle-revis-and-jose-reyes.html?spref=bl">Interesting way to correlate</a> Darrelle Revis leaving the Jets with Jose Reyes leaving the Mets.</div>
Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-21800004147534372292015-03-03T14:45:00.001-05:002015-03-03T14:45:19.503-05:00Everything Wrong With Cinderella In 10 Minutes Or Less<a href="http://youtu.be/52tWySIi2tM">Definitely one of the better CinemaSins they've done</a>:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/52tWySIi2tM" width="480"></iframe>Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-89522399579256700292015-02-13T11:17:00.001-05:002015-02-13T11:17:46.053-05:00How Marvel went from bankruptcy to billions | Den of Geek<a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/marvel/34092/how-marvel-went-from-bankruptcy-to-billions#.VN4jc5DJRQs.blogger">Great piece on how far Marvel had fallen and how quickly it came back up</a>.Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-4353024433012799692015-01-20T14:58:00.001-05:002015-01-20T14:58:43.705-05:00Why It Worked…And Why It Didn't: MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. | ComicBookMovie.com<a href="http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SauronsBANE1/news/?a=113849#.VL6tJ9KqwaM.blogger">Great blog post</a> on how <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/marvels-agents-of-shield">"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."</a> did a complete 180 from season one to season two.Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-15450383526493278862015-01-01T17:37:00.001-05:002015-01-01T17:37:09.632-05:00This Year's Marvels: Breaking Down the MCU of 2014<a href="http://sciencefiction.com/2014/12/31/years-marvels-breaking-mcu-2014/">Great recap of what's happened in 2014 and what's to come in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>.Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-23184020294503917522014-12-12T16:49:00.001-05:002014-12-12T16:49:32.644-05:00President Obama Joins The Herd with Colin Cowherd | ESPN<a href="http://youtu.be/IfWu85_IXwQ">Great interview with President Obama on ESPN today</a>. Definitely worth watching, regardless of your personal politics.<br />
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<br />Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-74216847031086421662014-10-22T15:35:00.001-04:002014-10-22T15:35:07.656-04:00"Avengers: Age of Ultron" Trailer to Premiere During Next Week's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."This quote is much more important than <a href="http://www.tvovermind.com/agents-of-shield/first-teaser-trailer-avengers-age-ultron-will-debut-next-weeks-agents-shield-243003#2tZohfDLpDmG6IHR.15">the teaser trailer's premiere</a> during next week's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.">Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.</a>:
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"<b><i>...the news that this teaser trailer is debuting at this time next Tuesday can only help Agents of SHIELD in the ratings, as fans who maybe stopped watching the series last season will tune in for the trailer and then discover how much SHIELD has grown since.</i></b>"</blockquote>
Additionally, there's <a href="http://www.tvovermind.com/agents-of-shield/odds-marvels-agents-shield-captured-firefly-effect-243047">another great article from the same site about the show and its "Firefly Effect"</a>.Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-14083020406318977262014-10-02T08:59:00.001-04:002014-10-02T08:59:26.830-04:00The Mp3 Experiment Eleven - Audio Mob! | Improv Everywhere<a href="http://youtu.be/nIwzorwYTqs">This is very creative</a>!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yV6xwok2QS8" width="480"></iframe>Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-12352299331188039322014-09-11T09:19:00.001-04:002014-09-11T09:34:02.328-04:00My thoughts on two great columns about the lawsuit against the Wilpons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Bob Klapisch <a href="http://www.northjersey.com/cm/2.1593/sports/klapisch-another-dark-day-for-mets-jeff-wilpon-1.1085178#sthash.PxeIUMoq.cmfs">makes a very important point about the lawsuit against the Wilpons</a>: <br />
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"<b><i>Let’s stop and remind ourselves there are two sides to every story and Wilpon, no matter what you think of him, deserves the chance to defend himself in court. But it’s just as important to note that Castergine doesn’t fit the profile of your average gold digger.</i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i>She’s an Ivy Leaguer out of Penn, a former Division I athlete who came to the Mets in 2010 after working for the Philadelphia Flyers, Orlando Magic and Boston Bruins. Castergine quickly climbed the Mets’ ladder and became the first female senior VP in their 52-year history.</i></b>"</blockquote>
He sums it up with: <br />
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"<b><i>Me? I believe what Castergine alleges in the lawsuit. Every single word.</i></b>"</blockquote>
Keep in mind, Bob Klapisch is a sports writer that has had access to the team's ownership over the years. While he's not privy to internal conversations, he has spoken to people involved with the team in his many years as a sports writer. Based on his impressions dealing with them, he believes the lawsuit to be true. <i>That's</i> the part that's most troubling for the Wilpons. It's also the part that makes fans tired of the spoiled son of a mediocre owner very hopeful that it could spell his doom once and for all.<br />
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Additionally, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-can-take-stand-nfl-didn-t-in-vetting-jeff-wilpon-accusations-with-severe-potential-consequences-015709001.html">Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports makes equally scathing points</a>:<br />
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"<b><i>For years, Selig's soft spot for the Wilpon family has allowed him to overlook their need for a loan to stay afloat amid the Madoff chaos, their mismanagement of a jewel franchise into the sort that operates like a low-revenue pauper, their public flubs that made #LOLMets a thing. Selig enabled the Mets knowing majority owner Fred Wilpon planned on gifting the franchise to Jeff, an underqualified bully who never would have sniffed sports-franchise ownership were he not bequeathed his last name.</i></b>"</blockquote>
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"<b><i>...Wilpon carried himself for years, as the cock of the walk, the all-knowing executive who, in reality, knew only how to take a proud franchise and run it into the ground. He directs the Mets with the vision of a mole, and people around the sport – from players to agents to executives – wish he would learn to burrow into the ground like one, too.</i></b>"</blockquote>
Notice how Passan also cited "<i>players to agents to executives</i>" when writing about Jeff Wilpon. I think this is just starting. I don't see it going away soon, unless Jeff Wilpon goes away very soon to rectify it.</div>
Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-42688064484302365032014-09-02T18:51:00.001-04:002014-09-02T18:52:56.350-04:00How bad was The Amazing Spider-Man 2?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So bad that Screen Junkies and CinemaSins chose <u><i>this</i></u> movie to do a crossover, where <a href="http://youtu.be/H53183mVc2o">Screen Junkies did the "Everything Wrong With" video</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/6cWS-E1utN4">CinemaSins did the "Honest Trailer"</a>. Both videos are good and, long story short, the movie itself isn't.<br />
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Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-78117134898722185542014-08-29T12:05:00.002-04:002014-08-29T12:06:40.772-04:00Marvel & DC Comics Theatrical Release Schedule Infographic | FilmBook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://film-book.com/marvel-and-dc-comics-theatrical-release-schedule-infographic/#sthash.2bbM1wU0.cmfs">This is a very useful infographic</a> to keep track of all of the comic book movies announced and scheduled.
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Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-51772388352428610412014-08-22T14:50:00.001-04:002014-08-22T14:50:40.464-04:00Featurette on the Guardians of the Galaxy SoundtrackIt's actually pretty funny <a href="http://youtu.be/JOYgl31fWUQ">watching the back-and-forth between director James Gunn and the cast members</a> he is interviewing.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JOYgl31fWUQ" width="480"></iframe>Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-42264858487436504182014-08-20T13:13:00.001-04:002014-08-20T13:13:27.353-04:00'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Soundtrack Spends Second Week At No. 1 | Billboard<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Awesome-Mix-Vol-1/dp/B00KLF5J64/ref=zg_bs_music_1">The Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack</a> debuted at <a href="http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-08-16/billboard-200">#3 two weeks ago</a> and went <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6214496/guardians-of-the-galaxy-soundtrack-no-1-billboard-200">up to #1 last week</a>. Now <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6221958/guardians-of-the-galaxy-soundtrack-billboard-200-chart#ZV5hkOpG7Zdgro7R.15"> it is back at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart</a> again this week!Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-11516366116058311352014-08-07T13:01:00.001-04:002014-08-07T13:01:24.813-04:00Lessons from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Awesome Mix Vol.1 | US News University Directory<a href="http://www.usnewsuniversitydirectory.com/articles/lessons-from-marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy_14233.aspx#.U-OwJgpvgfI.blogger">You could take this right out of a college marketing class</a>:
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<b><i>Build Brand Loyalty</i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i>Know Your Audience</i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i>Manage Supply and Demand</i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i>Hire Talented People and Think Outside the Box</i></b></blockquote>
Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-52030069235799490572014-08-05T18:43:00.002-04:002014-08-05T18:43:18.927-04:00Guardians Of The Galaxy Did Better With Women Than Any Other Marvel Movie | Cinema Blend<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As with most other things with this movie, <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Guardians-Galaxy-Did-Better-With-Women-Than-Any-Other-Marvel-Movie-66603.html#.U-DerTBfoOI.blogger">this is unexpected but it can't be a bad thing</a>.</div>
Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-22543215428246450922014-07-30T16:18:00.000-04:002014-07-30T16:18:00.506-04:00Three More Guardians of the Galaxy Clips Posted Online<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A few more Guardians of the Galaxy clips have been posted online, in addition to <a href="http://thepoliticsofsport.blogspot.com/2014/07/guardians-of-galaxy-clips-posted-online.html">the three I already posted a few days ago</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/VUC_jOxoAkw">Drax nearly kills Gamora till Quill talks him out of it</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/eLC93VhS-cw">Rocket hatches a plan involving a prosthetic leg and Gamora's sex appeal</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/wrKr72_tAag">Quill and Gamora share a moment</a>:<br />
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Amod Vazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850536810573711644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346088693001197387.post-40650167862455821742014-07-30T15:31:00.001-04:002014-07-30T15:31:23.415-04:00Vin Diesel's "I Am Groot" in Multiple LanguagesApparently Vin Diesel did his "I Am Groot" line in multiple languages. And they have <a href="http://youtu.be/SQiuJYgRZ8Y">the same commercial as this one</a> in each of those languages too (with the exception of Vin Diesel shown at the end recording the line):<br />
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