Defending the All-Star Game
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 14, 2009 12:27 PM PDT
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PrintThat's a really stupid title. No one should have to defend the All-Star Game. The world isn't short of curmudgeons, though, so here's my attempt in resolution format:
RESOLUTION THAT THE ALL-STAR GAME IS RAD AND SUPER SWEET
WHEREAS, all week, the MLB Network has been running All-Star Games from the past, and I can't get enough. Check these lineups out. Sure, there's a weird Manny Trillo inclusion, but for the most part, this is a lineup that's still fun to watch more than 25 years later. Rickey leading off for the AL; Raines leading off for the NL. George Brett, Reggie Jackson, and Cecil Cooper for the AL heart of the order; Andre Dawson, Mike Schmidt, and Gary Carter for the NL. Pick any year from the past, and the lineups are always going to be impressive.
Shane Victorino's an obvious candidate for the obligatory Manny Trillo WTF Memorial Award in 25 years, but the idea's the same: the best hitters of a generation vs. the best pitchers of their time. Ichiro! v. Lincecum on a national stage. Hating that is like hating ice cream. There's no law against it, but the odds are that if you hate the All-Star Game and/or ice cream, you're a disagreeable malcontent from Elitistville, USA, and you probably hate puppies too. Uh, maybe that's a little strong. Maybe you're just a bad person. I don't know. Either way.
WHEREAS, there are obvious problems with the All-Star Game, such as the lunkheaded selections from the fans and managers, the every-team-gets-a-gold-star roster setup, and the "This Time It Counts" buffoonery of home-field advantage, the problems don't cancel out the awesomeness of the All-Star Game. I have a friend who, upon the first time he heard "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, said, "What's with the tamborine?" Years later, that friend will study a grainy 8MM video of a man in a point suit walking across a campsite, and he'll think, "Wait, was that the point?", but he'll never be sure because the point has eluded him up until then, and he doesn't want to get laughed at by skeptics who consider the point to be a myth, so he keeps quiet.
Being indifferent towards the All-Star Game because of some of the stupid rules is kind of like that. Don't be that guy.
WHEREAS, it's the only all-star game in sports that a) people care about, and b) actually comes close to recreating the style and strategy of a regular-season game, just with better players. It isn't a 163-131 hockey game, it isn't a joke like the Pro Bowl, and it isn't a defenseless NBA exhibition. It's baseball with the best players in the world. The only difference is that the pitchers aren't stretched out, but other than that, the dynamics of the game are the same.
BE IT RESOLVED, that you will sit down, shut up, and like the All-Star Game. If you were planning on enjoying it already, note that this post isn't for you. This post is for the curmudgeons -- the it's-only-an-exhibition-what's-on-the-Food-Network grumps. It's a crime that Pablo Sandoval isn't in the game because the game should be for the greatest, most compelling players in baseball. But you don't want to watch the rest of greatest, most compelling players in baseball play against each other because you disagree with the selections? Because you think Bud Selig is a ghoul?
Nah. It's probably because baseball secretly bores you. That's okay. Your secret is safe with us.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the All-Star Game is rad and super sweet. Neato, too. I'm looking forward to tonight.
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1st!
i disagree
Les Plack = more chicks
I am running roughshod over the dingerz.exe league. the dl is trying to jinx me, but im too guile-y.
by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 14, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions
i said 1st! and i stand by it. i get it once a year and ill enjoy it like chocolate malted crunch…nuts to you
Les Plack = more chicks
I am running roughshod over the dingerz.exe league. the dl is trying to jinx me, but im too guile-y.
by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 14, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 12:35 PM PDT reply actions
Is should be was
It’s not sweet any more. It’s a stupid waste of time. In the past players played the whole game and wanted to win. Now, not so much.
by positiveuphemism on Jul 14, 2009 12:37 PM PDT reply actions
Agreed. Actual fire to win has been replaced by a little match that blows out after a few seconds.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 14, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
reason number one to like this game.
Timmy vs. Ichiro
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 14, 2009 12:40 PM PDT reply actions
#2.1
Timmy beaning Jeter.
Please?
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
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MLS
The MLS All-star games are pretty sweet, and resemble the sport, for the most part. Especially against the European clubs.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
DERRR SOKER SUX
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I get sucked into it every year. I’m not gonna lie. It isn’t SRS BZNS, and I kinda like that. I prefer the minor league ASGs more, in part because I’ve covered a few as media, and also because it’s a real chance to see players we might not see every day. Living in the Bay Area with two teams, plus national television, and all the other resources we have in MLB, seeing all the players in the same game loses some appeal.
Still, at its core, it’s fun. Fun is hard to come by in the crappy world where we live.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions
I hope this year’s gameday thread is as fun as last year’s was!
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
+1
Say what you will about the game itself, but the ASG gameday threads are golden.
Holy hell, did we tear Joe Buck a new one.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 14, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
From the Oakland Athletics, Justin Dookshsieychsierhrr
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 14, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
My head says it's lame...
But I watch it every year without fail. (Or in the case of the National League in recent years… lots of fail.)
This post is for the curmudgeons — the it’s-only-an-exhibition-what’s-on-the-Food-Network grumps.
Last night I turned off the Homerun Derby in favor of the Travel Channel.
Tony Bourdain traipsing through Chile > BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK…GONE!!!
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
Ina Garten is my pick for a setup pitcher. She can throw anything at you and uses both sides of the plate. Granted, you eat what’s on the plate, but still.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
"And I'll deliver this curveball with three sticks of butter.
I know it’s naughty, but, it’s the All-Star game, why not be naughty right?"
I believe there is an Anthony Bourdain exception.
Also ASG > HR Derby
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
MY EYES!
49-39 - Giants Series Record: 17-7-4, 13-2 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 3.63 ERA, .259 BAA, crappy 1.68 K/BB ratio in Norwich. OK.
"Pujols v. Lincecum"?
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 12:47 PM PDT reply actions
LINCEYCUM FOR RIOS
ginatz bras, git it dun.
by i wish we were good on Jul 14, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL GRANT
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Yeah, that one stopped me in my tracks. WTF?
by The Double Deuce on Jul 14, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
i usually try to catch it
but im definitely going to a sports bar around the office to see timmy pitch the first two
go timmy!
You have a sports bar in your office?
by The Double Deuce on Jul 14, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
No, not in the office. It encapsulates the office!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 14, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
it is his office.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 14, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Norm!
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 14, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I have been a Giants fan for 30 years
I have never watched an entire all-star game. The closest I came was the 2003 Gagne blown save game. I believe that, it, in fact, counted.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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Wait
Richie’s at the All-Star game? In a suit? He’s finally been let go!
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Just got word from the Grizzlies that Posey’s been called up. He’ll join the team on the road on Thursday.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions
sweet, whose catching them now (Holm?) and what happens to him?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 14, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Holm and Nestor Rojas were catching there. Probably to the bench with them. I’d guess Holm would be the backup, and Posey could probably DH here and there.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
YAY!
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James Posey
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
parker posey
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Pocketfullof posies
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Charlie Parker
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Peter Parker
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jul 14, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Peter Cetera
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Et Cetera
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't beat that one
Well done.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Non Sentiment
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
non sequitor
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Purple, because ice cream has no bones
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Al Delvecchio
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Al Pacino
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 14, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
cappuccino
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Cup a kee no
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
BUY.COM
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 14, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
FedEx/Pinkos
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Leather Tuscadero
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Tuscany river
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by UnleashTheGore on Jul 14, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Tuskan Raidera
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All nine positions
At the same time.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL WOW
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Baron...
…little late to the party but, being in Fresburg, I about sh-t my pants when I read your post. Any word on whether this is a cursory stint, a la Lincecum, or is there anticipation that he’ll stick around the rest of the season?
Stupid is as Ruben Rivera does...
I’d guess he’s up there for the rest of the year, at least until the post-season. He doesn’t have much left to do in San Jose, and it’s time to challenge him. Might return to SJ for the playoff run.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
THIS THIS A THOUSAND TIMES THIS
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Haven’t heard about that. Personally I think it could happen. Brian Bocock is still on the 40 man roster for some reason, and nobody would cry if he was outrighted. So there’s your roster spot, if needed.
One thing at a time though. First, running dingerz.exe in the PCL.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Is anyone else wondering if Bengie Molina is very much available in trade talks right now?
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 14, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It hadn’t occurred to me that anyone might ask.
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someone traded for Matt Morris
anything is possible.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLittlefield
Too bad he’s no longer employed.
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Speaking of Littlefield...
…found this in his Wikipedia entry:
In 2002 […] the Pirates passed over B.J. Upton, widely regarded as the top prospect at the time, with the first overall pick — also passing over other highly touted prospects, including Prince Fielder, Khalil Greene, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, Matt Cain, Cole Hamels and Jeff Francoeur — and drafted Bryan Bullington, who Littlefield said could be a “good #3 pitcher”.
You could also add Zack Greinke to that list.
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Exactly. Molina obviously wouldn’t be the centerpiece of any trade, but to some GM’s he’d be a nice throw-in if they needed a catcher who hits the occasional home run and speeds up the game by refusing to take pitches.
Not saying there’d be any takers, but I don’t think Sabean would be that afraid of a Whiteside/Posey combo taking the Giants thru the rest of the season.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 14, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, for another vet
Darryl Hamilton for Ellis Burks jumps immediately to mind.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 14, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Not many other examples, though
Felix Rodriguez for Ricky Ledee and the great Alfredo Simon in July of 2004 was the only other example I could find.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 14, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point RE: it's good compared to others
I’ve never really liked any all-star games, but baseball’s is the best. I’ve grown to hate the derby, but that’s almost entirely because of who they have announcing. If it was on MLBN then I’d like it.
As for the ASG itself, it is fun to watch a lineup with Pujols, Utley, HanRam, Braun, Werth, Molin….wait what? Yeah, it’s fun to see all those guys together and to see Halladay throwing to them.
But the fact that it determines home field is retarded.
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im getting off work early
theres no way im going to miss timmy pitch the first two
1,2,3 see ya, Jeter.
Don’t worry. There will probably be at least 25 minutes of “Pre-Game Festivities”. Actually, I have the itinerary right here:
5:01- First pitch thrown by President Obama
5:02 – Rosters Introduced
5:10 – Star Spangled Banner sung by Sheryl Crow
5:14 – America, The Beautiful sung by Jonas Brothers
5:21 – God Bless America sung by Adam Lambert
5:26 – Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American) sung by Toby Keith and backed by the Boston Pops
5:35 – B-52 flyover
5:36 – Stan Musial skydives onto home plate
5:45 – Joe Buck gives speech, asking the audience if “Baseball is American, or America is Baseballian?”
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
How could John Mellencamp not sing “This Is Our Country?” at some point?
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 14, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Have to believe Kevin Costner will be involved in some fashion here.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 14, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how annoyed the MLB Network people get when they have to shill these vehicles every other breath.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions
Oh, Fox
So this’ll be on channel 2 in the Santa Rosa area, ya?
(I don’t watch much TV so I’m kinda helpless when I want to watch something)
Everybody loves money
Yeah should be KTVU, Channel 2.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
unfortunately, FOX will black out all other games, so you’re stuck with whatever they decide to air
by KrazyKrabMeat on Jul 14, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
lulz
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Well said
Hating that is like hating ice cream. There’s no law against it, but the odds are that if you hate the All-Star Game and/or ice cream, you’re a disagreeable malcontent from Elitistville, USA, and you probably hate puppies too.
This really cracked me up. I still like the All-Star Game, especially the introductions. Watching a lot of the old ones on MLB Network has been a treat.
Discriminating against vegans!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Evan Longoria has an infected finger? What was doing last night?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:47 PM PDT reply actions
That's disturbing.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Victorino bit him?
Gave him rabies? And scabies?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I'm pretty sure
Victorino is capable of giving someone rabies. Not sure about scabies.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
There is no doubt in my mind that he’s infected with a variety of parasites. Probably some we’ve never heard of.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
impressive
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rectal-facial parasites
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Victorino bit him with his anus teeth
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 14, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Boy, Amy G has moved up in the world. Covering the All Star game now!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 14, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously? NO ONE ELSE WAS AVAILABLE?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 14, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
he spent last night with Poo Holes.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 14, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Who here hasn’t? Don’t be shy.
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
They just did a little montage of first half MLB moments. RJ’s 300th was in there, as was Sanchez’s no-no. They also ran Pablo’s walkoff homer. See? They think Pablo Sandoval exists.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions
Who?
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 14, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
my bad
Pablo Sanchez
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Pablo Sanchez, I know. This Sandoval person eludes me though, who is that?
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s Mexican, so that’s a start.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s better known as Paul Stanley.
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TAP ANUS, YELL
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 14, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
indeed
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LOL Cool J is there.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:04 PM PDT reply actions
He’s been there for years.
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gangsta boogie
He’s gonna knock you out.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
BBTN Reporting Pedro Feliz is replacing Ibanez?
ST. LOUIS — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Raul Ibanez is out of the National League starting lineup for the All-Star Game because of lingering groin tightness.
He is being replaced in the starting lineup for Tuesday night’s game by Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who will bat fifth.
Pedro Feliz of the Philadelphia Phillies is taking Ibanez’s place on the NL roster.
Zimmerman is a first-time All-Star who will be making his first start. He had hit safely in 30 consecutive games earlier this season, the longest streak by any player since 2006.
Feliz, a first-time All-Star, is hitting a career high .293 with six home runs, 45 RBIs and also hit a grand slam in Sunday’s Phillies win.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar09/news/story?id=4326985
by i wish we were good on Jul 14, 2009 2:12 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
lol fleas
Wow did Pablo do something to Manuel or what? Piss on his cat? Sleep with his daughter (son?) and never call?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably found the cure for Victorino's
rectum face. I guess the Phillies didn’t like that.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
At this point it’s just laughable. So Pablo hits for the cycle in one game, hits four homers in another game, and ends up walking the rest of his at-bats in the Phillies series, right?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
a couple liners into the phillies dugout too
by i wish we were good on Jul 14, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
there is a lot of ugly to find in that dugout
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 14, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Click the link
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Nice try.
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 14, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Son of a bitch I’ve been rickrolled.
I stand by my statement of Pablo destroying the Phillies, though.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I hovered over the link
You’re an awful person.
Status: Has a feeling that tonight is going to be good night. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
Dammit, man.
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Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
ALMOST had me.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 14, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
lingering groin tightness. nice.
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit you gotta be fucking kidding me
holy shit holy shit holy shit.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
well played
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
lol fuck you
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Bored
As much as I like to see all of the great players, the game is boring. I can’t root for the Giants; I can root for one of them individually. I hate the jerseys. Announcers suck. Most players only get in for a few innings, or get 2 at-bats. Boring. Game doesn’t count, and many times the players play like that. Missing some great players like Ian Kinsler and Pablo Sandoval. Ruins fantasy baseball for a week.
And if it’s like ice cream it makes you fat
But I will definitely be watching the first two innings
Tell us how you REALLY feel
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Hanley Ramirez has invited us to the gun show.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:37 PM PDT reply actions
We’ll watch the first 2 innings. After that it will probably just be on in the background while we do other stuff.
My only hope for the game is that by being on “the big stage” so to speak, Timmy will have an experience that will prepare him for the pressure “big game” situation of a post season run.
threadjack
Video of former Padres #1 pick Matt bush cries after being arrested
Fast forward to the 0:24 mark for a good chuckle.
/threadjack
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
Why do I suddenly think of Ryan Leaf when I see this video?
by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 14, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Bush, contender for Lifetime Achievement Award
Ryan Leaf could also be a first ballot inductee to the Asshole Hall of Fame.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
That is hard to watch, he seems to be mentally insane. Maybe he has a psychological disorder, like a real one I mean.
Sounds to me like the screaming and the crying is the result of being Tazered. The edits would support some unseen (not implying undeserved, but definately unseen) thing causing the scream and tears.
< /cops+fox-based_conspiracy_theory>
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
“Don’t taze me BRO”
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Drinking in the afternoon. Gotta have goals.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I get buzzed at ST games but that’s different because its me.
Proud parent of Frederick Charles Merkle.
There’s a brilliant line from an episode of Sex and the City, where the ladies go to a Yankees game: “Miranda was a big fan of the Yankees. I was a big fan of any place where you can drink at 2 in the afternoon without judgment.”
Last Wednesday afternoon I enjoyed a margarita at the Giants game. It was nice.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Should I have had two? Those suckers are expensive and I’m underemployed. :/
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Hair of the Dawg
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I just hope Tim strikes out every batter he faces.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 14, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
6 IN A ROW!
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 14, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Last year’s game was fun
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
until Brian Wilson came out for no good reason.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 14, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I won't watch
I have no coherent argument why not; it just doesn’t interest me. I have a regular Tuesday night jam and I wouldn’t even consider skipping it for the ASG.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
I'm really sick of the AL
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I really want to win this year
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
THIS
I’m the world’s biggest poo holes fan. wait…..
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
I’ll take Evan Longoria and Joe Mauer and leave quietly.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
you rang?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s my song. There’s a TAP Plastics near my old school in Pleasant Hill. I need to take a picture of me standing by it soon, before I move.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
One of my nicknames is Tap. Long story. But even the family I’m living with calls me that. My ex-boyfriend didn’t call me anything but Tap. Except when we broke up. he used my real name. I asked him if he felt he had to piss me off on the way out.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
There are no girls on the internet.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
IKR
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
jponry is female as well
/hed asplode
“There’s no girls on the internet” and “girls don’t like baseball” (or “girls only like baseball for the player’s butts”) are memes around here. We’re being silly about the misconception. There are several very cool ladies here on the blog who know and love baseball. jpon runs circles around me with STATS, for example. I’m just the lowly grub sportswriter.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
i do like the player's butts though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
That’s the definition of fringe benefit.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
There are no girls on the internet
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
There is nothing in Baron's comment that reveals his or her gender.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 14, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The ex also watched SATC, completely independent of my influence. In fact, he was the one telling me to watch it because he knew I’d love it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
very cool. And still, nothing here reveals your gender.
After all, some boys do have boyfriends.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 14, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Evidently she’s a rare woman who prefers baseball and books over matrimony and babies
Cy Lincecain FTW
hooray generalizations
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I put that in my SBN profile, lol.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
oh lol.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yeah.. I wasn’t just pulling it out of my ass :p
Or perhaps I was and it was a freak coincidence
Cy Lincecain FTW
You’re just really good!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
You can have this shitty honey beer I bought the other day :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
What the hell, why??! Let me have some of the good stuff! I have a case of Stella in my fridge right now >:| Hooray college!
Cy Lincecain FTW
I didn’t realize it was going to taste like honey, I thought it was just a cute little name. And now I have five bottles of it and everyone else thinks it’s gross too :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
arrrrghh
just chug it really fast so you don’t have to taste it. Better than pouring it down the sink
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
There are no women like that
Clearly she just hasn’t tried matrimony and babies yet.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
grougthink
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Her name is /gets killed by Baron
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I think her name is /gets stabbed by Baron
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
oh yeah
I was a little stabby last week.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
utter another word and I'll have you killed
/m
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
i watched all the seasons of it too, i have to admit
but then again i like stuff like that, and romcoms and whatnot
go timmy!
Its really well written, funny, and raunchy. I enjoy it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude. Are you not aware there are no female specimens on the information super highway?
emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 14, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Mayoral Veto
I don’t like the ASG, but not for any of the (obviously strawman flimsy-ass) reasons that Grant suggested so as to make his argument totally winnable. My reasons are practical:
I want the Giants to win the World Series, and I therefore support anything that helps in that cause, and oppose anything that runs any risk at all of hurting that cause. I am indifferent to anything that has no bearing on that cause.
Examples: Tim pitching 2 days after pitching (like last year), OPPOSE! Violently if necessary. Pablo playing after a monster first half but with a recent knee injury, OPPOSE! Tim pitching on regular rest, enh, indifferent. And so on.
Generally, the ASG is either a risk of impeding that goal or it is nothing, but it in no way furthers the goal of the Giants winning a WS, so therefore I generally oppose the ASG.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
I don’t hate the all star game, I hate the break. Four days of no San Francisco Giants’ baseball sucks. This is the second year in a row that some teams start on Thursday, yet the Giants’ start on Friday. The Giants’ will probably have streaks where they play 15 days in a row in steamy weather because MLB stupidly wasted one of their remaining days off for this Thursday. The extra day off here is just ridiculous. I want to see baseball that counts.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
I hate that too
Why does that happen?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I’d rather make it a meaningless, exhibition spectacle. It’s already stupid with the fan voting and world series thing, but at least make it acknowledge its stupidity instead of pretending to be serious and important (This time it counts! Ooooh).
I’ll watch it, but I still like the stupidest event of the all-star break: legends and celebrity softball game. Seeing famous people make fools of themselves and occasionally do surprisingly well is fun. I still laugh when I remember the time last year the mic picked up chris rock comparing himself to reggie jackson ("Traditionally the great power hitters strike out a lot – you know, reggie jackson…)
VOTE SANDOVAL
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
the softball game is meaningless, but at least its entertaining. the hr derby on the other hand……………………………………………………………………………………………….
by i wish we were good on Jul 14, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
now THAT means something
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
The softball game in 07 was pretty cool. Jerry Rice and Ernie Banks were there, as well as James Denton. He’s hot. So that was good.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
then again I was actually at the ballpark for it
As well as the Futures Game.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep. At the end of the game, Robb Nen leaped into his arms.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The players are going to appear in evening gowns.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 14, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Tim’s wearing Vera Wang.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It was very nice of Vera to lend Tim her wang.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 14, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
That neurotic waitress from Alice?
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Vera Vera
what has become of you? D:
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I now have that song stuck in my brain
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 14, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I love that song unironically
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
me too.
the “Luther Wright and the Wrongs” version is super duper awesome as well.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game currently in early planning stages.
The players / celebs arrive on a red carpet
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
They did it already. It was fairly lame. Just a lot of on the spot interviews and shilling Chevy vehicles.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 14, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
not sure what time i should leave work?
to make it in time for first pitch. it takes me 10-13 min to smash home. im thinking around 5:15 or so
My anagrammer is also peeved about Victorino
Anagram of “Baseball All Star Game” = TAB A SMALL GREASEBALL
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 14, 2009 3:45 PM PDT reply actions
I’m watching the live BP feed from MLB.com right now. I have no idea who’s batting.
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
I just now noticed the caption for the top photo
“National League starting pitcher Tim Lincecum, of the San Francisco Giants, right, and teammate Rich Aurilia share a laugh during an All-Star Game press conference.”
Haha
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
Would be nice
if the All-Star game didn’t decide HFA in the World Series. Or if it did, that the selection process was altered.
vr, Xei
This time it counts
I was so dead sure that the Giants were going to make the 2003 World Series. The Giants had just lost the 2002 World Series by a hair, and lacking the home field advantage had a hand in that. In 2003, the result of the All-Star game determined the home field advantage for the first time, and an Eric Gagne blown save meant that the AL would have it for the second year in a row. I was so sure that the heavens would mandate that the Giants be the first team in history to lose two consecutive seven-game World Series in which they had the home field advantage neither time, thanks to a Bud Selig idea and a Dodger blown save. It was just to cruelly perfect.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Yeah, I think that was the forgotten strike year. Or the WS ended in a tie…
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 14, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
New York Giants maybe… are you thinking about the Super Bowl?
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by zodiac_chiller on Jul 14, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess the All Star Game can create great memories still.
As much as I feel indifferent to the ASG, I will never forget the one I attended in Seattle. Ripkins final year, and Cal hit that amazing home run earning him MVP. Was 2001 so of course Bonds was there also- I think he bench pressed Lasorda during that game after Lasorda narrowly escaped death by broken bat whilst standing in the 3rd base coaches box.
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