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2. Baseball and beer
3. Jaws and The Bad News Bears
What a country, eh? God Bless America.
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Jeff,
Speaking of baseball movies, where are you on Field of Dreams? I know some find it overly sentimental and sappy, but it’s one of my faves.
Oh, and you can’t crack on it unless you have played baseball in a cornfield with Shoeless Joe Jackson.
And no commenting on hot dogs, hamburger or any other ground or constructed meat food product unless you personally have been ground up and packaged for resale.
No commenting on hot dogs? Remember, Jeff’s grilled brats!
I have to work all day. Grrrrrrr.
I actually think Costner is fantastic in Field of Dreams. And the film itself is a nice, mythopoetic tribute to a fantastic game—capped by James Earl Jones’ famous monologue.
But it ain’t no Bad News Bears.
Top baseball movies (off the top of my head):
1) Bad News Bears
2) Bull Durham
3) The Natural
4) For Love of the Game
5) Pastime
6) Field of Dreams
7) Major League
8) Eight Men Out
9) Bang the Drum Slowly
10) Bingo Long and His Traveling All-Stars
Down here it’s Ribs on the grill, Dewar’s neat and auto racing on the tube, but I’m with you on the God Bless America part. Cheers!
Oh yeah, my cat (Lucyfur) has never met an armadillo, but I’m fairly certain she would be unimpressed if she did. Nothin personal you understand.
Amen on the God Bless America comment.
But I have to say, The Natural was probably the greatest example of butchering the original text of a specific document until some of this year’s Supreme Court rulings replaced it at the top.
Agree that the movie version of The Natural differs significantly from the much darker Malamud novel, but still—a good movie in its own right.
Steaks, baked potatoes and grilled corn here. Tons o’ beer in a floating cooler, family, nieces and nephew tearing it up in the pool, Arizona livin’ style.
Flag wavin’ in the front yard.
Have a great holiday, everyone!
Hm. I count that as being either six or seven things, not just three, depending on if the grill counts as its own thing or just an appendage to the dogs.
Grilling
Consuming
Watching
Amen, Jeff. Amen.
Pie!
I can’t believe you didn’t mention the pie.
Apple.
A la mode.
What’s more American than that?
A la mode. What’s more American than that?
With ice cream. But I certainly see your point…
Ever tried grilling pie? It doesn’t work.
Damn! Damn! Damn!
Mental note…think, dummy!
I swear I was laughing about it the whole time and then ended up typing ‘a la mode’ anyway!
It’s just one of those days.
Hey Jeff! Do me a favor and save my ass on this one!
Country style spare ribs- $2.29 per lb at Safeway
Milk- cheaper than bottled water at Costco
Protein Wisdom- free enough for me (thank God Al Gore invented the internet)
Dang- is this a great country or what?
Went to the Mariners game. Have never played major league baseball.
Commented profusely on the game as it unfolded.
Yes, I am chickendiamond.
1. Beef brisket, barbecued for hours with indirect heat in the Texas style.
2. Beer.
3. Beans, potatoe salad, other normal fixin’s.
4. For dessert, some strangely mutilated Fig Newtons. We won’t tell the guests what happened.
I wish you all a happy Fourth. God Bless America.
F**k! I just did Dan Quayle’s spelling of potato.
Gimme them Fig Newtons!
Filet mignon (erm, I mean “freedom mignon”)
Mashed potatoes
Steamed broccoli
House salad
Sourdough bread
Bailey’s irish cream pie
Courtesy of Hungry Hunter. Come on, you didn’t think my lazy ass prepared that, did you?
Yes, the pie is as good as it sounds.
Happy 4th everybody!
Mustard potato salad. The best.
We’ve currently got bratwurst boiling in beer, and the grill is heating up.
Too bad the Dodgers just gave up five runs in the first inning.
Oh, and you can’t ask God to Bless America unless you’ve ever been a Diety yourself. Chickengods.
Damn, Sean, you just gave me a Green Jelly flashback—Obey the cowgod!
“Eat my burger, for it is my flesh. Drink my milk, for it is my blood”
They just don’t make music like that anymore *sigh*
God Bless America!
So call me a Chickengod. But I sure can smack those Fig Newtons ‘til they’re as flat as a Wheat Thin!
*Smack Smack Smack. Ouch!*
They’re flat enough.
You’re gonna need a bigger list…
I’ve had some 2 inch thick rib eyes marinating since 4 – we ate too much BBQ and Hot links at the ball game to get hungry until now.
I marinate the steaks in lemon juice, lime juice, jerk seasoning and cajun seasoning. Mmmmmm … Corn on the cob cooked in foil on the grill and big salads make the meal.
The fireworks are already starting here – going to put the steaks on …
Happy 4th everyone! Fly that Gadsden flag with the Stars and Stripes this year!
I grilled bratwurst, wopwurst, burgers and chicken breasts (the last item marinated in my secret blend of whatever was handy) over hardwood chunk charcoal lit in a chimbly without detriment of petroleum distillates.
The only thing on the tube was some ‘80s platform games the younkers were having fun with.
Now that the barbeque season is upon us, this may come in handy- How to start your charcoal in 3s, by George Goble
George Goble world record briquet lighting
It’s a guy thing
A League of Their Own makes my earlier list, too. Forgot that one. Probably at 7 or 8.
You guys are killing me. Mrs. Craig will be in San Diego, I have to work all day, and I’ll be alone. Course, I will be grilling up some red meat and slamming vodka, so there’s that.
GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmm.
1. Beef burgers.
2. Corn on the cob.
3. Rice.
4. Bulgogi (Korean style marinated beef strips)
5. “War of the Worlds” at the theater.
Amen!
SCIENTOLOGIST!
Don’t forget “Angels in the Outfield” (I know, I know, but just pretend Danny Glover is James Earl Jones).
And speaking of foster kids, I coached my foster son’s little league team this year. Ten year olds. Anyone who likes law or major league baseball should never participate in the making of either. Ten year olds.
The original Angels in the Infield is pretty corny, but it’s far better than the remake. Plus, you get to see some old-timey ballparks (especially Forbes Field) that succumbed to the wrecking ball only a decade or so later.
And while we’re second-guessing our host, what list of baseball films is complete without Pride of the Yankees? I mean, everybody outside of NY hates the Yankees, but Gherig has got to be the most selfless man who ever played the game. Put Gary Cooper in that role, and you’ve got box office dynamite! Even though I know it’s not really Gherig making the speech, I still get a lump in my throat when Cooper delivers the most famous speech in American sports history.
Show me a man who doesn’t shed a tear when he hears the words, “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth,” and I’ll show you a man who doesn’t understand baseball. Or heroes.
The grilling sounds like a fine idea (Phinn make fire … fire good!).
But to really round out the day, you need something from each of the five (5) food groups:
1. Meat
2. Fat
3. Salt
4. Hot peppers
5. Alcohol
From your list, Jeff, it appears that you need to increase your consumption of at least two, possibly three of these. Trust me on this—it’s all in the synergy.
“The Rookie” should be on the list. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265662/
Sean-
I got to see the Pirates play at Forbes Field as a kid. Clemente (childhood idol), Mazeroski, Stargell and company…
Skinny foot long hot dogs burned to a crisp on hibachis in the bleachers. Don’t know if I’ve ever had a hot dog that good again.
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That’s very cool, Scott. I heard Mazeroski’s home run on Armed Forces Radio when I was a kid in France.
Geez, Craig, I was only a year old…
You can’t do all this in France?