The Rocketdog Blog

Crash sucks, and Photos from the WBC

All right, no more blog deadlines. You think I would have learned by now, but...no. I've got a two-page love fest for Capote that I'll finish up sooner or later, but blogging about the Oscars is like, so three weeks ago. Besides, I don't really have much else to add to the discussion. But I will say this: Crash? Ok, I didn't comment about this back on March 6th, because – confession time again – I never even got around to watching the movie until just last night. Now that I've seen it, though, for the record...you've got to be kidding me. Munich wasn't great either, but at least it had some decent action scenes. Crash?!? Nice cinematography, fine editing. Also, piece of crap. Possibly the worst screenplay of any movie I've watched in the last year. That's my review. Barf.

Anyway, I've just gotten back from a week in San Diego, where I caught the semifinals and final of the first-ever World Baseball Classic. These pictures are just over a week old, but since I forgot my SD card reader I had to wait until I got back to SF before I could post them on the blog. So here we go, fashionably late as usual:

The Cuban team visits the mound in their semifinal game against the Dominican Republic. In this photo, those little people-shaped-dots show Dominicans Miguel Tejada on second, Albert Pujols at first, and David Ortiz at the plate, wating to bat. For those of you who don't follow baseball, just trust me that you're looking at something very, very cool. From several hundred feet away. (Click the photo for a slightly larger rendition.)


Later that evening, at Korea's semifnal game with Japan. This photo features me doing my passable impersonation of a Korean baseball fan (you can't see it here, but I've got a beer in my left hand). I think I was the only white guy in the stadium rooting for Korea. I did notice, however, several dozen whiteboy anime fans, apparently all taking a break from hanging out in comic book stores to show up and cheer for the Japanese. Incidentally, none of them were with girls.


Boyne patriotically waves his Korean flag, even as a series of Japanese homeruns literally causes the PETCO Park scoreboard to burst into flames.


After Japan wins the final 10-6 over Cuba, the Japanese contingent takes the field. I don't have anything to say about this photo except...see those little pieces of confetti-looking stuff all over the diamond? That's what's left of the Cubans. Seriously. These Japanese guys were out to win. Also, that's a big flag.

Labels: baseball, movies, photoblogging

posted by nick @ 10:10 AM