A welcome back to the fringe, a dark beginning, and a cautionary tale

First of all I'd like to welcome Carl Everett back to the fringe of society once again. It had been several years since Everett was last seen in these parts of the psychological map. For those of you that don't know Carl Everett, he first made news with his opinions when he stated that he did not believe in either dinosaurs or the moon landing. His new additions to the list of things he doesn't believe in appear to be gays and intelligent baseball fans. I won't rip his right to speak his mind, but some of his opinions are a little out there. I hope this is taken just as a loose cannon that may have come slightly unhinged and not inflated in search of deeper meaning.

For the comments themselves, I would've hoped that Everett would've learned from the media storm that engulfed Everett's former teammate John Rocker faced for his infamous comments. However, as we've seen before, Everett's may not be the brightest light in the harbor. While I share in his beliefs on the lack of importance of the steroid investigations in the overall political climate of today. His comments on gays are a little extreme for my views, but again he has every right to say them. His choice of forum may be a little off. He may have wanted to stick to a magazine that wasn't looked at by several thousands of people a month. (I stressed looked at and not necessarily read). He claims it's proven that 99.99% of baseball fans have no clue what their watching. Well, lets have an exchange of prove. I submit the numerous dinosaur skeletons which have been found and scientifically verified. What study do you have to verify your numbers? Am I considered a stupid baseball fan when I suggest you return to being a productive DH for the best team in baseball and leave the interviews to those more responsible for your team's success like say Jon Garland, Mark Buehrle, or Paul Konerko.

In movie news, after viewing of Batman Begins I must say as a comic book fan that you must see this film. It is a much darker Batman than has been portrayed in previous attempts. Time is taken to develop the characters and give them and appropriate depth. Cillian Murphy portrays Dr. Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow) in a way which is effective and necessarily disturbing. The storyline with Ra's al Ghul and Bruce Wayne's training is developed well. After, re-reading the summary of Batman: Year One, it's not as based on the book as I had thought originally but given that the book includes no major villains it is necessary to stray from the story for hollywood improvement.

Overall, Batman Begins is a good movie which can be enjoyed by comic fans and non fans alike.
8/10

As a fellow concert goer, I warn you not to take it as far as Florida State quarterback Wyatt Sexton. No comments here just a caution.

Thanks for reading.