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All Star Game THREAD

Rodriguez, Santana, Saunders and like 60 other baseball players in the midsummer classic.

The best thing about this All-Star Game is the rest that Vladimir Guerrero is getting!

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Rev.......that you HOPE he getting you mean........

he could be getting busy like….....oh….......Ervin and Hokie Joe were during the off season…...

This time it matters.

To paraphrase the Onion: The all-star game decides whether the American League wins the World Series at home or on the road.

you mean they printed something 100% true? ;-)
That is assuming it takes 7 games
informal poll

who do you think we’ll be playing in the WS?

I cancel your jinx with smartassery:

Train and Norman Greenbaum.

oh higzie, you can do better than that! pump up the smartassery!!
pumping...
Cubs and Red Sox
a three team world series?
That's who's playing today right?
No the Yankees are also playing today
Did you guys know this is the last season of Yankee Stadium?

Thanks Fox, that might have slipped past me otherwise.

If you think this is bad, wait till next year,

when it’ll be the first year of the NEW Yankee Stadium. And as such, Fox, ESPN and everyone else will be falling all over themselves to report the various firsts and whatnot that have been accomplished in the NEW Stadium. I recommend earplugs.

Where's Erin Andrews?

Why couldn’t ESPN be doing the game?

(insert obsurd perverted comment here)
kruk

just picked varitek to win mvp.

ugh.

puke..
a guy with a .218/.299/.354 line

and an ops+ of 71 was just picked by a baseball analyst to win all star mvp

Jeter and Fukudome are starters.

That is retarded.

just spoke to patti & rev...they are having a blast!
did you find out...

who got into the fight?

no, I had my priorities....wanted to know how much money she won and if she got my ashtray!
Welcoming crowd here in Yankee Stadium.
What Would Chase Utley Do?

Boo? Fuck you.

That was awesome. Good for Utley.
did you see that... Brett had pine tar on his water bottle
LOVE that they're boo'ing the Red Sux
i wonder how much the AL position players

will hate krods antics after he shuts down the NL in the 8th with a one run lead…

Francona won't put Franky in.

I will, in fact, be shocked if any of our guys make an appearance.

he already said he's going papelbon-krod-rivera to finish
Did he?

I take it back then. Francona has my respect.

this is according to peter gammons and espn, so....

then again, theo epstein is bangin espn’s ceo’s wife, so they could be right.

Poor Soria.
He has sucked of late. I do not want him in there
Meh.

Gagne blew the game in the midst of his streak. Hot-cold doesn’t matter.

This is going to be the longest All-Star Pre-game ever.
I'm exhausted already
Rod's wearing the Twins cap. Crie.

But I guess that is the hat he has on his plaque in Cooperstown.

The fact that other MLB teams voted Carew OUR Hometown Hero still pisses me off.
This is nauseating

Hurry the fuck up already. Joe Buck makes me want to jump out a 45th story window.

i think it's cool seeing these hof'ers...

however, joe buck does bug me too.

Yeah. Respect for the HOF'ers.

But Joe Buck changing his delivery for the Yankees and Sux players is making me ill.

agreed...

can’t stand his affected syle

Poo Holes
DAMN...

Tony Gwynn must have hit up some buffets with Ortiz over the weekend.

and Bart and Cecil
Hall of Fame batboys next?
i think they're up after the HOF grounds crew members
It's getting late early now
28 minute rendition of the National Anthem...

anybody?

anybody?

maybe they'll get Madonna just for A Rod
...and the Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand

Of…........The….........................FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

and the home

of the

BRAAAAAVE

shoud be "o'er", sorry
Hall of Fame Pharmacists
OH come on guys...this is VERY cool.

Where else are you going to have all these GREAT H of F’ers in one place like this?

RESPECT, BOYS RESPECT!!

and the National Anthem can be done in 30 sec

I'd have more respect for the HOF if there was an Angel cap in it.

Since there isn’t… eh.

game started yet? im waiting to jump on gamecast
Nat'l Anthem now
God, I hate Fox Sports

Home of the 5 hour broadcasts.

Stealth Bomber kicks ass
take that COMMIES
The first part since they announced the Halos players I felt like paying attention to.
oh god, that was awful
oh my lord...

Steiny looks like he was crying…

he doesn’t look that great.

he doesn't, does he?

he looks like he’s had a stroke

I didn't know he was in such bad shape...

weird.

I just don't get you people.

I’ve had the volume muted since I turned the TV on. It’s WAY more enjoyable.

we need to have something to bitch about
I have no interest in this game at all

It’s just something to do when there’s three/four days without baseball.

as a contender i care
getting old sucks
Three first pitches?

joke

Sweet jesus.

This most ADD first pitch ceremony ever.

it is the end of an era as far as Yankee Stadium goes..
The best moment in Yankee stadium history

was us coming back from a 6-1 deficit in Game 2. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Wasn't the 6-1 comeback during Game 3 in Anaheim

Game 2 in Yankee Stadium though was awesome: Angels trailed the Yankees in the top of the 8th, 5-4, but GA homered to tie, Glaus homered to put the Halos ahead.

Oops, I think he's right, Zu.
Nah, you're right.

In that case, I change my pick to the GA OWNS Randy Johnson game in 2005.

Panther! The way GA demolished RJ's fastball was SWEET!
The best part was it was almost 10 years to the day

since the ‘95 single game playoff. Destroying RJ like that was so very, very satisfying.

Yes I was there
Boring... Boring... Boring...

STEALTH BOMBER!

Boring… Boring…

Did King Jong-il produce this pregame?
yeah, those batting averages

against AAAA pitching

fuck Rivera... bring in K-rud for the save.
GENTLEMEN, Start ypur engines!
All the Red Sox players getting booed was the best part of the ceremony.
Ready, set, commercials!
a little off topic...

so does krod have a legit cy young shot if he smashes the save record?

he finished fourth in '04 and wasn't even a closer...
will this fucking game ever start!
Ervin Santana plays for CIN

The board for the pitcher lineup stated that Voodoo plays for the Reds. WTF

Volquez, Santana, who can tell the difference.
apparently he has been traded for Adam Dunn
Dude, don't even joke about that. 0_0
Seriously, thats some bad voodoo for voodoo
Go Angels!
mmm....crafty lefties....

put in hokie joe!

Wow, Lee just made the NL look like a bunch of chumps.
Wait, was that ESPN?

The Phillies have the best double play combo, apologies to the Angels?

Way to K there Josh.
Oh HELL no. You are not going to let the Yankees dominate the ASG.
Those white spikes look great
A-rod.......clutch
Jeter is nails.

A-Rod, not so much.

Hokie Joe sighting!
The Colonel is stewing in the pen

Nice

Jones with the first hit in the NL.

Who’s suprised?

"Youkillis, the gold glove award winner."
  1. you people. He’s going to win it for the next 10 years isn’t he?
Get ready for that. Kotch is gonna get shafted from now on.
Pretty much.
Dude, I thought you were watching the game in "mute"

Just joking, though with Buck and McCarver on the mike, it’s a novel idea.

I have text-scroll on the bottom.
they say this thing is traditionally low scoring???

looks like its historically a barn burner compared to what we’re used to

Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are absolute garbage
too bad bud didn't get the job done...

one less threat from the rangers.

Yeah that Bradley guy sucks
He walked on a 3-2 count? Whoa...
Sheets throws the F-Bomb on National TV.

Great cut there Fox.

They are really sucking Youlk's dick

He was clearly booed

AL running all over the Sheets and Soto.
here comes my pick for mvp
Hundred bucks says it's a Yankee
Mauer, Twins.
Got that, though I was betting against Mauer
Oh, thought you were talking about his pick, not MVP, my bad.
Kotch wouldn't have struck out.
joe

you gotta swing the bat to be an mvp!

The Colonel incoming!
One inning only please
Make us proud, Joe!
Too bad Yogi is going to talk all over Joe's inning
Oh good, we get to listen to Berra ramble about Rivera

while Joe’s pitching. Thanks for NOTHING, Fox.

You didn't think they'd do it while Rivera was pitching did you?
One out for Joe!
Can we say CUBS ANGELS WS?
2 down for Joe!
two cubs in a row...

possible post season preview?

Two out for Joe!

Geovany Soto flies out to center on the first pitch.

Joe gives up a single (to right) to Hanley Ramirez.

Utley next.

You COULD be talking about the fantastic season Joe's having.

You could be talking about how the Angels young duo has been great for them this season. But NO. Instead you talk about Yogi Berra, children’s funds and GEORGE STEINBRENNER. :(

Must fellate the Yanks now

Not going to be able to do it in October

Utley ground out to first.

Joe turns in a single scoreless inning.

Joe Saunders with a very boring inning.

Nicely done, Joe.

Nice INN JOE!!!!!!!

Standing O from my office!

When are Phys and Hud gonna get their comeuppance

and replace McCarver and Buck in the ASG booth?

The rest of the nation would hate it.

But I would sooooo enjoy it.

CHASE UTLEY, YOU HAVE GOT TO GO!

cant believe im saying this...........

but go Ichiro…..

Joe Buck has got to go

Nepotism SUCKS!!!!

Is it bad that I'm cheering for Ichiro?

I mean, it’s not like he’s helping HIS team get home field advantage in the World Series.

lol yeah........

see above for me too

F*CK YOU, JETER!

YOU SUCK!

You suck, Derek.
If he could be a homerun hitter than why doesn't hit them?

I hate that story and I do not buy it at all.

LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i didnt know GIDP Matthews got an All Star invite......

GIDP on 1 pitch

lets get those sawx and yanks out of the game...

and let some real players win this one.

I think Halladay shoulda started........

but thats just me

another complete game maybe?
ERVIN SIGHTING!
Black Magic warming up in the pen!
Black Magic sighting
Crie for Poo-holes.
Ichiro GUNS HIM DOWN.
"The best right fielder I've seen since Clemente"

EAT IT MCCARVER

Defensively he is pretty good. Offenesively he is a liability
Horrible tag by Derek

He was safe.

running on Ichiro.......dumb.
Albert might have been safe. No matter.
throw beat him

thats all that matters on a play like that

Depends. Occasionally you get an ump who's paying attention out there.
tied with who?
Just popping in

To say congrats to Joe. A year ago who would have thought.

Back to work.

yanks and sox coming through
Time to put in the reserves.
yankees representing well
Fox sucks, Buck sucks, McCarver sucks

these are the times I appreciate Hud & Phyzzzzzz

Roll call

At least Hokie Joe didn’t give up any runs. Fun game so far.
Who wants to bet it’s KRod with the save again?

Not happening

It’s Rivera in the 9th. But I guess it could go 12 at this pace.

i hope Pap smear is the one who almost blows it too..........
Picked off. Whoops. Way to go Milton.

Got a gift and wasted it.

the all starts are making mistakes left and right
You suck Bradley!
Getting picked off in ASG can't be embarrassing at all

Where’s Bud Black?

like i said,

too bad he didn’t get the job done

Let's go Ervin, we got a rep to maintain.
ERVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh look.......Francona took out manny
ohhhh

a little love.

I'm so conflicted

I’ve never agreed with these dick monkeys before

Wow, we're getting actual play by the douche bags!
Mathis catches that.
Knew that was gonna happen.
Oh snap.

Damnit!!!!

That's on you Mauer.
the guy i wanted to trade for...

who everyone claims sucks everywhere except coors field

he does

one home run to the shortest porch in baseball does not a good player make

He doesn't suck exactly.

Just not better than Juan.

That cleared the wall by a mile
i was unaware that a 330 foot homer run was a big deal
You are right

an opposite field homer that has no problem getting over the wall is not impressive. Fuck off.

touchy touchy

Holliday is no better than Juan, and far worse on the road. Seeing one home run and wanting him is like wanting GMJ after his 2006.

Nothing I wrote implies "I want him"
Too bad he struck out a pitch earlier.
Holiday sucks too.
Let's trade for his ass
Also, I notice Francona putting in all of our pitchers.

Wonder if that has anything to do with us playing them on the Weekend.

yeah but its only one inning.......
For an inning
if he puts in frankie for the next three innings we'll know
lol at "fuk u do me"
uh huh huh, you said...uh, yeah, huh huh
Nice breaking ball, Ervin.
That K made me feel a little better.
Sit down.

Still want him and Ichiro on our team.

at least both our pitchers are killing the cubs
Okay--the AL needs to score some runs.

I don’t Ervin to be the losing pitcher.

Two Cubs in a row

World Series preview

Wish he could have gotten that corner against Holliday.
Who said Holliday can't hit outside of Coors Field?
No one.

Hit 1.000 OPS? Yeah, that would be me. If Mauer catches the foul tip like he’s supposed to, Holliday sits down.

echo....echo.....echo....
OMG Mauer is slower than Kotchman.
Mauer is SLOW.
hes a damn catcher........

what do you expect?

Dude, Mathis and Napoli are WAY faster than that.
Kotch might not be, though.
Kotch isn't way faster.

But a footrace would be close.

damn. took him out.
Why isn't someone PHing for Pedroia?
hottest hitter in baseball maybe...
I had to leave for a bit... So The Colonel got to pitch eh?

I saw Santana warming up… anything come of that?

HR to Holliday, 2 K's on Fukudome and Ramirez.
Saunders pitched a scoreless inning. No K's.

Ervin gave up a jack to Holliday but notched two K’s.

Gave up a homer to Holliday.
Why didn't Martin drill Kinsler in the helmet?
2 times thru the lineup.......yanks/sux 1-9 1BB 3K's...........

yeah best of the best my ass

And my least favorite player in the history of the game has the 1 hit :(
Good job, Ichiro.

Jesus.

Sub in Michael Young!
well isnt Jeter like Mr clutch?

lets see

That label is one of the biggest media concocted lies of all time
No, that's Jerry West
Thanks IchyBro... chingchingchong
Rosie O'Donnell gonna ruin your birthday
Hey, look at that

Matt Holliday takes Ervin deep…it’s almost like he’s auditioning his outside-Coors power for us.

He strikes out if Mathis is behind the plate.

Mauer dropped the foul tip.

are you watching on delay or Tivo?
Neither

I was just late getting to the game thread.

I'm cool with that
YOU SUCK DEREK.
You suck Derek.
Jeter is SOOOO clutch
figures........wanker.......
i'm thrilled we get varitek in the lineup now
Dumbest thing ever.

But it isn’t Pierzynski.

my bad...hoping for navarro
Where's Navarro?
yanks/sux 1-10........and counting.......
cubs 0-4........2k's.........

la de da…....

angels 0-0....not offensively represented
but an ERA of 4.50..........
I missed the HR

Would it have left Angels Stadium, or was it a cheapo short-porch Yankee Stadium HR?

Double off the wall probably.

Not bad for opposite field power. Santana struck him out on a foul tip that Mauer dropped though.

They should let K-rud hit
no more Youk.........

but now JD drew…......

and no more pedroia.....
But Varitek. >_<
its like a law that 2 red sox have to be in the game at the same time
Way to suck Duche.
could they suck mariano's dick any harder?

everyone that sits next to him is making the greatest decision of their life apparently.

Well, at least the Duke may suck worse than Ervin did tonight.
Dammit douchebag

Thanks for gifting home field to the NL

We've been farther behind.

;-)

Who has the best road record in the league?

Das right

F'ing Douchebag
Don't worry though, fellas.

NL BP blows.

The Gaucho is in
Standing O for Jeter... yeah great job tool
What did he do I missed it
he came out of the game
At least the A's are equally to blame
From Athletics Nation:

Of course

the 2 best staffs give up the two runs. Go figure

Might as well Jump! – Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 15, 2008 7:20 PM PDT reply reply

Bahahaha.

Santana just got a bad break. Dush is getting lit up.

well the guy just pitched two days ago too........

pretty effectively

Meh.

Still fun to watch.

oh i agree........
Douchebag needs to come out
Joe Buck thinks Steinbrenner should be in the Hall of Fame???
*slurp-slurp-slurp*
The guy was banned from baseball at one point

RIGHTFULLY, I might add.

Apparently having a lot of money and spending it often is all it takes to get in the HoF according to Buck.

Joe Buck will need some serious chapstick this evening...

with all the pole he’s been servicing.

LOL!!! WHAT?!?!?!?

Joe Buck is the WORST announcer in MLB. He only got his job because of his daddy

hes just as bad at football too.......
He is slightly better at football

I think he seems less irritating in football because Troy Aikman picks him up

i wanna see holliday park another
way out

- Joe Buck

Given that everything Buck says is wrong...
I like men

-Joe Buck

Pole is the best

-Joe Buck

I have an ass for a head

-Joe Buck

2 runs isn't gonna be enough

once Young and Kinsler get to bat. Remember, the Rangers own the NL.

Hamilton and Bradley not so much.

But maybe they don’t have the “TRUE RANGER POWA”

isnt Hammy a ranger still? he isnt doing squat

or did the yankees secretly sign him already?

Base hit to center...

Nice jinx.

lol he is def not a yankee........yet.......
I'm not even watching the game

I can’t stand Fox. Also, I knew all Buck would be talking about is how great the Yankees are. I live in NY, I get enough of that crap all day, every day

When I lived in New Jersey for the last 3 years

I refused to go near anyone who even looked Guido, because I knew the 1st and 2nd words out of their mouths would be “Jeter” and “Baby.”

Hey, remember when everybody wanted us to trade for Crede?

Nice pop-up.

4 SB's and counting for the AL.
I'm Italian...

but I HATE the Yankees…go figure

Unless you look like this:

you can’t be an Italian Yankees fan.

LMAO

It’s so true! LOL

More orange on the face, boys
what's wrong with those kids?

what sort of scalp disease caused their hair to grow like that?

is this one of those super sweet sixteen parties...

guido style?

These guys were the strippers...

at Joe Buck’s bachelor party

I'm Irish... but I HATE the Red Sux
we are of a kind you and I

kindred spirits

So am I, go figure

and I even have family connections to the Boston area that can’t sucker me in to liking those self-obsessed fans.

IM AMMMMMERRRUUUUUUUUIIIIIICAN..................

and i hate the red sox

Geez.

No wonder Jose Reyes steals so many bases.

Speaking of which

why the hell is he not on the all-star team?

on pace for: .302/.367/.487, 18 homers, 18 triples, 40 doubles, 80 RBIs, 117 runs, and 55 stolen bases.

Voters are retarded? I dunno.

He wasn’t hitting well till just recently I think though.

I follow the Mets, and he's on my fantasy team

he’s been hitting since Mid-May, and has been at, or above .290 since early/mid-June, with similar all-around paces.

The Mets as a WHOLE were screwed in voting this year…it was like a backlash against the team for the collapse last year, and slow start this year (though they’ve come around in a BIG way recently). Before Wright replaced an injured Soriano, Wagner was their sole representative…so that the Cubs could take the Yanksox place in the National League as the vastly-overrepresented team. I mean, Carlos Fucking Marmol made the team as a reliever with an ERA over 4.00. That team is on the verge of BoSox level irritation.

But he doesn't allow hits!
He's actually really good at that

Don’t blame Marmol, he struck a guy out, then walked the bases loaded before being pulled…it’s not HIS fault that the next guy gave up the grand slam!

Way to freeze, Grady.
FPS ftl, Bradley.
How many K's looking is that today?

Guys need to get with the program.

alright our pitching is lights out for the rest of the game

just need some sticks…

Looks like Frankie's not gonna come into the game.

I’m over it. I don’t know if I could take another nervous inning.

Wait till it's tied and Paps starts to come unglued.
NNNNNNNNNNOoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

Josh Groban

YOU RAISE ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so i can stand on mountains….......................

The mute button is your only hope.
I love balls [and bats too]

-Josh Groban

Sick of 7th inning stretch renditions of God Bless America
If they don't sing God Bless America

the terrorists have won.

And down with flag lapel pins! :)
anyone for the Kasak national anthem sung to the tune of our american national anthem........

I’ve got Borat on line 2

How about the Team America theme

Ameri-cuhh, f**k yeah!

OMG! Are you Barack Obama?!?!
White with foam.

-Josh Groban

yes! varitek due up!
Goin on a beer run

Anybody need anything?

sixer of diesels...

hell, make it a twelve pack. we might lose this thing.

I got five on it!

Had a hunch you might say that
justified!
oh....my.....god......

what…..the…..hell…..

Nice hit Moneau.
Justin Mornneau with the best hit of the night for the AL!
Navarro in to hit!

There IS justice!

well advanced the runner..........

that is good

Damn

I was hoping to see Volquez face Hamilton.

C'mon! Let's score some goals in Yankee Field!
Did Joe Maddon teach you to take that pitch Navarro? I don't think so.
Uh oh, it's a Frankie sighting...
K-Rod sighting.
JD TIES IT!!
HOLY **** JD DREW TIES IT UP!
I fucking hate Drew, I would almost lose
YYYEEEEESSSSSSS

... but I’m thanking a Red Suck player

Just remind yourself that in Anaheim, that's a double.
GGOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vulcan really gave it up...

live long and prosper buddy

let the suck off comense..........

you know if the AL comes back to win this…........JD BOO will be MVP

Not necessarily.

Depends on who hits in the winning run, and how they do it.

Guys

If the Yankee Stadium’s final All-Star Game MVP is a Boston Red Sox player, do I laugh at the Irony, or cry at the inevitable ESPN coverage?

“there’s no crying in basball”

Yeah there is.

Just imagine this:

Game 7 of the ALCS, bottom of the 9th, two outs, bases loaded, full count, Frankie on the mound, Angels up by three.

Bobby Crosby launches the ball over the left field fence for a game winning, pennant clinching grand slam.

Now tell me you wouldn’t cry.

Is that jerko Francona bringing in Frankie?

It’s a good thing The Soth is at Howard’s.

Yuck

Quentin Crede and Sizemore up

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