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[owlmoose]

I saw Dennis Haysbert in a restaurant this afternoon! He was just walking by my table, calm and cool as could be. I didn't say anything, I just sat and stared, unable to take my eyes off of him until he was out of sight, hopefully not too embarrassingly open-mouthed. This is not quite as exciting as it would have been 7 years ago when I was a full-

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When Fandoms Go Wrong...

[auronlu]

...I was just idly pondering which players in FFX would map up to real-world baseball players. (It should probably be soccer or basketball, but I know nothing about those sports).

I fleetingly thought of Tidus and "The Freak" Lincecum, since both are young phenoms, but Lincecum's too much of a cool cucumber.

So then I thought, "Milton Bradley."

No, no, and no. Tidus is angsty, but not angry. Still, can you just see Milton Bradley blundering his way through Spira and occasionally getting into shouting matches with random priests? Punching the save spheres and breaking them? Occasionally forgetting there was still one fiend left and walking off the field of battle before the party got the last out?

Wakka reminds me of Derek Jeter, but Jeter actually had a winning team for a while, so I guess Wakka must be Adrian Gonzales. Still, Jeter with Wakka's accent would be amusing.

Keepa as Brian McCann, or possibly Prince Fielder.

Bickson as Jose Reyes. That guy loves to show up his opponents.

Botta as Ryan Church. Somewhat hapless, and the bandage and scratches on his face suggest several head-on collisions.

I'll stop now, since this is far too much geekery!

Re: When Fandoms Go Wrong...

[owlmoose]

Except Wakka is far less... I can't think of the right word, since snobby isn't quite right, but that's the sense I'm going for -- than Jeter. (Confession: not a fan of Derek Jeter, now or ever. Maybe it's just the way the national media falls all over themselves to fawn over him, though.)

The image of Milton Bradley in Spira is, indeed, highly amusing. :) More like Garik Ronso than Tidus? I agree that Tidus needs someone more emotional than Lincecum, although I don't know that I would say angsty either. Maybe more like a young Jeff Kent, with the arrogance and the way-up highs and the bottomed-out lows.

I can't think of any other good comparisons, but if you are inspired to keep going, please do. ;) I have so few other online friends I can geek out over baseball with, it's always fun to get the chance, even if you are "the enemy". ;)