The All-Star Game Thread

[Bergs]

Great job by the Royals' pen.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I still forget the Astors are in the AL. I have been very confused for the last 90 seconds.

 

[YTF]

It wasn't shown on the American broadcast. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/canadian-national-anthem-all-lives-matter-change-1.3676477

I prefer rogue tenor to lone wolf.

 

[Ale Xander]

Oh not Rodney

 

[twibnotes]

Melancon being great is still shocking to me. He was SO awful in Boston.

What is the running theory on this? Was he banged up physically? Did he catch clay's squirrels?

 

[rembrat]

What is the running theory on this? Was he banged up physically? Did he catch clay's squirrels?

Bobby Valentine.

 

[Bergs]

What is the running theory on this? Was he banged up physically? Did he catch clay's squirrels?

Bobby Valentine?

Edit: get out of my brain, Rembrat.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Sox have, what, 3 closers now, but I'd love to see this guy in the red and white.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

No Red Sox mentions in last 30 minutes. Do not like.

 

[ifmanis5]

What is the running theory on this? Was he banged up physically? Did he catch clay's squirrels?

More suited to the NL? Froze up on a big stage? Bobby V?

EDIT: Bobby V it is!

 

[Buzzkill Pauley]

Sox have, what, 3 closers now, but I'd love to see this guy in the red and white.

Sorry, but due to a clerical error the Red Sox now have acquired Casey Janssen instead.

 

[mauidano]

No Red Sox mentions in last 30 minutes. Do not like.

Steven Wright being shut out. Boooooooo. One of the better stories of the 2016 season and there was talk of him even starting the game and he won't even make it into the game. Hey Ned Yost; can I have a word with you for a sec?

 

[MuzzyField]

Steven Wright being shut out. Boooooooo. One of the better stories of the 2016 season and there was talk of him even starting the game and he won't even make it into the game. Hey Ned Yost; can I have a word with you for a sec?

Apparently all-star catchers aren't competent enough to catch Wright's stuff.

 

[MuzzyField]

This guy is the best AL closer??

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Maybe Goldy goes bridge and we see Wright.

 

[mauidano]

Maybe Goldy goes bridge and we see Wright.

I'm cool with that.

 

[MuzzyField]

That counts as a Red Sox mention.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

1994 didn't happen. It's a lie.

 

[rembrat]

Get Steven Wright hot.

 

[Fishercat]

If the NL can tie this up we might get Wright Vs. Colon...

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

This guy is the best AL closer??

He's pretty damn good

 

[Buzzkill Pauley]

He's pretty damn good

In a Kimbrel sort of way, not a Uehara sort of way.

 

[MuzzyField]

Yes, but he's wearing an orange bird on his hat.

 

[Ale Xander]

Britain took less time to leave the EU than that ball to leave his hand

 

[uncannymanny]

He's really, really good.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Nolan AreNADA

 

[canderson]

This guy is the best AL closer??

He's dominant this season.

 

[Ale Xander]

Yay HFA

 

[rembrat]

So Game 1 will be at Fenway. Awesome.

 

[barbed wire Bob]

and thats that.

 

[ifmanis5]

Yeah, AL. Papi can DH in Game 7 now.

 

[MuzzyField]

Little letter water...

 

[DanoooME]

And just like that, ova!

 

[Al Zarilla]

OK, Sox, home field, up to you now.

 

[uncannymanny]

Would I love to have Perez on the Sox

 

[patinorange]

Yeah, AL. Papi can DH in Game 7 now.

That's Huge!
AL water, again.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Britain took less time to leave the EU than that ball to leave his hand

That one needs some work.

 

[MuzzyField]

Papi and 'last' is not fun to deal with.

 

[Ale Xander]

do you play Papi at 1B in game 3 or 4?

 

[Al Zarilla]

Yeah, AL. Papi can DH in Game 7 now.

Not going that far. Sox in 5.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

do you play Papi at 1B in game 3 or 4?

Oh fuck. This is gonna turn into a Farrell thread isn't it?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Oh fuck. This is gonna turn into a Farrell thread isn't it?

Is this SoSH?

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Papi would have to play all 3 NL games in the WS at 1B. no tomorrow literally at that point.

Let's hope we're having that discussion in 3 months.

 

[rembrat]

You remember when JD Drew won in 08' and he couldn't be bothered? I miss him.

 

[rembrat]

"What do I do with it?"

 

[E5 Yaz]

I miss him.

He doesn't care

 

[soxhop411]

You remember when JD Drew won in 08' and he couldn't be bothered? I miss him.

FSU’s J.D. Drew enshrined in National College Baseball Hall of Fame


http://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/baseball/2016/07/02/fsus-jd-drew-enshrined-national-college-baseball-hall-fame/86646862/

 

[normstalls]

Rose is a weird dude... But he was100% right regarding managers and how they managed this game

 

[garlan5]

"What do I do with it?"

Mickey Mantle?

 

[twibnotes]

Bobby Valentine.

Good call