i love it, 13th inning in last all star game @ yankee stadium and

[charlie and algernon]

no yankees left in the game, lol. David Wright is the biggest name still in the game. Ya think Selig is pissed??

[KitchenWitch]

1. Justin Morneau is still in!

:D

[charlie and algernon]

2. yeah, but he's small market, no one cares about him

;-) Besides Wright, it's ALL small market players, lol

[KitchenWitch]

3. ah yes, flyover land!

:hi:

[charlie and algernon]

6. yup, flyover land and the south

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Russell Martin plays for the LA Dodgers

So rustic over there in LA...

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. These guys are all huge names for anyone who knows anything about baseball

Is it possible to have one thread about baseball without anti-NY resentment?

Since when is Baltimore "flyover country????"

[charlie and algernon]

13. Baltimore doesn't get NEARLY the attention NY or Boston gets

baltimore or minnesota or Cleveland or Florida could come back from a 10 run deficit and win, but if the yankees and red sox are playing, those are the games they will talk about.

[Renew Deal]

15. Isn't the Red Sox right fielder still in?

:shrug:

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. Yeah, baseball's a big conspiracy to make you feel bad about yourself

:eyes:

I usually have a couple of games going on in the background on MLB TV's Mosaic. I watch Baseball Tonight every night. They give equal time to all the teams. My local news shows Cubbies and Sox before they show anything from NY and Boston, if they show those games at all. I suspect your local news does the same for your local team. If not, it's because you have huge northeast populations in south florida, not because some cabal is shitting on "flyover country." Trust me. Nobody in NYC cares enough to shit on you.

So who is your famous "they" who only pay attention to the Yankees and Bosox? Answer: nobody. It's in your head.

[crimsonblue]

36. HAHAHA

if you think that BT gives equal time to the AL central and AL East, you're crazy...

[alcibiades_mystery]

42. When it's a big story like the Rays sweeping the Bosox

and nothing much is going on the AL Central, then, no. It's not equal time at the cost of interest.

I'm in Chicago, by the way.

Ahem. North Side.

[crimsonblue]

44. so you're used to the Sox being neglected in favor of the Cubbies..

but everyone loves futility, so I can understand.

[alcibiades_mystery]

48. Transplanted New Yawkah, kiddo

Which accounts for the obnoxiousness.

The notion that the Sox don't get coverage is ridiculous. But then, you say downthread that you don't pay much attention to bball, no?

[crimsonblue]

54. true...

I suppose that's changed a bit since the sox won the WS, but you gotta admit, Chicago is a Cubs town...

[alcibiades_mystery]

60. 60-40, maybe

Where I live, yes. Cubs all the way.

I go down in the numbered streets, and I don't see the W flags flying. It's all black hats.

[Renew Deal]

This is for you

:evilgrin:

[crimsonblue]

38. lmfao

I wish they'd kept Soria in... he could closed the 12th out.

[alcibiades_mystery]

39. LOL

:thumbsup:

[charlie and algernon]

109. the famous "they" is ESPN, lol

tell me, when was the last time ESPN televised in primetime 2 out of 3 or all 3 games of a Dodgers-Giants series? Last I checked they had a huge rivalry. How many times has ESPN shown an Angels-Oakland game in Primetime or Florida-Atlanta or Minnesota-Cleveland or any two random teams where neither of them WEREN'T in NYC or Boston or Chicago?

[alcibiades_mystery]

117. Get real

2008 Sunday Night Baseball Schedule:

March 30- Atlanta at Washington
April 6- Chicago White Sox at Detroit (ESPN2, ESPN2 HD)
April 13- New York Yankees at Boston
April 20- New York Mets at Philadelphia
April 27- Los Angeles Angels at Detroit
May 4- Chicago Cubs at St. Louis
May 11- Boston at Minnesota
May 18- New York Mets at New York Yankees
May 25- Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox
June 1 - July 6- TBD
July 13- Colorado at New York Mets
July 20- Boston at Los Angeles Angels (6 p.m. ET)
August 3: Philly v. St. Louis
Remainder of schedule TBD.

Blame MLB for scheduling the Sunday games.

Upcoming non-Sunday games on ESPN:

Milwaukee v. St. Louis

You're imagining it.

[Renew Deal]

11. The Dodgers catcher is still in.

And he's playing great.

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. No surprise there

La Vie Loca is our MVP. :D

[crimsonblue]

4. I hope they go to a tie...

tee hee. The ASG should NOT count.

[Renew Deal]

10. Then where will they play the World Series?

May I suggest Hawaii. :D

[crimsonblue]

14. maybe they'll do what they're supposed to do...

let the team with the most reg. season wins have home field advantage. Anything else is BS, IMO.

[Renew Deal]

17. But there's no inter league play.

Oh wait. :D

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. Totally agree

It's the correct system. You should be rewarded for having the most wins in the entire majors, especially now that we have inter-league play.

[pokerfan]

26. Then the home run derby winner decides HFA

14^th inning coming up!

[crimsonblue]

34. are you series?

I think after 9 innings, they should have a bat-off. 1 batter per team... 10 outs... 1 pitcher per team.. most HR wins...

[pokerfan]

35. Like in hockey or soccer

[crimsonblue]

41. exactly...

maybe have a pitch speed-off. give every pitcher 1 throw. whomever throws fastest gets the win for his team.

[KitchenWitch]

58. Fine by me!

My man Justin Morneau won THAT!

[pokerfan]

65. The HR derby should mean something!

[KitchenWitch]

69. LOL

[Renew Deal]

71. Sorta

He won technically. Hamilton was unreal.

I was there.

[KitchenWitch]

88. Oh yeah, I know

By the rules of it, Morneau won.

But the show Hamilton put on was nothing short of amazing.

:hi:

[Renew Deal]

92. We were all stunned when he hit the back wall on his third homer.

It woke everyone up. It was a sick shot.

[KitchenWitch]

95. The balls were just sailing last night!

For everyone. I have never seen anything like that.

[MissMillie]

108. yeah, because staying up until 1 a.m. to watch a ball game

isn't late enough.

[KamaAina]

112. You laugh, and you scoff,

but I'll have you know that Aloha Stadium was built with the promise of an expansion team with which to fill it!

Of course, it probably would have lasted about as long as the Seattle Pilots. Even the AAA Hawaii Islanders were eventually poached -- by Colorado Springs. Eeeeeek!

[pokerfan]

5. Isn't this what they wanted?

No more tie all-star games. Now it means something!

[charlie and algernon]

9. yeah

the best part of it is that no marquee names are left in the game. they put so much hype into fan voting and NONE of the winners are playing.

[crimsonblue]

16. Fans should have NO vote!

It's BS... we get players like Veritek and Jeter starting... which is stupid. Let only the managers and baseball writers vote on the teams. (maybe have those that vote for HOF players do the voting...)

[Renew Deal]

19. Yeah, screw the fans that buy tickets. What do they know?

:eyes:

[crimsonblue]

21. when you have 5 starters from Bos and NY, it's pretty stupid

and when Ryan Howard, the NL leader in HR and RBI doesn't make the ASG, something's fuct up.

[Renew Deal]

24. The manager could have put him on the team.

Blame him.

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Most of 'em just know who their favorites are

And that's all they care about.

[crimsonblue]

33. someone should create a comp program

that will choose the players with the best stats.. That way, the best players would make it. Veritek is not one of the best catchers in the AL (this year). Goddamn you McCarver.... yes we know it counts (sorry... i just heard the bastard say that and it pissed me off).

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. You are so full of crap that you're funny.

There are quite a few "names" left in the game. I think it's time for you to sit down now.

[crimsonblue]

28. to be fair

only yankee and bosox players are any good. :P

[Renew Deal]

30. Correction

Only Yankees players are any good.

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. Correction. Only Magglio, Curtis, Carlos and the Tigers are any good.

[charlie and algernon]

110. really?

I'd love if you went to any small town and asked random people who Ian Kinsler is or Russell Martin or Dan Uggla or Michael Young. Then ask them if they know who Arod is or Ortiz or Soriano or Jeter. I betcha 9 out of 10 will know everyone in the second group and no one in the first. And my point in the post you're responding to was that none of the players the fans voted for, except Wright, who only made it in because Soriano was hurt, was still in the game by the 13th inning.

[Renew Deal]

8. Making these games count was dumb.

On the other hand, that might be why they are still playing. The lost sleep sucks, but the game is terrific. That Dodgers catcher is outstanding. So was Cook from the Rockies. The Pirate center fielder made some good plays too.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Carlos Guillen is in. David Who????

[charlie and algernon]

32. Wright is really the only marquee name left in

Guillen, Drew, Martin aren't household names nationwide

[alcibiades_mystery]

37. David Wright isn't a household name

That's ridiculous.

David Wright didn't even make the All Star team. He was a replacement player because Soriano was injured.

[crimsonblue]

40. David Wright is mentioned at least a couple times a week

on Sportscenter and Baseball Tonight.. I'd say he's marquee. I don't follow much bball, but I know more about him than players on my hometown royals.

[Renew Deal]

45. David Wright is a marquee player

Especially in NY. He won the internet vote.

[alcibiades_mystery]

46. That's on you

I watch Sportscenter pretty much every night. Your characterization is wrong. They talk about Wright, sure. And they don't talk about the Royals much, usually because they fucking suck. When the Mets were sucking it up in April and May, you didn't hear much about them either, except to hear that they sucked.

[crimsonblue]

47. I understand not talking about the shitty teams

but I'd have to say that there is much more talk about the AL and NL East than the AL and NL Central.

[alcibiades_mystery]

50. And I'd say you're imagining it

:-)

[crimsonblue]

52. that's possible...

but I do enjoy that Sportscenter always gives more than fair time to KU bball.

[alcibiades_mystery]

55. You guys got a freaking Titletown special!

Come on, now!

[crimsonblue]

57. i wasn't being sarcastic

I meant KU basketball. Almost all our games get at least some mention on SC.

[Renew Deal]

53. The NL and AL east are traditionally more competitive than other divisions.

And this year is no different.

[crimsonblue]

59. it's because the 3 biggest market teams are there...

in bosox, yanks, and mets.. nobody's given a shit about the dodgers since what's his name was their catcher.

[Renew Deal]

63. I suppose you forgot Tampa Bay (this year), Atlanta, Philly, and Florida

Florida won the world series a few years ago. Atlanta was in the playoffs year after year. Philly squeezed by the Mets last year. And the Yankees have made the playoffs 13 years in a row. In that time the Yankees have won it all 4 times. The Red Sox twice. The Marlins twice. And I think Atlanta won once. The action is in the East.

[alcibiades_mystery]

66. The entire NL West is sub .500!

Including the division leading Diamondbacks! They might make the playoffs sub .500. It's a fucking disgrace out there.

In any case, I saw a long segment just the other day on Baseball Tonight all about how the NL CENTRAL was the best division in the NL (objectively true, per records). This was before the Mets won 9 nine straight.

[Renew Deal]

43. David Wright won the internet vote

So he's pretty well known.

[Renew Deal]

27. Make that 14th

:boring:

[pokerfan]

49. 15th

I hope this is over before the late news.

[Renew Deal]

51. You mean early news don't you?

:boring:

[pokerfan]

62. The news at 11

They got half an hour to wrap this up.

[Reverend_Smitty]

56. what is it about Yankee Stadium?

is there a law that I don't know about that requires every game played in that stadium to be more than 3.5 hours?

[Renew Deal]

67. It's like an unwritten rule.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

61. I just checked online to see the final score, assuming they MUST be done at 1:31 AM EDT.

Silly me.

Bottom of the 15th.

:crazy:

[Renew Deal]

77. You checked in just in time.

[crimsonblue]

64. who gives a shit about youkilis drinking a red bull?

seriously.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

68. He's Yoooooouuuuuukkkk.

:rofl:

All you damn northeastern haters--can't catch a break, eh?

:sarcasm:

:P

[crimsonblue]

70. I hope it ends on a walk-off WALK.

haha

[crimsonblue]

72. HE WAS FUCKING OUT

[Oeditpus Rex]

74. No

I thought so too until the replay.

[crimsonblue]

79. looked like his foot went over the plate without touching....

but maybe it cancels out the out call from the 12th inning (i think that inning) call at home plate.

[Renew Deal]

82. The 12th inning call was good too.

There was a bogus stolen base in extra innings though.

[crimsonblue]

90. i dunno abt the 12th...

to me, his glove was over his leg and the guys foot touched home before the NL catcher got him.

[Oeditpus Rex]

84. How can you tell that from that camera angle?

:wtf:

[Renew Deal]

75. He was safe.

It was a good call.

[reyd reid reed]

76. Nah...

replay shows his foot hitting the plate just a split second before the tag.

Shit.

x(

[KitchenWitch]

80. Watch the replay

[crimsonblue]

91. i did....

I posted that one about 1 second after the play, so gimme a break.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Haha, AL wins it.

:thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

78. w00t!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

81. Damn straight.

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

83. It's an omen

Republican League wins the All-Star Game, McSame will win the election.









Live with it. :P

[SeattleGirl]

85. ......

:spank:

:grr:

:P

[reyd reid reed]

87. Interestingly, this is the first

time the AL's won in extras. Every other time (10, not counting tonight and 2002), NL's won.

[Oeditpus Rex]

89. Gee, that helps

:P

[reyd reid reed]

94. I said it was interesting -- not helpful.

Nyah.

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

96. Well, gimme somethin' to ease my pain, dammit!

A leg pic might do. :)

[reyd reid reed]

100. I don't know just how

a leg pic would help, but far be it from me to deny someone a respite from their pain.

[KitchenWitch]

101. And only two of those players know how to wear baseball pants!

x(

[Oeditpus Rex]

103. Did you notice A-Clod tonight?

Pulled up his pants, but white shoes?



Whatta ubermegadick.

[reyd reid reed]

105. The most un-uniform (is that a word? If not, now it is)

uniforms. Sheesh.

[Oeditpus Rex]

102. You

suck.



x(

[reyd reid reed]

104. What...

...me?

[MissMillie]

107. how did the AL become the Republican League? (n/t)

.

[crimsonblue]

86. Now i have to hope the Yankees make the WS

and then ....


They go to game 7 with a 2 run lead in the 9th inning. 2 outs. Rivera on the mound. 0-2 count to Edmonds. Runners on the corners. He jacks a home run to end the curse and destroy the home that Ruth built. The universe collapses into a blackhole. The End.

[Renew Deal]

93. Is that game scheduled for December 21, 2012?

:scared:

[crimsonblue]

97. nah, it's scheduled for Easter Sunday, 2036....

when Apophos is due to hit the Earth... exactly 7 years after it passes through the grav. keyhole within 100,000 mi of Earth.

[Chovexani]

98. Holy shit man

What's in this shit?! :smoke: :scared:

[crimsonblue]

99. come on...

you should know the feeling of beating the yanks in game 7 with 2 outs off Rivera....

[alcibiades_mystery]

106. If it was in Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would still get an at bat

Suspension of disbelief is crucial for fantasies.

[crimsonblue]

111. yeah i guess it was at Az

but it doesn't make it any less sweet.

[alcibiades_mystery]

115. D-Backs, as I recall, were pretty heavily favored that year

That was really a miracle year for the Yankees, with Jeter's miracle play at Oakland and two incredible come from behind victories at Yankee Stadium against the D-Backs in the series. Remember that the D-Backs went up 2-0, and then took a large lead into the late innings of game 3. Yankees won three straight at home, two with walk-offs. Then the D-Backs killed the Yankees in game 6, something like 22-1. And Game 7 was definitely a walk off hit in the 10th off Riviera (the Yankees had a one run lead going into the bottom of the tenth).

I'm a Mets fan. Grew up in the shadow of Shea, really. But that was 2001, and I was in Lower Manhattan on 9/11, and there was a strange kind of feeling in the city that they should win that year, and they really did far better than expected in some of the most dramatic playoffs in years (they beat the Mets the previous year, if you remember). I was pulling for them. This description is from memory, in fact.

[crimsonblue]

116. I was so happy that the Yanks miracle season was squashed...

I'm vindictive like that, though. Plus, weren't the Yanks up in the 9th with Rivera on the mound? look at this lineup of Dbacks hitters: Mark Grace, David Delucci, Jay Bell, Damien Miller, Tony Womack, Craig Counsel, Luis Gonzalez... Is there more than 2 HOFers on that list? I admit that Gonzo had a career year and Gracie was solid, but who else? Rivera at that point had a 0.70 postseason ERA-- an all-time best. Big time choke from the entire Yankees defense.

[alcibiades_mystery]

118. I said I was a Met fan

I don't care if they choked or not.

It was sad for New York, I guess, and most people felt it.

I have the luck of being raised a New Yorker who has lived both in NYC as an adult and elsewhere, even in the sticks (Central Pennsylvania). What I found is that people who hate New York spend far more time hating New York than anyone in New York spends even thinking about the rest of the country. It's odd that way. It's like a group of high school girls who assume that some other girl condescends to them, while that girl doesn't have the slightest clue who they even are. This uneven investment in the whole thing is mostly manifested in Yankee hatred. But really, Arizona who? So the Yankees lost. Eh. Thirteen straight in the playoffs means you can lose some from time to time, and you do. It's never the end of the world.

It was the tenth, not the ninth. Definitely extra innings.

[crimsonblue]

119. sure about that? it was the ninth

[BeachBaby]

113. Last night was disturbing.

Did ya hear the Yankee fans BOOING the old-timers being introduced onto the field? Absolutely devoid of class.

And what is up with singing "God Bless America" for the 7th inning stretch? Seriously.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

114. They're the Skankees.

:shrug: