So they start the show with some intro like its a movie or something and they miss a chance to have all of the A’s walking together like Reservoir Dogs..Do I have to give them ALL the ideas?
Thread it up FKers, we may not see this many A’s again for a while.
And because it’s based on EST, we won’t see it it now either.
Well 15 minutes in and so far all you have missed is a bunch of #2.
A big steaming pile of it?
I have a feeling we’re about to be subjected to 3+ hours of nothing but Derek Jeter.
Pfft. Like there’s anyone else there playing.
Playing? I thought this was just going to be an interview with him and Oprah for 4 hrs.
They must have loved that there was a rain delay so they could do a Jeter and Boone love session. I had to flip channels for that.
Big Hurt at the pre-game talking head table. I think he may have ate Punto instead of letting Cespy do it.
At least they led off that promo to the commercial showing Norris, Donaldson & Doolittle walking.
Nice moment for Pat Neshek.
Amused at the explanation for Samardzija.
I cant figure out how I feel about these caps. Now I assume that means I dont like them, but there are a few I think look nice…
Not a fan of fking with the team uniforms for the All-Star game. It’s what makes baseball’s so unique. It should have been done yesterday as part of the derby.
At least Jeter’s paying tribute to the A’s with his cleats. Yeah.
Time for the National Anthem to be sung by someone connected to a FOX show, right?
I thought they were going to sing the Alphaville classic “Forever Young”. Guess I missed out on that pool.
i knew it could talk, but… the von braun computer can sing??
Jeter and Trout next to each other…FOX just got a stiffy.
I think the more the gap widens between the rich and poor, the more asinine, histrionically propagandistic grace notes are required in the National Anthem. By the year 2030, it will just be one long saccharine soulful syllable.
Oh christ, Buck, Reynolds, and Verducci? How do you get rid of McCarver and end up with an even worse booth.
Pretty bad, but definitely not worse.
I haven’t watched this for years, my low expectations for this coverage are already been blown past. Really remarkably dreadful, and I’m not even as bothered by the Jeter stuff as everyone else.
NL lineup looks much better to me than the AL lineup.
I think pretty even except at SS…
So you’re agreeing.
JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER MUSHROOM MUSHROOM
HA
That ump is getting fired.
McCutchen is trolling us.
Jeter really made that play, recited the Gettysburg Address and simultaneously solved the border crisis with prescient compassion… you just didn’t see it cuz it was in a parallel universe.
I like that neon yellow thing on JD’s arm (but I don’t like the presumably crippling arm injury he’s wearing it for).
Compression sleeves are all the rage these days.
Ok, stupid commercial but I’d be a liar if I said I didnt laugh at the blurred out Mr. Met.
LOL at lone fan breaking the Jeter-silence by chanting “Over-Rated.”
Re2pect? Da fuck?
Aretha Franklin is rolling over in her bed.
Re-two-pect?
Find out what it means to me
Spoiler: Nothing
Sorry, the answer we were looking for was: Ab-so-lutely Nothin (say it again).
sock it to me sock it to me….
Come on Wainwright, throw one knee high middle in to Trout.
yeah, that’s the ticket
That’s a tough shadow.
Sun being blocked by all the dick sucking?
Probably should’ve started Kershaw…
Miguel Cabrera for early MVP. At least he earned his home run.
WUT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DONT YOU KNOW NOTHING WOULD OF HAPPENED WITHOUT JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER JETER
This start bodes well for the A’s in the World Series.
I gotta re2pect these guys a bit for making “productive outs” one of the keys to the game in a fking all star game.
fuck you, lester
lol
I CAN HAZ UTLEY PLZ??
(Also, FK you Lester)
The cell reception here sucks, so I may not be able to rejoin you, but greetings from Target Field, temporary home of the A’s!
where are you sitting? maybe we’ll see you.
Second deck above left field.
They just showed you on TV. Not like close up or anything, but in an ultra long shot. But it was pretty clear they were trying to show you. They were just trying to be sly about it.
She’s in, hooray!
Gomez is fun to watch.
How long until they make every team use 162 different hats?
Hmm…I kinda like these.
Uuuuuugly.
explains that upstream leap when he couldn’t catch that ball.
Those are pretty sweet.
Oh hey! Someone from a Fox show is there!!!
’cause everyone fox!
Everybody Fox now!
“I made all the owners a shit ton of money.”
Yeah, that whole thing was a crock of shit.
Sorry, but I like the All-Star Game. Pretty much solely for the pitcher-batter matchup, because unlike every other major sport’s all-star games, the fundamental unit of the sport, the at-bat, is basically unchanged.
It’s great when pitchers aren’t grooving fastballs to guys in their last season.
And then admitting it. And then panicking.
Agreed, I like seeing the best against the best too.
But I really don’t get why a few players get the all-star-for-life treatment even when they’re long past their prime. There’s the Yankee thing, but it was just as bad for below-replacement-level Ripken. Meanwhile, Rickey (for example) played more seasons after his last ASG.
It is bizarre. You have to be a white guy, I guess
A white guy with a history of being swell.
Got home just in time to see jeterlatio round 2.
I miss baseball.
I don’t imagine they’re showing it on TV, but before the last inning started, someone got up to the catwalk above the main scoreboard and hung a homemade banner that said LOVE WATER NOT OIL. The stadium crew only took it down now – it was up about 15 minutes.
Hee hee! Fight the Power!
Game Delay (Jeter)
Game Delay (end of baseball forever, there will never be anymore baseball, because how could we ever play baseball with no Derek Jeter in it?)
You guys. This is the last time we have to see Derek Jeter at an All-Star Game.
If this delay causes Chris Sale to give up the lead I will be PISSED.
So can I guess who’ll be MVP? Can I? Can I?
Bobby Crosby
Peter, is that you?
And now on to 20 years of this for Trout.
THANKS FOR NOTHING, JETER DELAY.
OK Norris, please absorb Scherzer’s repertoire and habits and report back.
I was disappointed by Norris’ failure to call the pre-TJ pitch combo
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A START!
Cool, Donaldson vs. Neshek.
And now Norris vs. Neshek.
Donaldson you shithead. If you get hurt in the ASG I’m gonna set your car on fire.
(head first slide into 1B like 5 min ago, I was busy)
Don’t worry, I’d help you torch that fucker.
I’m guessing he drives something like an El Camino.
Custom van
Haha just fired up MLB.tv and the still while it was loading was of, wait for it, Jeter.
Oh christ, Harold Reynolds?
They serious with these hats?
Plays the game the right way.
WTF was that pitch? Gameday is showing it 3 feet over Altuve’s head.
It pretty much was.
So like a high strike to Freiman.
Buck with a Kuiper moment of misjudging fly balls excitedly.
Right? Dude, it’s Altuve.
There is a lot of horrible garish footwear out there, but Altuve’s are the worst.
At least no one is rocking shoes that don’t match, like I saw in the World Cup.
For some reason those didn’t bother me as much. Ugly, but not repellant.
When they showed him up at the plate I had a WTF moment wondering why an Astro was batting when the AL was up. And no, the joke of the Astros suck wasn’t actually where my head was.
Those are some serious clownshoes.
Thats a clown shoe, bro.
what happened to white cleats?
Moss, Cespedes, and Kazmir all coming in.
Moss, Ces, Kaz coming in.
We have now reached the Oakland A’s portion of tonight’s game with Norris, Kazmir, Cespedes & Moss in.
AHAHAHA of course the Jeter interview during Kazmir’s inning.
I was so furious.
Oh great, mic fucking Jeter while the A’s battery is in the game.
Perfect: Jeter interview while Kazmir pitches! Bet they don’t mention Kazmir’s journey.
Oh, Yoenis had such a great chance!
I guess the stage just wasn’t big enough for Cespedes to perform
and “lukewarm tuesday night in minny” is born
Wait, did Wainwright already admit he grooved one to Jetes?
Yep.
He’s going to catch a lot of shit for that when we’re hosting the Cards in Game 1 of the Series.
Harold, may I suggest “How great does it feel?”
Might be psychic. Might just know the odds well:
Er. And they just waited until four of the A’s were in at once.
Booooooooooooo
If Scott Kazmir is in a federal witness protection program, his cover surely emerged intact after tonight.
Can’t believe Cespedes missed that chance to nail the baserunner, that play was set up perfectly for him.
He needed to kick it first.
Did the tv show the introductions? Its the only thing I like and they didn’t have it on the radio
Yeah, they always do on TV.
Is this what you’re looking for
Did I just get Rick Rolled? I did. I did just get rick rolled.
They introduced Jeter, but they ran out of time to do the others.
This asshole
“So, tell us a little bit about how great it is, to be a sports journalist and to work so hard at your craft and for then, literally right there in front of your face is the reborn Son of God, the Messiah of Humanity, the Lamb himself Derek Jeter and he’s breathing the same air as you are, and yes you’re trying to focus on not just shitting your pants standing there in the same stadium as someone who can walk on water, make the blind to see AND take the low outside breaking pitch the other way with consistency, and you’ve waited in line with 50,000,000 people to get a glimpse, maybe kiss the ring, maybe make a tithe to his Church of Playing the Game the Right Way, and then you look up and everyone in the ballpark is just dousing themselves with gasoline and setting themselves on fire and slitting the throats of live goats in sacrificial tribute to the man who might be the greatest person ever born in human history and you’re viewing the charred remains of the fans in the stands and you get your turn and you ask SUCH a GREAT question about what it’s like to get asked what it’s like to be Derek Jeter, how great is that?”
It’s always amazing at this point in the game how many NL All Stars I have never heard of.
i was just thinking that.
also, Sciambi said that the trout double was foul
So, as it stands, I think Trout is the MVP.
I bet its Jeter or Cabrera.
I’m pouring all my votes into Cabrera. Gotta do everything possible to keep it away from Jeter.
That’s so cute that you think how people actually vote matters.
Hope springs eternal.
They should have had Jeter sing God Bless America.
GBA is a terrible song to begin with but that was nails on a chalkboard
That wasn’t a professional singer, was it?
4 time Grammy
winningnominated guy that I’d never heard of.Joe Nichols! I don’t know any of his stuff other than “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”…but I do know that one.
I refuse to listen to that garbage of an unnecessary song.
That was truly awful.
They’re still talking about Jeter! This is incredible!
So our hitters got some practice against Kimbrel, and learned that they better not need a 9th inning comeback when they face Atlanta.
Emphatically yes.
Sigh.
As soon as I saw the new unread comment here I knew it was in reply to this.
yeah, why’s he always gotta be right?
That Burger King commercial is pretty dumb. Have you ever eaten a hot dog or cheesesteak from the short side? No? There you go.
They found the only two people in the world who have never had or seen a sandwich before.
And what about top-to-bottom or bottom-to top? There are three dimensions, guys!
And why always past-to-future?
right?
Hey, at least FOX did an A’s promo with bonus Reddick reference.
I LOVE THEM.
Rizzo with his entry into the ugliest shoes contest.
Rodney better not FK this up.
He didn’t, but he’s still an asshole.
THINK OF THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN!!!!
I hope Rodney gives up a two run bomb so that when he comes off the mound to do his stupid arrow thing afterward (as he’s said he intends to do) he’ll look like an even bigger tool.
only one will be charged to doolittle
Dooing well, Sean.
One thing Frazier probably won’t do against Rodney is hit a home run, am I right?
Uh oh, sounds like Wainwright missed the “This Time It Counts!” message.
(Resonates a little more since I’ve been reading Kostya Kennedy’s book about Pete Rose the last few days.)
I’m not surprised Wainwright grooved a couple to Jeter. I’m surprised he’s surprised Jeter got good contact on one.
Thank goodness EA is there to get to the bottom of it. (Wainwright backpedaling furiously.)
Chapman vs. Cespedes should be FUN.
Yup, great matchup that ended rather quickly.
Well, that was anti-climactic.
This is hilarious.
It’s kind of sad FOX is trying to turn what Wainwright said into a controversy. I guess someone with MLB took him aside and gave him a “WTF are you saying that for?!?” scolding.
They’re acting like he took a shit in Jeter’s open casket or something.
If only…
I’d be tempted to drop a deuce on Jeter if he were lying in state.
In homage to #2 of course.
I don’t know, it’s a legitimate criticism. They represent the ASG as something more than a pure exhibition game, and pitchers shouldn’t be handing out lollipops…and definitely shouldn’t admit to it.
About that movie ad, it pushes my buttons when they say “all crime is legal”. No. You can say “nothing is criminal;”, or “everything is legal”, but crime by definition is not legal. Lord have mercy.
The Lucy “you only use 10% of your brain” commercials have made me want to break my TV. Morgan Freeman, you host a science show! Why are you perpetuating this crap!?
Another eye-roller. Also, if she’s pushing those dudes around with her mind why is she gesturing with her hands?
“I have no idea.”
Ha!
On the other hand, I’d probably pay to watch Scarlett read from the phonebook for a couple of hours.
Also, how about the completely unsubtle classism of “People like us don’t survive this night!”
Final score, Jeter infinity, Satan zero
Nice home field advantage, bitches.
yes
Yup.
I saw nothing MLB/FOX did as a way of paying tribute to Tony Gwynn during the game. What gives?
who?
What makes this worse:
I’m really curious as to what would happen if Jeter tested positive for steroids tomorrow.
It would get hushed up?
Who’s to say he hasn’t already.
His head does look Bondsian these days…
He’d ask for his money back.
Trout: MVP. He finally beat Cabrera for one! I think Trout is also faster than that Corvette.
God’s Guppy – MVP (non-Jeter division)
Called it. You can thank me now or later.
Excuse me guys, but I’d like to nominate Josh Donaldson for a tagline, from SuSlu’s ASG recap:
“It’s Punto’s fault. I won’t do it again.”
Tagline it.
I was just gonna post that
here
As annoying as the Jeterfellatio was tonight, this section amused me.
Moss is the best.
indeed
I think the funniest part of Moss, according to the stories, the rednecky outdoorsy type. Not the guy you would expect to deliver that quote.
Those are often some of the guys most likely to say that sort of thing.
Taglined.
I…woke up this morning. Not sure what to do about this. I figured since Derek Jeter played in his last ASG, there was nothing more to do. Though as I look outside in this first day after his last ASG, shadows from the sunlight look a whole lot like a “2” out there.
Don’t forget, if you want tickets with the FK group for the August 9 FK Day celebration game reply to this comment by this Friday!
I want playoff tickets.
I want World Series tickets.
I want WS tickets that aren’t ultimately refunded. Tired of not getting to use the sexy fancy tickets.
Same, bitch.
The Kings of Leon/playoff swing Soaker mentioned a while back is on my mind.
I feel like Future Ed has seen this comment before.
ALERT:
Desperately seeking recommendations for really, really good restaurant in Oakland/Berkeley environs. Recip is not a foodie, but she IS a healthie (does the Markleeville death ride at 60-type healthy). Suggestions for what’s both good and good for you? Expensive is fine — it’s for a partner placement thanks [eatcher heart out, Yalie-boy]. I already know about Chez Panisse.
Thanks! Here or email tfcmail@gmail.com
Any dietary restrictions/preferences?
Nope — but she does like Sushi.
kirala?
Ozumo is supposed to be good.
Um… Francesco’s? (He said absolutely jokingly).
How great is that?
camino. (though it’s difficult, because they don’t cater to diners; they expect diners to know how to enjoy the deliciousness they come up with.)
pizzaiolo. (more diner friendly, slightly less special.)
penrose. (new version of pizzaiolo. only detractor is that the seating around the butcherblock tables is not exactly comfortable.)
A-16 rockridge. (haven’t been there yet.)
none of these necessarily come with a “as seen on the health channel” sticker, but it’s local farm to table.
I can vouch for A-16 SF, at least as of a couple of years ago. Great food.
Gather is a good choice – good, healthy (not strictly veg, but lots of options), pretty nice atmosphere (but not really fancy).
Cha Ya (Japanese) and Udupi Palace (Indian) both have amazing veg food (and this coming from a carnivore) but are probably more hole-in-the-wally than you’re looking for.
Cesar Berkeley (spanish tapas), Duende (spanish/basque), Pizzaiolo (Italian) are all great. All can be loud though.
Commis, Oliveto, Camino, Dopo, Adesso, Wood Tavern all have good reputations, but I don’t have first hand experience.
Yeah, for what df describes Gather sounds like a good match.
I really like Mua – not super fancy and can be loud, but I love building a dinner out of their delicious appetizers.
Thanks, all — she shall have a Gathering!
I would add Encuentro near Jack London Square.
Shame this part got edited out:
Juice in his hands? Does Josh subscribe to the Moises Alou school of hand conditioning?
Unpleasant resonance with what happened to Josh Reddick’s dad, too.
God off days suck. I’m glad we won’t have another one for a wh- SON OF A
You could always watch the livestream of the City Council meeting starting in 5 minutes about the A’s lease instead. Warning: unlikely to improve any negative opinions. Except that it will pass, probably, so that’s good.
saskatchewan is up 1–0 over the cleveland browns at halftime.*
* i may or may not have a handle on MLS team acronyms.
Generic Adidas Jersey A 1-0 Generic Adidas Jersey B
Go Rough Riders! Or is it Roughriders!*
* I may or may not be talking about the right sport
rough rider
cool stroker
strong winder
i had a hard night
last night.
Cool Rider
Filling in the void by taking in a Hillsboro Hops game tonight, currently in first place. I never managed to go last year, so looking forward to seeing the best baseball that Portland Metro has to offer.
If I end up out that way, and it’s looking more and more like I will, I’ll definitely go to some games there.
Cool. As I said, keep me posted. You were doing some mortgage broker kind of work, IIRC. Not that I have major contacts in that area, but can probably give you a name or two to call if you’re looking into that.
The problem for me for oging to games is having to plan it advance given various parental duties; last season was difficult since Mrs. PDX was suffering from back problems then recovering from back surgery. This year’s been easier, but weekends are usually booked by one thing or another, or just needing to find two hours to get shit done around the house without the kids pulling us in five different directions.
It was corporate at a real estate company, but the work itself was kind of specialized. I don’t know if I really want to stay in that particular industry with the way things have gone (or rather, haven’t gone) with the job I was supposed to get at a local place once I obtained a license. Now things are at a point where even if they did have the job ready in a few weeks, I doubt it would work for me after having had to dip into other funds just to make ends meet.
That’s too bad when it doesn’t work out. In any case, keep me posted and I’ll try to help out however I’m able.
Thanks. I’d be likely to start by renting first so I can have more time to check out different areas, but anything I should especially consider or avoid would be good to know.
The only area to really avoid is Rockwood, which is way over near Gresham and I’m guessing is probably not in your consideration, anyway.
Haven’t reached the point of looking that closely yet. I’m still waiting on an info packet to arrive in the mail from an agent I spoke with in the area.
The trip to Portland was short notice, but I did get to a Hops game last weekend. The park seemed a little flimsy. It looks like an improved field in an existing city athletic complex. The third base side concessions and restrooms are shared with the existing football stadium. Also the ingress-egress is not very good considering the size of the crowds. I’d say Hillsboro didn’t spend a lot and didn’t get a lot; still, as you say, at least there’s some professional baseball in the area.
Since it was about a year plus a month or two between starting the design and finishing construction (and given the budget), that’s not a surprise.
Though, for short-season A-ball, it doesn’t need to be fancy. Look at Salem-Keizer.
Okay, maybe not the BEST example, but the kinds of places these teams play in aren’t going to be all that luxurious. Eugene’s nice, but it’s also on the U of Oregon campus and primarily for the Ducks themselves.
True. I haven’t been to Volcanoes stadium, but from driving by, it sure doesn’t look like much. Tacoma Dome is still a much bigger eyesore along the I-5 corridor.
It’s about as bare-bones as they get.
Ah, the tacoma dome. The venue for my one and only monster truck rally
The Tacoma Dome seems like such a strange place. The youngst Ace and I wen to the car museum next to it. It amazed me that they had to charge $5 forparking in a lot with 4 cars in it around nothing but empty places.
Fixed.
In researching the teams, I found that the son(or other relation) of Luis Polonia plays 2b for the TriCity Dust Devils. Looking at this year’s stats and previous DSL stats, he’s about as effective of a base runner as his father (9 SB, 10 CS)
OK, game – not much excitement, save for a nicely hit dinger (at least 400 feet, probably 420+ from my estimate) from Son of Steve Garvey and siting of Mark Grace, hitting/1b coach for the Hops, who still is on supervised probation from 2012 DUI.
Also, toddler sitting a few rows in front of us got hit by foul ball in his head. The good thing is that he was alert/crying immediately afterwards. Hoping that it ended up being no more than a goose egg and a headache. His parents got him out of there immediately.
Hey, @jamesvenes or someone else who tweets, tell Chron’s @WillKane to use the #oakmtg hashtag for best results.
I’ve been busy working on a sprinkler valve this evening.
I don’t have a position on the lease
The choice may now be clear:
is that her at the moment of voting no on THIS, or on something else?
emperornobodyinparticular dropping the big words in his public comments. Does not support current lease. Runs out of time to finish.
Interesting split in speakers, all legit fervid A’s and Raiders fans, but very different pro-lease anti-lease views. Also lots of front-line A’s employees I recognize from the Coliseum.
Here’s what I said, not that it matters:
First, I’d like everyone in this room to look at the colors of the flag of the city to the right there and decide for yourselves whether the Athletics and the city of Oakland ought to, after 45 years together, think about getting married at long last. The Oakland A’s & Raiders have been, are and will be GLOBAL SPORTS BRANDS that can only elevate the civic profile and possibilities of the city of Oakland.. Small markets don’t hook up to public transit and freeways that serve an area of 8 million people. Assertions to the contrary are PROPAGANDA PLOYS from myopic politicians and especially billionaire owners who imagine themselves ENTITLED to limitless profit with minimal effort. First order of business: STOP REPEATING TALKING POINTS of the entitled wealthy who denigrate whole regions and institutions to further their personal goals of limitless profit, control and ego aggrandizement.
The logical outcome of Citizens United, “corporate personhood” mentality is that wealthy and connected elites can maximize the socialized risk to communities while also maximizing private profits to THEMSELVES, and have legal approval and standing to feel like corporations have MORE standing as people than actual PEOPLE do. This ownership has spend 12 long years making believe their product’s natural constituency doesn’t exist and that the Athletics are a franchise with little to no support in the East Bay. The last 3 years since the Moneyball film release and the subsequent, steady ascent to the topmost reaches of the MLB firmament has firmly and emphatically challenged this unjust and untrue propaganda and begun to hint that there’s way more to the truth of what the A’s mean to Oakland and the East Bay than the easy, effortless and stereotypical branding of this region as unsupportive of this historic, innovative and standard setting franchise. This will only continue when the season resumes and the product makes its push to attempt to ascend to the highest position in MLB: that of World Series champion, with all the attention, reverence and luster such an achievement can bring. As we speak, this franchise is the near universal favorite to accomplish this… even as its future appears more uncertain than ever. That such a rehabilitation has become possible as the ongoing Oakland Renaissance steams ahead should give everyone involved with this situation pause to reflect on the opportunities inherent to this crisis.
That said, these lease terms appear as an underdisguised attempt, by an ownership seemingly disconnected from the very community in which it resides and which provides it with so much of its credible “Green Collar” identity, to provide itself with whim fulfillment via the most favorable terms possible, whilst ownership waits for the Giants’ ballpark debt service to be paid off and for its lawsuits in Santa Clara county to reach the fruition they have always desired. Then, whether it’s via the 2 year out clause or within the next decade, ownership will seize the first opportunity to depart from the East Bay, possibly leaving an empty Coliseum and an entire region from its government to its citizens looking even more foolish than nature intended.
This lease is but a sad, Pyrrhic charade unless written proof is supplied by ownership that they will follow through on their verbally expressed alleged intentions to build in Oakland, either in Coliseum City in collaboration with the Raiders or in some other, as yet undetermined site closer to Downtown. I urge the Council to procure such expression of intent IN WRITING before agreeing to such a skewed lease agreement that favors the interests of ownership so egregiously. Unless such written intent is forthcoming, the essential and very real fear is that the pattern of disingenousness on the part of Athletics current ownership will culminate with an exodus that can only damage, perhaps irrevocably, the already tenuous reputation of the City of Oakland.
Proposed new Oakland stadium “may come with working bathroomsâ€.
been there done that
As likely as winning the NL west.
Retro Port-o-potties!!!
Rosenthal:
What a weak excuse. If it takes 15 seconds to bring up Tony Gwynn, take a minute to bring up the rest. They could have easily done that instead of having the entire night being all about Derek Jeter.
How bout cut half averse out of the Dylan song no one knew? How bout just skipping the full explanation for shark since no one who didnt already know would care???
In 3-4 hours they couldhave found 5 minutes. No one is asking forthe Oscar roll call of the dead.
And they didn’t mention Bob Welch!
And they just had to stir the pot with Wainwright’s comments!
Forever Young? Great song, though given the Jeter association they should have used a recent version of 70-year-old Bob croaking it out.
No one knows “Forever Young”?
Baseball has spent A LOT of time this season talking about dead people after they died. I think folks are aware that Tony Gwynn and Bob Welch were good ballplayers, were pretty cool guys, and are currently deceased. What more needed to be said or accomplished? The Derek Jeter thing was horrendous, obviously, but they do shit like that because they know they can market it.
Mainly the point is the All-Star Game is one of baseball’s true events, watched by a whole hell of a lot of people. Maybe it’s something MLB ought to reconsider going forward, but they could easily do a very short roll call of some kind before or during the game to honor people who have passed, and do it with the entire country watching.
The reason it stands out more this year is because of how much time was spent making it all about Derek Jeter’s last ASG.
I know they showed something for Gwynn on Fox Sports 1 but I doubt many people saw that. There was also a moment during the Home Run Derby for Gwynn, but that’s not the ASG.
It’s a personal thing for me. Maybe it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things, but the good PR that comes from just taking a few moments during one of your primary viewing events, to me, outweighs the negative PR from the way it played out instead.
The ASG is probably the most appropriate time and place to a do a MLB in memoriam. While most teams have done their own team version of an honor for these people and I’m sure there’s sad MLB sponsored press releases for them, but at the same time this gives an arena for showing one last appreciation for what they’ve done for the game in one of the most public venues of the game. It doesn’t have to be big and showy on an individual basis, but a standard fade in fade out of a photo with birth/death, teams, career highlights, etc. overlaid on it would be entirely appropriate. Ditch that awful God Bless America bullshit and run a video that honors those that have fallen in the past year instead. Then do one last rendition of Take Me Out to the Ballgame in their honor to finish it off.
I’m with you. It’s also a much more appropriate place to do it than, say, during the World Series.
I don’t know. That seems kind of reasonable. There are a number people who have died recently and if you somehow you miss one it would be viewed as a slight. Not that they shouldn’t try, but it’s somewhat understandable that they wouldn’t. Also they fucking forgot Welch on that list. Assholes.
they wrote that statement before he died
Who? Ralph Kiner?
no. it’s self contradictory to the point of bullshit. here’s how:
Not contradictory at all. They’d just rather slight everyone instead of allowing a few to get away unslighted.
they singled out jeter and slighted everyone, then said they didn’t want to single out someone to not slight anyone. it’s like words have no meaning anymore.
15 years ago, would we have demanded that the All-Star Game feature some kind of short tribute to whoever died that year? I feel like we wouldn’t have, because that wasn’t what the All-Star Game was for, and it still shouldn’t be.
(I was joking)
The entirety of Major League Baseball spent like a week talking about nothing but Tony Gwynn. I think it’s okay.
The ESPYs were on while I was in a sports bar last night, and ESPN made a point of opening the “those we lost” segment with a specific dedication to Gwynn before going into the montage of everybody else. A slap at Fox perhaps.
I only watched for a few minutes and that was long enough for:
1. Michael Sam to make me cry
2. Realize that whoever this Drake is, he is a total dick.
Of course’s he’s a dick. He’s a guy who started his career on DeGrassi and now raps about how he “started from the bottom,” and he totally ripped off Rappin’ 4-Tay and had to be publicly called out before making it right.
this steaming pile of days off is really starting to stink.
right?
To take your mind off of said pile, the results of Oakland A’s games on July 17 of every year ending in “4” or “9:”
2009: A’s 7, Slegna 3. (Bobby who?)
2004: White Sox 5, A’s 2. (Did you know that Paul Konerko has only two seasons with bWAR>3?)
1999: Barry Bonds 7, A’s 2
1994: Red Sox 4, A’s 3 (Did the opposing CFer inspire this album?)
1989: Tigers 2, A’s 1
1984: Red Sox 6, A’s 1
1979: All Star Break
1974: A’s 2, Orioles 0. Rollie with the one out save
1969: A’s 8, Pilots 2. Nice night for Bando.
July 17 record of 3-5. So really, it’s for the best.
The part of the year where Jim Bouton only gets in lost cause games. Pitches 2.2 innings of shutout ball as soon as the A’s chanes of winning are at 99%.
all i gotta say is, you can’t hide from 4-5.
I predict that on July 17, 2019, the A’s, led by Bartolo “Cy(borg)” Colon’s perfectly located 113 mph fastballs, will beat the Angels 14-3, because Scioscia refuses to budge from “old school” biology and denied Trout’s request for offseason stem cell surgery. The A’s are led on offense by Norris, who simply lassoes his beard around the bases, getting an inside the park HR in every at bat.
Well thank God we beat the Pilots.
’64, year of the Dragon: world meets Thunderbutt.
Thunderbutt wins, Dragon wins, world wins, universe wins…
I seriously cannot believe there is no baseball tonight. WTF.
shane peterson with a HR. 1-0 Rivercats in Albuquerque
pomeranz has 4 ks through 3.1, but just fking walked chone fking figgens.
pb gets fking figgins to 3rd, Pomeranz then walks Joc Peterson
3 run hr to a “federovich”
had him 1-2, went to 3-2
and a Brock peterson his another 2 strike HR.
(nick Buss in left, I assume he passed through waivers)
hits
NOBODY CLAIMED NICK BUSS?????
Thanks, and go As.
This is not the Pomerantz performance we need to net us Rollins, huh.
Shane peterson with his 2nd HR.
Apparently the 5 HRS today have been hit to the exact same spot
THREE SHANE PETERSON HOMERS NOW OMFG
OOOOO ruben!!!! Ruben. Shiny prospects!!
I take it he no longer plays for us?
THE HELL HE DOESN’T. HE’S A PCL ALL-STAR AND HE’S OURS, BABY.
Okay. So A) Did the puppy break his hand again? B) What the fuck is up with that outfield wall?
i think you’re watching tennis by accident.
At least the homer makes the passed ball and stolen base moot.
(Afraid to check whether there’s baseball or not tonight.)
THERE IS!!!!!!!!!!
(Still concerned this might be a trap.)
No trap, but it is a tarp.
$25 for autographs from Canseco or Stew
$50 for Rickey, Eck, or LaRussa
I get the Hall of Fame distinction, but GTF out of here with 50 bones for a TLR autograph.
I LIKE TLR and I dont think I would pay 25 let alone 50. I would pay $50 for Stew without blinking. Hell, I imagine he could stare at me and just scare the $50 out.
I also bet I could just wait until after the game and get Canseco’s autograph for a Mucho Burrito and a deluxe chilli cheese fry at Del Taco.
heh
The flat rates based on being in the HOF are not are pretty silly.
I wouldn’t even pay the $25.
I understand proceeds going to charity and all that, but this has the feeling of having to pay some big appearance fees to the players and needing a way to account for that. So, charge the fans who are excited to meet them for a moment. I’d expect it at a card show, but not a baseball game.
I knew you were trouble when you walked in.
Mariners, DON’T YOU DARE!!
sigh.
I am just saying, if we get past the trade deadline and our 2B is Callaspo/Sogard/Punto/Parrino I’m going to call it a massive FKing failure on Billy’s part.
Thanks, and go As.
Dan Uggla is a available…
Speaking of a massive FKing failure.
Yup.
I don’t like the zobrist thing, but I am not impressed with that for 2014.
i think it helps us more than hurts. The mariners play the angles 12 more times or so, us only 6.
If they have price for 2-3 angels starts, that is a drag on the Angels schedlue, not ours.
But look at how they played us at the end of the first half. You just know McClendon will do his damnedest to stick us with Felix/Price/Ewok for all six of those games if he can. Because he knows we’re the team he has to beat to win the division, not the Angels.
I kind of can’t believe I forgot that the Mariners could trade for David Price, but that possibility makes me much more concerned than anything the Angels have done or could do–especially because the Angels are in no position to get David Price.
Thanks, and go As.
Hope he blows more than just the one save he’s got on his record so far this year.
Presumably for Trout, right?
Whatever. Still ain’t scared.
I’m an A’s fan. I’m always scared. Everyone else gets that fucked up luck with garbage.