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For the second straight day, Angel pitcher Tim Belcher declined to discuss his fight Saturday with Dodger pitcher Chan Ho Park. He did, however, compose a statement in which he called Park’s behavior “adolescent,” in italic letters.

Park was ejected Saturday after throwing an elbow into Belcher’s forehead and then kicking him, igniting a bench-clearing incident. Park said he believed Belcher had used excessive force in tagging him out on the play and said Belcher cursed him, inciting the physical response from Park.

“HANG WITH ‘EM! That phrase, hard tags and men cursing have been a part of our game forever,” Belcher said in his statement. “When players and teams fight, there are certain unwritten rules of engagement. His adolescent exception was to attempt to kick my face with his spikes. My reaction was self-defense and justified.”

National League officials are expected to review the incident and suspend Park. Belcher was not ejected.

Dodger Manager Davey Johnson declined to take the bait and respond to Belcher’s taunting of Park.

“I don’t think there’s any need for me to say anything else,” Johnson said. “I like Tim Belcher. He’s a heck of a competitor.”

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Angel Manager Terry Collins is leaning toward using Belcher on three days’ rest Wednesday as a replacement for Omar Olivares (strained hamstring). He said he will wait to see if Belcher has any lingering pain from Saturday’s fight.

“When you’re on the bottom of a pile like that, with a whole bunch of guys on top of you, your back can be a little stiff the next couple days,” Collins said.

There was no indication that Belcher was hurt beyond a bruised left arm and being spiked in the thigh. He is certainly in better shape than Olivares, who strained his left hamstring running out a ground ball Friday.

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Olivares threw Sunday, but said he limited his movement to “50% or 60%.”

“I’m not concerned about the pitching, but what if I have to field a ball and run over to first base?” Olivares said. “When there is a foul popup, I usually take off after it. I don’t want to do anything stupid now and miss three or four starts.”

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Baseball in the ‘90s, when a cap is not a tradition but a marketing opportunity: Eric Young, getting dressed before Sunday’s Dodger photo day, looked inside his locker at the white cap, the blue cap, and the blue cap with the gray bill. He grabbed the white cap.

Said a clubhouse attendant: “Blue hat today.”

Said Young: “The new ones?”

Said the attendant: “No, the old ones.”

Say it in Linda's voice: All right! The Belcher family, of Bob's Burgers fame, is heading to the big screen.

Bob and Linda Belcher run Bob's Burgers restaurant in an unnamed seaside town and live above their restaurant with their three quirky kids, Tina, Gene and Louise. The critically acclaimed animated TV show has been renewed for a 10th season on Fox. The show is known for its sassy humor, family love and musical numbers.

Now, there's going to be a movie. The coronavirus pandemic means it's been moved from 2020 to 2021 and again to 2022, but devoted fans can't wait. Here's what we know so far. We'll add to this post as new information is revealed.

The basics

What's it called? As much as we love Bob's elaborate Burger of the Day names (Baby, You Can Chive My Car), sometimes simple is best. The film's just called Bob's Burgers: The Movie. That was easy.

As you'd expect from a show where Tina has devoted herself to, uh, "erotic friend fiction," Bob's Burgers believes in fan service.

"We're thrilled to be invited to bring Bob's Burgers to the big screen," show creator Loren Bouchard said when the movie was announced. "We know the movie has to scratch every itch the fans of the show have ever had, but it also has to work for all the good people who've never seen the show. We also know it has to fill every inch of the screen with the colors and the sounds and the ever so slightly greasy texture of the world of Bob's -- but most of all it has to take our characters on an epic adventure. In other words, it has to be the best movie ever made. But no pressure, right?!"

Release date, production info

Good burgers take time to cook. July 17, 2020, was the original date given, but then the coronavirus outbreak happened, and the film moved to April 2021. But it's been moved again. The movie will now open on May 27, 2022 -- Memorial Day weekend -- a fitting weekend for Bob and his burgers, since it's got to be one of the top weekends for grilling out.

Cast: Who's who?

There's no way this film can be made without the familiar voices behind the Belchers and their friends. The voice cast should be the same as the show. (We're rooting for non-Belchers, like Marshmallow and Gene's friend Alex to be part of the movie too.) If we hear of special guest stars or confirmed minor characters who'll make an appearance, we'll note that here.

Plot news, rumors, theories

Honestly, the plot is of less interest in a Bob's Burgers movie than just having the whole gang together on a bigger canvas, selling burgers and plotting hijinks. But here's what we know anyway.

According to Entertainment Weekly, in 2018 Bouchard said the "movie will reunite Louise with her beloved nightlight Kuchi Kopi in her dreams for another trippy adventure."

Why does Louise, the youngest Belcher, always wear pink bunny ears? Bouchard says the movie will explain it.

Fans know how often the Belchers and their friends seem to burst into song. ("Bad Things Happen in the Bathroom," anyone?) So it's good to hear Roberts say that although the cast doesn't yet know the film's plot, "I do know it's very musical and I'm sure it's going to be great!" You're singing our song, John/Linda.

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In the “Bob’s Burgers” episode “The Plight Before Christmas,” Bob and Linda Belcher realize that their three children are all performing in different holiday programs at the same time — Tina has a play, Gene has a concert and little Louise has a reading of a poem she’s written. The couple scramble to attend them all in hilarious — and heartwarming — ways.

Supervising director Simon Chong says he knew they had a winner as soon as he’d read the script, written by show co-creator and two-time Emmy winner Loren Bouchard. “I just loved the way all the stories we were tracking paid off in the end,” he says. “When Tina shows up for her sister Louise towards the end, it makes me cry every time. It’s a really wonderful script in which every character shines.”

Not only does the Emmy-nominated holiday outing deliver an emotional third act, it also features a brilliant rendition of Philip Glass’ “Mishima / Closing” (from the film “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters”) performed by Gene’s all-xylophone school band. “Usually, we have characters talking very quickly on the show, but in the last five minutes of this episode, there’s not a lot of talking; it’s just music — the ‘Mishima’ soundtrack — playing. Finding the music that really sold that piece was tricky,” Chong says. Music arranger Courtney Swain rearranged the song to work with what the production had. “Philip Glass was so happy with what we did that they are rereleasing our arrangement of the song in a few weeks,” Chong adds.

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As with most other episodes of the series, “The Plight Before Christmas” took about nine months to produce by Bento Box in Burbank and Yeson Entertainment in South Korea.

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Chong believes that one of the reasons “Plight” was so effective is because it highlighted the importance of people being there for their friends and family in a meaningful way. “I think that really resonates with audiences today, because there’s so much going on in our world that is not really great,” he notes. “It’s easy to go on social media and just doom-scroll. But the Belchers truly care for each other and turn up for each other. This episode had a really nice payoff for fans who have really connected to these characters for the past 13 years.”

The director points out that Bouchard’s involvement also made the episode stand out. “Loren knows these characters inside and out — all our writers do, but this one was really his baby. It felt like he poured so much of himself into this episode. He is always very involved with the show, but he hadn’t written an episode himself for a while, until last year’s season finale — the ‘Blade Runner’ episode [titled “Some Like It Bot”] — which he co-wrote with Nora Smith. I think that probably gave him a little taste for writing again.”

Chong’s own involvement with the show is nearly as inspiring. A London-based art director, he had always been a fan of “Bob’s Burgers.” So, in his free time, he made an animated crossover fan video mixing characters from “Archer” and “Bob’s Burgers.” “It took me seven months to make this silly little short. About 24 hours after I posted it, Loren tweeted me and asked me if I wanted a job!” recalls the Welsh artist. “I had only worked in advertising and didn’t have any TV experience. I made the short just to teach myself how to animate better: I really had no idea that I’d be offered a job from the creator of the show and that I’d move to Los Angeles. It’s mind-blowing, because it really proves that there is no one way to get into this industry.”

Chong says two big animated holiday specials made a big impact on him: the Channel 4 British adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ “The Snowman” and the first holiday episode of “The Simpsons.” “That’s how I learned to draw,” he says. “I just kept drawing Homer endlessly. I remember watching that episode, and it gave me the same kind of vibe that ‘Bob’s Burgers’ does, where we see a family really caring for each other.

“It’s not easy to make people laugh, but it’s even harder to make people cry and feel emotion,” he says. “We’ve had a lot of the same writers on the show from the beginning, and they really understand these characters. We’re a show that never punches down. Everybody’s kind to each other, and we just get to live in that world for 20 minutes and come away feeling like we’ve had a big hug.”

FOX's Bob's Burgers explored the future careers of Louise during a late-night attempt to finish one of her school projects in the recent episode "What About Job?". With incorporations of films like John Wick, Indiana Jones, and Children of Men, this episode was a lot of fun but did end up feeling shorter than previous episodes that have used this layout. Warning, some spoilers may be waiting ahead for you, so make sure to watch the episode first and then come back if you don't want anything revealed to you. Otherwise, see you on the other side of this image break…

Bob's Burgers used some of my personal favorite films and worked on developing Louise's character in such a fun way at the same time. Seeing the Belcher family be there for Louise sitting there at the table late at night was a heartwarming signature for this series. This continued to show how much they all care for one another. Things went by rather quickly, and the stories could have been two instead of three, but for the time given, it was really well done. A favorite portion ended up being Bob describing Louise's future job to her. Bob tends to have a special and different relationship with each of the kids. It was nice to see his character invest in something that could have been seen as a mundane late-night obstacle from his kid.

Credit: 20th Television

Credit: 20th Television

Credit: 20th Television

Bob's Burgers simply has to work on the pacing for some episodes like this one, but everything else tends to fit together really well. There's a lot of hope in this series compared to other adult animated shows when it comes to episodes showing imagination and dreams. Overall, this episode had some less-than-favorable pacing but contained multiple fantastic moments between the Belcher family as they helped Louise look at the future.

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The Clippers lost three assistants this offseason, as Kenny Atkinson got a promotion to co-lead assistant in Golden State, and Chauncey Billups became the head coach in Portland, taking Roy Rogers with him.

In their stead, the Clippers recruited another talented group of assistants to help lead the franchise in the 2021-22 season.

Brian Shaw’s hiring was reported back in July, and his ties to Ty Lue and Paul George date back decades. He’s a like-for-like replacement for Billups. The team also confirmed the hire of Jay Larranaga, who spent the last nine seasons as an assistant in Boston, meaning he overlapped with Lue on the Celtics for one year.

Shaun Fein will be heading up the player development program in Atkinson’s place, as Fein earns a promotion to full-fledged assistant coach. The Clippers have also added two more player development assistants to Fein’s staff: Wesley Johnson and Cookie Belcher.

Johnson is well-known to Clippers fans. He spent three of his nine NBA seasons with the Clippers, making his only two trips to the playoffs with this franchise. He began his coaching career this summer with the Toronto Raptors and now returns to Los Angeles. Belcher is a former college teammate of Lue who has coached for the past eight years at IMG Academy.

Ty Lue needs to hire Cookie Belcher... that dude played left handed for 5 games cause his right was broke. Tough hombre, Mexico Missouri duo... put him on staff @HuskerHoops

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) October 15, 2020

The Clippers are also adding a new senior performance physical therapist, Jesse Phillips, who was with the Wizards medical staff for the last five seasons. Phillips has deep L.A. roots. He got his doctorate of physical therapy and completed his sports physical therapy residency at USC. He also worked as a physical therapist for the Los Angeles Sparks in 2013.

Sources: The Clippers have hired Jesse Phillips, who was on the Wizards’ medical staff the past five seasons. Phillips was most recently director of athletic performance and rehabilitation in DC and will hold a similar role with the Clippers.

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) September 25, 2021

The new coaching staff will get its first game action on Monday, Oct. 4 for the Clippers’ preseason opener.