In baseball terminology, the shift refers to when a left-handed power hitter who tends to pull the ball (in other words, hits the ball to right field, the shift is almost never used against right-handed batters) comes to the plate (such as Ryan Howard, David Ortiz, Adam Dunn, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, etc.) the infielders all move to the right. The third baseman becomes the shortstop and leaves the third base line open, the shortstop ends up on the right side of second base, the second baseman is basically playing back-up first base, and the first baseman is practically playing on the...
- 10/1/2010
- by Adam Lippe, Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
This is a Recap of Top Chef D.C. (Season 7), Episode 11, entitled “Making Concessions”, originally airing August 25, 2010. Prepare to concede that this Quickfire theme was painful. We’re down to the Stupendous Six, and with the pressure mounting, Ed walks around in a dress, the whimsical clothing equivalent of calling your mid-chemotherapy wife to score “staying on the show” points: This week’s guest judge is Rick Moonen, and as we know from every sound byte ever uttered on Top Chef Masters, this em effer loves his fish: The Quickfire is obviously something fish-related, right? That’s cool, they haven’t really had a seafood challenge in a while, and they’ve got one of the premiere seafood chefs in the country there to judge, so…wait, why is Padma saying a bunch of clichés? They’re not going to have to cook clichés, are they? Oh good, that’s...
- 8/26/2010
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
Cheers to Top Chef: D.C. for knocking it out of the park — Nationals Park, that is.
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The six remaining cheftestants on Bravo's Emmy-nominated reality show each took a swing at "elevated baseball cuisine," serving their dishes to Nats fans, players (including Adam Dunn, a latter-day Babe Ruth who sampled all six and promptly served up a tater of his own) — and the judges (including Cal Ripken Jr. lookalike Tom Colicchio)...
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The six remaining cheftestants on Bravo's Emmy-nominated reality show each took a swing at "elevated baseball cuisine," serving their dishes to Nats fans, players (including Adam Dunn, a latter-day Babe Ruth who sampled all six and promptly served up a tater of his own) — and the judges (including Cal Ripken Jr. lookalike Tom Colicchio)...
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- 8/26/2010
- by Bruce Fretts
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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