2008 All-Star Game Thread
by Russ Oates on Jul 15, 2008 5:00 PM MDT
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Yeah, this is up at 7pm ET, but first pitch isn't scheduled until 8:40 or so. TV spectacle and whatnot. Anyway, Yankee Stadium hosts its final All-Star Game, as New Yankee Stadium opens its gates next season.
St. Louis hosts next year's All-Star Game.
Go Aaron Cook! Go Matt Holliday! Don't mess things up, Clint Hurdle!
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If I were Hurdle,
I would pick Brandon Webb to be the starter, then I would leave him in the entire game so he throws 180 pitches or so. Let him throw his arm off so the Rockies have a better shot at the NL West crown.
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
We won't even
see Webb pitch tonight. No chance for Hurdle to do anything to Webb.
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An no Tim Lincecum.
He has flu-like symptoms.
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I said it a few weeks ago:
He calls for the bunt and the ball bounces back into the hitter’s nose.
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the game is tied in the 8th
when Hurdle brings in Jorge Julio.
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by PioneerSkies on Jul 15, 2008 6:41 PM MDT up reply actions
About 10 years ago.
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Where is this game being played?
I’m confused…
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Cliff Lee continues to deal.
And to think, there was speculation that the Rockies were, supposedly, going to look into trading for him during the offseason.
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Two Ks
and a weak popup? What a terrible lineup! This manager sucks..
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Larry gets a hit.
Maybe Matt can drive him in.
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Or not.
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Yeah Matt
Hurdle probably told him to sacrifice.
so i flipped on the all star game
just in time to see holliday blast it about 30 feet lol
this team is utter rubbish...
Probably right after
Hurdle tells Pujols to bunt with runners on first and second.
I wish I couldn’t actually envision that happening. I really do.
by Clockwork Orange on Jul 15, 2008 7:37 PM MDT reply actions
Ichiro
I turned it on just in time to see Ichiro gun down Pujols.
(even if his foot beat the tag)
Pickoff to end the fourth.
This game could use some runs.
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Zambrano
You have to love Zambrano.
From the crazy breaking ball over Manny’s head (not sure how the heck he was able to hit a target throwing it that high up) to the agressive pick-off move like this was Game 7 he always entertains and competes.
Even if he is a crazy SOB.
Matty!
Homer!
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MVP
He could at least be the MVP of something.
Coors Field?
Totally an altitude related HR. ;)
Straight right, opposite field homer about 15 rows back. :)
take that
home/road splits!!!!
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by PioneerSkies on Jul 15, 2008 7:56 PM MDT up reply actions
So Jeter's going to get to play
how many innings? I know it’s NY, but give some other shmoe a chance.
Plus, I no like the Yankees.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
Michael Young finally gets in.
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Stupid Nuggets
This better be the first move in a totaly rebuilding project because as a single move it totally sucks. :(
Camby to the Clips
honestly I think Camby is insanely overrated, given that he can’t actually guard a legit big man
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Man
I really wanted Volquez to face Hamilton. That would have been poetic.
Sooo
not looking good for Cook to get into this game
If it goes Wagner/Lidge
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Bah!
J.D. Drew homers to tie the game.
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Thanks alot Volquez
There’s goes Matt’s game MVP. I think he would have had it had NL held on to win 2-0.
Still might if it stay's 3-2..
You can’t give it to a guy who got a single and made it to 3rd on a throwing error and scored on a sac fly.
Wilson?
Is Hurdle trying to lose this game?
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My thoughts exactly
What are his other options at this point? Lidge? Wagner? Yeah, they suck.
Let’s put in the guy with the 4.5 ERA instead.
Hopefully is a quid pro quo for a Cain trade
/had too much to drink tonight
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Forgot about Marmol as well
Yeah, he is no good.
We should be thankful that this isn’t in an NL park – otherwise we might have seen a pitcher hit only to have been taken out the next inning. That is Hurdle’s signature move.
That must be a funny mound conversation
Bob: Billy, just throw whatever it was that blew us away this weekend…
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Anybody hear McCarver's comments about Apocada?
He basically said Apodaca couldn’t carry Billy Wagner’s jock. Funny stuff.
Methinks that Wagner has forgotten more about pitching
than Apodaca ever will.
Evan Longoria
ties the game with his double.
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I'm not surprised Wagner blew it
He, after all, had the great pitching guru Bob Apodaca telling him what to throw.
/sarcasm
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
NL is really shutting down the running game in this one
That is 5 steals so far for the AL, with the last one creating the tying run.
I imagine
this is pretty much business as usual for Clint, it reminds him of having Yorvit behind the plate…
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
This will really be poetic justice if Rivera blows the game here in the ninth
Nothing like sending home the Yankee faithful disappointed.
Err, I guess Krod is in instead. For now, anyway.
KRod
was shaky on Sunday in Oakland
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walking guys
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Here comes Mo
Nothing against Rivera, but I hope he gives up a 5 run homer here in the ninth.
Here comes Rivera.
I’d like to see him lose this game.
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No ties anymore, right?
Didn’t they change that rule?
Strike 'em out, throw 'em out.
Well, get three more outs, NL, so you can get another chance to win.
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Did you watch the World Series last year?
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Ooh, ooh
Mariano Rivera still in – another chance for Yankee fans to be disappointed.
1st and 3rd, one out
for Uggla. Let’s see a run here.
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Man, there's the DP.
Guess we’ll see Cook.
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1-2-3
Cookie
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Yep...and with that defense
this could get ugly
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Uggla can't get
the ball up the middle. Eek!
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Holy cow
that was another DP to uggla
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And then
right part him to the outfield. Cookie might be saddled with the loss.
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He should have Cook bunt now
Oh…wait… Never mind.
IBB to set up
the force out at any base. Yeah, that’s not going to happen.
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Almost
on what turned out to be a foul ball.
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Just tuned in...
Perfect time for a Cook special.
Back-to-back outs
at home. Just one more. . . .
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Wow
Cookie got them out of it
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OUT
I don’t even care about the All-Star game, and turned on just when Cook was starting, but that was pretty awesome.
Hurdle had
a look on his face as if he was confident this inning would end with the game still being tied. Guess he had the right face.
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No way the AL doesn't score one run in that situation
If the NL wins in this next inning, I say Cook is MVP
I don't care....
what happens from here on out. Our boy Aaron prevented Rivera from getting the W in Yankee Stadium. That’s a win in my book.
Atta baby!
Bases loaded, nobody out and Cookie gets three weak ground balls.
The Rockies represented themselves well tonight.
by Clockwork Orange on Jul 15, 2008 10:07 PM MDT reply actions
The ballpark....
is half empty. Any who leaves an All-Star game in the 11th inning isn’t a real baseball fan.
Of course, real baseball fans can’t afford tickets to the all-star game, so there you go.
{grumbles}
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2 arms and 2 legs.
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Many people
may Hart New York, but New York did not Hart Corey.
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MLB Network commercial.
So, are the Rockies going to be shunned by the league’s own network when it comes to their game of the week?
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Cook
Please don’t lose it after you saved it.
Kinsler
thrown out at second!
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Without ever being tagged.
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Bobby Murcer
Nice to see his passing noted on the coverage. I was a Yankee fan as a kid, and he and Munson were my heroes. Wonderful player.
Out at the plate!
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Aaron Cook
deserves to win this game.
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Hell of a game
Francona kinda overmanaged himself out of a win. By pinch-hitting and pinch-running so often during the first 9 innings, he was forced to keep a slow runner out there at second. Anyone else and this game is over.
I'll repeat previous comment from others
Our Rox have represented themselves well tonight.
Proud Rox fan here.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
Safe at first.
Morneau sort of mailed that one in.
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Can the
National League actually win the game with a few bunts?
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Bunt in the All Star game
I love it….really I do
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Brew Crew Ball interloper
I just wanted to stop over and thank you for Aaron Cook.
Crazy for Cook!
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
So if Francona's
overzealous pitching usage ends up with the AL running out of pitchers, shoudn’t the NL get home field? I mean Clint has potentially three more guys…
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It's kinda funny....
to see this game that started with so much pomp end up decided by the likes of George Sherrill (sp?) and Ryan Ludwick. If this game keeps going maybe we’ll see Jayson Nix and Jorge De La Rosa in there.
This game won't end
well at least if Lidge blows it I won’t be too sad
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Still tied.
Er, it’s all right to score a run or two, guys.
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That's
not a good way to start the inning, Cook.
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Uggla's not looking
too sharp in the field tonight.
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Note to Dan O Dowd
never ever trade for Uggla
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Well I guess if he sits on days Cook pitches
30 hr from 2b would be nice
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Longoria strikes out!
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Morneau
was walked, Kinsler made the out.
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Or I am
be reading what you wrote wrong.
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maybe* reading
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a groundout
to the shortstop playing 3B is just as good. now Navarro will lead off the next inning
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by PioneerSkies on Jul 15, 2008 10:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Cook!
Made it tough those last couple innings, but that’s our guy.
For the most part....
he gave up bleeders and those errors. Hardly anything hit hard. Just one ground ball after the other. And a big, big K
Cookie...
is not the most talented pitcher out there, but damn is he nails. What guts he’s shown tonight.
Now Clint, give him the rest of the night off!
Drays fans
must be biting their nails right now
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Uggla
another tough one
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What is up with Uggla?
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I assume
this is the last inning, right?
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Nine,
but then I haven’t heard Hurdle come up with a cat metaphor.
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Clint Hurdle's shtick
funny in short doses only
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it would sound something like this...
if you keep licking yourself, you’re bound to come up with a fur ball once in a while.
Bottom of the 14th
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So...wow
Nice to see that Hurdle and Black brought some of the 22-inning magic with them to Yankee :) .
Webb's in.
This should be fun. How long can he go?
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Onto the 15th inning.
Nearly 1:30.
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What time EST
did the 22 inning game end? I think I made it to like 2
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Shortly before 4:30, I believe.
I went to sleep at 1:30.
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Tiebreaker...
home field goes to the Red Sox or Yankees…every year
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This is the game that never ends . . .
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Dammit, should have left Webb in
If the NL has to lose, it at least should be a D-back’s fault.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
I really expect
Francona to throw a position player on the mound if it goes another inning. He’s too much of a player’s coach to risk an injury to Kazmir.
Francona
and the Rays came to an agreement on how long he could pitch.
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Well, he must
realize that there’s no way his team is going to the World Series.
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I was just disappointed
there was no chance of Pujols coming up. Just being the same dugout as Phat Albert must have been enough to cause Lidge to have flashbacks.
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by Silverblood on Jul 15, 2008 11:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Need new All-Star game rule
An extra few SP to be used only late in extra inning games. Honorable mention All-Stars?
Game over.
AL wins on a sac fly.
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Foot was in
just before the tag.
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I'm really sick of the AL winning these games
I know it’s basically meaningless, but it really bugs me. I hate the AL.
Yes
At least it wasn’t Cookie that blew it. I would have been really upset if it was our guy’s fault.
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by Silverblood on Jul 15, 2008 11:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah
I’m glad both our guys acquitted themselves well. But dang it, I’m an NL girl, and I want us to win! Sigh.
I know
I hate the AL too. Sigh.
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by Silverblood on Jul 15, 2008 11:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Does the ASG MVP
have to come from the winning team? Cause I’d really like to see Martin win it, he had some excellent defensive plays, even if he was kind of lackluster at the plate.
I'd give it to
Cook since he kept the game going a few more innings.
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Cook was actually my first choice
but I didn’t want to sound like too much of a homer :P . But that 10th inning was awesome.
I need to get up early tomorrow for work
And yet, I stayed up to watch a meaningless game get won again by the frinking AL. Argh. At least it wasn’t a Red Sock that won it (I found it really, really amusing that they were playing Charge music at Yankee Stadium with Drew at the plate).
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Clint at the podium
live on SportsCenter. And he’s quick to pull out a Chinese arithmetic reference.
What a crazy game..
Drew wins MVP??! WTF?!
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by AtkinsandTulofan on Jul 15, 2008 11:47 PM MDT reply actions
Drew?
Whatever…. I really dislike that particular female reporter, so I’ll just step out and head for bed. Stupid AL. At least the NL gave them a run for their money this time…and our boys represented. Crazy game.
Cook did
“a fine, stand-up job,” in Hurdle’s words.
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Just saw that
I completely understood the sentiment about it being easier to use your own guy for 3 innings than using some other manager’s pitcher.
And I actually really enjoyed Hurdle in that press conference. I know he gets a lot of heat for game managing, but I always like him as a person. And he made me laugh there a few times. Loved the bit about his conversation with David Wright about pitching.
Salt on the wounds...
That the AL had to win it, but especially with someone from Boston as mvp. If I had to pick an AL MVP it would be Sherrill, for pitching as well as he did. Morneau also did well. So many NL players played well tonight. Matty and especially Cook were amazing (Cook for pope, king, etc!)....also Tejada, Martin and all the pitchers involved. It just seemed to me like the NL guys scraped and scraped and it was just incredible to me that they lost. Also sad that Lincecum was in the hospital and all that could have happened. I still think he should have put in Webb in there again. I know he had shorter rest, but he seemed to be pitching lights out. And I feel so, so bad for Lidge who had overcome a lot to get to the point where he is with the Phillies. It seemed like Uggla was still hurt or not 100% to me, he also played a key role in this game on both sides. I was also thinking there should have been a way to get McCann in there offensively. I know it would have been hard to take Russell Martin out, but I would think there had to be some way.
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