Anyone actually going to watch the ASG tonight?

[Rich the Giants fan]

Ill be watching as much as my 7-month old will allow me.

I'm feeling you. Try a pair of five-year olds. I just sent them to my room to watch TV in there. Living room's mine.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

The Panda triples with the bases loaded!!!!!!!!

[drdg]

The Panda triples with the bases loaded!!!!!!!!

and the giants are beating the tigers 5-0

for those that aren't watching the game
you are all missing kate upton
sitting behind home plate, of course in the best camera view



rumor to be dating justin verlander

http://specials.msn.com/a-list/sport...-popular-pages

[EdTarbusz]

and the giants are beating the tigers 5-0

for those that aren't watching the game
you are all missing kate upton
sitting behind home plate, of course in the best camera view

Who is Kate Upton?

[Tyrus4189Cobb]

But nowadays, it's all over-dramatized side notes and a typically boring game.

Spot on with the side notes comment. Rather than focus on the game or add some lighthearted comments like "he's got a lot in the tank and works many innings," I have to hear about how this guy has the most innings pitched since 2008 or is fifth n batting average this season.

Even worse, I can't stand listening to the announcers obsess over someone's career, throwing around the usual adjectives like "respect," "classy," and "great," all of which have lost meaning over the years.

And of course, I don't possess enough patience to watch everyone desperately struggle to keep their tongues raveled in their mouths as they talk about wonder boy Harper.




That felt really good. Kudos to anyone who lasted the entire post

[Rich the Giants fan]

I just wish somehow, I could watch the game with volume and NOT hear Buck and McCarver. I wish Fox would realize everyone hates them.

[drdg]

Who is Kate Upton?

[Rich the Giants fan]

See Bautista's catch just now shows why the MLB All-Star game is better than any other sport's all-star contest. Players actually play defense in baseball.

[EdTarbusz]

The AL players don't look very serious. It's hard to see why fans should take this game seriously.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Phil Shifley!!

[Honus Wagner Rules]

The AL players don't look very serious. It's hard to see why fans should take this game seriously.

They look serious to me. Batista was hustling on that catch me made. And this is Kate Upton...

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[Blue387]

Who is Kate Upton?

A Yankee fan, I hear.

Also, R.A. Dickey is warming up.

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[EdTarbusz]

They look serious to me. And this is Kate Upton...

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Rally caps=not serious. Kate Upton looks like nothing special.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Good old Ed always the happy camper. Everything was better back in the Good Old Days!

[EdTarbusz]

Good old Ed always the happy camper. Everything was beter back then!

I sincerely doubt that I am the only one on this forum that thinks the ASG was better in the 70s and 80s.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

I sincerely doubt that I am the only one on this forum that thinks the ASG was better in the 70s and 80s.

Lots of folks complain how things were better back in the good old days. It's been a baseball tradition for over a hundred years to complain about the modern game. I think it's funny that many here at BBF extol the 1950's as some sort of Golden Age of Baseball yet I can find lots of quotes from old time ball players (Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby for example) who thought 1950's baseball sucked.

As for the 1970's-80's All-Star Game it had it's fair share of stinkers and yawners.

For me as a baseball fan the All-Star Game is a nice "distraction". I think it's cool to see all those different uniforms on the field at once (though I will say I liked it even better when they wore all those colorful uniforms in the 1970's). Plus we get to see all those great ballplayers at one time. The actual score is not so important to me. As long as the Giants players do well and not pull an Atlee Hammaker I am happy.

[Blue387]

R.A. Dickey is now pitching.

[EdTarbusz]

Lots of folks complain how things were better back in the good old days. It's been a baseball tradition for over a hundred years to complain about the modern game. I think it's funny that many here at BBF extol the 1950's as some sort of Golden Age of Baseball yet I can find lots of quotes from old time ball players (Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby for example) who thought 1950's baseball sucked.

As for the 1970's-80's All-Star Game it had it's fair share of stinkers and yawners.

For me as a baseball fan the All-Star Game is a nice "distraction". I think it's cool to see all those different uniforms on the field at once (though I will say I liked it even better when they wore all those colorful uniforms in the 1970's). Plus we get to see all those great ballplayers at one time. The actual score is not so important to me. As long as the Giants players do well and not pull an Atlee Hammaker I am happy.

For me the ASG is a boring exhibition.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

For me the ASG is a boring exhibition.

Then why are you watching it then?

[EdTarbusz]

Then why are you watching it then?

Why not? I did turn it off an hour ago.

[Zoltan]

and the giants are beating the tigers 5-0

for those that aren't watching the game
you are all missing kate upton
sitting behind home plate, of course in the best camera view



rumor to be dating justin verlander

http://specials.msn.com/a-list/sport...-popular-pages

So thats why Verlander struggled. The Tony Romo/Jessica Simpson effect.

[John Shoemaker]

What was the first all-Star you listened to on the radio or watched, John?

I listened to the 1933 game on the radio.

[Rich the Giants fan]

Well that was my favorite all-star game ever.

[Rich the Giants fan]

I listened to the 1933 game on the radio.

Awesomeness.

[Matthew C.]

To the people who complain about the games not being close. I wonder how the run differential spread each game would compare to a random 83 game selection from a cross-section of different run-environment seasons (or from one moderate run environment season). I bet the spreads are extremely similar.