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ANAHEIM CA - JULY 12:  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim bench coach Ron Roenicke (or is that Phil Helmuth?) and American League All-Star Torii Hunter #48 of the Angels shake hands during Gatorade All-Star Workout Day at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 12 2010 in Anaheim California.  (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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ANAHEIM CA - JULY 12: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim bench coach Ron Roenicke (or is that Phil Helmuth?) and American League All-Star Torii Hunter #48 of the Angels shake hands during Gatorade All-Star Workout Day at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 12 2010 in Anaheim California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

Our All Star Game thread will be going up at 5:30 PM ... This is a Pregame thread where you can discuss anything related to the Angels or Baseball.

MUTE YOUR TEEVE AT 5:30 and LISTEN TO Wi & Rev's All Star Game MUTECAST (link will appear in Game Thread)

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Let's hear it for the AL!
Anyone else find it funny how Pedroia was sitting in the front

“I have never stood up for a picture. Ever”

he's only 6 inches taller when he stands up!
sooooooooo........

i hears Fuentes was the pitcher pitching to Big Papi last night

LOL

I was actually thinking that yesterday.

nice article on Vlad on CNNSI.......

Found Here for any of those interested.

brutal :|

“I’m just glad he’s on our side,” Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler said, “and the Angels can feel what I’ve been feeling.”

We certainly feel it.

Good for Vladdy though

Is anyone else...

generally bored by the all star game like I am. It just gives me a couple of days to miss baseball and makes me a little sad that the season is a little over half way finished.

No I like seeing these matchups.

Excessive Interleague Play not so much.
6 games of Interleague against a rival is enough.IE. Angels/Dodgers A’s/Giants etc.

No

I love this game. It’s part of baseball.

I read on a post somewhere that people were bored with the lineup for the HR Derby too – Well I went last night and had a GREAT time. Maybe people have loads of money and can just go from city to city and see this every year but I don’t so for me this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I also was a volunteer this week at the stadium – it was fun to see how much goes into these events it also gives me a new respect for the host teams. It’s a LOT of work.

I'm more excited by the fact it's here.

In all honesty. The whole nation is getting a chance to see our beautiful park, which I think is one of the best in the country. It seems like the announcers are all referring to the area as Orange County instead of L.A., which I also love…..and I get to cheer for Vladdy, something I miss horribly.

NL 6 AL 4

David Wright MVP

that's a lot of runs

I’ll be surprised if either team gets more than 3

I think it’s going to either go a lot of runs or hardly any. The time of day of the game they ball will be flying but these two pitchers are going to be tough.

True that

I just wanna see the AL pound this Jimenez guy…year of the pitcher….pfft..lol

What a great event for Scioscia and Arte to host and introduce themselves

to some of our future Angels that are currently All Stars on other teams. So which All Star on the rosters tonight are coming to Anaheim next season?

GRANDERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok I'm going to just say this...

I wouldn’t mind if we got David Ortiz for the DH if he keeps hitting like he has the last month -I’d say give him a year.

Other than that I don’t know about any other All-Stars coming to Anaheim.

I think I'd barf a little if we signed Ortiz.

…a lot…

Carl Crawford?
i heard about that on ESPN

he might be our best chance

i would too but.......

why not???? the way he hits the ball here what the hell lol

lets get Tim Lincecum!!!
I can't remember

but I thought I heard someone say that Big Papi told Torii that he wanted to play here (Anaheim).

They use to be teammates in Minnesota…why not…

I'm uncomfortable with former Red Sux

Playing with the Halos. So no thanks.

Especially the fat ones
Sosh loves the fatties
Hey Rev

You and Wi are doing another Mutecast, right?

YES.
The game has just gotten much more fun
taking calls?
he has a choice?

CALL!

what I want to know is how and the hell we are going to get rid of

Matsui
Rivera
Kazmir
our bullpen

I know its not important

but that stupid piece on the MLB network where they say the Rally Monkey came from the Doyers is insulting. I know its because of the Sosh connection but come on, get off it.

While the part about the Dodgers was annoying

I thought the piece as a whole was hilarious

I thought it was funny

Not meant to be taken seriously.

I guess, but it is just so annoying. This is our day not those bums up the 5
Aw, I miss Bud Black
I miss our pin stripe unis

…..jk i don’t…

I hope this game is more fun than watching David Ortiz show off his declining skills.
Why am I watching some bint pitching to MC Hammer?

Was this last night?

That bint would be Jenny Finch, one of the stars of the 2004 USA Olympic Softball team

Can we sign her as a pitcher and/or DH?

Better looking than most of the roster
...make that all of the roster
Is the Rangers Fan

trolling in here too?

We are troll magnets today it seems. LOL
i thought you got banned?
what would you all do for comedy if I got banned?
poke ourselves in the eye with a toothpick
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
that's where Tex learned that take out the catcher play - from Pete Rose
Ok Im done trolling Yankee fans in the other thread...

Whats up homies?

what are they saying?
Not a lot of good stuff

You would be amazed how negative reactions become when you compare their recently deceased Sports Hero to someone like Adolf Hitler.

Strangely very very negative.

But look what we did to increase site traffic today.
Im secretly paid by Rev to incite rage in order to bring thousands of hits.

He pays me in donuts and porn.

You stole McFatass's donuts?
you did well sir

Top notch trolling

I learn from the best

and his name rhymes with Failowood.

oh hes a god among men

King of the trolls

Not much Dawg
Just this once I'm rooting for the NL.

I doubt it’s the Angels that would get to use that home field advantage.

OHHH crap

we have to listen to Joe Buck…errrr

Huh, I'd love to be at Disneyland today

see the parade, spend the day there, then trek over to see the ASG.

Pipe Dreams. . .

which headline is more comedic on ESPN.com right now

Ex-NY Giant Taylor pleads not-guilty to rape

OR

T.O. concerned teams think he is a troublemaker

"Ichiro was there, yelling something in English that I thought he'd never say"

Haha, Torii.

Protestors – Really?

They need to get a life.

what are they protesting

my television is not on

SB1070, the Arizona immigration law
Looks like the ASG in Arizona next year
I couldn't see the signs

something about Arizona.

From what I hear from those who in in Arizona

its really really cleaned up the cities. And not too many people are complaining about it who actually live there, which I find interesting.

doesn't the law not go into effect until the end of the month?

I thought like July 28th or something close to that. if its already cleaning up the streets then its more effective than anyone could’ve imagined.

Huh, really?

I mean I could be wrong but I have close friends who live there and they said that the number of people who have either left or have been deported because of the law was in the hundreds of thousands.

I could do “research”, but pfft.

well

the people are probably leaving before they get caught. logical that the cities would be cleaner.

thats what I was told

when we took a trip to Havasu last month, but I could be wrong.

like you, I refuse to do research

God is good God is great
Check their immigration status
They were at Fanfest too

I have a pic of them I will include in the thread I’m gonna make.

what channel on TV is the game? it's blacked out on mlbtv.com
I love this interlude between the MLB and Fox coverage

 where you have clueless Fox reporters acting like they know anything about baseball

This promo is pretty cool
30 seconds to Steinbrenner montage... wow.
It's starting to get annoying how much they're talking about it
I sure hope we get to hear about those teams and players that never get the love.....

You know, Jeter and A-Roid, Big Papi and U-haul, with a dash of Pedroia. Oh yeah, it wouldn’t be the 81st ASG without wall to wall coverage of the “Boss”.

Just so I can decide whether or not to go to bed and ditch this thing...

…how much pre-game shit do we have to put up with before they actually start playing baseball?

(and how much of this aforementioned shit is going to be about PhiSlamma’s “dead fascist”?)

I think 30 minutes
Game should start in about 30 minutes
I'm just watching the introductions
Blonde bird in the celeb softball game was worth staying up for...

…not sure I feel the same about Derek bleeding Jeter or Joe Fuck

Just got home...

… so have I missed anything from the Official 2010 George Steinbrenner Memorial Yankee All Star Game?

The MLB coverage of the battting practice & talking to the guys was pretty cool
Not much yet.

But don’t worry, it’ll be a non-stop George Steinbrenner love fest.

great interviews with the greatest players of all time...the great Yankees
Lotta Doyer fans cheering
Wasn't that booing?
Heard a mixture of both
flied out to center
I better hear louder cheers for the Angels
Mike Scioscia!! yeaaaaaa
when did anaheim become LA?
THE SOTH!!!!!!
Soth gettin huge love
Sosh getting applause
Geren got a nasty cold shoulder
lol Booing the Sux
Red Sox=BOOOOO lol!
Lots of booing for the Red Sox
The Sux gettin shredded lol
why so many Red Sox?
Because they sold their souls to the devil in exchange for votes
Holy crap... is the whole Red Sox team there?
Pretty much

the ones who aren’t injured

Red Sox getting the crap boood out of them
Loving the hatred heaped upon the sux!
Boo Red Sux
WTY!!!! lots o love!!!!
Torii!! wooooooo
Weave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Hula

I am overjoyed

that there were pronounced and passionate BOOS for Boston

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Torii and WTY getting lots of love!
lol arod
WEAVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Hula Dula!!

Anyone else see the Royals douche with the thumbs down

But that applause for the Angels is awesome.

And although Aroid is a douche, good to see him take the booing in good humor

AROD=BOOOOOO

Yankees ALL getting the booooo!

as they should
That's so hilarious how they booed the shit out of the Red sox players
as they should

if only we could keep those boston bandwagon fans outta our stadium

Ynakees getting booed

by the supposedly mellow california fans who are not into the game and not passionate

Dang Between all the Yanks and Sux, is there any room on the bench for the other folks?
I see all the Rangers team is there too
I wonder how butt hurt the posters are at OTM and PSA?
Rangers get a cold Shoulder too
ywan

who? win something or beat us when it counts I guess we might notice….

no energy left to boo Texas… saving it for Jeter

Yankees getting booed too.

Way to go Angels fans.

lol The Sux and Skanks got bigger boos than our main West rivals
Get off our field Ian Kinsler
Who's that woman!
"in the way" ha ha
Dustin Pedroia
I thought it was Jeter...

My mistake.

Pujols

class gets cheered

Tht's an ugly beard
Underneath it lurks a third fist
yyyeeeeeeeehaaawwww
Baby Molina!! yea!!!!
Wish we could steal Either from teh doyers for Willits,Q,and Shields
ummm not in the dugout
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ewwwwwwwwwwwww SKELETOR
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Skeletor
LOVE THE BOOING

yeah New York you’re poop

Take that Skeletor
did Suzuki just trip?
Itchyhole gettin some love
Everyone respects Ichiro.
Looked like he was bowing
You've got to respect his badassness

I still want to hear his pep talk.

Can we trade Matsui for Ichiro?
Itchyhole ftw
fox desperatley trying to mute the booing for Jeter

microphone picked up a cackle

Heard that too.

Thought the beer was kicking in.

lol I know

They don’t want anything to sully the Steinbrenner Memorial All Star Game

Girardi...

Shouldn’t he be attacking Castle Grayskull?

Mucho love for Vladdy
VLADDY

Hey Rangers, trade you Matsui and Kaz for Vladdy and Feliz

aww vladdy :(
Vlad gets the applause he deserves

two people in this room are sobbing and it ain’t my dogs

throw em out
Vlad gets his props...
No love for Eva Longoria
I heard boos mixed in there for Mauer. Weird.
Vlad is like having a third Angel in the game.
The ugly uniform notwithstanding
ha ha more booing

for yankeescrubbage

I see our new OF
hey Carl - come be an Angel.
Torii's locker is beside him and he's been in his ear
They can be homies

Add Trout and our Outfield would go from old and slow to fast and kickin ass.

+1

Juan Rivera is garbo

Dang wish Howie made it
i miss that

gimpy son of a bitch. i love vladdy.

"preamble"?
Is the game going to be divided into acts too?
pattimelt out there with the flag!
barf time
I'll have my vomit with a side of saccharine
we have a finer tuned sense of barfitude, it seems
God save the Queen
have you sent her back yet?
They're using her as a draft excluder at the UN
plenty of wind there
Great Britain - exporting cynicism to the colonies since the 17th century

These people are holding the flag then they walk up during this.

Well, time to go grab some food
No botox there.....
I'm going to In N Out for some grub.

By the time I get back, the game might be on.

Only if it's a long line
get me a burger
me 2 I want a double double combo with animal fries and a coke
Hey, it's Harrison Ford
my son "hey that's Indiana Jones"
Da da da DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA da da daaaaaaaaaaaa
Rev...its SALMA!!!
Is it just me or was Harrison Ford with a minimullet
hey McConaughy....show us those abs!
Damn Han Solo is old.
One Kessel Run too many...
Being trapped in carbonite really takes it out of you
mmm selma hayek

waka waka

Ben "bonehead" Afleck

“We start wars”

When they have the Charities All Star Game, do they bring on Corey Hart as a preamble?
Ruth is the one from the Angels.
I hate celebrities.

Them and their flavor of the month causes, giving us guilt trips.

They should stick to what they’re good at. Making mediocre movies and beating their personal assistants with their blackberries.

don't forget their support of rehabs
c'mon just enjoy this
i refuse
why?

The people did really good things – just a celebrity is announcing shouldn’t take that away

and the connection to the baseball ASG is.....?
Because if MLB is about anything

It’s about helping poor people. I’m sure Bud does it all the time.

poor underprivelieged hicks like Bobby Jenks?
He's financing the bankrupt Rangers
That's right

Tom Hicks needed a hand with his cash flow, and Bud was there to help out.

Wow, Mo not set to close. That's good at least.
I'm proud

Of the deafening boo’s for the Bo Sux

Wish the doyers got booed hard too
thank you for shutting up
Too early, Joe Buck is still talking.
His voice makes baby Jesus cry.
Whoah!

Could have warned us that was coming

someone pass me a toothpick please
Okay, but mine sort of has my eyeballs on it.
Probably should have gone for the eardrums instead though.
I have kids

I told them to fight for a few minutes

it's ok...we're friends, right?
Whats this sappy crap damnit
Mutecast activated!!!
I'd have to get up to do that. I'm in GA mode
I can't find my remote, so I had to get up and mute it.

It’s a labor of love.

Get Kendry to jump in the huddle
not funny :(
It was a little funny
All I see is the powerful Superman light emitting from Joe Mauer on my screen.
What's funny is that by some advanced measures, Napoli has been almost as good on offense this year.
did I miss something???

what happened to the National Anthem?

Glee happened.
It's probably not PC anymore.

with our imperialism and all.

I guess...

we shouldn’t wave the red, white & blue because somebody would be “offended”……I thought this was the All Star game for Baseball???? Love the reaction of the crowd when the players were announced….

Steinbrenner took it with him
I wonder if Rex Hudler is ripped out of his mind right now.
Steinbrenner montage...
Steinbrenner would do ANYTHING to get all the attention on him and the Skanks
Oh god it's Glee again.
At least she got dressed up.....wait
Who's the fat chick singing?
nice that she got dressed for the occasion
Fox cant wait for Football to start.
Wow, I forgot how much I despise Joe Buck

Wish he could take like a five-year vacation or something.

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