:shock: 8) Well......since no one else wanted to bring this up... Thanks a lot to the St. Louis Cardinals pitchers for handing the World Series home field advantage to the American League. This will make things more difficult for my Dodgers when they get there. Starting pitcher Adam Wainwright even suggested that he tanked his performance intentionally... http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24622684/wainwright-suggests-he-grooved-pitch-to-derek-jeter-in-all-star-game
Unfortunate comment but later retracted. Last night you saw why Yankee fans did not jump off tall buildings when Robinson Cano left for the anonymity of Seattle. What a lifeless performance, two weak hack Ks and a half assed relay throw to the plate. He exudes boredom. Who had a worse two days than Puig? Three Ks and skunked in the Derby. Mike Trout is the best player in the game now.
I'm with JO'Co on this one. The manager chose his boy and it didn't pan out. Wainwright's certainly a good pitcher, but he didn't look like it last night.
8) ...and furthermore.... After giving up a lead-off double, Wainwright took off his glove, placed it on the rubber, walked off the mound and began clapping for Jeter. I guess he left his cheerleader dress at home. He gets booted out of the pitcher's union for this...
......and who was that other Cards pitcher who threw underhand? I've never heard of that guy. Why not just bring in a pitching machine and toss ripe watermelons? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/sports/baseball/mlb-all-star-game-2014-derek-jeter-nabs-2-hits-in-al-victory.html?_r=0
Ur just lucky your boy Kershaw didn't have to pitch to Jeter. Then he would be reduced to a stat too! 8) :twisted:
Oh fan of Yasiel Puig, whose three whiffs and misplayed fly ball contributed mightily to the NL loss, look around you for cracks in your glass house. :lol: His name is Pat Neshek. He is an alumnus of Butler University in Indianapolis, originally from suburban Minneapolis. In fact, his brother is on the grounds crew at Target Field. Regardless of how he pitched in the game (he wasn't any worse than Triple-Whiff Puig), he is a MLB All-Star at age 33. His story is a very compelling tale of determination in the face of sometimes overwhelming adversity, both in his personal life and on the field. It's worth a few minutes to read. http://www.indystar.com/story/sport...ifficult-journey-butlers-pat-neshek/12619509/
It could be worse. Overcome with grief after not being selected as an All Star this year, Justin Verlander attempted to find consolation by going on a brief vacation to Mexico with his girlfriend, Kate Upton.
8) Ahhhhhh that's more like it! I thought you guys were falling asleep on me. Football is almost here... re: Yasiel Puig Some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you. When he whiffed, he took his lumber back to the dugout and looked for his glove. That's how it's done in Dodgertown. If he had been wearing a Cardinals uniform, he would have placed his helmet and bat on home plate...then minced out to the mound...got down on his knees and kissed King Felix's royal arse and thanked him for pitching so brilliantly...
that was just hot garbage. That wasn't an All-Star game. It was a Derek Jeter tribute show. I've got nothing against Jeter. He's a 1st ballot guy in my book. I just can't stand these modern hype fests to say farewell to just one player at the expense of all others. That isn't baseball. It's a game of individual greatness drowned in the numbers and pummeled by the waves of time. It just goes on. Think of all the other 1st ballot guys who didn't get the fanfare we've seen the past few years. They repeatedly kept saying the night was about one man. It was, but only because they made it such. How about a Tony Gwynn tribute, while you're doing shout outs and tributes to greats gone by? Hell, home field advantage in the World Series is on the line here..but we're paying tributes, without making one to a very recently deceased all-time great. Fox and MLB just **** the bed, plain and simple.
They said that a number of retired stars passed away this past year and they didn't want to single out just one.
I also am not a Yankee fan, but I don't have a problem with how it was handled. MLB needs feel-good moments like what we saw before and during the game.
Here is Fox and MLB's statement on why Tony Gwynn was not mentioned: Upon reflection, I agree with Corey that they could have had some sort of dignified reflection on those lost this past year. I also understand that by doing so, they would risk omitting the names of lesser players whose profiles were not as high as those mentioned above. I guess you could call it a Catch-22. Nonetheless, I believe they should have done something.