Damn the All-Star Game... and its four day break!
by GiNgiNxbOi on Jul 15, 2008 11:24 AM PDT
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PrintMy favorite thing about baseball is that games are played nearly every day, and I can flip on the TV and watch my favorite team. Now I have to wait until Friday before I can see the Cain vs. Sabathia matchup!? GRR, I say! What am I gonna DO!?!
I mean I guess the All Star Game is fun and all, but it's not as cool if you only have a pitcher from your fav. team that will pitch for one inning max, and a closer that will probably only pitch one inning as well. Too bad we aren't the Cubs or the Red Sox huh?
(Lincecum: You can be in my Fave 5.)
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and then there’s another day off after the first series back. wtf?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
i know, right? ;)
Nationals will be flying in from Atlanta from their 1:05PM (Eastern Time) game. They’ll gain 3 hours from flying to the west coast anyway! lol =)
If my head is full of white hairs by the end of this season.. I blame Brian Wilson. (I'm only 22, dammit!)
I actually don’t mind the break, for a few reasons. My main one right now is me nearly failing statistics, and needing extra time to cram and study to bring up my grade. I have two exams in the next two weeks and I’m really stressing out about it.
Plus there’s always a buffet of minor league baseball to follow. I’m strange in that I can look at a minor league boxscore and feel satisfied that somewhere, somehow, there was baseball for me. And it was good.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2008 11:31 AM PDT reply actions
ahh I see.. I would follow minor league games, but… I don’t get them on TV. And… EWW, summer school.
If my head is full of white hairs by the end of this season.. I blame Brian Wilson. (I'm only 22, dammit!)
Summer school is evil. I’m eternally a moron for thinking that stats would be a good choice to knock out over the summer.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes I miss school, but when I remember cramming for tests, I don’t miss it so much.
Good luck with STATS, I always enjoyed that class.
temper tantrum
I hate your stats computer. I hate stats. Fuck Z. I hate you, Z. You exist only to make me cry.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Now see I get the pie chart. Z? Anything with Z is automatic fail for me. Which is just about everything in stats.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh god. . .
Memories of a 7 o’clock in the morning stat class, wtih a prof who gave a quiz FIRST F*#&$!@& THING in the morning, just to make sure you made it on time, then heading to Kragen to sling auto parts to idiot shops, then back to class after work for econ for 3 hours, dreaming about standard deviations of auto parts in the stream of commerce and shit. . .
But hey, when you finish, when you ring that bell, there’s nothing like it. . . keep pushing and you’ll be fine.
Goonies never say die!
For WilltheThrill, this is Jon Miller saying goodnight. . . .
by WilltheThrill on Jul 15, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
OT Statistics and beer nerdery
I think it’s cool that the t-distribution was discovered at the Guiness brewery.
That is all.
you can't block the Bocock
It's an east coast, west coast thing.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 15, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
In-N-Out vs. Steak-N-Shake
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 15, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG !!!! F'ing 5 Guys - Burgers and Fries
As a one-time east-coaster…I soooooooo miss me my 5 Guys. In and Out is ok, but NOTHING beats 5 Guys.
Adoptive papa to Omar...so basically I'm screwed.
by PacBellBoozer on Jul 15, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
but NOTHING beats 5 Guys
I dunno, I’ll take my chances with 5 chicks.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 15, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
With five guys there tends be a lot of drama. Try dating three at once and you’ll get what I mean.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s a visual for that. It’s called porn.
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 15, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
No Bangbus here.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, they’re just offering you a ride to a party.
Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 15, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes I wish baseball would follow football's suit
and play the AS game after the WS. No one really cares about it THAT much, and having it decide the home field advantage is ridiculous. It forces a week long break into our precious 162 game season, I don’t give a crap about it, and if it were after the season, those that watched it and cared about it could see it, and those of us who are Giants fans and stopped watching baseball in September could get on with our lives.
Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 15, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions
The All-Star game is pretty much kaput because:
1 – Free agency
2 – Interleague play
To combat this it has been made worse by
A – This time it counts (but not all the players care)
B – All-Star festivities (which are interesting but detract from the game in a way)
Things are not likely to change, other than the “it counts” thing. As long as it pulls in $$$$ why would the people who are pocketing that $$$$ want to change?
by positiveuphemism on Jul 15, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
The only real allure of the AS Game in past years for me is that you could see great players from each league face off. Watching Bonds against AL pitching, for example…. wonderful.
But now, because of both the prevalence of FA as well as interleague, you’ve seen it all already.
Baseball is (was) unique in that the leagues did not play each other. You could have been one of the top pitchers in the AL over the last 15 years and never faced Barry Bonds. If and when it came around in either an All-Star game or a Word Series the two of you faced off, it was something special. Interesting, at least.
Now it’s just another at bat, nothing really special to it at all.
Lame.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 15, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Why 4 days?
I might be able to put up with 3….but 4 is too much. I WANT BASEBALL!!!!!
Uncle Sabes...How much longer til we get there?
i love lamp
Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 15, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Tampa Bay Rays
To think Josh Hamilton in a Tampa OF – wow! Though am glad to see him getting his life together.
I didn’t miss baseball so much yesterday, but today here I am, out sick from work, miserable, and thoroughly bored. I need a Giants game to complete the horribleness of today, dammit.
reasons i like the all star game how it currently is played
1. it gives the players time to re-energize and probably spend some time with their family.
2. the first game back after the break feels like opening day.
3. gives us a definitive break to measure stats.
4. i like shiny things.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
I fucking hate the all star break. (see all star break?? you made me use foul language) No matter how bad your team is, and how many games your team loses, it’s all forgotten by the next day because you’re playing again. But what do we have now?? Four days to think about our 1-5 stinking road trip and the season in general. Usually I plan my family vacation for the all star break week so I don’t miss that much baseball, but this year I didn’t because I knew we weren’t contenders. The only good thing about it is that I get to bed with my wife at a normal time, so for one week she’s not pissed off at me.
Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment
3 Days is Fine, 4 Sucks
Just lose the retarded Home Run Derby.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
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