| W. Bloomfield squeezes by
With one out in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday, and the winning run standing on third base, West Bloomfield coach Pat Watson called for a play he hadn't used in almost six years. A suicide squeeze. "I think I caught my players off guard," Watson said, jokingly. .
Political play of the week: crafty campaigning
Two weeks ago, I said that getting ahold of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign was the political equivalent of asking the most popular girl in school to the prom. So I was pleased to see that when she eventually came to Iowa City, she was actually quite humble. I introduced myself to the senator at a closed-door meeting with approximately 30 Democratic activists on Tuesday. Her handshake was warm, yet firm. She wasn't as tall as I expected, but I wasn't going to fault her for it (I'm 5-7 - bad news bears trying to get dates).
We spoke briefly about her husband and a humorous run-in with the Secret Service I once had. After all the slings and arrows she's had to endure, the 60-year-old senator still looked as lively and upbeat as ever. I'm sure she was excited to hear about her fundraising dominance, a whopping $26 million raised in the first-quarter fundraising season.
Hands-On: Project Treasure Island Z
I am super pumped for Capcom's Wii-exclusive pile of awesome, which currently goes under the please-change-it code name of Project Treasure Island Z. I don't know if you guys know this, but I love wacky Wiimote mini-games and PC adventure games, and that's exactly what we've got here: the love child of Wario Ware and Monkey Island. In fact, have you ever heard of an old Sierra game called Gobliiins? That's what this reminded me of -- it's a series of self-contained adventure game style point-and-click puzzles, but you don't actually know what you're supposed to be doing when you go in. There's plenty of things to interact with, but you have no way of knowing if they're going to help you or kill you before you click on them. .
In 8th year of indoor football career, Jason Quinn shows no signs ...
And few in the history of indoor football have ever done it in more prolific fashion. The Billings Outlaws receiver caught his 150th career touchdown pass in the first quarter of last week's game against the Sioux Falls Storm - and then proceeded to add three more to that total before the game was over.But as much as the 6-foot-1, 220-pound receiver likes to score touchdowns, Quinn's greatest passion is his 10-year-old son, Jordan. Whether it's coaching Jordan's Little League football team to back-to-back Utah state championships in his home town of Salt Lake City, showing someone Jordan's highlight video or simply talking about Jordan, Quinn is one proud papa.Gazette sports editor Mike Zimmer sat down with Quinn last week and talked about his playing career, future plans, and of course, Jordan.
Billingsley still learning
LOS ANGELES - Despite all the early miscues, Sunday's game really got away from the Dodgers when Chad Billingsley took the mound. That's been a common theme. While the Dodgers bullpen has been extremely reliable as a whole, the 22-year-old continues to struggle in his transition from starter to reliever. "I'm still adjusting mentally to coming out of the bullpen," Billingsley said. "I'm still learning. ... It's tough right now. Pitch sequence and setting up a guy is just completely different from starting to relieving." Billingsley didn't fool anyone from Pittsburgh on Sunday. Even his out was a deep fly ball from Jack Wilson (Thousand Oaks High) that was caught up against the wall. But he is putting in the effort to figure out what he has to do differently. After his outing, he went in the clubhouse and watched film of the two-run double he allowed to Jason Bay.
Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Punch Out and Dragon’s Curse Coming ...
Nintendo Europe has just sent word that Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Punch Out and Dragon's Curse will come to the Wii's European Virtual Console this week. Here are the details of the games for the European VC: The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (800 Wii points): Also up for grabs is the SNES action adventure, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja. This action packed game sees two characters, Kid Ying and Dr. Yang, on an expedition to rescue a kidnapped princess. Players must complete tasks and battle enemies in order to save our heroine and finish the quest. In addition, if you need a helping hand, two-player mode allows players to piggyback each other to make the battling even more dynamic! Punch Out!! (500 Wii points): The gamer assumes the role of a rookie trying to make it in the boxing world by working his way through the ranks and embarking on numerous matches.
Capsule reviews by sun movie critics Katherine Monk and Jay Stone
CROSSING Rating 1 A gangster discovers the thrills and perils of cross-dressing in a film part Sopranos, part The Crying Game and part funny Harlequin Romance. 14A. 111 min. Fifth Avenue Cinemas. DINOSAURS 3D: GIANTS OF PATAGONIA Following Prof. Rodolfo Coria, a world-renowned Argentinian paleontologist, the film takes you to the sites of major discoveries he has contributed to in Patagonia and travel back in time to see these amazing beasts come to life. General. 45 min. CN Imax at Canada Place. .
Celia Keenan-Bolger and Ryan Driscoll on 'Summer of '42'
We interview Ryan Driscoll and Celia Keenan-Bolger about the release of the cast recording of "Summer of '42." They not only discuss the show, but also their careers. Plus, we play two songs from the cast recording: "Man Around the House" and "Someone to Dance with Me."In 2005 the York Theatre Company did a benefit concert of "Summer of '42" which is the story of a young boy who, during WWII, falls in love with the wife of a solider who is overseas based on the memoir by Herman Raucher. The memoir was also made into a popular movie in 1971. Celia Keenan-Bloger is currently in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." Previous credits include "Little Fish" at Second Stage, "Kindertransport" at MTC, and "The Light in the Piazza" at the Goodman Theatre. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Program.Ryan Driscoll performed in "Summer of '42" all over the country.
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