Barry Bonds=New Home Run King

Whether you like it or not, Barry Lamar Bonds hit home run number 756 off Nationals pitcher mike Bacsik, putting him above Henry “Hank” Aaron on the all time home run leaders list.

Luckily for him, it was at home to a thunderous ovation. He was then lifted for a defensive replacement, another chance for the home crowd to show him some love.

The guy who caught the ball was wearing a Mets shirt. Maybe he got lost from the tourist traveling around to see Tom Glavine achieve his 300th win.

50 Cent To Debate Kanye West

In perhaps one of the oddest pieces of news I’ve read today (I read about a book that has a giant porno in it.) it appears that rappers 50 Cent and Kanye West will debate on live TV. The debate will take place live on BET (Damn I thought CNN would cover this!) and it would be on 106 And Park. So far a date for the debate hasn’t been planned since Kanye hasn’t agreed to anything.

The debate will be over which one of their new CDs is better. Both of their new CDs will be released on September 11th and apparently there’s a rivalry over which CD is/will do better. A debate sounds odd, especially since it’s “Presidential style” and it’s for two outspoken rappers, but I’m pretty sure the debate is going to go down somewhat like this:

50 Cent: Ey yo my albums the shit son. We got all uv G-Unit up on dis bitch and Em is do’en some tracks too. Dis shit is crazy ha ha ha.

Kanye: First of I’d like to thank God. He has come to me several times and even produced some tracks on the new album. I think that’s definitely better than Eminem. Curtis will try to kill me in record sales, but he can’t. And what don’t kill me will only make me stronger. George Bush does not care about black people.

We’ll be reporting on the debate here on the Cream Filled. Stay tuned!

Synopsis For Snuff, The New Book By Chuck Palahniuk

Coming from MTV we get some Chuck P. news. He’ll be having a cameo in the upcoming movie adaptation of “Choke”, the shoot for the movie was 25 days, and the budget was between 3 and 4 million dollars. The news I’m more excited about is the synopsis for his new book, Snuff. Here it is:

“It’s about the shooting one of the worlds largest [pornographic] movies. It’s basically about three men waiting in the green room among 600 men. Over the course of the first act you learn that this actress plans to die during the production and that most likely one of these three men was a child she conceived and put up for adoption. He’s been trying to contact her for years. She’s never acknowledged him and he’s so desperate he’s shown up for this casting call to try to rescue her before she dies.”

Wow. It’s certainly what I’d expect from him, after all he had a boys intenstens[sic] sucked out of him while he masturbated on the bottom of a pool…so yeah he is twisted. I can only see one thing coming out of Snuff and that’s incest. I’m definitely going to pick it up, especially since it’s supposedly a second story in a sci-fi trilogy, with Rant being the first book.

Joba Chamberlain Gets Call Up

The Yankees are ready to call up young pitching phenom Joba Chamberlain to help assisst the Bronx Bombers in their playoff push.

Chamberlain, 21, is a starting pitcher, but has been used lately in his brief Triple-A stint in a middle-relief role in preparation to help the Yankees depleted bullpen. Especially after trading work horse reliever Scott Proctor to the Dodgers in return for infielder Wilson Betemit, the Yankees needed a spark in the bullpen.

It only took two relief appearances in Triple-A for the Yankees to bring up Chamberlain,  who struck out 18 batters in eight innings pitched for the Scranton Wiles-Barre Yankees. In three innings of relief, he k”d eight of them. Throughout the whole year, he is 9-2 with with a 2.45 ERA, with 135 strikeouts in 88.1 innings pitched.

How big of a role will Joba the Heat have in last two months for the Yankees, who are only a half game behind the slumping Detroit Tigers. It seems that many expect him to have the same impact Francisco Rodriguez had for the LA Angels in 2002, who struck out 13 batters in less than six innings of work in September. More importantly, he was dominating in the postason, punching out 28 batters in 18.1 innings, helping the Angels to a championship, and earning the nickname of K-Rod.

To make room on the roster, relief pitcher Brian Bruney will be cut. Jason Giambi will also be activated from the DL, with Miguel Cairo being cut for him.

The move to the bullpen isn’t expected to be a permanent one for Joba, who’ll likely be a part of the Yankee’s 2008 starting rotation, along with fellow young stud Phillip Hughes.

Here is a brief video of Joba pitching in Double-A for the Trenton Thunder.

Invisible Monsters Movie Adaptation Might Be On The Way

Man I’ve been loving the recent movie news that’s been coming out of Hollywood. The Dark Knight info, Cloverfield info, The Man Of Steel news, Indy IV news, and so so so much more. Well thanks to slashfilm.com I am happy to say Invisible Monsters by one of my favorite authors, Chuck Palahniuk, is possibly coming to the big screen. According to /film the movie has been rumored for a while (Who knew? I didn’t.) and now it’s listed on IMDB and that’s normally an indication that a movie is in the works, or is atleast being talked about.

While I’ve never read Invisible Monsters I have heard many good things from some of my friends. I love Chuck’s work though. Fight Club, Haunted, and the newly released Rant are amazing books. I suggest you all go out and read one of his books if you get the chance. I recomend Rant, Invisible Monsters, and Lullaby because of personal preference and I’ve heard amazing things about the books.

Invisible Monsters should hit theaters in 2008, and here is the IMDB synopsis for those interested:

When a sudden freeway accident leaves a fashion model disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better. And that salvation hides in the last places you’ll ever want to look.

Adam “Pacman” Jones Signs with TNA

Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action wrestling, and will make his first appearance Thursday on Spike TV.

Boy is TNA desperate for publicity. Trying to get its voice heard over the World Wrestling Entertainment (where Vince McMahon will return tonight after his death storyline was put to an end after Chris Benoit) TNA signed a felon suspended from the NFL for poor conduct. The contract is currently under prohibits any activity that could cause harm to him off the field, so he probably won’t even wrestle.

Pacman Jones has signed up to give him something to do, but it doesn’t seem like he’ll be doing anything.  Worst of all, TNA previously said they won’t necessarily make him a heel. Who the hell is going to cheer for Pacman? He has been arrested six times since being drafted in 2005, and turned himself in after a strip club fight in Las Vegas that left a man paralyzed.

After thinking about it, this publicity stunt just might work. I don’t know about you, but I’m somewhat curious to see what they do with this mess. He can’t wrestle, and no matter what TNA tries to do, the fans are going to boo him, so he has to be a heel. Perhaps it’ll be like that stint K-Fed had with the WWE, although he did get involved in bit in the ring.

Can you say tag team with Michael Vick? Isn’t this the human equivalent of dog fighting? All I hear is people who want Vick to get what he did to those dogs. How about Kurt Angle breaking his ankle? Now that’s entertainment.

Don’t Get Me Started

Throughout the day, there are always little things that will tick everyone off. If you’re like me, you wander off into your little own world, a world where you’re Peter Griffin doing your very own “You know what really grinds my gears?” rant.

Well, this was one of those days for me. I traveled from New Jersey back to my old home in Brooklyn to see the Brooklyn Cyclones, a minor league affiliate of the New York Mets. Fun times indeed, but dwelling on the fun is just no fun. Welcome to the first of hopefully many segments of “Don’t Get Me Started”.

During the game, the people seated right next to me and my dad had two little kids. I’d estimate their ages to be around 2 and 5. That’s no problem. However, after I come back to my seat after getting some food, I see that the lady is changing the younger son’s diapers. Uh oh, this certainly will get me started.

How lazy and inconsiderate can one possibly be? Really? Not only am I treated to a baseball game, but I get a naked kid right next to me with the smell of poop in the air as I try to eat my curly fries. How lucky am I? Go to the god damn bathroom and do it! If smoking is banned in public places in New york, why not diaper changing? I’m not a fan of the smell of smoke either, but crap is a lot worse. What is the thought process from this mother?

“The bathroom is all of the way hell up there! I have to walk about eight steps up and then walk a little more, or I can make a pleasant experience unpleasant for everyone else just to make my life the slightest bit easier.”

Get off your lazy ass and have some respect for everyone else. I’m sure the baby isn’t too pleased himself, lying on a sticky conrete floor compiled of peanuts and spilled beer.

In between innings, the Spongebob Squarepants theme song started to play. There must be some angle right? Some type of game related to it, or even a trivia question. Something? Nope. That’s what excites people. This is what attracts attention. Are we such a dumb society that everyone claps and sings along once they see that pirate shout “Ooohhhhhhhhh…” I will not lower myself by going lower. Then again, I’m a hypocrite, seeing as how I laugh every time I see the video of that kid saying “I like turtles”.

My last point. In another gimmick in between innings, they had musical toilets. What really bothered me was the guy dressed in a toilet costume during it. This happens to be the same guy who later posed as Applebee Man to advertise for the restaurant. You got to feel a little pity for that guy. What will his next job interview be like? “Past experience? I was Applebee Man!!”

Tom Glavine Gets 300th Win

Tom Glavine got his 300th win on Sunday night in a 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Glavine, 41, pitched six and a third innings of solid baseball, allowing six hits, one walk, and two runs on his way to a historic milestone, joining the company of 22 other pitchers.

Glavine contributed to the offense as well, driving in Lastings Milledge with a RBI single in the top of the second to score the first run of the game. He wouldn’t take any chances after the bullpen blew a lead in Milwaukee to foil his win on Tuesday.

Glavine is now 10-6 this season for the Mets. When he makes it to the Hall-of-Fame, he will likely go in as a Brave, where he spent the majority and prime of his career dominating with Greg Maddux and John Smoltz.

Escape From New York and Gears Of War Movies Get A Director

According to IESB.net the remake of Escape From New York and the Gears Of War movie both have a director. The same director. New Line announced that Len Wiseman is in talks to direct and develop both films. Escape From New York will be a remake of the 1981 (cult) classic film that depicts New York City as a prison wasteland with a rough Snake Plissken (Kurt Russel/pictured above) trying to rescue the United States President from inside NYC. Gears Of War is another video game to movie adaptation.

First I’ll talk about EFNY. Can this remake live up to the original, which I thought was such an incredible film? According to a reviewer over at Aint It Cool News the script seems to live up to the original and surpass it in some aspects. With Gerad Butler (300) as Snake is pretty much the perfect fit. I will dare say that he’s this generations Kurt Russel. So with the pretty positive script review, my love of the first film, and Gerad Butler’s manliness, I think this could be a great movie and even a faithful remake.

Now onto Gears. Another video game movie, really? It seems that studios keep pushing these bad boys out and they always seem to fail, with a few exceptions (Tomb Raider). I’ve heard that the guys over at Epic Games (the devleopers of the XBox 360/PC video game) will be working on the film, and I love hearing that. It’s really the only way a video game movie could work. As, I believe, Roger Ebert said something to the affect of video game movies never working because the people behind them don’t get the source material. Well with the upcoming gaming adaptions with the game devleopers behind it (Warcraft, Halo, God Of War, Gears, and more) I feel that we’ll get more good true video game to movie adaptations.

Gaygamer.net Taken Offline Due To Hate Attacks

Gaygamer.net was taken offline recently due to hate attacks. Hateful speech on the forums, among other reasons, lead the site’s owner Flynn DeMarco to take the site offline. He’s hoping to have the problem resolved shortly. Here is the statement that can be found by going onto the site:

Hello, faithful readers:
As you might have noticed, we have had some connection issues in the last few days and now the site is completely down. I’m sad to say that we have been the target of homophobic hackers. Thankfully, they didn’t get to our database so all of our stuff is still intact. At this point we are just waiting for our service provider to ensure everything is good before putting the server back online.
Hopefully, this will be resolved by the end of this weekend, so please keep checking back. You can’t keep a good gay gamer down, so we’ll be back before you know it, serving up all the sassy game content you can handle.
Cheers,
Fruit Brute

It’s really such a shame for something like this to happen. You’d expect that in today’s society there would be more tolerance towards people with different lifestyles. It’s obvious that there are some truly terrible people on the internet who do things for their own amusement and to make a few of their forum buddies laugh. I’m sure that’s all this attack was, it was just a bunch of losers who can’t do anything meaningful with their lives. I find it especially funny that they think they are hot shit when in all honesty they are just people posting on forums. A few sites come to mind as to where the attack came from, and it’s sickening that they have to do things like this.

Everyone here at the Cream Filled Blog hopes the people over at GG get everything fixed soon. They’ve done great things and it’s a shame that people will go out of their way to attack them.