Open Game Thread: All Star Game 2008

by Blez on Jul 15, 2008 5:07 PM PDT

The National League takes on the American League in Yankee Stadium.

Ben Sheets starts for the NL and Cliff Lee starts for the AL. I'm actually kind of hoping that Duke doesn't make an appearance. I'd rather he be 100 percent healthy headed into the remainder of the 2008 season.

The NL lineup looks like this:

H Ramirez
Utley
Berkman
Pujols
C Jones
Holliday
Braun
Fukudome
Soto

The AL looks like this:

Suzuki
Jeter
Hamilton
Rodriguez
Ramirez
Bradley
Youkilis
Mauer
Pedroia

Um yeah, is it bad that I don't really like the AL team because it's mostly Yankee and Red Sox players?

The AL has won 11 games in a row. I don't really see that changing, but who knows?

Also, did Joe Buck just call Duke, "Justin Ducksher?" You've got to be kidding me.

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Go Duck!

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Jul 15, 2008 5:08 PM PDT 0 recs

And another nickname is born

Procrastinators unite....tomorrow

by muffinpryde on Jul 15, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

when Gonzalez #2 is called up, the top of our rotation can be ...

Gio-Duck

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 15, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yes, he did. Fuck you, Joe Buck.

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by Flashfire on Jul 15, 2008 5:08 PM PDT 0 recs

Ugh, 4 more hours of this

by Soaker on Jul 15, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

That was my response as well

Only with more F-bombs. It was like “F U you you F-ing F-er.” But that’s unlike me and nobody got it on tape.

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by louismg on Jul 15, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

just tuned in.....agghhh

joe buck yuck…self righteous baseball pontificator.

alaska A

by ak_A on Jul 15, 2008 5:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

I want the NL to win

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:09 PM PDT 0 recs

Honestly...

How does that happen? You would kind of think if you are doing the introductions, you would go over how to pronounce everyone’s name. But I guess that’s Joe Buck for you.

by jax a's fan on Jul 15, 2008 5:10 PM PDT 0 recs

And it's not like the guy's some scrub. This IS the All-Star Game

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by Flashfire on Jul 15, 2008 5:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

Not just that… it’s not like Duke was just thrown on the All Star team because the A’s needed a representative. He’s having an AMAZING year. As a baseball fan, shoot… as someone who MAKES A LIVING watching baseball, you’d think he’d know how to pronounce his name.

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

And it's not even ESPN,

the land of Dale Barton, Jack Hanrahan and Giorgio Petit!

There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.

by Poppy on Jul 15, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

hahaha oh man that was so hilarious how uniformed they were. And sad.

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

*un-INformed. I cannot spell today. Or think, apparently.

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

They might also have been uniformed, who knows... ;)

There's no textbook for how to treat a geriatric tapir.

by Poppy on Jul 15, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

I can't believe they don't know how to pronounce Duchscherer's name.

Seriously. It’s not like he’s a rookie, or even a first-time All Star. I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised, considering the minimal media coverage the A’s get… but it’s pretty ridiculous.

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 15, 2008 5:13 PM PDT 0 recs

Was it too much to ask?

That Duke’s name be pronounced right? It isn’t that difficult. Bush…

by Fungo on Jul 15, 2008 5:14 PM PDT 0 recs

Too bad Lincecum's sick.

He didn’t even get an introduction. Bad time to get dehydrated.

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 15, 2008 5:16 PM PDT 0 recs

Aw I didn’t think of that :( poor guy

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

dude, the player intros are going to take forever…............

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 15, 2008 5:18 PM PDT 0 recs

another way to make the ASG ...

...well, I was going to say “more enjoyable,” but it’s not “enjoyable” in its current state, so maybe “less unenjoyable”: have all-star announcers. Heck, even if they were voted in directly by fans and we ended up with the Yanks’ and Red Sox’ local announcing crews, they’d still be far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far better than the assclowns above.

I told them 'My game is like a blog.' Because I don't know what a blog is, but it don't sound good. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 15, 2008 5:18 PM PDT 0 recs

I think Vin Scully should do it because I

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

That should have a ” < 3 him” after it

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hell I'd take

any one of Fox’s “B” squads doing the game over these two idiots.

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by DMOAS on Jul 15, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm so glad I'm not watching this

and taping it instead. I can fast forward right to the 6th inning or whenever Justin Ducksher is pitching!

by A'sfansince1970 on Jul 15, 2008 5:19 PM PDT 0 recs

God I hate Joe Buck.

by CoryC123 on Jul 15, 2008 5:19 PM PDT 0 recs

man, the boos are disgusting

by phastphill on Jul 15, 2008 5:25 PM PDT 0 recs

There's something nice

about all of the Red Sox players getting booed. Of course, that’s balanced out by all the sickening cheers for the Yankees…

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 15, 2008 5:26 PM PDT 0 recs

Meh, it's at Yankee Stadium, what did you expect?

by OldhamA on Jul 15, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

would you boo K-rod at an all star game?

by phastphill on Jul 15, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

I admit that I booed my TV when he was on. I can’t help myself.

by drmmerchk on Jul 15, 2008 5:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

Reggie Jackson's hat pains me.

Procrastinators unite....tomorrow

by muffinpryde on Jul 15, 2008 5:27 PM PDT 0 recs

Speakin of the outfield, I got a kick out of Willie Mays' "Yeah, I own." expression during

his introduction.

by OldhamA on Jul 15, 2008 5:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dude's got it

goin’ on!

Stomper is a badass!

by lynnzgal on Jul 15, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

Who was the A's HOF on the field?

I missed it.. all I saw was the cap..

by CoryC123 on Jul 15, 2008 5:29 PM PDT 0 recs

Eck, Rollie

Dick Williams, and I think that was it.

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by sprtsnwyn on Jul 15, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

dennis eckersley

by phastphill on Jul 15, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

oh, thought you wrote "eh", not "eck" :)

by phastphill on Jul 15, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dick Williams

He’ll be inducted this year

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 15, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

Sucks

because I like Joe Buck. He never does stuff like that.

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by sprtsnwyn on Jul 15, 2008 5:30 PM PDT 0 recs

Sheryl Crow, really? Everyone else booked up?

by OldhamA on Jul 15, 2008 5:32 PM PDT 0 recs

celine dion was too canadian

by phastphill on Jul 15, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

goodness,

how many “very special guests” can you have in one pre-game ceremony?

by whiteshoes40 on Jul 15, 2008 5:33 PM PDT 0 recs

no shit

I could’ve stopped for a seven-course meal on my way home…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 15, 2008 5:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

They've got every single active major leaguer in the tunnel ready for their

introductions.

by OldhamA on Jul 15, 2008 5:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

I can hardly wait for the Seventh Inning Stretch

by Soaker on Jul 15, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm going to go for my hour-long walk then

and I still won’t miss the whole stretch I bet

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 15, 2008 5:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oh... but I can.

I certainly don’t want to hear God Bless America on Fox AGAIN

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by louismg on Jul 15, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

No doubt Rudy Giuliani

will lead the crowd in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” once the Irish Windbag has done his patriotic duty.

by Soaker on Jul 15, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

Sheyl crow?

by justarebelheart on Jul 15, 2008 5:33 PM PDT 0 recs

Fuck you, Steinbrenner

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by Flashfire on Jul 15, 2008 5:34 PM PDT 0 recs

Exactly.

A few years back, it was Ted Williams who was the center of attention. This year, it’s Steinbrenner? The absolute gall.

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by louismg on Jul 15, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Of all the Yankees they could use for that, they pick Steinbrenner?

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by Flashfire on Jul 15, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

Has the game started yet?

Or is that still a few hours of pregame grandstanding away?

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by jeepers on Jul 15, 2008 5:34 PM PDT 0 recs

I'd say we're ten minutes away? Conservative estimate though.

by OldhamA on Jul 15, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's okay to cry, right?

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 15, 2008 5:36 PM PDT 0 recs

1st pitch 605

They’re getting us ready for the olympics.

by A'sfansince1970 on Jul 15, 2008 5:36 PM PDT 0 recs

wow

that’s a late night on the east coast. pretty weak.

by phastphill on Jul 15, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

I pretty much agree with monkeyball about the All-Star Game

but I definitely did not feel that way when I was 12 years old. I wouldn’t have missed it for anything. So yeah, the late start is just horrible for the kids in the East and Midwest who will be sent to bed in the third inning.

by Soaker on Jul 15, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs