Josh Reddick Is Reason Enough to Want the A's to Beat the Tigers

If you had a childhood, then chances are you like wrestling.  If you follow baseball, then chances are you like Josh Reddick.  Former Red Sox great was traded to Oakland this past offseason in a deal that included closer Andrew Bailey.

Given Bailey's thumb injury that sidelined him for most of the 2012 campaign, its easy for Red Sox fans to sit back and badmouth the deal, but no one could have predicted Reddick's breakout year.  He's playing in a bigger park, for a smaller market team and hasn't gotten a haircut in two and a half years.  Yet he's leading the charge against the Detroit Tigers as his team trails two games to one going into Game 4 in Oakland today.

When the A's captured the AL West crown, Reddick donned his yellow A's bathrobe and paid homage to the wrestling great "Stone Cold" Steve Austin by doing the classic double beer chug.  I picked the A's to go to the World Series this year, and even with the Tigers one win away from moving on, I'm keeping the faith here. 

Balfour Rage.

The Canyon's Grindhouse Teaser Trailer

"American Psycho" author, Bret Easton Ellis, and the production crew behind his new project "The Canyons" have finally released a proper trailer.  If your interested, check out the incredibly overwrought and unsatisfying first trailer linked below but what you should be watching is the new, gritty, campy and very tantalizing video above.  Starring Lindsay Lohan and male porn star James Deen, Easton-Ellis' new Kickstarter born film promises a tale that will keep longtime fans of his very happy.

Bruce is Back: A Good Day to Die Hard Trailer

Besides absolutely killing it in Expendables 2 (he murders everyone) and in Looper (he murders even more everyone) Bruce Willis now brings us, the American people, another Die Hard to look forward to.   I was a little skeptical when Rumers about this started popping up, but then I remembered the Rule of Die Hard Sequels: Odd numbers kick ass.  Allow me to elaborate; the original was an action masterpiece; Die Harder sucked jet fuel fumes.  Die Hard With A Vengeance brought back a Gruber and introduced Samuel L. Jackson into the series, Live Free or Die Hard brought back an ungrateful Lucy McClane and introduced Justin Long into the series. Game, set, match; if this movie follows the rule of the sequel, then this is going to be the Valentine's Day mandate movie of the last 10 years. This year the tables have turned ladies, don't expect hearts and chocolate; expect explosions.

New Star Wars Video Game?

In keeping with the last post's Star Wars theme, awesome news came out in the video game world yesterday, possibly regarding one of the greatest video game franchises of all time.

Word on the street is that LucasArts, a video game company founded by George Lucas that mainly produces Star Wars-themed material, took out a trademark application to use the everything Star Wars within the title.  Then, cover art was leaked online, showing the games' title - "Star Wars: First Assault."

With that sort of name, and the cover art showing the city of Theed from Episode I housing stormtroopers from Episodes IV-VI, everyone's best guess is that this will be a continuation of the legendary Battlefront series.  Battlefront III has been rumored for years, but the company in charge, Pandemic, folded a few years back, and hopes were all but completely dashed for the series' return.

If this game is really coming out, whenever it does, the blog may be on sabbatical for any amount of time, but fair warning will be given.  If you're a video game nerd, then stay tuned, and we'll keep you posted.

Even More Proof Star Wars Rules

Like we needed any more evidence that Star Wars is one of the most iconic and influential forces of good in this or any universe, be it near or far, far away.

But let's get down to brass tax...how do I get my hands on one of these hoodies? With it I could be the most popular walking carpet on the block.

New Favorite Hockey Team?

With the NHL season shut down until at least Oct. 24, I've been on the search for some form of hockey.

So far, NHL 13 has kept me plenty busy, and its been the only way I can see the Tim Thomas-less Bruins get back to Stanley Cup form.  Aside from hours and hours of that, I've watched more NHL Network than I can get my head around.  I think I've seen every postseason game from last season a few times over, but its impossible to stop watching.

But on the search for a real live competitive team, I've re-stumbled across a team that surfaced about a year ago with these ads.  The Lahti Pelicans of the SM-liiga in Finland are my new team.  Watch the ads, and I think we can create a pretty good American fan base.

Postseason Picks Going South, But There's Still Hope For Me In Cincy

As if I needed more proof that I'm just not very good at predicting the future of baseball, here it is.

Both Wild Card games I selected have been wrong and the Oakland A's are down two games to none.  What I'm about to say could change the shape of the postseason altogether, since I seem to be horrible luck, but I will say it anyway.

I am putting all of my stock into the Cincinnati Reds.

I picked the Reds to win the World Series from the get-go.  They're up 2-0 on the San Francisco Giants so far, with the remaining three games, if necessary, to be played at home at Great American Ballpark.  In Game 1, the Reds lost starter Johnny Cueto after just eight pitches, but managed to shake off the loss of their ace and pull out a win.

Cueto, along with the entire Reds organization, hopes he will be ready to pitch in Game 3.  He left the first game with back spasms, which shouldn't be too serious.

I picked the Yankees to win their ALDS match-up, and even though I didn't pick Baltimore to get this far, I would love nothing more than for them to win.  They're down 1-0 after a ninth inning meltdown last night, but I'll hang my hat on their 9-9 record against the Bronx Bombers any day of the week.  As for the Braves losing, I don't want to talk about that.  Chipper Jones.  That is all I want to say about that.