RIP James Gammon Aka Lou Brown

I’m a little late reporting this, but James Gammon, aka Lou Brown from Major League, passed away last week:

“Major League,” the 1989 comedy by David S. Ward that documented a rag-tag bunch of fictitious Cleveland Indians, was undoubtedly on heavy rotation in DVD players around the country this weekend.

Why? Actor James Gammon, who played the team’s gravel-voiced manager Lou Brown, died at age 70 on Friday.

Most of Brown’s memorable lines can’t be published here, but the longtime manager of the Toledo Mud Hens and — of course — Tire World made simple phrases like “I dunno” “Give ’em the heater” and “Shut up, Dorn!” staples of many a baseball-meets pop culture soundtrack.

If you haven’t seen Major League, rush to your local movie depot and rent it immediately. James Gammon makes Gandhi look like a pedophile. See below for some oley bullshit:

The Republicans Approach To Jobless Benefits

This past month, Senate Republicans filibustered against a bill to extend jobless benefits to over 2 million unemployed Americans, saying they were fiscally unwise and irresponsible given the current national deficit. It’s too bad all of these Republicans voted for Bush’s tax cuts:

Cost of Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy for fiscal year 2010: $200 billion [source 1, 2] (Note: This only covers one year of the cost of Bush’s tax cuts, which are estimated to cost the US Treasury over $2.2 trillion if extended to 2020).

Cost of jobless benefits for fiscal year 2010: $34 Billion [Source 1]

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The 7 Biggest Losers Of The Half-Year

LeLoser Of The Half-Year, LeBron James: You had it all. You were the hometown boy bringing the local team to the cusp of NBA glory and immortality. You were so beloved even President Obama said he was you: “I’m LeBron, baby! I got this.”

But then you quit. You bailed on your Cleveland Cavaliers when the going got tough against the Celtics in the playoffs. Then you deserted them for good in free agency a few weeks later. The irony is your Cavaliers were arguably the best team in the league last year. Everyone just got hurt, including your own elbow—now closing in on 17,000 followers on Twitter. But you didn’t just bail on your home-state, you opted to dump Ohio on the grandest stage possible. You arranged an ESPN made-for-TV event dubbed “The Decision” to announce you would be “taking [your] talents to the South Beach”.

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