2015 All Star Game Thread

[ifmanis5]

WOAH

 

[fineyoungarm]

YES!
 

Brain eating amoeba. 

YES!

 

[runnels3]

I don't put Bench remotely close to Aaron, Mays or Koufax.

 
You got that right. F Robby before him. But what can you say, home town hero for the carnival. Then again Robby could have been as such until the Reds unceremoniously dumped him to the AL.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

 
Shitty gimmick account, naming himself after Rochester NY.

All gimmick accounts are shitty.  Other than DChong

 

[Al Zarilla]

Trout!

 

[cwright]

Pandering. Who should be #4? (Rose)

 
Bonds probably has the best case, but that would never happen.  Rickey Henderson, Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Greg Maddux?

 

[canderson]

Well then.

 

[Terras]

Huzzah.

 

[etakbear]

Ok, that was fun.

 

[Traut]

Predictable. Trout is the best player in several decades not named Barry Bonds.

 

[Ale Xander]

Or perhaps bo Jackson

 

[Madmartigan]

Trout is pretty good

 

[cwright]

Mike Trout is SO good.

 

[DanoooME]

I don't think those hats can be shit on enough.  They are fugly.
 
And Cincinnati has never had anything that ever looked like that, so why now?  The closest equivalent are those late 70s Pirates hats.

 

[ifmanis5]

Mike Trout is a baseball player.

 

[fineyoungarm]

You really think Berra was better than Bench? 

No

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

First inning runs. Still feels like a Sox game.

 

[DJnVa]

I hope Greinke's ERA rises in second half---he doesn't need to be below Pedro's 1.74.

 

[bankshot1]

Best all time at his position?

who played in Cincy.
 
great player but Bonds was better as were several other guys still living

 

[fineyoungarm]

Predictable. Trout is the best player in several decades not named Barry Bonds.

Or Rusney Castillo

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Predictable. Trout is the best player in several decades not named Barry Bonds.

Greinke is having historic season.  Not really so predicable.

 

[EddieYost]

YOST HAS SPOKEN! KNEEL BEFORE HIM!

GHoff you listening?

 

[PayrodsFirstClutchHit]

No Fox strike zone graphics?  I expected 3D explosions on every pitch.

 

[canderson]

Probably time to get someone warming.

 

[FlowerCity]

No

 
What happened to perhaps?

 

[fineyoungarm]

DALE SVEUM SIGHTING!!!

 

[Joe Shlabotnick]

I thought Greinke didn't gag under pressure anymore.

 

[fineyoungarm]

 
What happened to perhaps?

Truth

 

[Traut]

I don't think those hats can be shit on enough.  They are fugly.
 
And Cincinnati has never had anything that ever looked like that, so why now?  The closest equivalent are those late 70s Pirates hats.

That's right except you're entirely wrong.
 
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13099163/all-star-game-hats-pay-tribute-cincinnati-red-stockings

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

who played in Cincy.
 
great player but Bonds was better as were several other guys still living

I'm just curious who you think is the GOAT catcher, if not Bench.

 

[FlowerCity]

I hope Greinke's ERA rises in second half---he doesn't need to be below Pedro's 1.74.

 
Context.

 

[DJnVa]

I thought Greinke didn't gag under pressure anymore.

 
It's an exhibition game.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Greinke is going to have to pop a Xanax pretty soon

 

[DJnVa]

 
Context.

 
Oh, I agree. But the mouth-breathers will just see the numbers.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

 
I knew it was CT, I'm simply pointing out that as far as I saw, FOX and MLB.com made no mention of it. As far as I'm aware, that's atypical for them. And it's now going on 8:30 ET.

 
Just catching up on the thread, but you guys realize Cincinnati is in the Eastern time zone, right?

 

[fineyoungarm]

10 years 240 million dollars. called strike three.

 

[fineyoungarm]

 
Just catching up on the thread, but you guys realize Cincinnati is in the Eastern time zone, right?

Barely, Red.

 

[FlowerCity]

 
Oh, I agree. But the mouth-breathers will just see the numbers.

 
AKA the majority of the media. Touche.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Barely, Red.

It's a digital assignment.

 

[Corsi]

That's right except you're entirely wrong.
 
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13099163/all-star-game-hats-pay-tribute-cincinnati-red-stockings

 
That's right, except you and Rovell are entirely wrong.
 
http://www.dugout-memories.com/cinred.html
 
http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/uniforms.asp?league=&city=Cincinnati&lowYear=&highYear=&sort=year&increment=18

 

[DJnVa]

 
Just catching up on the thread, but you guys realize Cincinnati is in the Eastern time zone, right?

 
Heh. You know what, I gave Flower City way too much credit. 
 
I knew that.

 

[DanoooME]

That's right except you're entirely wrong.
 
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13099163/all-star-game-hats-pay-tribute-cincinnati-red-stockings

 
Then blame this site, they don't have anything that looks even close.
 
http://www.dugout-memories.com/cinred.html

 

[FlowerCity]

 
Just catching up on the thread, but you guys realize Cincinnati is in the Eastern time zone, right?

 
LOL, learn something new every day.

 

[bankshot1]

I'm just curious who you think is the GOAT catcher, if not Bench.

Bench might be the GOAT catcher, but being the best catcher doesn't entitled you to be among the top 4 living players of all time, when Bonds, Clemens, Frank Robby, Yaz, (a stretch) and some other guys are still living. I think it was a hometown call.

 

[DJnVa]

 
That's right, except you and Rovell are entirely wrong.
 
http://www.dugout-memories.com/cinred.html

 
That's not every hat you know.

 

[FlowerCity]

 
Heh. You know what, I gave Flower City way too much credit. 
 
I knew that.

 
This is my 18th post. That's like citing wikipedia in your dissertation.

 

[Corsi]

 
That's not every hat you know.

 
This is.
 
http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/uniforms.asp?league=&city=Cincinnati&lowYear=&highYear=&sort=year&increment=18

 

[Al Zarilla]

Bench might be the GOAT catcher, but being the best catcher doesn't entitled you to be among the top 4 living players of all time, when Bonds, Clemens, Frank Robby, Yaz, (a stretch) and some other guys are still living.

So, steroids aren't a factor in this exercise?

 

[Traut]

 
This is.
 
http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/uniforms.asp?league=&city=Cincinnati&lowYear=&highYear=&sort=year&increment=18

Dude. It's a tribute. The Reds had hats with horizontal stripes and logos. These are a modern take on those hats. Not even a stretch.

 

[FlowerCity]

So, steroids aren't a factor in this exercise?

 
Depends on how long it takes the current players to die.