Sunday March 7th

Best day of the year by far. HP Allstarz draft and the Oscars in one day. My picks for the pool are

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: James Cameron
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Animated Feature: Up
Foreign Language Film: A Prophet
Original Screenplay: Hurt Locker
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Score: Up
Song: Crazy Heart
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Documentary: The Cove
Art Direction: Avatar
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker

Taking some gambles but this show should be exciting. The acting races are more or less set which means seeing one upset would be pretty cool. The real decision comes in the Best Picture and Best Director race which has not been this close in a while. Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker make these awards worth watching.

Changing subjects to baseball... (I actually once talked about the Mets here)

I know it's just one game in a Spring Training game but Mets pitching prospect Jenrry Mejia looked impressive in his first appearance of the year. His stuff was electric and showed that he has a chance to make the opening day roster. The final slider he threw to strikeout Cameron Maybin was downright nasty, 95mph on the black. We might have something here. But like I said, it was one spring training appearance in early March.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100305&content_id=8694714&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym