I’m a fan of Extra Mustard. For those of you not familiar with SI’s version of a sports/entertainment blog, you should try it sometime. In fact, start with a photo gallery that they entitled “Drafting Baseball Movie Characters.” Go ahead. I’ll wait.

Interesting idea they came up with, too bad they flopped on the execution. I mean seriously, who was in charge of this draft Matt Millen? Isaiah Thomas? Butch Davis?

Here are the top 10 picks in their mythical draft-

1. Jack Elliot 1B- Mr. Baseball

2. Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh SP- Bull Durham

3. Dottie Hinson C- A League of Their Own

4. Montgomery Brewster SP- Brewster’s Millions

5. Amanda Wurlitzer SP- Bad News Bears

6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn RP- Major League

7. Henry Rowengartner RP- Rookie of the Year

8. Bobby Rayburn OF- The Fan

9. Ed – Ed

10. Roy Hobbs OF- The Natural

Ok, let’s start with the obvious- Ed? This list is already a travesty. A mockery. A sham. You know, a travshamockery. I liked Brewster’s Millions a lot, very underrated movie, but Brewster himself was a junk ball pitcher, and his claim to fame was that he could “get anybody out for three innings”. Well that might be useful for a relief pitcher, but not a starter. And come on, Mr. Baseball wasn’t even the best choice from the team! [Read more...]