The Ladies' Thread

Mike Vitar/Benny the Jet

From imdb.com:

"Birth name - Michael Anthony Vitar

Mike Vitar started acting at the age of 12 when a casting manager spotted him in line for a ride at a school carnival.

Has an older brother Pablo, and an older sister Elizabeth

He and older brother Pablo played the same character (at different ages) in "The Sandlot."

Where are they now - (June 2002) Firefighter in Hollywood"

I guess Pablo played him in the end, on the Dodgers? Cool! And he's a firefighter? Wow.

Here's the mian page on him, with the other movies he's been in.

Good Picture Page
It has him in Sandlot, Mighty Ducks, then "Just Mike" alone. Maybe the JM pics are older?



Gorgeous eyes!!!

Okay. I can tell why I like him. For one thing, anything pertaining to baseball in a guy's interests makes him twice as attractive to me. If he plays ball (and can play good!), likes baseball, is a baseball fan, etc., so Mike as Benny is very attractive to me.

Another reason (which might be why I like his younger pics better) is because he seems like the "guy down the street" that I only can dream lived near me. I just imagine how awesome it would be if my cousins, brother, and I still went out every night to play ball like we used to (in our empty lot...just with grass, not sand), and he was our neighbor and came and played with us, too. I guess this is more admiration of Benny than Mike (unless he's the same), but how I would love to play under the fireworks on the Fourth of July and have him out there on the field with us, being good friends, just like they are on the movie. *sigh* I'll keep waiting for him to show up on my doorstep with a glove, asking me to play.

Wow, he hasn't changed much at all. He has a resemblance to someone, but I just can't put my finger on it.

Oh, and a fire fighter!! Way cool.

I meant to respond to this, but forgot...sorry, SB!

Okay. If you search for pics using a Yahoo/Google image search, and you come up with this, click on an individual picture so that it brings you to something that looks like this. Then, click on the picture (at the top), again, and it'll bring you to something like this. Copy the URL at the top, in the address bar, and then paste it into your message/post here, using "Image" under the Instant UBB Code section. If you find a picture, but it's on a normal web page, and you can't click on it to get it alone (like you can on the image searches), right-click the picture, click "Properties," then copy/paste the "Address/URL" the same way, into "Image" on your post.

Hope that wasn't too detailed, but I wasn't sure how much info you needed. Let me know if it works, and then you can post some Jetah/A-Rod pics.

I'm not really sure at what age these were taken, but they've got to be post-Sandlot.

Mike Vitar was also in Mighty Ducks 2 and 3? hahaha. I guess he's keeping with the sports theme.

I did a google search for pics of him and they all seemed to be the same time range. So that's probably the latest we're gonna get of him. I wouldn't mind seeing him pose for one of those fire fighter calendars.

Way to go boys! High fives all around.
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The Nationals top pick in the draft today was a 3rd baseman. Uggh...that can't be good news for my guy. He did only have a 2 year deal. Maybe Melvin Mora will get hit by a bus and The Orioles will sign him. One can only hope.

Oh no! Vinny's gotta stay! We'll make sure of it...

I have something to add! (Of course! )
Any of you Sandlot gals like the bully-punk who challenged the boys to a game? I hated his character, of course, but I thought he was a tad cute...what I mainly liked was the way he talked. "We play on a real diamond, Poih-ter!" (Porter->Poih-ter... ) And his face after the big "play ball like a girl" insult by Ham...and the way his voice squeaked...pre-pubescent, perhaps? Just thought he was somewhat cute.

I wish I could scan in the photo of Jeter and ARod that I have hanging in my office. It's from last year's spring training and the photo is of the two of them laughing. I like to think that they're smiling because they're thinking of me! In the meantime, here's a pretty one of ARod.



And here's one of the two of them when ARod became a Yankee.


Now let's see how good your photo posting lessons are!!

Ok, one out of two isn't bad. I can see ARod, but the photo of the two of them shows up as the dreaded red x. Ah well.

The photos of Mike Vitar are so adorable, Gina. Beth, I know exactly what you mean about feeling like a dirty, old lady. If he's 27, that means I could be his mother. Granted, I would've been a teen mom, but still.... How depressing!!

Jeff Gordon is adorable. But I remember the good old days of NASCAR, when you could hate Dale, Sr., but now everybody loves him. There were great old drivers, like Daryl Waltrip in the Tide car, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, AJ Foyt.

SB, you did great! Everyone gets the stupid X's at some point, and I never know what to do anyway.

He could almost, sort of be my dad...Mike Vitar, that is. Well, it wouldn't even be a teen dad, and it'd be very weird, but don't feel like a "dirty, old lady." He's just a good looking guy! And I read on the trivia page that he wouldn't mind dating a fan...score!

I wonder why the x's show up? Where do the pictures go?

Watching the Yankees lose right now. Only consolation, they just showed a close-up of Jeter.

Gina, if Mike Vitar could be your father, then I could almost be your grandmother!!

I don't know what's with the pictures. I'm not extremely computer-savvy.

My Astros lost, as well, so no worries. Bah. Bad sports day for us.

Well, I'm 16, so maybe I was exaggerating a tad...I don't think we're that far apart.

I just re-read this; "we" as in me and you, not me and Mikey...or both ways, I guess. I'm confused.

Mike Vitar's a firefighter now? That's hot in so many ways.

Beth, I like Karros too. He's one of the "classics" who's stuck around. Here's a better pic of him.


Gi, Wally's definitely not bad either. To paraphrase the guys on this BB, "I wouldn't kick him out of bed."

And yes, there is one hot golfer... I can't remember his name though.

Yeah, I bet you'd love to play, wouldn't you?

Yes, it is. Yes...it is.

You've been hanging around Geoff and DMC in the fantasy thread too long!

Zia, you're terrible! I promise I didn't mean that in a...dirty way. :p But...

SB, you had typed 'http://' twice for that picture. Here is the pic:


You can always right click on any picture and see what the URL is.

Funny, my ISP is filtering this site and I only still see a rex x. I hope it works for you though.

I have the birthing rule...if he's old enough that I couldn't have given birth to him, then he's fine. At 27 I would have to have been an aweful young mother.

I love Darryl Waltrip. I like it better when the Fox guys do the commentary, rather then NBC. Boogity, boogity, boogity!!!

You have to see what the extension at the end of the link is. If it's bmp this site won't take them. You need to make sure they end in jpg.

Listen to me...like I'm a computer expert or something.

LDV would LOVE this pic. I try doing searches on pictures of these guys and I just pick from the limited supply I have. I guess I don't know all the tricks of finding great shots.

Oh, Gina, you're so sweet about us not being that far apart in years, but I have a daughter that's almost your age! God, I really feel like a dirty, old lady now!!

Beth, I agree with you on Daryl Waltrip. He was adorable when his younger brother Michael won Daytona and he was announcing.

Afs - thanks for the help with the photo!

Oh, I loved Daryl's announcing when Michael won too. Him screaming out, "MIKEEEEEEEEEE". That was nice. I'm sure some of the older generation who don't like the mushy stuff didn't like it. But I'm a chick and I'm emotional..hahaha.

It's a shame that some of the older drivers are fading out. Although, I certainly don't miss Jimmy Spencer. But I miss the before mentioned Ward Burton, Johnny Benson, this is Rusty and Bill Elliot's last seasons, Kenny Wallace, although I think he mainly races the Busch series, and the Bodine brothers. Some of the newer guys like Kevin Harvick and Jimmy Johnson are too cocky for me. Who knows, maybe they'll grow on me.

Don't worry about it! We're all fantasizing on here anyway, so it doesn't matter!

I'll be out some today, but when I get back, I'll be sure to check in here. Maybe I'll post some more pics...

More pics..just because Gina asked so nicely.


Brian Roberts



Jeff Halpern



David Beckham

Thanks Beth.

I never remembered/knew what Brian Roberts looked like, so that helped. I used to hear from a lot of girl baseball fans that the A's have some good looking guys...I checked a few out, and they're not bad. But not quite as nice as Miguel.

Oh! I just remembered my other big favorite!



Felipe Lopez of the Reds

He's gorgeous.

Manu was on the cover of ESPN's latest magazine, and I found photos from each cover on their web site, but only up to March '05. It was a lovely one, too.

When I first saw that pic I thought it was Nomar.
I just found out his name is actually his father's first name, Ramon, spelled backwards. You learn something new everyday I guess.

I think I like Felipe better than Nomar, but yes, they do look similar!

Nomar <-> Ramon

I've heard that several times, yet I keep forgetting...

A few years ago we were staying at the Hilton in Toronto. It turned out that the Red Sox were in town and were also staying there. In the morning, all of the players would stop in the lobby on their way to the stadium and sign autographs and balls for little kids, except for Nomar. He would dash through the lobby, yelling "Sorry, kids, I'm late!" and jump in a cab. I never liked him after that.

The punk.

That'd be cool to stay at the same hotel as players, though!

We went back there last summer and bought tickets to the Blue Jays/Yankees game. I kept hoping that the Yankees would be at the hotel, but, alas, there was no sign of them. However, a friend of mine lives on the same street as the house that Jeter recently bought for his parents. He told me that Jeter has been seen around town, and even brought Tino Martinez, another hottie, into the local pizzeria. Here's a picture of the two of them (sigh and swoon). Jeter's on your left.

How cute! I love stuff like that. This is the first I've heard of this, though. I bet he was excited all throughout, huh? That must have been so cool.

I don't know any tricks, I just go to Google, click on Images, and search there.

Same with Bob Welch... His name is his dad's name backwards.

I'm jealous, SB.

I'll be honest, I never like to admit that I like guys or find guys attractive that a lot of other girls/women do, so of course, as I realized how many gals liked Jeter and A-Rod, I never wanted to like them. I was even that way with Orlando Bloom (I think I mentioned that elsewhere on the BB), where when I saw how many girls joined his "fan club," I got jealous and didn't want to like him anymore. But I still do. It sounds dumb, but I guess I like feeling like I've "discovered" "my" guys. Anywho, I suppose I've somewhat given in on the Yankee thing, because I must admit, they've got some handsome guys. I like Posada, too.

Vinny hit a homer last night. Woo hoo!!!



Plus, The Nats are still in 1st place. Double Woo hoo!

If any of you ladies vote online for The All Star game do this old broad a favor and put a check mark next to my man. Vinny's in the running, and it looks like he has a good shot. I know I voted about 10 times. I think you can vote up to 25 times, so I gotta get a hopping. Give me any names you want me to place a vote for and I'll return the favor.

We all have to give high fives to SB's main man A Rod on hitting his 400th homer last night, setting a record for the youngest player to reach 400 homers. Way to go!!

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A-Rod hits 400th homer against Brewers
Rodriguez becomes 40th, youngest player to reach milestone
By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com

Alex Rodriguez poses with his 400th home run ball.


MILWAUKEE -- When Alex Rodriguez hit his 398th home run on May 26, his fifth in eight games, it seemed like it would only be a matter of days -- if not hours -- that he became the 40th player in history to reach the 400-homer plateau.
But 11 games later, Rodriguez was still stuck on 398, having gone that long without hitting one out or even driving in a single run.

He made up for lost time on Wednesday night in Milwaukee, going 4-for-4 with two home runs -- Nos. 399 and 400 -- and four RBIs in the Yankees' 12-3 win over the Brewers.

"It's obviously a very special day, especially to do it in a win we needed so desperately," Rodriguez said. "To do it with a Yankees uniform on, it's something I'll never forget."

"He's been doing all of these things from the day he came into the league," said Mike Mussina, who was the recipient of the run support on Wednesday. "Four hundred home runs for him is just a chapter in a pretty long book. I'm sure it's not his last one, and I'm sure it's not his last one with two zeroes after it."

At 29 years old, Rodriguez reached 400 earlier than any player in history. Ken Griffey Jr., A-Rod's former teammate in Seattle, had held the previous record for the most homers hit before his 30th birthday with 398, but Rodriguez, who turns 30 on July 27, knocked his old friend out of the record books.

"To be 29 years old and have 400 home runs, that's pretty incredible," said manager Joe Torre. "With the shape he's in and the way he works, who knows where he's going?"

"These guys get sick of hearing me talk about A-Rod," said Brewers hitting coach Butch Wynegar, who was a roving hitting instructor and Minor League manager in the Rangers' organization from 1995-2002 and worked with Rodriguez from 2001-02. "His bank account says, 'Hey, I don't have to work another day in my life.' But he goes in that cage every day. I used to see him go in there four times before a game, and that's when he was playing everyday shortstop. He deserves this."

A-Rod, whose 11-game skid without an RBI was the second-longest of his career, drilled No. 399 in the first inning, taking left-hander Chris Capuano deep for a two-run shot to left field on a 3-1 pitch. The homer was estimated at 410 feet.

"I hadn't hit one in a while," he said. "I hit it pretty good."

That homer tied A-Rod with Al Kaline and Andres Galarraga for 40th place on the all-time list.

In the eighth, Rodriguez added a solo shot against southpaw Jorge De La Rosa, crushing a 2-2 pitch 381 feet over the right-field wall. His 19 homers this season lead the Majors.

"Alex had a super night, and to cap it off with the 400th home run was great," Torre said. "That's as loose as he's been, even more than the three-home run game [April 26 against the Angels]. He seemed light on his feet today."

"He doesn't limit himself to one field," Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "He hits one out to left [field] and then hits No. 400 out to right."

Rodriguez became the sixth player to hit his 400th homer for the Yankees, joining Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson and Gary Sheffield. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he also became the third player to reach the milestone in Milwaukee, joining Eddie Matthews and Billy Williams.

"I'm a young man out of Miami," Rodriguez said. "I never thought I'd be doing some of the things that I've done."

Ooooooooooooooohhhh. A younger pic of Vinny.

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I was watching the game and it was great when he hit that home run. What's the website address to vote? I'll be happy to vote for Vinny, if you throw a few votes to Jeter and ARod!!

You just got to mlb.com, under "fan forum" there's a drop down box. Just pick "all star ballot". You can vote up to 25 times.

I voted, but you know that, if he gets on, he will play against ARod, as they're both up for 3rd baseman!!

I already did about 10 votes a while back for the ASG, but I'm sure I'll do more. In case any of you are really serious about voting, you can create a new "account" thing after you've used your 25 (I think you only have to change one thing, like perhaps your e-mail), and you get another 25 each time you do this.

SB, I'm sure Jeter and A-Rod will make it ( ), but if I vote again, I'll try to remember to include them. They're AL, and I don't usually have any other choices in that league anyway, so it's good.

Bethie, I believe Vinny's in NL with my Astros, right? I'll probably go ahead and vote for him at 3B instead of Morgan Ensberg...Mo's actually pretty good (not someone I'd vote for just because he's a 'Stro), but I'm not sure he even has a chance to make it. At least Vinny's on a winning team, you know? Well, I'll try to get some votes in for him, as well, if I do vote again!

If y'all can get some votes in for any Astro, that'll be great!

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Oh, I'm loving this. My Jason Lane just got a triple because Mets OF Carlos Beltran (who BETRAYED us...) bobbled the ball, and Brad Ausmus just hit him in to tie the game up for us. I wasn't paying much attention (I forgot the game started at 6 instead of 7... ), but I saw the replay of Beltran. He tries to make a clean sweep of the ball, and it hits off his glove into LF...whoops! And, Biggio got another run in, just now...I think that was an error, though. Anywho, I guess I'm just having sour grapes over Beltran, but that made me very happy.

Yeah, A Rod is American league and Vinny is National leaque, so they would be on opposing teams. I voted 4 more times last night, including for A Rod and Derek. Hopefully we'll all get our honey's in. The power of chicksville!!!!!

Gina..aren't you a sweetie! I actually remember voting for a few Astros on my list. I think Vinny and Brad Wilkerson are the only Nats I voted for, other then that I don't know too many National leaque teams, so I voted so all of us "chicks" will have a guy in the AL game.

Nats are on a rock-n-roll. Bring out the brooms...they swept Oakland.

And Vinny got another RBI...thanks you very much!

Congrats and hip-hip-hooray for Gina's guy Manu for his outstanding performance last night. Manu is DA MAN!

Argh, I missed the game.

The Astros went into extra innings from a 6:00 game, and when that ended, my stomach was killing me. It ended up lasting all the way through the night, so I finally just went to bed with a heat pad instead of watching Manu. I woke up around midnight and watched some sports shows...I caught some highlights and found out the Spurs won.

Anyway, I felt bad that I missed "my man"...

My mouth (and teeth "areas") has been hurting since my wisdom tooth surgery, so I actually wished last night that it would start hurting again, instead of my stomach. Well, I got my wish. :rolleyes:

How many of you gals are close enough to a stadium to catch some games?

I'm lucky to live in Houston, close to Minute Maid, so I've been able to make it to several. I went to my second game of this season last night, and it was incredible. I just love the atmosphere in the ballpark. It's hard to explain, but when you experience it, it's just amazing. Roger Clemens (Rocket Man...they kept playing that song for him...

I actually work 4 blocks from Camden Yards. 5 years ago I worked in a department that is actually located at The Warehouse at Camden Yards. I walk around Camden Yards everyday during my lunch time.

To put it midly, I'm sick of looking at that place..haha. The last thing I want to do on my "down time" is go someplace that reminds me of work.

Now, if Vinny was an Oriole I'd have season tickets.

I had no problem driving over an hour last month to DC to watch The Nationals.

I actually considered a job at Minute Maid, but I can see how that could get old.

Oh, here's a pic of the Wizard, who pitched a 2-hit shutout today!

I live pretty far from Yankee Stadium, but it's virtually impossible to get tickets anyway. Actually, my favorite stadium is Skydome in Toronto. We've gone to Toronto a few times and caught a couple of games. Last year we saw the Yankees play.

I'm not too far from Dodger Stadium, and I agree with you, they're a lot of fun to go to! Last season, we had season tickets in the seats right behind Shawn Green's parents. He's cute sometimes, by the way. Have you guys noticed, sometimes he looks really bad and sometimes he looks really hot? I wonder how that works. :p Oh well, he doesn't even play for L.A. anymore.

That's really cool you had season tickets! How I'd love to have some for my 'Stros...ohhh...

I understand what you're saying about guys sometimes being attractive...

...and I see some potential:

Yeah, most of the time he doesn't photograph well. But here's what I mean by his "good" days...

I actually "gaped" at that picture...

Gorgeous!!!

I like that look. I don't know quite how to describe it, but it's sort of "scruffy," I guess. Reminds me of Jeff Kent. Oh, how I miss him. He's on your Dodgers, now!

Edit: God, I love his hair. Dark, flowing...yummy!

Pretty nice, huh? Usually he looks like a nerd in pictures though. It's rare to find such a hot one. But in real life, he looks more like this picture than the nerd ones.

And yeah, Kent's a usual on my Fantasy lineup.

Not that fantasy lineup!! I mean the baseball one!

Have you seen him in real life? Autograph? Hug...? And then they'd arrest me.

Zia, you crack me up!



Looks like Shawn Green's going to be an addition to my "fantasy" lineup, too...

...I mean, he's got some good stats, you know?

I never met him, I've just seen him. The closest I've gotten was probably like 10 feet away. I met his parents, though. For what that's worth.

By the way, our boy Manu's doing awesome, isn't he?!
He's Nike's "Baller of the Year." That sounds so lame, but good for him.