2009 All Star Game thread

[Chip R]

This will be fun. We can keep track of McCarver's idiotic statements too.

Anyone want to bet Cordero doesn't get into the game?

American

I. Suzuki rf
D. Jeter ss
J. Mauer c
M. Teixeira 1b
J. Bay lf
J. Hamilton cf
M. Young 3b
A. Hill 2b
R. Halladay p

National

H. Ramirez ss
C. Utley 2b
A. Pujols 1b
R. Braun rf
R. Ibanez lf
D. Wright 3b
S. Victorino cf
Y. Molina c
T. Lincecum p

[reds44]

Darn you Chip

[Chip R]

Too slow. :D

[GAC]

Gee! Decisions,decisions. FSO is showing Best Darn Hooters. Wow! Do I want to listen to McCarver or stare?

[Matt700wlw]

Gee! Decisions,decisions. FSO is showing Best Darn Hooters. Wow! Do I want to listen to McCarver or stare?

Stare.

[Chip R]

Gee! Decisions,decisions. FSO is showing Best Darn Hooters. Wow! Do I want to listen to McCarver or stare?


Knowing you, it'll be stare.

[reds44]

Only one man loves Albert Pujols (or St. Louis for that matter) more than George Grande, and that man is Joe Buck.

[Chip R]

I wonder if LaRussa were managing this game if he'd hit the pitcher 8th?

[NC Reds]

Tim Lincecum looks like a homely lesbian.

Not that there is anything wrong with it.

Hooters pageant works for me.

[Reds Fanatic]

A Pujols error leads to the first run. 1-0 AL.

[CrackerJack]

No shortage of gray-haired rich people sitting behind the plate.

[RedsManRick]

Lincecum not missing too many bats tonight... And now he fails to cover 1st and misses an inning ending dp.

[Chip R]

No shortage of gray-haired rich people sitting behind the plate.


I'm too busy looking at the blonde in the black dress to notice the geezers.

[HeatherC1212]

I hope Cordero doesn't get into this game. The Orioles closer, George Sherrill, ended up pitching three innings in this game last year and I think it messed him up for the rest of the season. I'd rather Cordero stay on the bench tonight personally after watching what happened to Sherrill last year. :eek:

And can that Lincecum who couldn't find the strike zone and gave up some runs show up if the Reds have to face him in the second half of the season?! LOL :laugh:

[Matt700wlw]

Those lineups are pretty stacked ;)

[BCubb2003]

I hope Cordero doesn't get into this game

It's a good thing Harang's not on the team.

[Matt700wlw]

The All-Star game is the one game that SHOULD use the DH...

Other than that, rule can go away for all I care.

[HeatherC1212]

The All-Star game is the one game that SHOULD use the DH...

Other than that, rule can go away for all I care.

Aww, you didn't enjoy watching Halliday try to hit the ball?! I found it very amusing, LOL :laugh:

[Chip R]

Molina ties it up with a base hit and an overthrow.

[Reds Fanatic]

The NL takes a 3-2 lead on 4 straight 2 out hits.

[Chip R]

Wait a minute, Ryan Franklin made the All Star team? Ryan Freaking Franklin?

[Chip R]

That Roy Halliday, Low Talker.

[HeatherC1212]

Wait a minute, Ryan Franklin made the All Star team? Ryan Freaking Franklin?

Yeah and people wonder why a lot of baseball fans don't take this game seriously anymore. :rolleyes:

[Tom Servo]

This is the biggest Cardinals love-in I've ever seen.

[Chip R]

This is the biggest Cardinals love-in I've ever seen.

Since the last Cardinals-Reds game that George Grande did.

[Tony Cloninger]

I agree...no DH....we don't care to see a pitcher really hit. How many AS Game Pitchers were really good hitters?

Wes Ferrell....Gibson....Drysdale....Newcombe.......Or el.

Glad Tim went 2......i guess they will hold back some starters just in case there is another extra innings. Don't trust either Hoffman or Cordero to close this game out...if it is 1-2 runs close.

[Brutus]

I am thankful there is some place still discussing baseball. Everywhere else, including the broadcast, appears to be a political infomercial. It feels like people have never seen a U.S. President throw out a first pitch before.

As far as the game, it's being further ruined for me by the fact it's a Cardinals love fest. Anyone else having a hard time getting into this game?

[Chip R]

Haren in for the NL now.

[Reds Fanatic]

Tie game as Mauer doubles in the tying run.

[HeatherC1212]

I actually watched something else between 9-10 PM and I don't feel like I missed much of anything. This isn't really that exciting and I'm sure I'll be in bed sleeping before this game is over. I'm not a fan of the Cardinals gushfest either but it's better than the Yankee gushfest from last year (although that one made more sense since the Yankees have a ton of history and it was the last year for their ballpark).

[HeatherC1212]

I'm glad Adam Jones gets to play for a while. :)

[Reds Fanatic]

Cordero is in to pitch the 7th

[HeatherC1212]

*prays that the inning goes smoothly for Cordero* :eek:

Nice job Coco!! :D

[Chip R]

Coco won't know what to do with good defense behind him.

[Reds Fanatic]

An easy 1-2-3 inning for Cordero. He only threw 9 pitches.

[BCubb2003]

But it wasn't a save situation!

[reds44]

That went about as well as anybody could have hoped.

[kaldaniels]

Nice representation of the Reds Coco!

[Caveat Emperor]

I would've intentionally walked Pujols in his PAs, just to tick off the Cardinal fans. ;)

[Reds Fanatic]

I wonder if they will keep Cordero out there. I hope they don't but it is getting late in a tie game and they are going to start worrying about running out of players.

[Reds Fanatic]

Cordero is out of the game. Heath Bell is replacing him.

[HeatherC1212]

Cordero and Jones have made me very happy tonight. They represented their teams very well. :)

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

Nice job Bud, the AL is poised to win another All-Star Game and gain home-field advantage yet again.

Will Bud ever admit a mistake?

[BCubb2003]

Nice job Bud, the AL is poised to win another All-Star Game and gain home-field advantage yet again.

Will Bud ever admit a mistake?

Maybe the AL fans are just smarter than the NL fans.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

It's amazing to me that this commissioner, who has done little good for the game since he's taken over, failed to just look at the history of the All-Star Game before making knee-jerk decisions to try to inflate its TV ratings.

It's always gone through HUGE streaks by one league or another. How Selig could think that linking World Series home-field advantage to this game is beyond me. And despite being a Reds fan and an NL fan, I find myself rooting for ASG chaos and continued AL domination, to further expose the fraud of Bud Selig.

[CrackerJack]

Funny how "great baseball town" teams also seem to be in 1st place every year.

[Tony Cloninger]

Even if they win this game....it will still be NL 40 AL 38...which shows how dominant the NL was all during the 60's 70's and almost the whole 80's.

Tired of this AL domination....as i read the AL boards....they think it's the greatest domination ever in AS game history.

Does anyone even look at any baseball history on those boards.

[Reds/Flyers Fan]

Even if they win this game....it will still be NL 40 AL 38...which shows how dominant the NL was all during the 60's 70's and almost the whole 80's.

Tired of this AL domination....as i read the AL boards....they think it's the greatest domination ever in AS game history.

Does anyone even look at any baseball history on those boards.

Hard to argue that the AL is clearly the better league now, and over the past decade.

[Tony Cloninger]

Agree that they are....although at least 3 of the last 5 games could and at least 1 if not 2 of them should have been NL wins. If only COULD counted.

[Degenerate39]

Wait a minute, Ryan Franklin made the All Star team? Ryan Freaking Franklin?

Isn't he the best pitcher in baseball though?

[cumberlandreds]

Isn't he the best pitcher in baseball though?

Didn't Franklin get caught doing steriods a couple of years ago or am I think of something or someone else? Anyway it just shows you what a great pitching coach Dave Duncan is. I think he could take about anyone and make them into a decent pitcher.

I didn't know the Hooters pagent was on or I would have tuned to that. :D Oh well.......I went to bed after the 2nd inning anyway.

These all star streaks are just cyclable. The NL won something like 19 out of 20 when I was younger. Now the AL is on that type of streak. Probably before I die it will cycle back to the NL. The AL has had the better players for quite some time. But I see evening out more now than just a few years ago.

[Eric_the_Red]

Don't know if anyone listens to The BS Report podcast with Bill Simmons, but on a recent show they threw out the idea that instead of the All-Star Game determining homefield for the WS, give it to the league that wins the most interleague games. I thought it was an interesting idea, if you are determined to award homefield on something other than best record. It sure would make the interleague games more interesting.

[Hoosier Red]

Nice job Bud, the AL is poised to win another All-Star Game and gain home-field advantage yet again.

Will Bud ever admit a mistake?

You know I've never liked the idea, but its hard to argue that it hasn't gained the results the commssioner wanted.

There's no doubt that the game has a little more intensity(especially to the managers.) And they're guaranteeing that managers aren't going to run out of players.