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All-Star Game Open Thread

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Come chat about all the Braves All-Stars. And to everyone who wants to make their cleverly crafted assertions about how it is unheard of that Omar Infante is an All-Star, stick it where the sun don't shine, and watch him be the MVP of the game.

Martin Prado batting second.

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Omar gets the game-winning RBI.

Omar is a stud.
would be classic omar
Let's Go Braves!

which means I have to root for David Wright, Ryan Howard, Han Ram, Doc, Josh Johnson, ugh! For the better good, let’s go NL!

gross

I don't mind rooting for Johnson/Hanley

I’d rather the Fish win over the Mets/Phils, at least they have no fans.

Lineup would be better

if McCann were in it.

so true, we hang with the through about 6th or 7th in the order

This not being St. Louis, I would hope Useless Molina only gets 2-3 innings.

Molina is going at least 7 innings I bet.

Seeing as McCann is the only other catcher and managers are always kinda skiddish about having no backups.

I disagree.. 2008 went 15 innings. BMac came in in the 15th. I’m not expecting Heap till like the 8th

hence the "at least 7 innings" bit.
McCann

always gets the shaft

NEXT YEAR

Prado, Heyward, McCann IN THE STARTING LINEUP. LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN

We are Americas third favorite team. I think we can make it happen. With the power of grass root voting online. Let’s make it happen!

I would say

Let’s get our 1B in their next year too (Glaus/Freeman)… but we’d have to surpass the immortal Pujols

Not next year but maybe the year after when Pujols leaves St. Louis for greener pasture in the AL (team to be named later).

I would love

for Pujols to sign with Tampa. And kill the Yankees/Red Sox year after year.

That would be a dream come true.

Hello everyone

Firstly this

Secondly, I love Boog:


Jon Sciambi
ESPN Radio NL
                               5-4 I saw it in a dream.

Would anybody under the age of 30 know who George was if it were not for Seinfeld? I am one of those people.

haha yeah

only because I was interested in the business aspect of baseball though.

Yeah but there are literally like owners out there I have no idea who they are? I even have a problem naming the Braves although that would be impossible considering we are run by Liberty Media and not one person.

I don’t know most of them either, but few have been anywhere near as influential as GS

Yeah

I don’t think I can name anyone higher up than FW or JS in the Braves system

I typically heard about him through ESPN.

ya, he’s kind of iconic

I am not saying anything bad about the Boss. I am glad he was in the game of baseball because he gave me a team I can root against and feel no remorse for it. It’s the Evil Empire. Nothing like it nor ever will be.

I certainly would.
link

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=6261176

currently the ASG batting practice show

Been watching it. Pretty awesome.

charlie manuel is a bumbling fool

why?

his interview during the pre-game show was

awkward, and terrible and dumb..

Is ’’Prado’’ really that hard to pronounce? It doesn’t seem like it should be.

still sucks

i thought that stadium was made of sand and A-Rod was a sand monster

/runs from Sand Monster A-Rod

If it helps, you were right about Rodriguez.

I'm rooting for the AL

because I enjoy ridiculously improbable streaks.

And the AL is better by a wide margin.

AL doesn't have Infante

gap closed.

we have a solid shot at winning it all this year, and have been amazing at home. i’m rooting hardcore for the national league.

Steinbrenner Eulogy.

I know this is a Braves board – and I’m a Braves fan – but I felt compelled to write this today. Say what you want, but the man casts a large shadow.

Enjoy. And looking forward to a big night from Omar tonight.

http://sportscasualties.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/george-steinbrenner-yankee-legend-dead/

Heyward said recently that if his thumb didn’t bother him, he would have been in the Derby. I am so glad that did not happen.

I would have been so mad.

(kinda like I was when he played on a hurt thumb and ankle for a month)

Seems like Braves management should be keeping better care of a guy that was the #1 overall prospect in baseball - over Strasburg.

interesting

Buster_ESPN: Heard this:Braves continue to have interest in Cody Ross,who is one of three players the Marlins have made available;Cantu,Robertson others. [via Twitter]

NO NO NO

NO NO NO

how come?
marginal upgrade over LF

and can’t play CF AT ALL

check that....

probably not even an upgrade in LF over a Hinske/Diaz platoon

Yup, I would agree with this.

Not to mention, I don’t want to mess with the chemistry. Or give up prospects for someone like that.

sigh....

if we make it through this trade deadline without making a retarded deal, I will be so excited.

This

Dear Frank;
We know you want to improve the team. That’s a good thing. But please don’t just make a deal just to say “you did something.” Please only do it if there’s a significant, tangible upgrade.

Sincerely,
your friends at TC

So many times THIS!

Duh, that’s why 10-4 made his: I will not sign Jonny Damon poster

GREAT interview

with McCann on MLB Network

Drat. I wish I had MLBN.

Basically said

Prado, Medlen, Venters are the reason we’re in 1st right now.

Disagree about the relative value of Venters (less WAR than KK)

But damn, Medlen is looking like a legit #3 starter. He’s going to provide a ton of value to the Braves in the next 5-7 years.

Haha. Greg Amsinger said NL wins in 12 on an inside the park HR (1-0)

by none other than Infante

Greg Amsinger is missing some critical stem cells.

yeah. Others have chosen Infante to do well, but none like that

MLB Network

loving the Braves right now. Just gave props to Infante

I need to get MLBN. heard good things about it. I can’t stand ESPN anymore.

Go get it. Its soooo great.

This.

infinitely better than ESPN

This x a million.

Love it!

In the (hypothetical) situation that we win the WS, who mananges the ASG next year?

Fredi Gonzalez

Chipper Jones
Jason Heyward.

Because he’s awesome like that.

Nova Scotia Steve

what happened...

to that dude?

Can I just say how much I enjoy being able to enjoy an ASG OT with all my creepy internet acquaintances?
 
Also, Heyward for MVP from the bench.

Anyone watching Jimmy Breslin downplay the hell out of Steinbrenner on ESPN?

Yes.. and pwning Brian Kenny

That came out of nowhere

Kenny has this look on his face like “Can you please just say something nice about him?”

Breslin: What do you want me to say? I guess he was a good family man? IT’S NEW YORK!

Old people rants are always full of awkwardness.

DiGiorno – check
Breadsticks – check
Snapple red tea – check
TC – check
 
Going to be a good night.

sharing - not check

A&W root beer
Spicy chicken sandwich + Zax sauce
Vodka

We have a winner!

i only win because of the vodka

That spicy chicken sandwich sounds good.

Tacos, plus homemade guacamole

AMERICAN PASTIME FAIL

but

ASG deliciousness

Torii Hunter disapproves.

It doesn’t get much more American than tacos.
 
Unless you’re in Arizona.

Sonoran hot dog

OH WAIT

beginning now on FOX?

First the lineups, then the umpires, then 3 different special ceremonies, then the introduction of each fan in attendance, then a profile of every past all star and what they did in their career.
 
Game should start around 9:30 tomorrow morning.

you forgot the hour long tribute to the boss
ha

sounds about right

9:30 Eastern or Specific?

It starts specifiically at 9:30.

you were not joking.....

haha, awesome.

GO BRAVES..ALLSTARS
oh brother..............
i like how they got the movie trailer voice guy
but

he’s dead…

Stars are made of HGH, little Johnny. :P

lionel messi uses HGH

look it up

Yeah, because he had a growth hormone deficiency. Most athletes that use it are perfectly healthy, they just think they need it because of some insecurity regarding their abilities.

crazy cheesiness. i'm sorry
Ubaldo no hitter featured.....
they coulda bleeped out the "Braves" part
Or edited in a sloppy voice-over

“And Ubaldo Jiminez has no-hit the NEW YORK METS OF NEW YORK.”

SC top plays of the 1st half

6- Conrad’s walk off granny

what could have beat that

I think his reaction to it is what made it so special. At least to me.

That’s the only part they ever show, for what it’s worth.

So awesome

National League blowout 20-0, and Infante for MVP, for sure. Gonna be an awesome game.

hahahahah

david wright is the SP for the AL

David Wright has a killer fastball

Decent hitter for a pitcher too. I heard he used to play 3B a little back in high school.

I think he hit a home run this year….

of course The Boss was giving

Yankees payroll proves that

Steinbrenner died today on purpose.

That bombastic prick had to overshadow one more thing before he left this life.

Those were my thoughts EXACTLY.

OMAR FOR MVP

I could see that leading to some confusion on future OTs, though.

Melky is MVP because he's a WINNAR

Sorry if it’s been posted already but here’s a little piece on Bobby from bleacher report from yesterday.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/419145-the-godfather-part-two-bobby-cox-looking-for-his-sequel

Fred McGriff disagrees with the whole “never made a big trade” bit.

Yea, it's a cheeseball article but hey, he's our skipper so I thought I'd share.

I’m not breaking your balls, I’m just sayin the guy who wrote that probably should’ve thought it throught a bit more. It was a neat article otherwise.

Oh, I didn’t think you were. I agree with your thoughts.

OH NOES! Fox announcers….sigh.

I actually like Joe Buck.

-2 for you. 1 for liking Joe Buck and 1 for liking him in light of him being Jack Buck’s son

If they boo Infante, I'm mailing them a used jockstrap.

Omg bravez all starzzz

Heyward got a really nice hand

dumb california fans and their bias

michael bourn is the astros representative- times must be tough in Houston

Do you see all these tears I’m not shedding?

I was playing the world's smallest violin fwiw

Heh… I was thinking the same thing. “Damn, Berkman’s having tough year if Bourn’s in.”

Go Braves and the NL
Giants have one roid user and one stoner lol

Prados gonna homer off price in the 1st inning

I was like wha..

Then I realized why Prado wasnt up there…

no love for the Red Sox in Cali

Angels fans apparently only like players not on the DL

Tim Lincecum has ugly teeth

HAHAHAHAHA

Sawx getting booed.

Who

is Matt Thornton?

Reliever. Very solid

What a badass name..

Fausta Carmona

WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW HOWARD TO FACE PRICE MANUEL

DO YOU HATE WINNING?

that's probably the reason he didn't put McCann in the starting lineup

A-rod is the only tool to step out of line. tool

I thought it was funny
Yankee Haters

abound

a-rod.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Yanks getting booed too.

The Yankees got more boos then the Oakland players got cheers.

My TV was just BadAss for a moment

Elvis.

We could have that instead of fucknuts.

but I like fucknuts

…i like his hair..

So the braves would have traded one shortstop with no power for another?

Sweet.

I seriously don’t know why so many people are pining for Andrus this year. Andrus is an elite defensive shortstop with decent on base skills and zero power.

This year, Yunel Escobar is having an elite defensive season with decent on base skills (.334) and no power.

Two years from now, we’ll we wish we had Andrus, but he’s no upgrade over Yunel in the present.

HA

no one cares about the Canadians

Did Liriano make the team?

nope

wow. that’s a little bit BS

Yeah

but I’ll take it.

i dont like the boo’s.

Hanleys cleats....

…..

MARTEEEEEEEEEEEN

Praaaaaaaaaaa

doooooooooooo

BOOOOO
in the direction of Howard
Ryan Failward

Nice reception for Pujols.

hey look

its that Pardo fella

Charlie Manuel was smoking crack when he decided to start Ryan Howard against David Price.

no one ever accused Charlie Manuel of being smart

I wouldn’t even do that on my fantasy team.

So uh

Just realized the NL East owns the 4/5 top spots in the batting order.

It should have been 3/5.

Howard against a lefty instead of A-Gon or Votto. Why doesn’t he just hand the AL the game and save us all the trouble of watching this?

Yeah.

Loyalty rules this game

MOlina is a fraud

Lots of cheers for Andre

Ethier in CF????

but he can’t even field the corners

LOL @ Molina

I seriously dont get it

at all…not even being biased

everybody likes ichiro!

They keep talking about the AL lineup…….do these people not realize that the NL pitching staff is just filthily nasty this year?

yeah

plus this is the year of the pitcher…

Angel fans loooove Vlad

Almost like Brave fans loooove Chipper

But not as much.

lol

hamilton and ethier in CF……… it’s gonna be a long day

longer than this?

Reading this after the game...

and got quite a giggle from this.

More cheers for Vlad than anyone so far.

Awesome.

I got a little emotional when Prado exited the dugout. Is that weird?

only a little emotional?
I felt like I was watching my kid..
its ok

i touched myself a lil

No.

Depends on how you reacted when you saw Mac

I pumped my fist and shouted “YES!”

But it’s not as dirty as it sounds.

than no, its not wierd that you got a little excited

PREAMBLE

“We the people, in order to create a more maudlin opening ceremony…”

Play some baseball already.

Cue heartstring tugging tripe #1.

wyoming, ontario

LOL

I hate Julia Roberts.

why is han solo talking to me about lending a hand?

Harrison Ford looks dead
hey Harrison Ford

why did you rape Indian Jones

It

was actually Lucas and Spielberg.

HEY THESE ARENT BASEBALL PLAYERS
This is so stupid

Stupid celebrities, getting in the way of mah baseball.

Do we really need self-important Hollywood twits telling us what we should and shouldn’t do, and how we should and shouldn’t feel?
 
This pisses me off. YOU’RE A FLIPPING ACTOR/ACRESS, NUMBNUTS. NOT A PUBLIC POLICY SPEAKER.

If Heyward told you to lend a hand you’d cut off your hand and give it to him. :p

Yeah, but that’s just Heyward, ya know? Who wouldn’t?

He

should totally ask Strasburg to do that.

Charlize Theron in the hole

That’s what Bob Guccione said.

Maybe I should go get something to eat.

By the time I get the game might be started and the NL will be down 10 runs and I can enjoy this game the way it should be seen: as an exhibition game.

Someone wake me up when we play actual baseball

I got a massive erection when Evan Longoria exited the dugout. Is that weird?

Do you have his cap?

Hazel Mae does

oh Snap!

Good job outta you.

Only if you put his cap on it.
Thats it I'm getting some food
Nice

I’m in the mood for Chinese.

I"m all for

Honoring those who give of themselves for the betterment of the human race, the earth, the universe, etc, but do we really have to have a 30 min (obviously exaggerated) commercial about it? Let’s play some damn ball so the NL can win Home Field Advantage for the Bravos in the WS this year, yeesh…..

Is it really

30 min?

on the contrary, wouldn’t you want the AL to get homefield so when the Braves sweep the WS they can win it at home???

hmm

I didn’t think that far ahead…good plan

Ryan Howard DH's, bats clean-up

Listen, Charlie, if Phillie fans can’t even vote the man in, he probably shouldn’t be starting. Phillie fans almost got Polanco a starting position…

STOP MAKING SENSE. There’s no room for that in baseball.

Charlie's just excited that the NL's 8th best first baseman plays on his team

8th! He’s nearly top 5! That’s nearly the best! He’s almost the best!

I don’t know that Charlie can name 5 1B in the NL.

Now I have to buy a new TV. For some reason, the one in my man cave has a remote sticking out of it.
 
I blame Julia Roberts.

Seriously

I don’t wanna be up till midnight. Hurry this game up

this is so painfully long
are they gonna talk about 30 people
These people make this world a better place for many people.
hoooooooooooooooooooooly

I got a (NAME OF HUMAN REACTION) when (PLAYER) exited the dugout. Is that weird?

I got a CONCUSSION when HOWARD exited the dugout.

OHH! Call on me!

Flabergasted and Crawford for $100

I got a headache when Julia Roberts came onto my screen… twice.

I got a CIRCUMCISION when BRAUN left the dugout.

I’m not sure if this wins or not.

I say no

Also

applies for Tebow.

what? Tebow is in no way Jewish

He doesn't

have to be.

So wait: is HE getting the circumcision, or are you? And why?

Tebow

gave circumcisions to kids in the far East Pacific islands for his church.

Ohhhhh. All right, thanks for the clarification. You can tell how much I keep up with SEC.

Go read

BravesJournal. You’ll get all that, and more. Much, much more.

that’s interesting….

I got a coronary when Jason Heyward exited the dugout.

thank you!

WHERE’S THE BEEF BASEBALL?!

FINALLYYYYYYYY
I feel bad they had to stand there that long

WHY IS INDIANA JONES TALKING TO ME?

BUY WAR BONDS WHERE YOU WORK OR BANK!

TOGETHER WE’LL BEAT THE NAZIS!!

it got so bad i am watchinh a summer league game.
what team?

And no love for CyborgHanson? Really celebs? He’s saving the human race, one fastball at a time.

HUMAN BERMAN CHRIS DONE WITH BROADCAST OF EVENT:“HR_DERBY” – PLEASE DAMAGE MY HARD DRIVE FOR PURPOSES OF MEMORY ERASURE

And he has good ideas

LOL I JUST NOTICED ON GAMEDAY

delayed; ceremony

Seriously

the best they can get this year is Glee?? F U FOX

And That song… dear lord, they’re going to put me off of baseball for life in 3… 2… 1…

Ubaldo should bean them, And then we, the people of scene 24, will shout “GET ON WITH IT!!!”

supremely cheetos cheesy + cheez whiz
who the fuck is this
I just want to slap her off the stage
this is not

an American anthem of some type… or is it the new one

THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!!!!

this song isnt about america is it?

That’s NOT the National Anthem.

Is Georgia the most well represented geographical entity in the All-Star game?

Heyward, McCann, Wainwright, Phillips, Broxton…anyone else I am missing?

Tim Hudson’s from Columbus.

nah

i think “the rest of the world apart from the US” wins

Huddy

mute on again

how about mlb never has the allstar game in la ever again

how about MLB never has the all-star game on fox ever again?

lets shoot for accomplishable goals.

Ironic

The song says don’t bring me down today, and that’s exactly what this bitch is doing to me….i’ma hurl

What time will the first pitch be thrown????

I’m guessing 8:52

8:45 is my guess

3 days after the WS ends?

can't start the WS til this game is over

gotta figure out who gets home field
/Selig Fail

thats cool that the all stars go out and say thanks

SHUT UP stupid Glee person

I'm pretty sure none of this rhymes with "rockets' red glare."

MLB ASG = Feelgood GRLPWR anthem?

i like this part, the all-stars with the community all-stars.. but it could have been 1/6th the time

Prado sighting!

Who?

/slaps you in the face

How

dare you, madame.

Its a good thing and everything

what they are doing….but fuck

God, the Fox music is making me sick

someone tell fox that american idol fans dont watch baseball. men who make their own beef jerkey and shit with the door open do
this

Rec’d

You never, ever shit with the door open. Ever.

Except when no one's home

I do none of these things. Are you sure we’re not talking about LaCrosse fans.

i only shit with the door open

if i have company

You

must not get a lot of company.

Uh, that person was from Glee, not AI.
i like correcting people

Uh, the ’’i’’ should be I.. just correcting

How did I know someone was going to do that?

I’m psychic. You’re thinking of tacos

and go Riverboat gambling
hey bud if this game matters how about...you know...

treating it like a regular game rather than a glorified exhibition. oh wait….

Ugh. mlbraderumors.com says the Braves are interested in Cody Ross.

Why?

buster olney put it on his twitter. I know that doesn't answer your question but i can't think of an answer
NEED MOAR OUTFIELDERS!!!!

bobby must have found a loophole where we can put 15 men in the field defensively

Must be it. Why go after a “right-handed OF bat” that isn’t really any better than Diaz? I could see Willingham because he represents a significant offensive upgrade, but Ross is just another low-OBP-sometimes-power guy. Waste if a roster spot if we have Diaz, IMO

He plays CF

Not good enough.

Melky does too, and he’s just as “good” at hitter as Ross.

and Ross isn't a MVP or a WINNAR
i hope its not 20 mins on George
Wait

Who the fuck gave Joe Buck the PA mic?

oh shit we are doomed
Fox Sports

It’s a big mess. They give Tim McCarver a microphone once a week, too.

Stop

making of Bud Selig. He’s doing the best he can!

greenFail

Huh?

At least here it reads:
Stop making of Bud Selig…

I see.

Well then, stop making fun of him. Also, Greenfail has something to do with energy, which was the premise of that episode. So…. yeah.

haha.. GreenFail is also a movement to make failed comments green

So

they both work. Interesting….

But

we had to kill them. But you already know that.

Get the FUCK off my TV Glee

Here comes the butchering of the anthem

Joe Girardi was crying…

seems like he's been fighting back the tears all day

I’m sure it’s been a very stressful day for him. I do feel for the guy.

At least

he’s not going to get Billy Martin’ed.

I honestly think he was crying because of her singing.

“Skip, you okay?”

“I just have something in my eye -sniff- awful, awful singing.”

Geez. Get Jose Feliciano out there, somebody.

The last time he tried that it seemed to go well……. :D

Honestly, I’m not for fucking around the anthem too much, but he did a beautiful job with it.

Braves are interested in Cody Ross (from MLB Trade rumors) im not sure if you all had read that somewhere else. i just saw it

i know its a small role but i think we can do better this
why this bitch get 2 songs
Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?
I'm

Rick James.

F*ck your couch!

I'm

still Rick James.

Charlie Murphy!
That

man had nice teeth.

woah. uncalled for. flagged. and I’m not kidding

People didn’t come to listen to you sing. Sing the damn song the way it’s supposed to be and go STFD.

THIS.

Actually a solid rendition of the Anthem

Until that mess on the last word.

it’s “home of the Braves” not “home of the brave”!

Not what I meant

That random improvisations on BRAVEEVEVEVEVEVE

Gonna have to disagree with you there. The Star Spangled Banner is not an opportunity to audition for American Idol.

WHERE IS BASEBALLZ

GLAUSOSAUR ATE IT

Stupid Fox cut off the best part, the Fly Over

hey has anyone else heard that the braves are interested in cody ross?

glad im here first reporting the news

Actually it’s the Thrashers that are interested.

mel gibson hated that rendition
what doesnt mel gibson hate

Jesus?

hahahaha! I was just typing that

Hooray for US Postal experience!
 
Also, I do love this bacon club chalupa Taco Bell commercial.

I liked it. Then they overplayed it

He hates

it when you don’t torture him.

cheap hookers.
OH I GET IT

ITS BECAUSE SHE’S BLACK

But she’s not Jewish!

Rod Carew is!
he converted

Back to football? Oh geez it’s started already?
Those ceremonies were REALLY long

The best part of that? “IT’S TIME TO GET BACK TO FOOTBALL!!!… in September…”

DAMN

someone sign him..

Rod Carew for president. He did waaaaaay better than Obama

no politics please
yeah but have you seen Rod's foreign policy plan?
If we're judging elibility for office based upon first pitch throwing

I’m so voting for Greg Maddux.

i'm voting for rick ankiel

JUUUUUUUUSSSSSSST a bit outside.

STRASBURG GONNA BE ELECTED SOON

and he wasn't wearing mom jeans
Just

vote for me!

Especially

if you want Congress disbanded and Trey Parker and Matt Stone elected as Special Assistants to the President.

got my vote
Thank you, thank you

Can I interest you in another? Want to hear more of my campaign platform?

That Bacon Chalupa

looks so good right now

It’s………….intoxicating.

“Hi, I’m Joe Buck. Tim McCarver’s stuck in traffic and will be here as soon as his GPS can calibrate a new route.”

In the car...

“Take the freeway? THEY’RE ALL FUCKING FREEWAYS HERE!”

+1

I lol’d.

great commentary duo.......

I wish Bobby V was commentating..

McCarver had trouble saying th ename “Jiminez”

has joe buck had work done?

I GOTTA FEELIN BLAH BLAH BLAH

ugh.. Joe Buck + Troy Aikman….

Wow

I thought this thing started at 8:30. We get a “What was 1996 like” montage instead.

That was one of the most ridiculous things ever

year i like to forget

Because America’s memory is so bad, we need reminders of what was culturally relevant 14 years ago.

Braveheart won best picture in 1996. That was so long ago, people were killing each other with swords because the English didn’t like the sound of bagpipes.

1996 WAS SO LONG AGO I CAN BARELY REMEMBER IT HELP ME MARK MGWUIRE!

Bleh

In my opinion, as good as the Yankees were in the first half of this game

that’s how as bad they are now.

Please vanish from the planet, Tim McCarver.

“time to get this thing going”

What,

the Super Bowl?

kickoff is next
About

Mo-fo time.

it’s a great day for FOOTBALL1

At least we can all make fun of McCarver tonight. Should make for an entertaining OT.

We have over 400 comments and the game hasn’t started yet. That’s awesome

I expect nothing less of TC. This is where God would come if He had to stop doing blow.

Well, the game was listed as starting 50 minutes ago, too.

I think this will be

the first All star game I will be actually watching.

Lucky person

with TV and cable…

do more braves fans watch the all star game or a regular season game?

regular season

as much as i like the braves, i would probably chose to watch the all star game over any regular season game

wow. That’s very sad.

does that make me a bad fan?

Wait……..what?

what are you whatting?

i would rather trade watching a single braves game to get to watch the all star game. i could only watch one

That’s crazy. Give me a Braves game EVERY day of the week.

THIS THIS THIS

yeah, but i guess the all star game is once a year… so i look forward to it a lot

Birthday, All-Star game and grilled steak for dinner..

Awesome day

Happy birthday!

appreciate it

go NL!!!

Cut to shot of Glaus standing on Newport Beach

GLAUS: “Those fuckers. The stadium isn’t on this beach!”

Can we just start the frackin’ game?

Oh great little kids.

START THE DAMN GAME
This girl is obviously a Phillie's fan

Forgot David Wright’s name.

boys and girls clubs..

last week pimped out, this week pimped out

Oh, come on! My diction was much better at that age. Get a pro in there!

Somebody teach these kids about “red leather, yellow leather.”

Finally its starting

It's

I just like correct.

oh my GOD.

START! Quit stating the fucking obvious, the lineup is gonna be good. ITS THE ALLSTAR GAME.

Not always.

Yadier Molina’s starting for the NL.

lol agreed

Why don’t they wear the AS jerseys during the game?

Good question. Because it would be…uh…well, there’s the…um…LOOK! METEOR!

/skedaddles

would you look at that

baseball

1st pitch- 50 brutal minutes after the broadcast came on the air

2nd pitch was not a strike.

so hyped!

for PRADOO

Price ain't playin' games.

99 MPH.

And now with no more ado whatsoever, and with no more gilding the lily...

Here is the protector of Italian virginity and enforcer of our Lord God, SIR ULRICH VO…LEY RAMIREZ!!!

Is that a vuvuzela?
Stel Og Nitram Odarp!!!
100mph? damn
I think there

is a extra mic somewhere, maybe on the umpire.

1st inning walkoff hr for Prado.
prado homers here

Didn’t we just beat Price?

I hope he at least bought us dinner first.
nope, lost the game he started 10-4

ack. nice shot Odarp

Good try, Prado.

Price is technically NOT the youngest starter since Doc Gooden. Jason Heyward is, as he was voted to start.

I think it meant starting pitcher
Oh.

Well, let me get my panties out of this bunch……….

That was almost a signiture Odarp hit right there.

Opposite field, through the hole.

its still dumb looking!!
LOLMcCarver

Listen, Tim, as a fellow Memphian I just wanted to let you know that… you’re awful. Just awful. Go home.

We hate on alot of commentators
All of them..

Not Joe or Don.

Or Boog, most of us, and never Pete or Skip.

Don Sutton is a God among broadcasters.

I think it’s the perm.

Smoltzy's solidifying his spot

Good thing too, because Glav sounds lost in the booth. He needs to quit and redouble his efforts on the various other things they’ve got him working on.

Besides them of course...

Yes, but that was truly stupid. “Cano has a shortstop arm there at second which is why he was able to make that play.” Even a slightly sub-average arm would have made that throw in time, it wasn’t all that close.

HOT DAMN

ICHIROOOO

Yikes. Ichiro just inhaled that one.

that.... that's just not fair

Warning Track Power from Pujols.
 
DFA that guy!

ICHIRO!!!

And people say they dont want to trade for him because of age!

NL Team has no power!

Get us a power lefty FW!!! Trade David Wright!

Wow. HanRam doing something useful.

Ichiro is the most fun hitter to watch in baseball.

…usually.

Allow me to translate for Buck:
 
“I don’t know enough about pitching statistics other than wins, so let me wow you with the fact this guy has 15 wins! At the all-star break!”

Is it wierd that that gave me the chills?

I think so

It was poorly done-didn’t have it cued up right.

I’m going to be supportive and say no.

so

Jeter is going to have that play until he retires?

Attaboy Ubaldo! Make that fucker back off.

hahaha

Buzzed Jeter. Nice.

gah...

I wish McCann was starting :(

Just got home

guessing praydo got out?

1-2-3 for Price in the top half.

Hard grounder to second, almost got through.

damn…thanks

Cano's "shortstop arm" saved it.

Silly Tim.

But a brtilliant play (slurp slurp slurp) by Cano!

Ubaldo

looking a little wild.

FYFox.. now I have to leave and we’re in the bottom of the 1st

here we go again....
Ubaldo is getting shelled here

Take him out!!

damn you ubaldo

We want Hudson!
 
clap clap clapclapclap

Put in Huddy for the DP!!
Hey look

the other guy i wanna trade for

put down the pipe

him or hamilton?

Well, Lincecum too, if we’re making a list.

I suspect this meme will never go away.

All ur base are belong to us.

annd

he hits into a dp . . .

Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play
Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play
Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play
Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play
Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play
Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play Double Play

Paul the Octopus

But without the death threats, I hope…

WHERE IS PAUL

Jimenez’s windup makes him look like he’s having a stroke. I hate it.

Tell Hamilton that a DP equals free beer.

Or heroin.

what a asssssssssssssshooooole

Vidrooooooooooooooooooooo
There you go

that was properrr

i can't wait for yadier molina to hit
LIAR
ya got me

:(. this is such crrap

I bet he hits a single
Beach Boys

These guys are phoney!! There’s no beach here!

VIDRO

GET US SOME HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE UBALDO

What happened

last year, did McCann even play at all?

Uhm, sort of.

Over/under on innings Howard is the DH?
 
7.1

i thought

the starters only get like 2 ABs

This is Charlie Manuel we’re talking about.

Howard

always looks drunk when he does that bat point thing

his head was bopping
looks like he's drunk
I was

 just about to say that.

is it bad that I want Howard to get hit by a pitch and break his wrist?
andy pettite to relieve price?

are you f**** kidding me???

THAT SWING

LOL!!!

I hope we win and Howard K’s every time up

I could’ve told Manuel that would happen

that wasn't not ununexpected

Nice job, Charlie Manuel. Nice.

geez alot NL east guys in the lineup
Look at Cano's shortstop arm!

That was AMAZING1

he should have had that

YOUR WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK YANKEEZ
your shortstop arm

didn’t help you there did it Cano?

cano, what are you doing?

you had plenty of time because you have a shortstop’s arm

good defense by Cano, there.

Didn’t get to show off his arm, though.

good job by all above lol

i guess

the PRICE is WRIGHT

I thought they meant

Halladay in the bullpen..

Is the NL the only one wearing the goofy helmets?
guess we're desperate- we'll try anything to break the curse

Maybe it’s time for Braun to stop making the AST.

he should decline the invite- save himself the embarrassment

He did blow up a bat like no other. That was some serious shrapnel.

maybe it's time for yadier molina to stop making the AST...

I just tried the State Farm jingle. I did NOT get an agent, a sandwich, hot chick, OR hot tub.
 
I’m suing for 30 million for false advertisement.

I'll join in- we can file a class action lawsuit

well they didn’t get a hot chick either, so you’re even

The Other Guys makes me sick as a New Yorker

The Other Guys makes me sick as a Wahlberg fan

Why disgrace yourself by appearing with that Ferrell loon?

i wanna see

The Other Guys

I have a mancrush on Vlad

That little montage was way unnecessary though.
The Russian?

Ah, yes! The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz! I’m a big fan of his work as well.

That

Heads/Shoulder/Knees/Toes was pretty awesome.

It was planned..

somehow they knew Vlad would K…hmmm

head shoulders knees and toes
personally i wish no Braves made the team this year

and they all had 3 days rest, maybe send Mccann there since he gets every 5th day off.

I just think its good to give them the rest. Plus when it’s time for contract negotiations you can say you’re not even an all star.

and they wouldnt play him anyway

No Braves is going to play. Except Prado. And maybe McCann
Huddy?

Infante will get a defensive inning. And Jason Heyward will occupy the body of Pujols for that walk-off home run.

I don't think Huddy will pitch
And Infante.

Manuel really has no choice at this point but to play him to justify that hornet’s nest he stirred up by picking him in the first place.

Sentence fail. And the only other elgible Brave besides those two is Huddy, who’s got more of a shot than Heap. Because Infante will get in, probably twice

A light fastball? Did you see the gun McCarver? THat read 100mph

But he was Steve Carlton’s personal catcher for 3 starts! He KNOWZ things.

Light SPEED, maybe.

F*ck light speed…..LUDICROUS SPEED……GO!!!!

Spaceballs FTW

It’s good ta be da king.

Al OF D >>>>>>>>>>>>>>NL OF D

thanks for keeping longoria low in the batting order, girardi
National League wins 3-1

You heard it here first.

No

I’m pretty sure I have heard a range of scores everywhere.

Also, this is text, not speech. So nobody hears anything on this site.

he’s so good, martin that is

Look!

Prado caught the ball!

Great arm by praydo there

OF arm at short, for sure.
Prado

with the shortstop arm… no?

See See, Pee-dro

Prado is very bad….ass that is.

Manuel: “I think you mean Pardo… no, wait a minute, no, you’re right, it’s Prado”

/emotional again

I don’t think Cano makes that play.

But.. but...

He has a SHORTSTOP ARM! Tim McCarver told me so, so it must be true!

needs more

Omar & McCann

damn

I forgot about Omar..

Can I just say I love Earth Wind and Fire?

Hello. I left for a while. Why? I had a milkshake. And no, you can not have any. Just stand there watching me drink my milkshake and be jealous

But Eli...

I drink YOUR milkshake!

Your milkshake...

brings…. all…

does it bring all the boys to the yard?

Now

that’s what you call a change of speed.

let's tee off pettite here
Shit

Nate could’ve done that.

not swinging though

I don't like Andy Pettite.

No real reason why, but I’ve never liked the guy.

he cheated

There’s that.

Meh. I still like McGwire. I think it’s Pettite’s windup.

I don’t like him either

NL

not looking so good..

tradition.

They never seem too.

Every year, on paper NL= teh awesomez, but in play NL= teh sux.

corey hart sucks

DO. NOT. WANT.

wow that was bad

how is hart better than Diaz
WTF?

Andy Pettite? Really?

yadier "the natural" molina

i bet you he gets a hit just to spite me

What are the winning lottery numbers, please?

 4 8 15 16 23 42

I was actually thinking of typing the same thing

Dang....

It’s like we’re on the same mental wave or something like that.

No, it means, “The, Either. The.”

"Ethier." I need to get my jokes right.

lol he would get a hit

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

of course

Haha. 1st legit hit went to Molina.

Molina says

F.U. HATERS!!!!

hahaha what happened to the Molina haters?
Still here

Drinkin’ a tall cold glass of haterade regardless.

Big Mac would have hit a double.

McCann can't hit against lefties
Blasphemy.

Shun the nonbeliever! Shununununununun….

Yeah,

because Howard can hit them really well.

I also said Howard was terrible in the lineup
None

offense meant towards you, more towards Manuel’s decision making.

I don’t have to like him, or think he was more deserving than McCann to start the ASG.

Stupid Hanley. I wanted Prado to bat. :(

I bet that Jeter play makes the highlight reel.

Because it was an easy play that he made look harder than it was.

Or because he has no arm anymore

2B arm at SS, according to McCarver’s logic.

Maybe they should play Cano there.
at least

we can get pissed off at molina for clogging up the bases!

take a pitch Hanley... you have 2 machines batting behind you
i can’t wait for yadier molina to hit
by lingsched on Jul 13, 2010 6:02 PM PDT reply actions
 
LIAR
by leedawg on Jul 13, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
ya got me
:(. this is such crrap

by lingsched on Jul 13, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
 
I bet he hits a single
The PuertoRican Kid
by Kobe:The Legend on Jul 13, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

 

a winrar

is you

Frenchy has great ideas, you guyzzz

Maybin, Maybin not

(I’m sorry. I can’t help it)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA frenchy in a commercial

what was it? im watching off mlb.tv

Pepsi commercial. Lots of stars and then…Frenchy? Lol

did he have a speaking line?

yeah, i don’t remember what he said, though. I was too busy laughing

“Hi, y’all. When I’m not shilling for Delta Airlines, I drink Pepsi…”

I wonder how well it pays

to wear a pepsi shirt and go to the all-star game for free

I like Josh Johnson

At least the NL finally has its ace pitching now.

no idea what they’re saying…..

something about wiggling a finger

If I listened to Joe Mauer talk about wiggling a finger for four hours, I’d have to call a doctor.

thank you for that

All right. I’ll tone it down.

ICHIRO NOOOOOOOOOO

That was one feeble swing.

Whoa.

JJ makin Ichiro look bad. And that’s hard to do.

But JJ wouldn’t even make the AAA NL East team.. so how is he here? Plus with the injury and all….

jj is one good pitcher
I absolutely LOVE that he's still buzzing Jeter's tower.
Keep buzzing jeter....love it
4 years from now:

josh johnson or tommy hanson?

Cyborg or Human

No contest

JJ….sorry tommy

Wow. That’s tough. Probably Johnson?

ya me too

tommy still largely unproven and a little inconsistent

Tommy H

Josh Johnson, easy.
4 years from now, Josh Johnson will be pitching for the Red Sox or Yankees

and we’ll still have Cyborg, so Hanson all day

he's already taken less from the Marlins on his new contract

no telling that he won’t do it again

I think he did that to avoid the whole arbitration process

the marlins aren’t afraid to go to arbitration and rail on their guys. Just ask Dan Uggla

omgeez

JJ winz gamez, hez gud

YES.

Jeter buzzed twice.

haha another brush back for Jeter.. :)
hahaha

UJ and now JJ with brushback pitches

Wow

that is one pointless statistic. Thanks Fox!

what was it?

Jeter has more hits at his age than Pete Rose had at exactly the same age.

EXACTLY

the same age is right. 36 years and 17 days? Just say 36 years seriously.

haha

wtf. I just realized they did say 17 days

Of note is the fact that Rose had an April birthday, so while at that point he was MAYBE ten games into his current season, Jeter is already at the ASB. This is why seasons, not age, matter. Silly Fox.

Jeter

has more hits through his age than Pete Rose did at the same age. But Pete Rose has won more money gambling. So I don’t see the implications.

My thunder.

I’d like you to return it, please.

I give

all credit to the J-Freak

they're saying

jeter will catch rose. but i don’t think so

JJ is looking SICK out there. Wow.

That’s right, Jeter. Go home and cry.

i wouldnt mind being in SoCal right now
STFD Jeter

look that one all the way into the glove

i like this ump

quick calls, no bullshit

THE BEACH OMG!
now where is sand monster a-rod?

/eats George Mitchell, destroys downtown Anaheim

for JOhnson

As a Minnesotan

Allow me to say how awesome this graphic is.

aint no graphic. Whenever a pitcher gets a 123 inning I try and go for the route. Thats the one in Min

How about this?

As a non-Minnesotan

Let me express my condolences.

I appreciate that.
 
Garrison Keillor……just all kinds of creepy.

Firestooooooooone firestooooooone firestooone

the pitching is too damn good in this game

I want to see some runs!!

its early, just hold fort til Infante gets in
so much action!
hey

this is the guy that keeps switching teams

Who does he play for now?

The Mets?

Rangers traded him to the London Sillynannies.

geez what wrong wit u Prado?

Prado? The Machine just struck out on three pitches

True. I’m sure Prado will get a hit later. Probably nervous for his first ASG.

and...

pujols looked silly

atleast prado did not pujols

Why would Girardi know that?

Wow. Pujols was waay late

Cliff Lee

making Pujols K on three pitches.

Letter2 in the booth

“Mr. Girardi, do your braces hurt only when they get tightened? Mine sure did.”

Joe Girardi almost makes Tom Petty look good.

I don’t know. I think he has a certain handsomeness about him. He’s not hot by any stretch, but not bad.

some boring offense
thought howard would beat that out

but then I remembered Cano was at 2nd

Howard's a speedster

Manuel is a genius!

Once again...

Jerry Manuel’s pick of Howard paying off against the lefties.

Charlie

He’s not as bad as Jerry.

Ummmm……..does the AL have a RHP?

Did Verlander or Hernandez make it?

Pitchers

own hitters. It’s true.

Apparently Lee lived in Moyer's house
Plastic furniture must have been annoying

The new freecreditreport.com bands are awful.

Good Lord yes.

I miss

the original band like I miss that Sham-wow guy.

Shamwow

got arrested for beating up a prostitute. No shit.

I know

He’s a douche.

SHAMWOW….
Also known as a towel

don't forget to bring a towel!
wanna

get a little high?

I think it's going to take a infante walk off to win it!
gonzalez in for pujols?

here’s an idea: how about gonzalez in for HOWARD

Read the Tagline

AGon in but replacing Pujols?

Dude

He just struck out. He needs to be taught a lesson.

haha

yea. Howard was the first one to K in the game though. I think

It's the opposite of

First is the worst, Second is the Best, third is the turd.

I think i saw Mac in the bp

Hey Kobe? Guess who’s in the pen. Yeah, Huddy

saw it... proved me wrong
Wow

Braun playing hard. I like it.

BRAUN!!!

Holy shit!!

holy shit nice catch

Nice catch, Braun, but you’re no Melky.

MVP makes the play after spinning around in a circle…stumbling….then falling

Ryan Braun looking gooooooooooood.
sick play by braun

thought he was about to break his wrist

Ryan Braun, WOW

how did braun not hurt his wrist on that play?
He's

got a Hebrew Hammer.

/obvious joke

Thank

you. I’ll be here all-night providing material for thoughts such as these.

OMG

LOOK AT THAT PLAY IT WAS AWESOME AND IT WAS HARD BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE ALL-STAR GAME WE NEED TO PLAY IT THE REST OF THE NIGHT

JJ

should just pitch the entire game.

That’d be awesome.

No, i want huddy to pitch

Huddy can close.

It'll never happen.

In CHarlie Manuel’s world, you have to go with a closer, not a starter. So obviously the unstoppable Brian Wilson will close while Broxton rots on the bench.

Careful Vladdy...

Your right arm is turning all caucasian-y there, buddy…

for Johnson again

The pre-game ceremony might wind up being longer than the game at this rate.

Nah, they’re going to make sure Tim finishes his hot dog, at least.

NL RUNZ thread soon?

Mmmmmm chocolate. Om nom nom

DO NOT EAT THE ZAGNUT!!!

That’s for Verlander.

let's wait til its near Odarp's time to bat, then break out the runz thread

RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS

if braun goes yard here

he’s a lock for MVP

NO way

He’s having a pedestrian season. No way one ASG hit vaults him over Votto.

think he meant ASG MVP
ASG MVP, not NL MVP
Doh!

I, um… knew that?

Verlander’s fun to watch.

That hit the ump.

Mauer doing his best Heap

Whoa.

Mauer airmailed that one.

Mac IS playing

They should mic Prado

keep sliding head first dwe wright

Wright—situational awarness FAIL

must be Failcoeur rubbing off on him

this was prescient

yeesh, horrible throw

of course a met can’t keep from doing something wrong even while doing something right

I already

have to see Howard play. I don’t also want to listen to him.

maybe Mac plays early...

…and Infante is the emergency catcher

but

he’ll have to catch himself

Braun still hitless

He didn’t Vidro this time.

How many times do we see a guy make a great play in the field……and then strikeout

Thanks McCarver...

Maybe Ethier will hit a walkoff homer right here in the 5th. Jackass.

Bring in Omar for the pinch hit RBI

they hold the runner, Wright, at third.
or
they hold the runner right at third.

they hold the runner, Wright, right at third

WHAT

WHY DONT YOU SEND HIM

Average throw hoses him. only 1 out. Wright should’ve already been on third anyway b/w the bad throw and Braun needing to move him over

one out. Then again, Corey Hart is up

Wow

Corey swing at that first pitch.

my money’s on a vidro now

Corey hart bout to K again.... he sucks
I hate it when you're right

Wow. Hart looks like a rookie-leaguer out there tonight.

It was the 13 bombs last night.

Let's give up Minor for him ASAP!

Please do not trade for this guy

so much this

Unless they pay for Lowe the rest of the year, and take Jo-Jo.

Now I can dig this plan
+361516465132039
HEAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

OMG!!! Heap sighting

MCCANN!!!!!!!!!

That was about 15 feet outside.

Way to swing at that ass pitch.

Hell, yeah. McCann.

All I Do Is Win!

Mac!

McCann

Now we mean business.

all i do is win...

no matter what

shut up! w/ this talk

somebody shoot that douchebag announcer

flagged. uncalled for

YEAH

MAC IS IN

Larussa would have brought in a lefty to face mac
make him throw you a meatball, mac

pretty serious stats

So, what you're saying is...

That McCann deserved to start this year, last year, the year before…?

Mac almost takes out hanley

lol

I'd be afraid.

Bat speed is McCann’s thing.

I like Mac's strategy there

finish off the Fish tonight!!!

McCann is clumsy

You misspelled “endearing.”

if you're gonna throw the bat

At least hit Ramirez with it

Mac’s plate discipline is so much better this year. Even in the ASG he isn’t afraid to take a walk.

Whiff

Mac was aiming for the ocean on that one.

If he gets the heater he was looking for it’s 3-0. Good pitch by Verlander

DAMN

Mac just missed that

ahhhhhh almost
typical Braves warning track power
damn

that was close

Well that sucked.

bleh, close
Damn!

That looked like it was gonna keep on and carry out.

so close to a 3-run jack

Crap. RUNZ thread for top 6.

That could have gone better. But a good effort.

MCCANN IS CATCHING WO0T

wooo pitch the guy who got added when wagner declined

Wow..

not one lefty? Thats crazy

I guess it would be in poor taste for Mac to punch Kuo in the face after the inning ends. But it sure would raise his standing in my eyes.

What

did Kuo do to make you angry?

he wears a dodger uniform

wahhhh

Its not me with the hate for the dodgers

Letter is a Giants fan, for those unaware.
Well,

If you’re going to hurt one Dodger in this game, make it Ethier.

I like your style.

Thank

you! Its extremely violent.

trying to throw the ball into the stands

way to go bing bong

Kuo walks the leadoff man. Yee-frickin-ha.

NL was supposed to score in the top of the 5th

only fitting that hte AL scores here

SHHHHHHHHH!!!
heath bell warming up already?

it’s official: omar infante to close out the game

dear god. not even close

Who the fuck was he throwing to?

His Dad must be in the upper deck.

“No, son! Down on the field!”

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah?

great job 40th man picked for the team

Saw that airmail throw coming a mile away.

there goes the game

What a crap throw.

I throw to Taiwan now, Mauer-san!

i think we'll all agree

wags would not have done that.

Chuck Knoblauch would not have done that.

wags wouldn't be pitching right now

but if he was, he’d have struck out the side

Geez, those Asians, they need to open their eyes

That's reprehensible.
Only if

he’s not Asian. At least that’s how I think it works.

Well, well.

The things you see when you’re out without your gun.

Fuck.

I hope our boys don’t mind battling in New York come October. I think they should send Kuo a rotten fruitbasket.

Just because

your team isn’t going to make it to the W.S. doesn’t mean that you have to take a dump on the other NL teams, Kuo.

In fairness, it’s only half his fault. And on that note, FUCK BUD SELIG.

and of course a yankee has the rbi…this succcckkksss

Ahhhh. Vindication.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah

AL getting the JJW?

Well Great

Maybe Wags shoulda gone, Kuo would not have been there

Tagging anf staying put is Mauer…..nice

Mr. "No hits to lefties" is sucking.
Why didn't

Manuel put in Carpenter, Wainwright, Hudson, or Lincecum…?

I think he really was playing the lefty matchups

this early?

I don’t agree…especially in an ASG…but its Charlie Manual

Kuo

Numbers are good against lefties, and that was coming up, alot of managers would of done the same.

Well you see,

Darryl. It’s what smart managers do.

i have a slight boner for crawford. he would be great for the braves if we can afford him

don't get your hopes up

its not his hopes he shouldnt get up

Yanks will buy him

Why is he using Bell here?
 
F*@$#!

/whispers “Lincecum,” not unlike a soft ocean breeze

probably because he doesn’t want halladay to come in the middle of an inning

Yeah

Halladay’s no reliever. He deserves his own inning.

or 3
Make it 20

and kill him arm.

fine with me
Look

Manuel. You’re letting Howard play the entire game to let his confidence up. So why not do the same with Halladay?

I think you should call the NL dugout right now with that logic

That bit they were mentioning about our 1-pitcher advantage is out the window now.

yea, that’s if he only pitches this inning

But he’s willing to waste the best closer on the team for 1 out?
 
Christ.

Manuel during the post game interview:
 
“I was concerned the game might go 15 again, so I wanted ALL my starters available to pitch multiple innings.”

oh geeeeeez

THIS JUST IN:

Jake Gyllenhall is an expert on winning baseball games.

John

Smith? Or Eric Cartman?

BTW

This crowd freakin’ sucks.

heath bell has one ugly delivery

Schneider should be in the all star game (better D)

McCann's looked better behind the plate...

RUNZ THREAD FOR NL PLZ

make it, cybot
RuNS RUSN RUNS

They’re making fun of McCann at McCovey Chronicles.

BASEBALL ISN’T FUN ANYMORE, YOU GUYS. I’M GOING HOME.

I’d respond with some syringe related Bonds humor.

CHEATER CHEATER PUMPKIN EATER

Yeah, ‘cause that’ll go over REAL well. :^)

Blame Canad....

No, wait- Blame Bud Selig.

Screw

you guys… I’m going home.

I think

there’s something I’m missing

Nah

It’s under there.

I was acting like their comments upset me so much that I was taking my proverbial ball and going home.

you know who else is tough against lefties...

jonny venters

or Wagner

or EOF

THIS

“Mr. Wagner, would you like to come to the All-Star Game? No? Alright then, a million bucks if you convince your pal Venters to come. Otherwise we have to settle for Kuo.”

I have a feeling Venters will be an AS in a few years.

this x20398209852093029385920385
if charlie manuel lifts prado this inning

i’ll be really, really pissed

Even if its for MVPfante?

At least the new AL catcher can't hit.
2 ER

off Lester. I call it.

J-Hey is not playing correct?

playing with our hearts

Stel Og Nitram Odarp!!!
Also on the Red Sox DL:

Their fan’s brains.

PRADO

lets gooooo prayyydoooo

Wow.

Obscure stat is both obscure and meaningless.

STOP.TALKING. ABOUT OUR PLAYERS AND INJURIES!

Prado’s getting some good hacks in here.

Why is everyone wearing the Gazoo helmets? I thought those were only mandatory in the minors?

haha, Gazoo

They’re better. I like ’em.

They look silly.

Show-stoppingly silly.

Thank you, Mr. Francoeur.

Don't lump me in with that fuck-nut.

I happen to believe in OBP, regardless of the status of its scoreboard-worthiness.

Nice

nickname for the French-man.

I meant something closer to his quote on the new S100s:

“No, I am absolutely not wearing that,” Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur told the Times after seeing a prototype model of the S100. “I could care less what they say, I’m not wearing it. There’s got to be a way to have a more protective helmet without all that padding. It’s brutal. We’re going to look like a bunch of clowns out there.”
As opposed to

your regular play, Francouer? Which is akin to what? Hank Aaron’s play?

the Times reporter should have told FYF "too late for you, I'm afraid"
Good

I hope he gets concussed.

Okay, let’s not root for head injuries.

He was right on that point, at least. They do look like clowns. It’s like they just escaped a classroom with globes stuck to their heads.

Protecting your brain > fashion.

In the case of

Frenchy… maybe not.

What it honestly reminds me of is the old-school Japanese baseball video games with the little caricature players whose heads were 4 times too big for their bodies. That’s what it looks like.

It's

just a surprise to you idiots that we are in first.

That the Braves are in first place is not a "surprise."

agreed

Really? Because it’s a surprise to me.
 
Very few people had the Braves as a first place club at the break.

It's

not as much of a surprise as the Reds or the Padres. We have a good team.

Very true.

Yup

I think that the reason people get pissed is because they ignore us in Spring Training and the first two months of the season, and are then surprised.

I can get on board with this. Very little research by the majority of the major media outlets.

this

Padres are definitely the biggest suprise

it's a surprise

that a team in the northeast isn’t leading the division. They weren’t aware there were teams on the east coast that weren’t in New York, Boston, or Philly

He had a nice AB, though

after 6 innings, you dont want to be behind.

Those

helmets do not look half bad.

when everyone is wearing them you don’t notice as much

Actually, yes, yes you do.

lol I must not be paying attention

what's funny- they're not that noticeable on your face

Thank you! You and I are the only ones that seem to agree on this.

looks like the AL is readying their closers for the 7th inning on...
Naturally...

Howard still on deck vs. one of the best LHPs in baseball.

someone make an overthrow thread plz

the brian mccann thread?

I think it has to be named for Kuo tonight

we’ll return to the regularly scheduled b mac overthrow thread thursday

The get-huddy-in-the-game-cuz-he-winz thread

I wanna see Despicable Me

you should have went with mvhs…i think he said he was going sunday night

bad jump…nice effort

Those

earrings were holding him back.

:( Prado out.

They got the message

steal on Mac

How did they get the run?
sac fly off an error by Kuo
Kuo

walk, E1 (runners to second and third), sac fly.

BB, throwing error on Kuo, sac fly

Is Huddy going to pitch?
LOL I guess that works
that would have never happened to esco
That was the flubbiest play I've seen in a while

But I’ll definitely take those results.

Slick tag, there.
THAT IS RIGHT, BRIAN McCANN

lol after he double clutched….bad throw…yea…way to go heap! lol

You now I’m not going to heavily criticize the man.

Yea I know haha

just how he and Phillips drew it up in the dugout in the 3rd inning
Elvis

with the Yunel baserunning gaff

Andrus got back before Phillips got the tag on him.

I stand corrected on that angle.

Wait.. heap... defense...
B-Mac

double clutched. That would have been an out if he hadn’t.

It was an out...
I mean

it would have been a regular CS.

Whoa nice play

I really

do not like Ortiz. I don’t know why.

You don't like the way they call him Big Papa?
why?
I don't know...

he just seems really fake. And with a huge sense of self-entitlement, even for a baseball player. Also, I read a Bill Simmons column on him telling about some earlier interactions with Manny and Papi. Didn’t seem like a nice guy.

Throw your hands in the air, if youse a true player

Prado- 0-3 , yep, he sucks

If anything...

It’s’ the 0-15 that scares me

every player has slumps, hell, even Chipper when he hit .364 had little slumps

0 for 13 now since the Mets series?
 
When do I post the “I’m worried about Prado” fanpost?

as soon as you make another does melky care? and whats wrong with yunel post?

(not saying those were you the first time)

Lol.
 
True that.

he hasn't had a hit since July 7

DFA him

I WANT HUDDY. I WANT HUDDY. I WANT HUDDY. I WANT HUDDY

Not in public,

MBL!

halladay sux.... take him out

You suck Halladay.
 
Chip would say that was fisted.

That was a pretty nice at bat..

protecting your own pitcher much charlie?

mccann grand slam!

come on!

heaaaaaaaaapppppppppppp

BRIAN MCANNN!!!!!!
with a bases clearing double

not a grand slam, but i’ll take it.. :)

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPP

my 3-1 prediction is coming true!
it says ryan mccann on espn's frontpage

you’re right… idiots

MVP

That girl in the red behind home plate for MVP

New open thread up!!!!

Kinda hard to be the MVP if you don’t even get into the game – which most of us figured would happen.

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