AS Game Thread

[UMFan83]

On one hand the NL is actually winning in the second hand. On the other Goldschmidt hit a HR

[cl smooth]

lots of hands

[Irrelevant Dude]

Is there history between Guerrero and Machado?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Gonsolin... More like Gone-solin. Amirite?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

The 2016 ASG is still my favorite.

[UMFan83]

The 2016 ASG is still my favorite.

 

2008 was my favorite. I think it went 13 innings, Uggla made all those errors, Marmol and Dempster got critical outs, etc. Similar to 2016 we had a very vested interest in the winner (or so we thought at the time)

[Tim]

Castillo averaging 98 for his inning ok

We're not trading for Castillo. He would make sense for us for next year. There is a real value there.

 

But he's simply more valuable to teams in this year's race. They will be willing to pay for value this season and next. We would only pay for value next season. It would be fun, but to actually bid more than other teams would require paying more value than he'd be worth to us.

[Irrelevant Dude]

The mic'd up players have been pretty interesting. Trevino especially seems like a cool guy.

[UMFan83]

The mic'd up players have been pretty interesting. Trevino especially seems like a cool guy.

 

I love that he confirmed how many outs there were with the broadcast crew mid-play lol

[PackLandVA]

Nobody really thinks the NL can come back and win, right?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Nobody really thinks the NL can come back and win, right?

Nah. They probably won't get another hit.

[PackLandVA]

Highlight of the game for Cubs fans has to be that "down in the count 0-2, but draws a BB" for Happ, right? Grant it, none of the 4 balls were even close, but hey. He didn't make an out.

[ChiCubsFan]

Till we get the Happ walk off

[UMFan83]

How do you go 3-21-1 in an exhibition game against theoretically evenly matched teams? This is Michigan-Ohio State

[Irrelevant Dude]

Maybe we can repurpose those "just one before I die" shirts.

[PackLandVA]

I know it's expected, but how do you really give an MVP award to a player in this game?? Was there really a standout player? Buxton had 2 Abs and a HR. Sure, it was a tie breaker. But a solo shot in low scoring game in the middle of the game. Not overly dramatic at the time. I would make an argument that Manoah and Clase were just as "valuable" if not more. Both struck out the side. Or Stanton who got the AL on the board with a 2-run mammoth dinger. Or maybe every AL pitcher from the 2nd inning thru the 7th since no hit was allowed.

[PackLandVA]

Well there you go. Because I have the volume really low and am "surfing", I thought Buxton got the award. Turns out Mike Stanton did.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

The guy with 0 losses in the regular season takes the loss in the ASG

[We Got The Whole 9]

This was such a Cubs score. Score 2 in the first and get blanked for 8 straight.