On the news in this part of the world today two weeks ago I just saw the latest classic adventure opus to the Indianna Jones
series. This one was titled (as we all know by now) INDIANA JONES And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Here is my review (if it means anything) on the movie...





Out of my "Decayed potatoes" hit-o-meter rating of 100 (*) stars, I give it a rating of ***************** ( 17 ) stars. WHY? Because, even though the movie was 'action packed', nostalgic, surreal and little-kid humorous all at the same time --- dare I say it, even possessing a certain "Duck Tales" sort of charm to it, the fact that Indiana Jones and his ENTIRE out of shape and physically unprepared crew survived 3 back to back boat disasters off of some perilous waterfalls without Indiana even losing a limb for the rest of the series finally had even me shaking my head in embarassment for the intelligence of ANYONE coherent enough to watch this movie the whole way through.
I could live with the X files theme at the end, and even the the 'wacky' 80's (or 1950's) 'car chase scene' at "el prinicipio" of the movie, but truthfully, the very notion of seeing some goofy dougan sword-fighting on the hood of a jeep got me upset to a level I can't even figure out why it affected me so much. If I ever have to unfortunately experience a nuclear blast, I will deliberately hide in a fridge so that years from now, when archeologists dig out my remains they can at the very least, piece together that I had watched the damn movie.

"New hit-o-meter rating *********** (11) Stars..

This ought to be a baseball book: "The art to charging mounds....a tactiful way to
handfight if you ever get involved in a baseball brawl." Just as like there is technique to fighting
people on the ground, striking, or even fighting an entire bar room full of drunks (see my entry "The Fighting Preston Brothers")
evidently there is a fighting style that works during a bench clearing baseball brawl based on code to get best results. Look a Coco Crips
own thoughts on the matter for thursdays Red Sox/ Rays brawl!!...





"I didn't really like the scratches on my face," Crisp said. "People were trying to scratch like we're playing football or something. After that, people were trying to pull my hair. I'm down on the ground. The fight is pretty much over, baseball time-wise. You want to come in late and throw some extra blows, get your little blows in. That's cool. I covered up. It's all good." -- Coco Crisp

I happened to be training a client at the Boston Sports Club when it happened; I happened to quickly glance at the screen because there are giant flat screen TV's hanging on the wall and there in front of me was my first experience watching a live baseball melee on TV.. Sadly, however, I was forced to have to keep attention on my client's correct form as she came lunging towards me with a medicine ball while I could hear the festivities going on in the background..

On another note, I always thought the "pitcher's punch" is a pretty and effective way
to inconvenience a person's state of consciousness if it ever lands. Think about how
fast a pitchers arm speed. If power is the product of Force x Velocity then logically, it only
makes sense that a pitcher's punching power (at least from a haymaker) is pretty freaking lethal..
If Coco Crisp had absorbed that shot to the head, especially with the extra speed Crisp brought against his head as he
was running towards the Ray's Pitcher James Shields I believe with a big enough arm, you could explode an irate batters
head like a watermelon...

My conclusion on last nights Red Sox game that I got to watch while getting paid to work at the gym because it was there on TV:

"If I was truly a fan who loved baseball and hated violence in sports, and there was ever a brawl while I was watching a live game, I too would charge the mound from the bleachers so that I could neutralize everybody's anger as they forget their differences and focused on trying to beat the #^&* out of me"