All-Star Game Open Thread
I've always enjoyed the All-Star Game rule requiring one player from each team, even though the Royals really made me rethink that position this year. In the lean years for the Giants, it was always nice to have one little bone thrown our way with a Chili Davis nod.
I'm sick of the fan voting, though. The American Dreams are the most popular team, granted. But they stuff the ballot boxes to the point where Jacks is the starting shortstop. He doesn't belong in the All-Star Game, even if he does have 13 prestige.
Travis Hafner not on the roster - even if he has to catch - is the most ridiculous snub I can remember.
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Why the hate for Mark Redman?
I think Jacks and his friends may have cost me more than a few GPA points in both HS and college. Probably worth it though.
Re: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver...
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver...
Re: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver...
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver...
I would rather listen to Joe Buck any day of the week rather than listen to Joe Morgan talk about anything and have to pretend to be polite about his lousiness.
Tim McCarver actually DOES have the occasional useful insight, and has a certain amount of polish in his game (e.g., working with his broadcast teammates, segues, supporting them, etc.)
Jon Miller is the 24k gold standard, and maybe Scully in his prime was the platinum standard.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 11, 2006 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Buck is like Greg Papa to me...
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by Josh from The New Giant Thrill on Jul 11, 2006 4:07 PM PDT reply actions
I politely disagree...
by Ruths Curse Steakhouse on Jul 11, 2006 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: I politely disagree...
by Josh from The New Giant Thrill on Jul 11, 2006 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Chili
Re: Chili
I did listen to the game on the radio, however, so all was not lost. But I did miss Will the Shrill's comments!
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: Chili
by Josh from The New Giant Thrill on Jul 11, 2006 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
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Ozzie Guillen
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 4:13 PM PDT reply actions
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But then I looked at the rosters and they don't seem that imbalanced (by starting position players) than usual. Mets/Yanks/Redsox all have good teams.
Unless... don't tell me fans picked the reserves this year?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:02 PM PDT reply actions
Re: Ok
by ironchefcurry on Jul 11, 2006 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry Thomas
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:11 PM PDT reply actions
Re: Sorry Thomas
by ironchefcurry on Jul 11, 2006 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: Oh yes...
i'll make a saving throw..
speaking of dorks
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:22 PM PDT reply actions
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
An American Idol winner
Don't know how that voice won...
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Where's the excitement? It's freaking Pittsburgh! I've heard more excitement announcing Felix Jose when he was on a visting team.
A horrible thought just occurred to me...Maybe that was the Pirates' PA Announcer. And I thought they hit a new low with the "Ode to Bay" poem.
You know...
All will be well with the All-Star Game...
It would have to be someone balding...
Re: I'd like to root for the NL
Whee!!
let penny pitch all night
Did McCarver say Mark Wahlberg Fastball?
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:50 PM PDT reply actions
Re: Did McCarver say Mark Wahlberg Fastball?
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: Did McCarver say Mark Wahlberg Fastball?
Re: Did McCarver say Mark Wahlberg Fastball?
by ironchefcurry on Jul 11, 2006 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
all rally monkeys must die!
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:53 PM PDT reply actions
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* That one time. Not every single one of the other times.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You know...
McCarver sounds like he's drunk
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 5:57 PM PDT reply actions
Re: Jason Bay
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: Jason Bay
by giantscatcher on Jul 11, 2006 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Who is that guy?
Re: Who is that guy?
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:08 PM PDT reply actions
Soooo glad we took a pass on Vlad
Vlad Sucks
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:10 PM PDT reply actions
Head, shoulders, knees and toes...
Head, shoulders, knees and toes.
Joe Buck
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
Re: Joe Buck
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I am contacting the FCC
If someone can complain...
Re: I am contacting the FCC
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Ruths Curse Steakhouse on Jul 11, 2006 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
David Wright
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Future meaning twenty years from now...
by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:17 PM PDT reply actions
It could be sooner
Situation Edgardo
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:18 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:19 PM PDT reply actions
I can't even imagine all of the pussy
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:19 PM PDT reply actions
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:24 PM PDT reply actions
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Pujols Barehanded stab
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:24 PM PDT reply actions
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
So is it basically set...
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:26 PM PDT reply actions
Hey look mom...
i'm on TAY VAY!
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:26 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:27 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:28 PM PDT reply actions
HALLIDAY v. HOLLIDAY
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:31 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:34 PM PDT reply actions
Nice throw from Wells
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:34 PM PDT reply actions
Sorryano way out at the plate
Re: Sorryano way out at the plate
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:36 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:40 PM PDT reply actions
Manage it like the 7th game of the WS...
Re: Manage it like the 7th game of the WS...
by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:53 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:55 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 6:57 PM PDT reply actions
no offense to Roberto Clemente
I hope next year they honor Barry Bonds, DURING THE GAME!
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 6:59 PM PDT reply actions
Remember when the All-Star game
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 7:01 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
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I was what, ten? Eleven? when his plane went down...I remember feeling bad then, I still do.
by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:04 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:05 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I really hope Zito doesn't end up in LA
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
Re: I really hope Zito doesn't end up in LA
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't know Ortiz even owned a glove
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 11, 2006 7:11 PM PDT reply actions
You say Fuentes, I say Fuente...
by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:17 PM PDT reply actions
Re: You say Felipe, I say Crazy Phil..
by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:22 PM PDT reply actions
David Wright's high school misdeeds
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:36 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:47 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 7:50 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Thomasson?
Re: Thomasson?
20 extra points for correct spelling...
by victor frankenstein on Jul 12, 2006 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
All star?
jason bey hitting cleanup
tim mccarver
american idol
bud selig
david wrights dad
jeanie "lips" galasco
the only thing missing is jeff nowitzky's swat team breaking down the door to both clubhouse's during the 9th inning.
i'd rather watch reruns of army rangers dragging saddam hussein out of a rathole.
click.
by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 7:54 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 7:56 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 7:57 PM PDT reply actions
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Park?
As a consolation prize, you may hit Pierzynski only twice.Please make them count...go for the throat.
by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:00 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:05 PM PDT reply actions
Hoffman channeling Blownetiz for some reason
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:07 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to worry.
by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:07 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:09 PM PDT reply actions
NL still has Andruw, Nomar, and Rolen
Rivera to close.
oh.
by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:10 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:11 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:11 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
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With Uggla on the bench
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:12 PM PDT reply actions
how old is rivera
Re: how old is rivera
by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:14 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:15 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:16 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:17 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:17 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:18 PM PDT reply actions
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:19 PM PDT reply actions
unreal
how does anyone who plays in the NL vote for this home-field BS?
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 11, 2006 8:20 PM PDT reply actions
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by E Ticket on Jul 11, 2006 8:20 PM PDT reply actions
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Don't know if you caught any of the celeb softball game yesterday, but Shannon Tweeden was playing. Holy. Good. God. Almighty. That is the definition of cute.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 11, 2006 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Freaks? This from a guy who sleeps with a lock
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Re: I cannot...
by victor frankenstein on Jul 12, 2006 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
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by Punch Rockgroin on Jul 11, 2006 8:27 PM PDT reply actions
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by Punch Rockgroin on Jul 11, 2006 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
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In Felipe's honor
now...
if the padres somehow lose the world series in seven games i will laugh my ass off.
by nick @ McCovey Chronicles on Jul 11, 2006 8:52 PM PDT reply actions
Celebrate that Jason Schmidt Wasn't Used
Why, what have you got against Mexico?
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