This thread is for MGoBloggers watching tonight's MLB All Star Game. Will the AL continue it's dominant streak? All signs point to yes. For now, tune in for the first pitch at 8:45 on Fox.
EDIT: A few streams for those away from TVs tonight:
http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4c3cfb9c49793
http://watchlivestreamshow.blogspot.com/2010/07/mlb-all-star-game-2010.html
Celebrity Montage thoughts
-Joe Buck just said "They're
-Joe Buck just said "They're just kids playing a kids' game." Does he think every single player in this game is Brett Favre?
-Matthew McConaughey, I hope you get a heart attack
-Salma Hayek: more please
-Really, Fox? Your big song is a Glee cover of a Christina Aguilera song? Did you really have to blatantly advertise one of your shows?
-How bad is the AL gonna pound the NL tonight?
I was just about to say
I was just about to say something about how Fox couldn't get anyone better than some Glee cast member to do the anthem, but you're absolutely right. This is exactly what Fox would do- shamelessly plug one of their shows during the game.
American League continues its dominance
9 -5 (and I'm trying to show the Senior Circuit a little respect)
Wolverine Nation Unite!
Last night I went apeshit
Last night I went apeshit over the pre-Derby concert.
Tonight I have absolutely no concerns regarding the pre-game music. The music tonight actually had something to do with the presentation on the field, which was great.
That Train song before the
That Train song before the Derby was terrible, and why was Howie Mandel playing the mandolin? Fox, and every other network, have no clue what good music is. I don't expect indie bands or anything like that, but why must we suffer through girl rock before a man's game? Our wives aren't watching, so why gay it up for the rest of us?
Makin' movies, makin' music and
Fight-in' profitgoblue Round The World!
Russell Crowe!
Our wives aren't watching,
Our wives aren't watching, so why gay it up for the rest of us?
If it's dudes only, no chicks allowed, then they should totally "gay it up," broski.
After all, it is a man's game, with a bunch of ripped men, running around in their manly uniforms, and swinging their giant man poles, while millions of men watch and cheer.
Also, really, "gay it up?" For shame.
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
Have you heard that song?
Have you heard that song? Its not a song I want to sit and listen to before watching baseball. My girlfriend likes that song, and her taste in music is limited to that type of soft pop rock. Include Plain White T's, and Snow Patrol into that sappy crap.
Broski? GFY.
Makin' movies, makin' music and
Fight-in' profitgoblue Round The World!
Russell Crowe!
Hah, chicks man, totally gay.
Hah, chicks man, totally gay. Amirite?
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
Alright kid, quit with your
Alright kid, quit with your douchey mocking.
Makin' movies, makin' music and
Fight-in' profitgoblue Round The World!
Russell Crowe!
Adults use satire, children
Adults use satire, children refer to things as being "gay."
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
Please enlighten me more by
Please enlighten me more by providing a better explanation of that song. I will refer to it as such.
Makin' movies, makin' music and
Fight-in' profitgoblue Round The World!
Russell Crowe!
If you believe that the
If you believe that the reason I originally responded to your post was because you trashed some band, then I want you to listen really closely to that sound.
Hear it?
Whoooooshhh!
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
"Shitty." There's a better
"Shitty." There's a better explanation.
The world looks better through maize mirror tint.
Salma Hayek
spells hot in some language, I'm sure.
Wolverine Nation Unite!
Yeah...
English.
Toodles
It could have been worse. It
It could have been worse. It could have been American Idol, complete with Ellen and Simon Cowell in the batters boxes.
$100 says the bottom of the
$100 says the bottom of the first starts with Joe Buck announcing that Ichiro "fists ones to right for a single"
Also, occasionally between innings there'll be short clips of characters from the Simpsons, Family Guy, House, etc. making snarky comments about the game.
Nah, the FCC would censor
Nah, the FCC would censor that on the grounds that Joe Buck can't say "fists". And shouldn't say anything. Which he rarely does when he broadcasts, so I guess that's ok.
Maybe...
...maybe not.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday knocked down the Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy, saying that the agency's guidelines for fleeting expletives and other indecencies in broadcast were vague and violated the First Amendment.
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5-3 NL
This is the year of the pitcher and the NL has better pitching this year. Book it
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."
Better pitching, or inferior
Better pitching, or inferior hitting?
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
Ubaldo Jiminez
Tim
Ubaldo Jiminez
Tim Lincecum
Roy Halladay
Josh Johnson
While the AL does have better hitting, I think that it's pretty clear the NL has better pitching.
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."
But if the AL has superior
But if the AL has superior hitting, how do you know those NL guys aren't padding stats against the patsies in the NL, while the AL pitchers numbers are worse, seeing as they are facing superior hitting?
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
By that logic, how do you
By that logic, how do you know that the AL hitters aren't beating up on inferior pitching? Look as a whole I think the pitching probably is pretty comparable, but the top of the NL pitching wise is a little better than the top of the AL.
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."
I was just busting your
I was just busting your balls.
Should be another exciting and close game.
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
Your prediction of an NL victory was correct.
I was wrong. +1 to you.
Congrats on a nice win. I'm just hoping that the World Series does not play out the same way!
Wolverine Nation Unite!
Wow. Rod Carew pumped that
Wow. Rod Carew pumped that ball in there.
Followed by Fox having Glee sing
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
(oh wait, that's scheduled for the seventh inning stretch)
Wolverine Nation Unite!
If it's Dianna Agron they can
If it's Dianna Agron they can have the 7th and 8th innings as far as I'm concerned
"O.J. Simpson...not a Jew.
"O.J. Simpson...not a Jew. But guess who is? Hall of Famer Rod Carew..."
Online
Is this game being streamed online anywhere? I don't have a TV...
"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"
Buck picks the NL, the
Buck picks the NL, the Washington Generals and Glass Joe, put your bets down!
May the ghost of Johnny Cash
May the ghost of Johnny Cash haunt everyone associated with Firestone for the rest of their lives.
My pick is AL, 5-3. Jose
My pick is AL, 5-3. Jose Valverde will pitch a 1-2-3 eighth.
I think
ESPN said that Valverde would be the closer since Rivera is injured... which I wasn't aware of
"It's a perfect day to be a Michigan Wolverine." - David Merritt
As an NL team fan, who had
As an NL team fan, who had Valverde on his team during his last stint in the NL, that's the best news I've heard all night.
Thanks, I hadn't seen that
Thanks, I hadn't seen that info! Valverde for the save!
you say that
like he's no good. I like having a closer with a 0.92 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, and .125 BAA. And for the career, 2.96 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and .201 BAA. I mean, it's not like he blew a whole boatload of games for Houston.
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And i took your comment
to mean it was good for the NL if he was in. I could be way off tho. Did you mean that it'd be nice to see him pitch because you liked him in Houston? so confused
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Well since Houston has an
Well since Houston has an approximately 0.001 % chance of making the World Series this year, I would assume because he liked him in Houston.
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."
yeah i thought
that as soon as I posted my original comment. It seemed a little crazy to me that someone would think it's a good thing to have to come back in a game against Valverde.
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formerly is not a fan of
formerly is not a fan of Valverde.
HOKEAMANIA RUNNIN' WILD
Formerly, TheLastProphet
makes sense
except...it doesn't. what gives formerly?
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Girardi did say if it came to
Joe Buck
never wears pants when he broadcasts... go back and check it out on YouTube if you don't believe me
"It's a perfect day to be a Michigan Wolverine." - David Merritt
Hahahaha this poor girl is so
Hahahaha this poor girl is so overwhelemed. Clearly reading off a side list.
I just feel bad for the boy, he seems way too young to be doing that. Looked so relieved when he finished.
Oh dear god, just start the game already!!!!
How many charities are they going to recognize? Is it greater or fewer than the times they'll anounce the starting lineup?
Please - play ball!!!!!!!
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." - J.Lebowski
I'd love to see Valverde end
I'd love to see Valverde end the game striking out Pujols and dancing off the mound.
No way Pujols would be
No way Pujols would be playing in the ninth. But I'll take a game-ending strikeout of Joey Votto.
-Does Harrison Ford look to anyone else like he was suffering from Bell's palsy or getting over a mild stroke? He was only talking from one side of his mouth.
-Salma Hayek is still hot.
-Matthew McConaughey should never talk. Ever.