Azru, I’m with you on the Dark Knight. I’ve been waiting for that movie for quite a while. I’ve seen nothing but great reviews for it so far.

RB — Boggs curveball can get a little slurvy at times but I think the slider thing was really a myth. I’ve yet to see him throw more than a handful. The Keith Law report from the AFL last year had him with a curveball. I’m not sure the origin of his alleged slider.

FGC — don’t the Cardinals like to have pitchers sacrifice some velocity for movement. If Todd’s cut fastball is as good as reported than he should be fine.

Re: Anderson behind the plate – I got self-concious about it because I thought I was focusing on him too much. I usually don’t pay attention that close to what a catcher is doing defensively on each pitch and at one point I couldn’t tell if he seemed awkward back there or if it was the way I was watching. I really wish that he had a chance to throw down to second, because I’d love to see his footwork and exchange.

I thought he showed good patience at the plate, though. The first two pitches two him that were low and inside for balls weren’t that bad and I would think that a young player would be anxious to get his swings in during an all star-type game.

Personally, I’m not too worried about Todd’s delivery. Remember, any time you see a guy jump off the mound like that, it just means he’s using his legs a ton, which reduces the amount of velocity his arm has to try and create. I like his mechanics. I do see the concerns about him possibly being more of a reliever down the line, but I think whether or not he can continue to develop his changeup into a useful weapon will have much more to do with his future role than his delivery will.

I went and saw Hellboy2 this weekend as well. I am starting to think that I should just wait for your movies reviews before I decided to go see something, because I had pretty much the same thoughts on the movie. If you are really into art direction you should go see it, otherwise it was very flat. del Toro is becoming a very frustrating director for me–Mimic, Blade II were awful, Cronos was OK, Devils Backbone was good, Hellboy was solid, Pans Labyrinth was one of the best movies n the last five years, and this one went right back to somewhere between Mimic and Cronos on the watchability scale.