All-Star Game Open Thread
by gondeee on Jul 15, 2008 7:18 PM EDT
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PrintChipper Jones is hitting fifth between Pujols and Holliday... not a bad spot.
Brian McCann should get in there at some point -- his third consecutive All-Star game. I wonder what Jeff Francoeur thinks of that. By the way, McCann has already equaled last year's homerun total.
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Is this the kind of production we should expect from McCann on a yearly basis from now on. He is flashing 30+ homer power with the .300 avg. Is this for real? or is he a 20+ power guy.
Yes
i would say he is gonna avg out at around 27 a year, he doesnt have Mike Piazza power, so he isnt a 30+ pr 40+ kinda guy. but he has more power potential than 20 a year. He’ll be around 30 every year , but probably never hit more than 35, which isnt a bad thing. but i think he can definately hit 300 consistently
"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."
I sense a change in his approach...
maybe it’s confidence that comes from success so far in his young career…maybe it’s urgency to carry a heavier load as a multiple all-star…but for whatever reason Heap is looking ‘go yard’ with at least 1 or 2 swings every AB. Nice result so far eh? Up in homers, and doubles (famous triple), and keeping his BA in tact!
National League
Hanley Ramirez, ss
Chase Utley, 2b
Lance Berkman, 1b
Albert Pujols, dh
Chipper Jones, 3b
Matt Holiday, rf
Ryan Braun lf,
Kosuke Fukudome, cf
Geovany Soto, c
American League
Ichiro Suzuki, rf
Derek Jeter, ss
Josh Hamilton, cf
Alex Rodriguez, 3b
Manny Ramirez, lf
Milton Bradley, dh
Kevin Youkilis, 1b
Joe Mauer, c
Dustin Pedroia, 2b
And, of course, it’s Ben Sheets vs. Cliff Lee to kick this one off.
- Oh, Bobby. -
Seeing Fukudome
in that lineup pisses me off.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Anybody watching the red carpet dealy?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Well two observations
David Wright—won’t say what I think of him here.
Spike Lee—drunk?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
They started drinking
During the celeb softball game.
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and wtf is the point of
david duchovny
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Yay
We get FOX commercials for an evening. You know what this calls for?
A VICTORY LAP.
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LOL
At Corey Hart slouching like a stuffed pig while a legend speaks.
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I love hearing from some of the HOFers...
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Never-ending string of Cubs.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Pujols
All these effing Cubs irritates me.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
David Wright
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Damn it
The AL is making us look bad, with their attentiveness and respect.
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George Brett
A bit better of a motivator than Ernie Banks…No disrespect.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Varitek
Is like Jeff Francoeur making the squad based on popularity alone.
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Francona...
Should tell all the whining AL closers to shove it, and have Joakim Soria go in the 9th.
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I wonder who's umping
It should be Angel Hernandez, and then he’ll bait Francona into coughing, and toss him, so that Girardi can take over duties as manager of the game.
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LOL
At having already seen on Nationals fan in the stand and not much of anything else. Cristian Guzman’s got some fans, apparently.
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WTF
A-Rod decked out in the gay white sneakers like Forrest Gump
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LOL
At showing the most American thing to do – popping open a Bud.
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Interesting
Derek Jeter has taken the spot of Thierre Henry on the “we own everyone” Gillette Razor spots.
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8:34 — Big Stein is either weeping or leaking formaldehyde. I can’t tell from here. We’re gonna need a zoom-in.
Just to reiterate
The American League sucks.
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Where's Smoltz's Beard
I want to know Milton Bradley’s best month of doubles.
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Nice error, Utley.
Kelly Johnson would’ve made that play.
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Nice throw, Soto.
Brian McCann would’ve made that play.
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Manny did that on purpose
Little does he realize that Soto’s replacement is a far, FAR better catcher… and I’m not talking about Russell Martin.
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BTW, I just found this blog a few weeks ago. Where has it been all my life. Best Braves coverage on the net.
When we’re not vigorously debating who has a better ass between Erin Andrews and Jamie Kotsay.
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I’ll go ahead and weigh in then:
EA has the best ass. But Jamie Kotsay has huge bombs, so that’s a plus.
Good to know where you stand
Just remember if you want to make bold claims, have facts to back them up. And if you want to toss another woman into the debates, have some pics to back those up too. :-)
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CHIPPER
To REPRESENT the SUPERIOR league!
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BTW-i’m not an expert hunter, i have plenty of friends who hunt alot, but i’m pretty sure you’re not gonna attract any deer doing chin-ups. Kinda gotta be quiet. I’m betting Cliff Lee didn’t bag any bucks last winter.
Pujols
I certainly don’t miss the lame fire graphic that measures any pitch over 95 mph.
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Flip at your own risk...
Do NOT turn it to ABC.. or you might never come back.
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They wouldn't...
...run on Brian McCann…
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"No hotter hitter in the majors than Dustin Pedroia"
Nice call Joe Buck… I suppose he’s never paid attention to Chipper and his .379 average.
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JUG
Carabba’s commercial on FOX.
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I missed it!
I’m disappointed.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
ABC
The girls are kinda cute.
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I SURVIVED A JAPANESE GAME SHOW OPEN THREAD
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I want to see Step Brothers
Like nobody else’s business. That movie looks like it can be the funniest movie in history.
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And that's
An ALL-STAR Vidro.
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Joe Buck = Mute button or change channel to ABC.
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The DirecTV commercials...
With T-1000 is the greatest thing ever.
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"Rogers Dome"
Way to get names correct, McCarver. Pujols these guys are sad.
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Hey, did you guys know
That Josh Hamilton was addicted to cocaine? Smoked crack? Man, he is a real American hero
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
PUJOLS
What was Pujols thinking?? And he was safe.
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came off the bag though, I think.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Pujols
Didn’t feel like running?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Also
FOX fails for allowing all these political stats to pop up several times each inning.
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omg
I can’t stop watching ABC.
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It's a commercial on ABC
NATIONAL LEAGUE, holmes!!
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Since we have the lead...
... just remember that Trevor Hoffman isn’t here to blow another All-Star save. How many All-Star games has he’s lost for the NL…
he's the all-time leader.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Hmm
Who will close for the NL?
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Didn't Wood not want to pitch?
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Soooo
If we prevail, the win goes to .. Zambrano?
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Well, starters can't win the ASG, right?
because they don’t make it to the 5th
Good point
Wasn’t paying attention, so the win would go to Haren for being the pitcher of record at the end of the 5th.
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I’m sure Austin Jackson and Phil Hughes would be off limits, but Jesus Montero would be a must if I am Frank Wren.
Time for...
Pujols to send Yankee Stadium off in—hells yeah.
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eh
doucher strikes out chipper
Yes, i misspelled his name :-)
Check out my Smoltz Tribute site
http://www.smoltz3000.com
I was expecting better
Since it New York, and all.
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cgilmo78
I agree, and we do have a ton of OF’s in the minors. I want a pitcher back in that deal, but I don’t really like too many of them. Any ideas?
Man
Russell Martin sucks.
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I still would've loved it if...
Terry Francona started Roy Halladay, and let him go all nine innings, rendering all pitching issues null and void.
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He'll probably be coming in now
Soto 1-2-3
Crappy pitcher #2 4-5-6
BRIAN McCANN 7-8-9
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OMFP
RUSSELL MARTIN!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Who is that douchebag?
Josh Groban?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
really...
interesting.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Are you thinking of
Josh Brolin, who played Mikey’s older brother in the Goonies? I thought he was married to Minnie Driver.
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where is bigjoe
looking at…data…?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
The man gnome
or she-gnome?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
referring to whom?
You? or me, and my 58 responses to this thread?
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I don't remember
Does the NL actually have any relievers that aren’t Cubs?
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Marmol is a Cub, right?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
The way Marmol pitches
I wonder if he’s one HELL of an ultimate frisbee player.
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FILTHY
We should be so honored to have one of the rare losses on that kid’s record.
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Did you guys know that
the Reds traded a coke-head for Volquez?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Of all the guys
Mr. Filth himself can’t get out of a single inning.
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You can hear the dancing in Buck's pants at an AL comeback
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why? because that means its closer to football season?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
well, at least McCann will get some PT that way!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Imagine if Papelbon gives up the lead
This place will go nuts.
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I love it just as much as I thought I would!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
I also love
double posting?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
I love it just as much as I thought I would!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Does anybody else's feed
get fuzzy on the close-ups of the pitcher?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
My stomach sure does
Some pitchers just shouldn’t be zoomed in on.
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They don't like Papelbum, do they?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Josh Hamilton is a recovering crackhead.
But he’s out for the night, so we need a new storyline.
McCann
come in for Pujols?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
WRIGHT FOR PUJOLS?!
That is sacrilege!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Didn't David Wright
sing God Bless America?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Way to end the rally
David Wright. Chipper Jones wouldn’t have let that happen.
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WRIGHT?
YOU HAVE TO SWING?
?! PUJOLS WOULD HAVE HIT THAT INTO THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
He had the shine going
on the red carpet…and his douchebag hair style.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Didn't you know?
Mets is short for Metrosexuals
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Madame Tussaud’s. I saw her exhibit in Las Vegas. Creepy sculptures of Jerry Springer, Whoopi Goldberg, and Nicholas Cage, among others.
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I do not get wax museums.
what is the point?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Great
Wagner’s going to Lidge. Better cue up the image…
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post the image anyway, despite that it wasn't a blown save.
a blown hold.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
You give up a lead
It’s a blown save.
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It still goes in the books as a blown save...
that is one of the quirks of the save / hold stat
by frozen rope on Jul 15, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Who are you calling a dumbass?
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Buck said that middle relievers don't usually have good moves to first.
But being a middle reliever in the ASG doesn’t magically cancel out the fact that Wagner is a closer by trade.
He also kept saying that Guillen was the last AL bench player...
even when the camera showed Longoria in the dugout, and then showed the lineup card that still had Longoria’s name as available
by frozen rope on Jul 15, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
It's because he didn't want to hype Desperate Housewives
it’s not on the Fox family of networks
Joe Buck
Also said that nobody was a hotter hitter than Dustin Pedroia, despite there being about seven guys on the same bench with a higher average
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Hahah
Francona: “tie game, in the 9th, Rodriguez is in.”
....
....
....
“oh shit!!! I forgot! !!!! I said rivera’s going in!!!”
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I'm surprised
That the umpire doesn’t have an Eric Gregg strike zone for Rivera.
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nice DP
maybe McCann-time?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
Now the AL will win it in the 9th and all we will hear about....
for the next 48 hours on ESPN (and everyone other sports show) is how Rivera came in and got the outs to get the win…...
and dempsters
retarded glove-flipping.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
I feel like he forgot about him
what other explanation is there?
Come on now
Andruw got no-used in 2006, and McCann got garbage time last year. Braves getting snubbed in the All-star game is nothing new.
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some sort of law about bearded men playing in the all stat game at yankee stadium?
"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."
If we make in to the 10th....
surely he will let McCann pinch hit for Mart (due up 2nd)
by frozen rope on Jul 15, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Does Buck not realize we are playing AL rules....
Francona does not need any more bench players unless an injury occurs, which in the All Star game, I believe someone can sub back in for. He does not have to pinch hit for the pitcher or anything.
These Fox announcers are SO ANNOYING. I usually try to mute the tv, but the silence is deafening at 11;30 PM
Three more innings
And it’s a tie game!
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It's like . . .
A liquid meal.
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Well the showed McCann and he was holding a bat....
maybe, just maybe, he will pinch hit for Martin and hit a HR, and win MVP
Oh man
BMac vs. Mo
Could be epic.
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You guys notice how...
Acosta does that head bob that Rivera does?
Too bad the results are never the same.
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acosta is from panama, just like rivera, i bet he idolized him coming up
"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."
exactly
Which is why I theorize that he does it.
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if only he could throw a cutter, like rivera
"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."
Rivera was giving lessons earlier
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Imagine Roy Halladay
With the cutter. He would have 25 complete games by season’s end.
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WHAT? where to who
"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."