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Why the hell is Mexico being considered?
Anyway, wouldn't mind Montreal getting a team back and reviving the Expos. Las Vegas would be hot as hell during the summer, enough teams in San Antonio. Portland and Charlotte wouldn't be bad. Weather's nice, could rule the state in terms of sports popularity, and it would be logical for Tampa Bay and Oakland since they're a short distance. |
Love the Cincinnati crowd the last few nights. They've been shit hot and it's fucking awesome. The ovation they gave their franchise four, particularly Johnny Bench and Pete Rose, was out fucking standing.
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My uncle from Vegas was pretty hilarious when the Expos were being moved. "They could move em to Vegas and not even change the name! Expos are what Vegas is built for!"
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Harold Reynolds almost as painful to listen to as Chris Berman
"You notice the stars on the jerseys? Its a new little added touch for the All-Star games. They put stars on there representing how many games you've played. (Camera shows two on Kris Bryant) Not two for you." |
What's worse is they've been doing that shit for years. How Harold Reynolds still has a job is beyond me. The only time I've ever enjoyed him was when Brian Kenny tore him a new ass hole daily on MLB now.
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I figured out Harold Reynolds' celebrity lookalike:
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Not digging the all-star caps.
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<font color=goldenrod>Holy fuck, Jacob deGrom</font> :love:
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Brockstar stolen base leads to the run! Whoo.
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Can we ever get rid of God Bless America in the middle of games? So terrible.
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<font color=goldenrod>Bochy really blew it in the 7th IMO. Even if K-Rod had put up a 1-2-3 inning, did he really need to pitch in this? Dude's already been in a ton of ASGs.
Meanwhile you have a guy with a really nice story like AJ Burnett in his first ASG, or at least put in Shelby Miller or somebody.</font> |
Joe Buck has been fucking terrible calling this game. Everybody's gritty and now he's claiming a catcher with a surgically repaired knee can run and isn't slow. Does Buck watch baseball?
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<font color=goldenrod>Vegas odds probably just swung for a few AL teams thanks to this stupid, arbitrary way in which they decide home field advantage of the biggest series of the season.</font>
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Mike Trout baby
Bunch of salty KC fans whining about him winning the MVP |
<font color=goldenrod>Trout was the only real choice.
AL has dominated the ASG for like 20 years now. Gotta figure constantly having guys on the team like Trout, prime A-Rod, etc. over the years has helped.</font> |
Why did Chris Sale not pitch in the ASG?
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<font color=goldenrod>Here are each team's "Franchise Four" players that were voted on by the fans.
Angels Vladimir Guerrero Nolan Ryan Tim Salmon Mike Trout Astros Jeff Bagwell Lance Berkman Craig Biggio Nolan Ryan Athletics Dennis Eckersley Jimmie Foxx Rickey Henderson Reggie Jackson Blue Jays Roberto Alomar Joe Carter Carlos Delgado Roy Halladay Braves Hank Aaron Chipper Jones Greg Maddux Warren Spahn Brewers Cecil Cooper Rollie Fingers Paul Molitor Robin Yount Cardinals Lou Brock Bob Gibson Rogers Hornsby Stan Musial Cubs Ernie Banks Ryne Sandberg Ron Santo Billy Williams D-backs Paul Goldschmidt Luis Gonzalez Randy Johnson Curt Schilling Dodgers Don Drysdale Sandy Koufax Jackie Robinson Duke Snider Giants Barry Bonds Willie Mays Willie McCovey Buster Posey Indians Bob Feller Tris Speaker Jim Thome Omar Vizquel Mariners Ken Griffey Jr. Felix Hernandez Edgar Martinez Ichiro Suzuki Marlins Jeff Conine Mike Lowell Gary Sheffield Giancarlo Stanton Mets Keith Hernandez Mike Piazza Tom Seaver David Wright Nationals/Expos Gary Carter Andre Dawson Vladimir Guerrero Tim Raines Orioles Jim Palmer Cal Ripken Jr. Brooks Robinson Frank Robinson Padres Tony Gwynn Trevor Hoffman Randy Jones Dave Winfield Phillies Richie Ashburn Steve Carlton Robin Roberts Mike Schmidt Pirates Roberto Clemente Bill Mazeroski Willie Stargell Honus Wagner Rangers Adrian Beltre Ivan Rodriguez Nolan Ryan Michael Young Rays Evan Longoria David Price James Shields Ben Zobrist Red Sox Pedro Martinez David Ortiz Ted Williams Carl Yastrzemski Reds Johnny Bench Barry Larkin Joe Morgan Pete Rose Rockies Andres Galarraga Todd Helton Troy Tulowitzki Larry Walker Royals George Brett Dan Quisenberry Bret Saberhagen Frank White Tigers Miguel Cabrera Ty Cobb Hank Greenberg Al Kaline Twins Rod Carew Harmon Killebrew Tony Oliva Kirby Puckett White Sox Harold Baines Paul Konerko Minnie Minoso Frank Thomas Yankees Joe DiMaggio Lou Gehrig Mickey Mantle Babe Ruth</font> |
<font color=goldenrod>I think most of them are spot-on. There's definitely a bit of recentism bias as per usual when things like this are done but most are probably justifiable. Ex: for the Giants I really don't know how you leave off a guy like Juan Marichal...but Posey's been a centerpiece to 3 titles in the last 5 years so it's understandable that he won the vote.
Feel like Pujols would have made it for the Cards if he was still playing there now, although I have no idea which of those 4 guys you'd take off. The Rays list is kinda hilarious to look at. That being said I have no idea how you leave off Carl Crawford who still holds many of their offensive records.</font> |
I'd put Dave Stieb on the list over Joe Carter. Hell, I'd put Bautista over Carter. Take away the walk off home run and Carter really isn't that special.
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Lol @ Omar Vizquel on the Indians list. Nolan Ryan made 3 lists. Incredible.
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The Orioles 4 are all hall of famers
As, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers, phillies, Pirates and Yankees only other teams with their 4 in the HOF |
Tigers 4 are good... would be nice to see Sweet Lou or Trammell on the list but not sure who I'd take off
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<font color=goldenrod>The Mets are the exact 4 I voted for. 1 rep from each "era" of the team. Yeah Gooden and Strawberry were viewed as the cornerstones of the '86 championship team, but Keith was still the final piece of the puzzle and was the captain. Plus Doc/Straw allowed their personal demons to screw their legacies with the team. Keith's still ridiculously popular today, has his number out of circulation, is hysterical as an announcer, etc.</font>
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I'd swap out Pedro or Ortiz for the Red Sox and stick Clemens in there.
Happy the Old Guard is in for the Yankees. Thought for sure Derek Jeter was gonna get one of those spots. Everybody else looks fine. |
Nolan Ryan showing up on 3. If I ever meet than man before I die, I'm just gonna drop to my knees Wayne's World style and just say "I'm not worthy". Damn that man is a god.
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I don't think I agree with The Phillies "4." I would leave Richie Ashburn off the list, and put Utley or Howard on it.
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Didn't realize trout had hit for the natural cycle in his last 4 asg 1st at bat
12 single 13 double 14 triple 15 hr |
The Cubs and Dbacks lists are alright by me. :y:
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Jeff Conine FTW
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Love the first day back after the break. Baseball. Woo!
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You should probably just skip the next 3 days
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<font color=goldenrod>Let's see where my preseason predictions are at right now:
NL East - Nationals Central - Cardinals West - Dodgers Wild Card - Pirates, Mets I have it nearly spot on so far. Top 4 seeds all in place atm and the Mets are just 1 game behind the Cubs for the 2nd WC. Given the Mets' offensive woes I could unfortunately see them having their usual second-half swoon, but hopefully I'm wrong. The other 4 teams feel safe though. Cards/Bucs should fight for the division until the final week but both should make the playoffs comfortably. Nats are bound to pull away once their injured players return. Dodgers just feel like they have too much talent to not make it. AL East - Blue Jays Central - Tigers West - Angels Wild Card - Mariners, Red Sox Welp...this one looks pretty bad right now. Angels are the only ones that would be right if the season ended today. Still think they're looking good in the West as I feel like the Astros' inexperience will catch up with them down the stretch. Jays are under .500 but only 4 games out in the awful AL East. I had the Royals and Twins finishing 4th and 5th in the Central and boy how wrong I was...Detroit should stay in the Wild Card hunt but making up a 9 game deficit in the division? That's tough. And the Wild Card teams, ouch. Knew I shouldn't have allowed myself to get caught up in the stupid Mariners hype. MVP: Trout and Harper. Both seem extremely safe right now. Not sure I can really make a case for anybody except Trout in the AL atm. Harper's top competition is Goldschmidt but knowing the way voters think he'll need to get the Triple Crown or something to win the award if his team doesn't make the playoffs. Cy Young: Price and Kershaw. Price is definitely one of the top contenders in the AL. NL is absolutely loaded with amazing SP right now so Kershaw's best bet is to hope many of the voters look beyond the traditional stats like ERA (and the old fogeys who still care about W-L for pitchers). ROTY: Norris and Bryant. Norris? Lol...nope. Seems clear the NL will be either Bryant or Pederson. I wonder if Pederson getting the slight head start to his season may end up the difference maker. Comeback: Machado and Harvey. It's hard to predict who voters will even consider for this award. Machado is beasting it up though and I still think Harvey has done enough to earn voter support. MOTY: McClendon and Maddon. McClendon, again...lol nope. Maddon I'd think would need to be the frontrunner for the NL atm. Tough to vote MOTY for a team everyone knew would be good like the Cards, Dodgers, Nats, etc. Cubs were a joke for a few years and are now well over .500 and in the race.</font> |
Love Pederson, but will voters pick him if he's still hitting ~.230 by season's end?
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How's Scott Feldman doing for the O's this year, droford?
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More importantly, how's Corey Feldman doing?
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Not banging Susie Feldman anymore, so probably not well.
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