John Michael Gibbons (born June 8, 1962, in Great Falls, Montana) was the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2008. He is often referred to as "Gibby" by his players and other baseball cohorts.
After being selected by the New York Mets with the 24th pick of the 1980 amateur draft, Gibbons had a very brief 18-game major league playing career as a catcher with the Mets in 1984 and 1986. He was projected to be the Mets' catcher of the future[by whom?] but he batted only .220, with one home run and 2 RBIs (but 16 strikeouts) in 50 at-bats. Injuries also took a toll on him so he retired as a player in 1990. Gibbons served as the Mets' bullpen catcher during the 1986 postseason, in which the Mets won the World Series.
Hired by the Blue Jays General Manager J. P. Ricciardi in 2002 as a bullpen catcher, Gibbons worked his way up to first base coach in June 2002. Ricciardi was his former roommate in the minor leagues.
After Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi fired manager Carlos Tosca in 2004, John Gibbons was hired. The Blue Jays went 20–30 with Gibbons as manager. During the remainder of the season, it was not unusual to see as many as six rookies per game on the Blue Jays' field.
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Follows the incredible stories of three 8th Air Force airmen and Stars & Stripes reporter Andy Rooney during the bloody year leading up to D-Day against the most powerful air force in the world, the German Luftwaffe.
Keywords: b-17-bomber, eighth-air-force, hd, luftwaffe, reenactment
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Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are two friends from New York University who just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the South. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. But, no sooner than they leave the store, they are arrested. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. Worse, they are facing execution for this crime. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, so the good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at a trial. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito, who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help.
Keywords: alabama, automobile, capital-punishment, character-name-in-title, city-country-contrast, contempt-of-court, convenience-store, convertible, court, courtroom
Truth, Justice And The Gambini Way.
A Comedy Of Trial And Error
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified The Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
Lisa: [talking to townsman] Famous for your mud? How's your Chinese food?::Vinny Gambini: You just keep asking about Chinese food. You gotta let everybody know you're a tourist?::Lisa: Yeah well what are you, a fucking world traveler?
Lisa: [In the diner after being woken at 5 AM and staring at the menu where the options are simply 'breakfast', 'lunch', and 'dinner'] Breakfast?::Vinny Gambini: You think? Uh, good choice. Two.
Bill: We should get tuna.::Stan: Please no more tuna.::Bill: It has protein, we need protein.::Stan: Beans have protein.::Bill: Beans make you fart.::Stan: We got a convertible.
Bill: Uh oh. His lights are on.::Stan: Fuck. Fuck. Goddammit. Fuck.
Vinny Gambini: I object to this witness being called at this time. We've been given no prior notice he'd testify. No discovery of any tests he's conducted or reports he's prepared. And as the court is aware, the defense is entitled to advance notice of any witness who will testify, particularly to those who will give scientific evidence, so that we can properly prepare for cross-examination, as well as to give the defense an opportunity to have the witness's reports reviewed by a defense expert, who might then be in a position to contradict the veracity of his conclusions. [there is a short pause as Judge Haller appears caught off-guard by Vinny's sudden compentence with knowledge of the law]::Judge Chamberlain Haller: Mr. Gambini?::Vinny Gambini: Yes, sir?::Judge Chamberlain Haller: That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection.::Vinny Gambini: Thank you, Your Honor.::Judge Chamberlain Haller: [firm tone] Overruled.
Stan: Why didn't you ask them any questions?::Vinny Gambini: Huh? Ask who questions?::Bill: The witnesses! You know you could have asked questions, didn't you, Vin?::Stan: Damn it, Vinnie! Maybe if you'd put up some kind of a fight, you could have gotten the case thrown out!::Vinny Gambini: Hey, Stan, you're in Ala-fuckin'-bama. You come from New York. You killed a good ol' boy. There is no way this is not going to trial!
[repeated line]::Vinny Gambini: What the fuck is that?
Vinny Gambini: Mr. Tipton. When you viewed the defendants walking from their car into the Sac-o-Suds, what angle was your point of view?::Mr. Tipton: They was kinda walking toward me when they entered the store.::Vinny Gambini: And when they left, what angle was your point of view?::Mr. Tipton: They was kinda walking away from me.::Vinny Gambini: So would you say you got a better shot of them goin' in and not so much comin' out?::Mr. Tipton: You could say that.::Vinny Gambini: I did say that. Would *you* say that?
Vinny Gambini: Mrs. Riley, when you saw the defendants were you wearing your glasses?::Constance Riley: Yes, I was.::Vinny Gambini: Would you mind putting your glasses on for us, please? [Stumbles a bit from Mrs. Riley's glasses] Whoa. How long you been wearing glasses?::Constance Riley: Since I was 6.::Vinny Gambini: Have they always been that thick.::Constance Riley: No. They've gotten thicker over the years.::Vinny Gambini: So, as your eyes become more and more out of whack, as you've gotten older, how many levels of thickness have you gone through?::Constance Riley: I don't know, over 60 years, maybe 10 times.::Vinny Gambini: Maybe you're ready for a thicker set.::Constance Riley: Oh no. I think they're okay.::Vinny Gambini: You sure? Let's check it out. [Grabs a tape measure from his deak and brings it over to Mrs. Riley] How far away were the defendants when when you saw them enterin' the Sac-o-Suds?::Constance Riley: About 100 feet.::Vinny Gambini: A hundred feet. [Hands Mrs. Riley the end of the tape measure] Would you mind holding this, please? [Goes to the courtroom door] All right, this is 50 feet, that's half the distance.::[Holds up 2 fingers on his right hand]::Vinny Gambini: How many fingers am I holding up?::[Mrs. Riley is squinting, trying to see the fingers]::Judge Chamberlain Haller: Let the record know that the counsler is holding up 2 fingers.::Vinny Gambini: [Annoyed] Hey, your honor please, huh?::Judge Chamberlain Haller: Oh, sorry.::Vinny Gambini: Now. Mrs. Riley, and only Mrs. Riley.::[Judge Chamerlain gives Vinny an ugly look, Vinny hols up 2 fingers on his right hand again]::Vinny Gambini: How many fingers am I holding up now?::Constance Riley: [Squinting, trying to see the fingers] 4.::Vinny Gambini: [Coming back to Mrs. Riley] What do you think now dear?::Constance Riley: Thinkin' of gettin' thicker glasses.
Vinny Gambini: [Vinny is the lawyer, but Stan thinks he is there to sodomize him] Look, it's either me or them. You're gettin' fucked one way or the other. [Stan tries to get up] Hey, relax, I'm gonna help you.::Stan: Gee thanks.::Vinny Gambini: Excuse me, I think a modicum of gratitude would not be out of line here.::Stan: You think I should be grateful?::Vinny Gambini: Yeah, it's your ass, not mine. I think you should be grateful. I think you should be down on your fuckin' knees.::Stan: I didn't know it was such an honor to get a visit from you.::Vinny Gambini: I'm doing a favor, you know. You're gettin' me for nothing, you little fuck!::Stan: That's one hell of an ego you got.::Vinny Gambini: What the fuck is your problem? I did not come down here just to get jerked off.::Stan: I'm not jerking you off. I'm not doing anything.::Vinny Gambini: That's it. You're on your own. I'll just take care of Sleeping Beauty. [Wakes up Bill]::Bill: Vinny. Vinny bag o' donuts.