All Star Game Discussion

[ELCABALLO45]

What? This thread HAD to be done.

[Joe_Cub]

don't stuff the ballot box for your weakarm freak next time

[ELCABALLO45]

don't stuff the ballot box for your weakarm freak next time

 

LOL @ you getting mad about that

[TruffleShuffle]

i too blame brewer fans

[SouthSideRyan]

Jason Bay woulda thrown him out.

[imb]

American 4, National 3, 15 innings

 

NATIONAL AMERICAN

ab r h bi ab r h bi

HRmrz ss 3 1 2 0 ISuzuki rf 3 0 1 0

Tejada ss 3 1 2 0 JDrew rf 4 1 2 2

Utley 2b 3 0 1 0 Jeter ss 3 0 1 0

Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 MiYong ss 4 0 1 1

Brkmn 1b 2 0 0 1 Hmlton cf 3 0 1 0

AdGzlz 1b 3 0 1 1 Quentin lf 4 0 0 0

Pujols dh 3 0 2 0 ARdrgz 3b 2 0 0 0

DWrght dh 3 0 1 0 Crede 3b 1 0 0 0

CJones 3b 3 0 1 0 CGuilln 3b 3 0 1 0

ArRmz 3b 0 0 0 0 MRmrz lf 2 0 0 0

CGzmn 3b 3 0 0 0 Szmore cf 5 1 1 0

Hlliday rf 3 1 1 1 Brdley dh 2 0 0 0

Hart rf 3 0 0 0 Lngoria dh 4 0 1 1

Braun lf 3 0 0 0 Yukilis 1b 2 0 0 0

Ldwick lf 2 0 0 0 Mrneau 1b 4 2 2 0

Fkdme cf 2 0 0 0 Mauer c 1 0 1 0

McLuth cf 4 0 1 0 Kinsler 2b 5 0 1 0

Soto c 2 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0

Martin c 3 0 1 0 Varitek c 0 0 0 0

McCan c 0 0 0 0 Nvarro c 4 0 1 0

Totals 52 3 13 3 Totals 57 4 14 4

 

 

National 000 011 010 000 000 — 3

American 000 000 210 000 001 — 4

 

Two outs when winning run scored.

E—HRamirez (1), Uggla (3), Navarro (1). DP—National 1, American 2. LOB—National 11, American 17. 2B—CGuillen (1), Longoria (1), Morneau (1). HR—Holliday (1), JDrew (1). SB—Tejada (1), JDrew (1), Jeter (1), Hamilton (1), Sizemore (1), Bradley (1), Kinsler (1). CS—CGuzman (1), Kinsler (1). S—Martin. SF—Berkman, AdGonzalez, MiYoung.

IP H R ER BB SO

National

Sheets 2 1 0 0 2 3

Zambrano 2 1 0 0 0 1

Haren 2 2 0 0 1 2

Volquez 1 2 2 2 0 2

BWilson 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

BWagner 1-3 2 1 1 0 0

Dempster 1 0 0 0 0 3

Cook 3 4 0 0 3 1

Marmol 1 0 0 0 0 2

Webb 1 0 0 0 0 2

Lidge L,0-1 2-3 2 1 1 1 0

American

CLee 2 1 0 0 0 3

Saunders 1 1 0 0 0 0

Halladay 1 1 0 0 0 1

ESantana 1 1 1 1 0 2

Duchscherer 1 3 1 1 0 1

Nathan 1 0 0 0 0 1

Papelbon 1 1 1 0 0 2

FRodriguez 1-3 0 0 0 1 0

MRivera 1 2-3 2 0 0 0 2

Soria 1 2-3 2 0 0 2 2

Sherrill 2 1-3 1 0 0 0 2

Kazmir W,1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1

 

Umpires—Home, Derryl Cousins; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Mark Wegner; Left, Greg Gibson; Right, Phil Cuzzi.

T—4:50. A—55,632 (56,936).

 

 

 

 

lollllllll

[OleMissCub]

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4573/epicfailqi1ig2cx5.gif

[Joe_Cub]

Jason Bay woulda thrown him out.

 

he did a I LIKE TO CUSS job of lining up for the throw, and then made a borderline throw

 

he wasn't as I LIKE TO CUSS as uggla, but who is?

[OleMissCub]

LOL, Hurdle saying that David Wright was going to be the pitcher if it went past Lidge.

[SouthSideRyan]

LOL, Hurdle saying that David Wright was going to be the pitcher if it went past Lidge.

 

Impossible the geniuses in the booth kept telling me it would be a tie if it went past the 15th.

 

They probably don't understand how the DH rule works so they'd be utterly confused by the Wright thing.

[TruffleShuffle]

as i mentioned in the game thread, was selig's plan to avoid the embarrassment of a tie (though really, who cares) or to improve ratings/interest for the game? if it's the former, then it's probably pointless. if it was the latter, however, then it's a resounding success.

[OleMissCub]

I think this once again proves that baseball EASILY has the best all-star game.

[OleMissCub]

34 K's in that game!! Holy crap.

[manbearcub]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

[TruffleShuffle]

baseball is the best one because it's the least physical, so the play on the field is very similar to what you'd see in a normal regular-season game.

 

the pro bowl has to be the worst. does anyone care, really? it's after the season, half the players opt out, and the people who go play patty-cake because nobody wants to get hurt.

[NCCubFan]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

Absolutely not. It's unfair that the Cubs lost home field advantage (assuming they make it to the Series in the first place) because a Brewer couldn't throw out the runner at the plate.

[TruffleShuffle]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

Absolutely not. It's unfair that the Cubs lost home field advantage (assuming they make it to the Series in the first place) because a Brewer couldn't throw out the runner at the plate.

 

and dan uggla couldn't... well, do anything.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

Absolutely not. It's unfair that the Cubs lost home field advantage (assuming they make it to the Series in the first place) because a Brewer couldn't throw out the runner at the plate.

 

and dan uggla couldn't... well, do anything.

 

He vomitted in the dugout during the 15th inning after striking out again.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Uggla

[RedFlash]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

Absolutely not. It's unfair that the Cubs lost home field advantage (assuming they make it to the Series in the first place) because a Brewer couldn't throw out the runner at the plate.

 

and dan uggla couldn't... well, do anything.

 

He vomitted in the dugout during the 15th inning after striking out again.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Uggla

 

Wowser....I feel bad for hating on the guy.....

[NCCubFan]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

Absolutely not. It's unfair that the Cubs lost home field advantage (assuming they make it to the Series in the first place) because a Brewer couldn't throw out the runner at the plate.

 

and dan uggla couldn't... well, do anything.

Yes, his performance was downright Uggly. :D

[chuckywang]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

Absolutely not. It's unfair that the Cubs lost home field advantage (assuming they make it to the Series in the first place) because a Brewer couldn't throw out the runner at the plate.

 

and dan uggla couldn't... well, do anything.

 

He vomitted in the dugout during the 15th inning after striking out again.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Uggla

 

Wowser....I feel bad for hating on the guy.....

 

I think someone was just having a little bit of fun.

[David]

Soooo...was it worth it to have that decide HFA?

Absolutely not. It's unfair that the Cubs lost home field advantage (assuming they make it to the Series in the first place) because a Brewer couldn't throw out the runner at the plate.

 

 

Maybe. That said, we still wouldn't have gotten home field this year had it been the old system.

 

I still feel cheated by Billy Wagner, Uggla, and everyone else's suckitude.

 

Dempster striking out the side was cool, though.

[Clem Fandango]

Jason Bay woulda thrown him out.

 

he did a hi didily ho job of lining up for the throw, and then made a borderline throw

 

he wasn't as tunas are pretty as uggla, but who is?

 

That's some colorful language you chose there

 

As far as the game goes, I'm really glad that Aramis Ramirez, who was selected by the fans to go to the All Star game, got one at bat and was then immediately pulled for Christian Guzman of all people. Meanwhile, David Wright, who was selected by Hurdle because he had to pick someone to replace an injured player and wasn't actually elected, got more AB than someone who did.

 

Aramis Ramirez, the 2nd best 3B on the NL. 0-for-0 one walk, pulled for a pinch runner who shouldn't have even been elected

Edited July 16, 2008 by The Logan

[TruffleShuffle]

Jason Bay woulda thrown him out.

 

he did a I buried Paul job of lining up for the throw, and then made a borderline throw

 

he wasn't as Frankee goes to Hollywood as uggla, but who is?

 

That's some colorful language you chose there

 

nah, isht is the tofu of cursing

[CubsBears29]

My "All Star Game Fix Its" solutions, if going to keep this idiotic mentality of "IT COUNTS!" towards the ASG:

 

- Allow position players to re-enter if comes a time that all available players have been used before the end of the game, especially in extra inning contests [Dan Uggla, Christian Guzman, Cory Hart, Ryan Ludwick, etc getting 4 or 5 ABs in an ASG??]

 

- That or expand the rosters so won't run out after 10 innings

 

- Expand the pitching rosters to avoid running out in extra inning contests

 

- Make the coaches actually use their brain, and stop trotting guys out when they obviously are killing their side's chances of winning [ie, Hurdle and Uggla]; yeah, I know, didn't have a choice because of no players available to replace him with, but still

 

 

- But first and foremost, remove the "winning side gets WS HFA" rule and make it so that the team with the best record at the end gets HFA