MLB 2012

[ghost]

It really doesn't matter who deserves to play or not.  The All Star Game is just fucking stupid. 

[Paelos]

It really doesn't matter who deserves to play or not.  The All Star Game is just fucking stupid. 

Totally disagree. The Pro Bowl is fucking stupid. The NBA all star game is fucking stupid.

This game is one of the few I actually watch and look forward to.

[ghost]

You can have it then, bro.  I think all "all star games" are boring, contrived dinosaurs.  I haven't watched an all star game in any sport since the early '80s. 

[Paelos]

You can have it then, bro.  I think all "all star games" are boring, contrived dinosaurs.  I haven't watched an all star game in any sport since the early '80s. 

Pfft, you watch people race bikes. 

[Sjofn]

Ain't nothin' wrong with the All Star Game in baseball, I imagine the non-All Stars kinda like the break. :P

[ghost]

You can have it then, bro.  I think all "all star games" are boring, contrived dinosaurs.  I haven't watched an all star game in any sport since the early '80s. 

Pfft, you watch people race bikes. 

Watch it........

 

[HaemishM]

Ain't nothin' wrong with the All Star Game in baseball, I imagine the non-All Stars kinda like the break. :P

The only thing wrong with the All-Star game is it determines home field for the World Series. That's beyond retarded and fuck Bud Selig for coming up with it. The rest I can choose to happily ignore because it really isn't that interesting.

[Paelos]

I still don't know why it doesn't go to the team with the best regular season record. I guess that would be TOO SIMPLE.

[Rasix]

It is nice that the MLB All Star game is played at a competitive level higher than tiddly winks.  It's the lone one I enjoy watching.  Would removing the incentive change it? Probably not. 

[HaemishM]

Removing the incentive wouldn't change anything about the game. When I was a kid, the All-Star game was played with the same enthusiasm it is now, and it meant nothing but personal pride. The difference between it and the Pro Bowl is the chance for injury is much lower due to baseball being a non-contact sport.

[Trippy]

Unless you are Pete Rose

[Ingmar]

I  the All-Star Game, and Ghost hates fun. It is known.

[ghost]

I particularly hate the enjoyable kinds of fun.   

[Rasix]

Thus cycling.

[Bunk]

Watched the first inning of the All-Star before turning it off. Why did I turn it off after one inning (other than the fact that it took 35 minutes to play)?

So, they are doing this cool thing where they show you the current hitting stats of each player as they come up, and then showing how they rank in their league. Found it interesting, as I really only follow two teams in baseball. There's Hamilton - 1st across the board in all the power stats, wow - tied for first in home runs. Ok, now here's Bautista - only player I really follow that's in the game (Encarnacione got ripped off) - let's see where he ranks (I only know that he's tied for first in HRs). He comes up and - they cut to this pretty waterfall in the outfield. Then the announcers spend his entire at bat talking about what a nifty ballpark this is, quickly cutting back to home plate for each pitch. They don't so much as even put up a graphic of his name, yet alone show the stats they had shown for the 12 previous batters before him.

Fuck you guys. I turned it off.

[Ingmar]

What's up with Jurrjens this season?

[Paelos]

What's up with Jurrjens this season?

That's his first bad game since the comeback. Honestly, I wrote this game off before it started. We're awful at home early in the week, and the Giants are on a hot streak, AND we have like a .200 average against Zito across the lineup.

[Sjofn]

lolbraves

[Paelos]

Don't laugh too hard. There but for the grace of God, go the Giants.

The Braves simply can't hit right now at home when we're playing with a shuffled lineup. That, and Dan Uggla is killing me.

[Sjofn]

I was mostly lolling at how fucking weird the end of the game was. 

[Paelos]

Yeah it was an epic way to self-destruct after a pitcher's duel all night.

The results are looking better today if we can hold it together.

[Sjofn]

I was positive we would lose when the Giants took out two of the dudes on the team who actually know how to hit the ball.

[Paelos]

I was positive we would lose when the Giants took out two of the dudes on the team who actually know how to hit the ball.

Cabrera continues to act like a douchenozzle when he does something good. Thanks for making me hate you, Melky, after you spent some time here being a useless blob.

[Ingmar]

Something must be pissing him off, this is the first time he's done anything like this kind of stuff since he's been with the team. (I kind of enjoy it.  )

[Paelos]

Yeah well we won regardless, so he can cram that up his ass today.

I still picked the Giants to win their division so dropping 2 to them when they are batting the best in the NL this week is no big shame.

Now we have to go to Washington for 4. 

[Sjofn]

God, do I want Tim to crush the Phillies tomorrow. I fucking hate the Phillies.

[Ingmar]

This just blows my mind.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8184102/colorado-rockies-ship-jeremy-guthrie-kansas-city-royals-jonathan-sanchez

I mean, he has been as bad as a pitcher can be. And now they're going to put him in Coors Field? I guess he might be able to motivate himself slightly in games against the Giants?

EDIT:

In other news, holy shit Bud Selig said something right.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/8184669/mlb-commissioner-bud-selig-no-hurry-put-ads-uniforms

[Teleku]

Ah, Sanchez.  Best trade we ever made.

And yeah, fuck the advertising shit.  Sad to hear the NBA caved on that (but if any league would, its them).  The giant ass corporate logos across soccer uniforms has always bugged the hell out of me and made me further disrespect the game.  Always thought it hilarious since its suppose to be Americans who are the materialist corporate whores of the world.

[Bunk]

And it appears that Toronto and Houston just traded half their teams to each other. Jays picked up three pitchers, so I guess they are actually serious about trying to finish above .500

[Sjofn]

Sanchez threw a no-hitter against San Diego in 2009 and the Royals traded away Melky Cabrera to get him last November in what turned out to be one of the worst trades in team history. Sanchez was winless in his final 11 starts with Kansas City. Cabrera was named MVP of the All-Star Game earlier this month.

Well, now I feel guilty.

[Sjofn]

Suck it, Phillies! 

[ghost]

It's always a bummer when teams from Philadelphia lose.  

Also, I have no idea whether Jim Thome doped or not, but he's really pretty much a badass.  Now he's 7th on the all time list for home runs. 

[Teleku]

Sanchez threw a no-hitter against San Diego in 2009 and the Royals traded away Melky Cabrera to get him last November in what turned out to be one of the worst trades in team history. Sanchez was winless in his final 11 starts with Kansas City. Cabrera was named MVP of the All-Star Game earlier this month.

Well, now I feel guilty.

Remember that we traded our top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler for Carlos Beltran in 2011, whom we didn't even bother to try and keep afterwards (and who is now providing offensive numbers the giants could really god damn use).  A prospect who, at least currently, everybody is saying is the throwing some of the most amazing stuff ever in the minors.

You should regret nothing!

[Sjofn]

Eh, I don't think that's nearly as bad. That's just derp, you know?


Also, ghost, you misspelled "wonderful thing" in your post, you silly.

[Paelos]

Wow, Braves come back from down 0-9 to win the game in the 11th 11-10, with Strasburg pitching!

That's the game of the season so far.