Timeout with: Early start boosts Aaron Bates' baseball career
Aaron Bates Age: 27.
Height/weight: 6-4/230.
Position: First base.
Born in: New York City.
College: North Carolina State.
Fast facts: Signed with Rochester on May 9 after spending first five seasons in the Boston Red Sox organization. Drafted by Boston in third round in 2006. Set a California League record with four home runs in a game in 2007. Made MLB debut with Red Sox in 2009, batting .364 with two doubles and two RBI in five games.
What was your route to Rochester like this year?
I was a free agent after this spring training. I live in Boston with my fiancée and was working out at a local prep school for about five weeks or so and the Twins called and they had an opening here in Rochester with all the injuries they had and so I signed with them on May 8. Actually the first game I played in here was the 18-inning game. Scouting reports speak highly of your work ethic. Are you almost obsessive with preparation?
I've kept a log book throughout the minor leagues. The International League is a little bit tougher because it's a lot bigger of a league. Basically just tracking at-bats and what pitchers like to throw so you know what you're looking for. Any information helps a lot and I'm a little obsessive compulsive with that stuff. I heard your dad snuck you into Little League before you were old enough to play?
You had to be 7 years old to play. I was 5 but turned 6 on opening day and was just as big as the other kids. My older brother was playing and I wanted to play so he brought me to the sign-ups and they didn't ask to see my birth certificate. They found out halfway through the year and I was one of the better players on the team and my dad told them they'd have to tell me themselves that I couldn't play anymore, so they said it was fine. What was the day of your MLB debut like?
It was definitely surreal. Because I didn't go to big league camp with the Red Sox that year, I didn't know a whole lot of guys on the team. I walked into the locker room and didn't say a whole lot because I didn't know anybody. The cool part about it was we were playing the Oakland A's and being from the Bay Area, everyone back home got to see it. The bad part about it was Brett Anderson threw a two-hit shutout against us. It was an unbelievable experience.
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“I Hate Valentine’s Day” Was Over Nia Vardalos’ Talent Level as the Writer, Director and Star
Article by Ed Bagley
I Hate Valentine’s Day – 2 Stars (Average)
Nia Vardalos is not the first budding presence in Hollywood whose ambition has now exceeded her talent.
Vardalos, who burst onto the screen in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, was not only the star of the most successful independent film in history (Tom Hanks banked the film with million and it racked up worldwide revenue of 8 million), but also wrote the screenplay.
I loved My Big Fat Green Wedding – it still ranks among my Top 20 Most Favorite Films ever.
After viewing “I Hate Valentine’s Day”, I could not believe that Nia Vardalos wrote the script – it was awful when pitted against My Big Fat Greek Wedding. There were no great comedic moments, and the film dragged on at a pace slower than peanut butter sliding off a PB+J sandwich.
The plot finds a florist, Genevieve (Nia Vardalos), persuading a new restaurant owner, Greg (John Corbett), to take a chance on a no-strings-attached relationship involving only 5 dates before it ends.
Genevieve doesn’t believe that long-term relationships work; worse yet, she is a happy, incurable optimist who loves Valentine’s Day – that is, until she dates and falls for Greg. The problem is compounded when Greg falls even harder for her.
To save face, both Genevieve and Greg can’t admit they want it to continue, and so the movie finds these two manufacturing reasons why neither cannot contact the other in order to continue what both of them want – a long-term relationship.
Vardalos, not content with being the star and writing the screenplay for the movie, now decides she must also direct this disappointing film, which I generously rate as average when it is not even average among the average romantic comedies I have reviewed.
Nia, please give it a rest. Your stock falls with this offering. I did not really enjoy your film and, unfortunately, many others did not either. I could spend another 500 words on what the script lacked, but why bother.
Like sports, it is much harder to defend a world championship than to win a world championship. Duplicating My Big Fat Greek Wedding will be much harder than making the original — and adding the directing component makes it even less so.
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