Okay, this is just wrong.

Greg Kinnear continually getting work is bad enough, but remaking the Bad News Bears?

What the ....?

Can't Hollywood get a decent script? Why do they have to retool classics to expose what tools they are?

It's another ploy to lure people who love the original movie/tv show/etc. from the past and get them into the movie theater on the cache of the name alone. Freaky Friday, I Spy (actually, any Eddie Murphy movie), Alien vs Predator, The Exorcist: the Beginning, The Manchurian Candidate, Around the World in 80 Days, Scooby-Doo, Spiderman, the Thuderbirds...it even gets to concepts, Harold & Kumar go to White Castle, Dogdgeball: A True Underdog Story.

Ugh.

ANYWAY

If you have been wondering why Baseball Prospectus is having an off year, (really, just so-so) look no further than the absence of Gary Huckabay.

Gary was very selfish in 2003 and along with his wife decided to start a family. So, Gary went a head and took some time to be with his growing family and concentrate on his other projects during the 2004 season.

Thus, robbing us of insight and commentary that makes baseball a better game and the internet a place to spend worthwhile time.

And to make it worse, it has left me wanting for Texas Hold 'em.

If you have not been to a BP Pizza Feed where Gary is present, then you have not been to a BP Pizza Feed...and you may not have really tasted pizza. Gary is a guy who can own a room.

Gary took some time last week and endured a BP Chat session. There is some interesting tidbits of info there, but always Gary's sardonic wit and he goes out on a high note. The man knows showmanship.

There will be a few Pizza Feeds this off-season and I'll work my angle to hopefully get him to commit to an all A's feed at some point.