Ichiro, two-time ASG MVP
DMZ · July 15, 2008 at 4:55 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
Do it! Do it!
And I don’t want to be a spoil sport, but seriously: I don’t care about Yankee Stadium. At all. It’s not the House that Ruth built, it got torn down and rebuilt since then, and if it’s all that amazing, why build a new one. Phhhblllttt. Self-involved New Yorkers, always thinking the world is listening raptly to their boring-ass stories of what they stepped in on the sidewalk or sat on in the subway.
How’s that for a troll? Wooooo!
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Buahah! I couldn’t agree more.
Kind of odd seeing George Sherrill up there.
seeing George Sherrill isn’t odd…. it just cements the awfulness of the offseason.
Oh and I can’t agree anymore either Derek. I’ve seen 10 million stories this week of peoples favorite Yankee Stadium moments. I was at the Safe when it opened and that is light years better than Yankee Stadium. Let’s start our own baseball elitism in Seattle!
Let’s hope Ichiro’s pep-talk was sufficiently inspiring, and profane. And that someone recorded it.
What channel/network is the game on?
FOX has it this year.
Nevermind, it’s on Fox. I panicked when I saw it started at 5pm according to ESPN.com — but couldn’t find it on the tube.
Thanks pumpkinhead. Woo hoo for free HD
“the greatest collection of all-stars ever assembled on one field”
They said the same thing when they did this in Boston in 1998.
9: 1999
Say what you will about Yankee Stadium and the hoopla surrounding its closing, but I am glad I went there (back in 1996) while I still could.
“The house that Ruth built.”
That just makes me want to throw a brick through my television.
I should have known the first pitch wouldn’t happen until close to 6. Meh.
I vote with Derek. Plus, I will never cease to be amazed at the idiocy of dumping over a billion dollars to replace a stadium that needs no replacing. Oh, and they got the land by ripping up playfields, because there is such a surplus of such in the South Bronx.
I visited yankee stadium for the first time in 2006. I was very disappointed. It was so . . generic. I thought it would be very distinctive. As a Red Sox fan, I thought I’d dislike it but htat it would be unique. It was just sort of blah. And the beer choices were very much lacking.
13: I just went to Yankee stadium last Wednesday. It was like touring an old prison. It is the worst stadium I’ve ever seen. It’s all concrete, narrow hallways, no daylight, and filthy. It has no distinguishing/redeeming attribute other than being Yankee Stadium. I say in complete seriousness that the Kingdome, except for the lack of super-convenient subway service, was a much better place to see a baseball game.
crap…next time Ichiro.
Who is this Hamilton guy and what’s his story?
Better than fouling out to the catcher =)
Dave in Palo Alto: If Downtown Freddie Brown gets his way, he’ll have a new $1B stadium to replace Key Arena… heheh.
Obviously the media is ignoring and/or downplaying this factor because it reduces the story, but this point cannot be overstated.
“The House That Ruth Built” has been gone since the 70s. The stadium in the Bronx now is a legacy of the generic concrete boxes of that era, and isn’t anything particularly unique or exciting.
That’s only because you haven’t been to Marlin’s Stadium.
I also enjoyed Yankee Stadium more than Dodger Stadium. But that’s only because the rules at Dodger stadium are idiotic.
I have never heard the name before
Not only that – the moron New York fans are booing AL players from Boston. Hey, it’s the All-Star Break, today those guys are on your team!
24 – Derek Jeter is on “our” team too. But I’m still rooting for him to strike out five times and make 14 and a half errors.
Honestly, I can barely be bothered to watch the actual game.
I hope Josh Hamilton hits twelve homers though.
Why do they still drag Tim McCarver out on Fox? The guy is horrible.
Ichiiiiiiiiiiiiiiro!
And he gets erased by Jeter.
Hmmm, Vidro coulda done that.
[no]
who hasnt??
who hasnt??
Well Tim McCarver just called it the Rogers Dome in Toronto. Jeez.
MVP!
Don’t Go On Ichiro
Ichiro! is my hero.
That was cool.
hell of a throw MVP
Ichiro with the fantastic throw! The throw beat the runner, but Jeter put on a horrible tag.
Looked safe on the replay, but maybe he didn’t stay on the bag.
Great bullet by Ichiro (and savvy play on the carom off the wall) all the same.
That’s only because you haven’t been to Marlin’s Stadium.
Or Tropicana. Or the old Philies stadium. Or Candlestick. Or Oakland. Or every stadium the Expos/Nats have played in until now.
He looked safe when the tag was initially applied, but it looked like he popped off the bag, to me.
I didn’t see the tag well on the throw-out at first, but that looked close as well.
It was a poor tag by Jeter.
So Ichiro gets a hit and Jeter hits into a double play. Then Ichiro gets an outfield assist, and Jeter makes a poor tag but the ump called the runner out anyway.
George Sherrill. Carlos Guillen. Any other ex Mariners on the rosters? So, wait, that thirdbaseman for the Yankees.
OK, win the MVP here, Ichiro.
one of the worst Ichiro at-bats I think I’ve ever seen. he looked completely fooled on every pitch.
Lots of people in the upper decks using a flash on their camera trying to take a picture of Jeter. Like that will help.
So, wait — Lincecum is in the hospital with “flu like symptoms”? So what’s the verdict: e. coli or tequila?
Lots of people in the upper decks using a flash on their camera trying to take a picture of Jeter. Like that will help.
You see that all the time. I think people just don’t know how to turn off the flash, or just figure it isn’t going to make any difference. Which it won’t unless you’re, say, sitting somewhere with a bunch of people in front of you whose backs will reflect the flash, fool the camera, and give you a properly-exposed (though possibly badly-focused) picture of said backs in front of a black field. Granted, in the upper deck, they’re probably just going to get whatever they would’ve gotten with the flash turned off. But they still look stupid.
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that….”
–George Carlin
Was worth my time to see the Hall of Famers live & direct pre game.
Brought back great memories for me, especially Ralph Kiner & Bill Mazeroski.
Thanks for the memories…
I was lucky enough to go to Yankee stadium in 2001. I did a road trip and made it to Fenway, Wrigley and the Bronx all in one go.
They were playing the Indians. I was in the RF bleachers. Juan Gonzales was playing Right for the Tribe…..
I got to hear this dude of spanish speaking origin behind me yell: “Hey Igor, make sure you eat your goyo beans! Hehehehe!” for the seven innnings I was there.
The same dude would dutifully reply to the Coca-Cola vender’s pitch, “Hey I want some coca hold the cola! hehehehe.” It was rather funny the first dozen times or so…………….
During the 7th inning stretch some guy in front of me put his 2 year old (or so) daughter on his shoulders and the same guy starts with, “Hey show us your tits!”. The whole section quickly picked up the chant.
All that is great, but my lasting impression of the scenic south Bronx is how much feces was all over the sidewalks in my mile walk to the park. I am not kidding.
Fenway and Wrigley are incredible however.
Am I the only one here who thinks tonight’s game is soul-crushingly boring? Luckily I’m just watching it on Gameday so I don’t have to hear Buck and McCarver.
Mind numbing broadcast but some pretty darned nice pitching. Or maybe it’s just so much better than I’m used to watching with the Mariners.
Gameday says: ‘Offensive substituion: Pinch hitter David Wright replaces Albert Pujols.’
That is so weird to read.
One thing you’d miss if you’re only watching Gameday is the fans chanting O-VER-RATE-D! for Papelbon
I gotta say, any Yankees fan that chants overrated at any opposing player, ever, should be struck by lightning. Yankee Stadium is where really good players go to be called the best at their position in their lifetimes.
I was half-expecting Cairo to come in.
Does anyone else think it’s awesome that Girardi is warming up guys in the bullpen?
I was at Yankee Stadium for the first time last week (July 3 against Boston). I had to say I had a great time and I actually enjoyed the Stadium. To me it had a similar feel to Wrigley–a slightly grungy, the-game-is-what-matters aura. Look, Safeco is great. It’s a very nice ballpark. But it’s just… nice. Very family friendly (as long as you’re straight). But there’s no history. No gritty feeling that this is place to watch BASEBALL, not eat garlic fries and watch the Animated Hydro Races.
Of course, the fact that the only beer on sale was Bud Light definitely detracted from the experience
Uh-oh, it’s still tied. Quick, get Boom Boom in the game!
Man, the Desperaten Housewifen had no business golfing that double off his shoe-tops, but I’ll take it. Gotta love a tie game in late innings.
If this thing goes to extras, the American League’s not in too great a shape.
I must admit, I got to go to Yankee Stadium last year, and it was pretty cool. As annoying as their fans sound on TV (and, they are), there were zero scoreboards telling them when to cheer. Zero hydro races/hat tricks/kiss cams/etc.
The atmosphere was so much better than a game at Safeco, and it was a Sunday afternoon game against the Royals. It was neat to see a Rivera save, New York, New York played, etc.
Before last year, I’d have agreed with you, Derek. But, being able to experience it was pretty sweet.
I gotta say, any Yankees fan that chants overrated at any opposing player, ever, should be struck by lightning.
Yeah, but the irony here (or stupidity, depending on how you look at it) is that tonight he’s not an opposing player. (Though I suppose some of them could be Mets fans).
Although, the hot dogs were a huge let down. They were tiny. No condiment stand. They gave me a packet of ketchup and that was it.
my lasting impression of the scenic south Bronx is how much feces was all over the sidewalks in my mile walk to the park.
Dude, you walked a mile to Yankee stadium? The subway block is like a block away. You walked a mile in NYC? Dude, you walked a mile in the Bronx?
The benches are basically empty. I hope each team kept a few pitchers fresh.
Maybe the game will come down to a sick/hungover Tim Lincecum grooving one.
If this thing goes to extras, the American League’s not in too great a shape.
Ah, but they have the secret weapon: GS52 There’s a reason why Francona has those rings.
The AL has Scott Kazmir, George Sherrill, and Joakim Soria available. Kazmir threw 104 pitches on Sunday. That could certainly limit him.
Drew going deep here-how would fans at the game respond?
NL has a worse bullpen situation. This should just end, though. Preferably with a hamilton GS
NL has a worse bullpen situation. This should just end, though.
Drew going deep here-how would fans at the game respond?
They cheered him when he tied it. He hasn’t burned the Yanks enough yet to really build up any serious hate.
But…. it doesn’t matter. So now they’ll boo him for getting K’d. OK, so I haven’t seen much of Dempster. Has he always done that weird little flip with his glove?
Man, the Desperaten Housewifen had no business golfing that double off his shoe-tops, but I’ll take it.
Yeah, Ichi-esque. Or Vladesque. And now Dempster was Felix-esque. If Felix was a closer.
I’m entranced by the same thing.
How long can Dempster go? Has Webb pitched (or can he? Did he go Sunday?) The AL only has two closers left (Soria and GS52). Kazmir can’t really go after pitching Sunday.
Whoa, something happened?
Mind numbing broadcast but some pretty darned nice pitching.
Buck and McCarver: the reason the mute button was invented.
So why was Michael Young a statue on that play? Was he watching the runner, or what? I don’t understand why he wasn’t moving in exactly the direction that would’ve led him to the ball and a double play.
Not that it matters, since they get the dp a batter later.
Gah. Listening to Buck, McCarver, and Joe Morgan makes me appreciate the M’s broadcasters a little more–Sims and Blowers do say dumb things sometimes, but it could be so much worse.
Ouch. Dan Uggla. Ouch.
Ouch. Uggla.
Wow. Ugly Uggla.
I can already see the Uggla-y Win headlines across the country.
Poor guy.
If the NL can get out of this, I’ll almost respect their league. Almost.
Wolcott-esque. This is getting very interesting.
Tejada -the I’m not really the age I said I was- saves the day.
The AL’s bottom of the 10th was positively Marineresque in its futility.
Who is this guy wearing Miguel Tejada’s uniform, and where is that broken-down overpaid dude that the O’s foisted on Houston?
My attention span for this game is wearing prettttyyyy thin right now.
Totally should have put the squeeze on. With the runner going and a mediocre bunt, game is over. Even with the infield up.
Yeah, that was the worst bases-loaded-nobody-out performance turned in by an AL team since… the last time the M’s were in that situation.
I was pulling for the housewifen to jack a walk-off, since that would pretty much seal the case for the ASG MVP.
Yeah, a squeeze bunt would’ve been awesome. But who bunts in an all star game? Especially for the AL?
Had to laugh at Carlos Guillen getting IBB’d in the All Star Game, though.
GS is going to be the winning pitcher. That should just about sum up 2008 for the Mariners.
Was Selig hyperventilating?
A repeat of the tie, in front of New York fans, will not go over well.
Don’t you pull in the ESPN radio feed? Schulman is pretty good.
Ok, if this comes down to Lincecum coming in and striking out the side while throwing up on the mound between batters, this will be one of the greatest ASG’s of all time.
Well it’s because it counts!
McCarver contributes virtually nothing, but his suggestion to settle the tie with a free kick was pretty funny, I’ll admit.
I hope it goes 20 innings, Bud Selig has a heart attack right before the players mutiny and wall off the field in protest.
Selig: This (a Tie) Will Never Happen Again.
Oh really? I thought they were gonna change some rules to prevent this issue…
Is the ESPN radio feed on something other than KJR? Because something in my house interferes with that frequency.
It might also be on 1310.
NL is such a weak sister they need help from the umps.
That’s the phantom Jeter tag. They’re so used to calling that in Yankees stadium they forget they were doing it against his team.
Uggla was playing near first base to make sure it was a hit.
Jose Lopez in that replay. I forgot how excited I was about his potential.
Jose Vidro is on the team??
Bad call! I don’t believe it.
Game winning hits? They keep track of those?
Jezus, Navarro is slow. Vidro-esque.
If the AL blows TWO huge chances here, that would be pretty huge. Apparently, Ichiro’s pep-talk worked as well on these guys as it does on the M’s.
Sigh, he’s just not a leader.
Ok, if the Cubs end up having home field advantage in Game 7 of the world series because of this…
as Navarro was rounding third, all I could think is “God he’s fat”
McLouth, just the opposite. That was an amazing bunt.
Uggla! You cannot write a script like this.
Oh awesome. Uggla. That makes me really happy.
That would have been easily foul.
The AL is giving this one away.
They had time to turn two in that last play. Sigh.
Whomever loses this, deserves to lose it.
I’d rather have the NL win than it end in a tie.
GS is coming!
And we finally get to see George!
Man, I really feel for Uggla tonight. Of course, that curveball was just filthy.
TIE TIE TIE
If GS gets this out and the AL pushes a run across, he gets the W, right?
Oh, it’ll be Carlos Guillen who gets the winning hit. Just to make the M’s season perfect.
GS52!
I’m always right. (#91)
And Carlos (another ex-Mariner) is going to score the winning run.
Comedy.
GS is by far my favorite LOOGY of all time and this ASG appearance cements his reputation. I’m not sold on him as a closer but if you need a 3 pitch strikeout of a lefty, GS52 is da man!
ps – has anyone ever had a worse ASG than Dan Uggla?
119:
You were 3 feet away from that prediction.
For once I agree with McCarver. That catcher is can scoop them up.
Is this really just a split-squad M’s game tonight?
For once I agree with McCarver. That catcher can scoop them up.
The boneheaded waste of KRod to “make sure he gets in the game” in the 9th may end up forcing the tie.
(Edits #121)
haha 
Frick! How many ways can you strand runners? UHG
You know, I think Sherrill might have a few more pitches left in him. I think he could could go, oh, 3 more batters.
So if they tie, who gets home-field advantage? This game has gone from boring to compelling. Sportswriters around the country are smelling blood right now, while Selig sinks even further into his chair.
I am amazed. Cook managed 3 shutout innings. Does the NL have a dodgier all-star thrower than Cook?
Baseball is great.
If this were a World Series game 7, it would be an epic battle, one we’d never forget. As a post-Tie, ‘This Time it Counts’ All Star Game, however, it is simply high comedy.
If the game ends in a tie, they play the World Series in Oklahoma City.
I can see it now: Tim Lincecum comes in and strikes out the side in a drunken stupor.
Oh great, a lead-off hit. How can he be stranded now?
If NL wins this, the AL has it all to blame. Can’t take advantage of Uggla at ALL.
Is the new Sonics venue a dual sport facility?
Is the new Sonics venue a dual sport facility?
Cattle roping and NBA basketball.
Dang it, I was even wearing my sunglasses at night.
FFS, end this in the bottom of the 13th.
Is anyone on earth rooting for the AL to score this inning harder than Bud?
well. I certianly didn’t expect the game to still be on when I got in the car, let alone in the hands of The Pear.
Cattle roping and NBA basketball.
retractable roof basketball stadium/baseball field? I can see it, no wonder the left.
This sucks. Just end it guys, ok? Kazmir can’t pitch. GS is already a hero, goofy hat and all. Just… make it end.
um, ‘certainly’ didn’t expect.
so, did Francona just race through all the pitching? Is that why they are down to Geroge & Kasmir?
oh, and did they talk at all about Geroge & coming from the Independent league?
So… make the new stadium look like the old one, have the same dimensions…
The only difference will be more seats? Sounds like a stupid reason to build a new ballpark.
Not more seats, pumpkinhead. More luxury boxes. That’s the big reason for the new Stadium.
Also, lol @ Dan Uggla.
UGGGGGGGGLLLLLAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Poor bastard
Basically, yes. Nothing has changed with regard to pitcher usage since 2002, which makes the ‘It Counts’ factor even more ridiculous.
I hope this game goes 20 innings. These guys are SO SPOILED. Kazmir could go throw 50 pitches, tell him to suck it up and quit being a pansy. Are you kidding me?
If they want the game to matter then don’t pitch guys 1 or 2 innings. It’s a joke. And leave the best players in to play 9 innings unless the game gets out of hand. Its a total farce. I turned it off in the 8th inning because I was frustrated the best players were out, and K-Rod was wasted so Rivera could get his stupid ovation. Now I’m glad its still going on. I hope Bud gets 100x more scrutiny after this one. This is just proof the game DOESNT matter. Maybe we will get real changes now….
It’s not just the luxury boxes. They got a sweet deal on the parking (seriously, it’s big bucks).
How can a manager not save an available starter for extra innings? That’s what I don’t get.
I like McClouth….just missed that though. Bud can now go back to his mini-stroke.
Because they dont care! Nor should they!
What a ball game! I can’t believe its 1 am over there on the east coast. So funny Sherrill is pitching. Midsummer Classic.
McCarver now saying “we hope it counts”….he knows he is soon going to have to get on the air and tell everyone its a tie. lol
Does someone have to get hurt in an extra inning game before this stupid “let’s make it count” idea goes away?
#136: See 65 and 94
Because they dont care! Nor should they!
They absolutely should care. Regardless of what you or I might think about the importance of the game, it’s bad PR if a team with a bazillion pitchers runs out of pitchers. And good employees don’t generate bad PR for their employer.
um, yeah.
Francona would be stupid to run out Kazmir after just throwing on Sunday.
Is anyone cheering more for Longoria to hit one out, than Bud and Kazmir?
hey! Ichiro has always wanted to pitch!
Kazmir threw 104 on Sunday. He pitches for a rival in Francona’s division. If he gets a dead arm or an injury because he was used on short rest, that’s not good.
Wow, Tampa org. has to be pissed about this.
hey! Ichiro has always wanted to pitch!
Heh. Unfortunately, if you’ve been lifted as a position player I don’t think you can come back as a pitcher. Though Selig is in the house, and it is an exhibition, so they can change the rules however they want.
But you could run Kazmir into the outfield and bring in, uh… Drew? Sizemore? Who’s playing in left?
Are they really making Francona out to be a GOD?
Where is Eric Bedard when you need him?
so, did Lincecum even make it to the stadium?
plus that whole ‘he started the season with a sore arm’ thing.
msb, coupled with the fact Tampa wants him to pitch on Sat.
This is ridiculous. I can’t decide if this is a good or bad game.
so, did Lincecum even make it to the stadium?
I thought they briefly showed somebody in a Giants uniform with his head buried in a towel, but I could be wrong.
Brian Wilson?
would today be a throw day for Kazmir, or tomorrow?
Come on, you have to at least spell opening day starter’s name right.
Buck and McGyver don’t realize that the managers are not concerned because they don’t care!
i think tomorrow for the throw day. Ken Rosenthal said Tampa didnt want him in there tonight so that he could pitch for them Sat.
I smell a double-play coming.
C’mon Drew, time to go all Pujols on Lidge’s ass.
too bad all the best players are out of the game, or someone might have made a great catch in the outfield or something.
I am rooting for 20 innings!
well, if Michael Young would like to do to them what he always seems to do to the Mariners…
Are we all Michael Young fans at this moment? haha
I doubt 17 innings would even happen. Who knows if they’ll let Kaz pitch next inning.
OK, AL, do not blow another bases-loaded opportunity here please.
By that, do you mean homerun, or line drive to the face?
What a weak ass throw!
Sweet, bed time
At last!
so, does this magically make Michael Young the MVP?
It certainly does in Bud Selig’s eyes.
does this mean we have to hear Rizzsy tell us some more how clutch Michael Young is, in two weeks?
Heh, the Taco Bell ad makes Bob Melvin sound like a hick! Hilarious.
F’ing media always trying to hype the Yankee v BoSox rivalry.
Yeah, all those people left in the stands booing JD Drew’s MVP nod must be members of the media.
Im not suggesting there isn’t a rivalry. I’m suggesting that the media hypes it.
That “whooooooosh” sound you hear is Bud sighing in relief.
OK, time for my Yankees stadium story. June 2002, interleague play, Giants playing at Yankee stadium for the first time in like forever. I happened to be out at Coney Island the day before and I ran into an old guy in an old-style Giants hat, and I mentioned I was thinking of going to the game. He was horrified. “Those bums! That’s not the Giants! They’re dead to me! Dead! I go to Cyclones games now!” Anyway, the day of the game I take the subway up, crammed cheek to sweaty jowl with Yankees fans, and find a scalper. There’s a bunch of fast-talking hip-hop kids and I know there’s no way I’m in their league but eventually I find a guy. Affecting my best NY accent I pretend I’ve done this before; I demand to look at the ticket like I’ve seen one before; I pretend to know what the “loge level” is. Then I argue over price. Eventually I get it for $5 off face value, and I know I’m getting ripped but I don’t care; I just hope it’s a legit ticket. But the accept it at the stadium and I’m in. Turns out the seat is a pretty good one. Lilly vs Schmidt. Juan Rivera is scratched from the lineup; we find out later he took wrong train to the stadium and then ran into a maintenance truck during batting practice, breaking his kneecap. Seriously, it’s not just Coco Crisp and the Moose.
So, first inning, David Bell walks, Rich Aurilla gets a single. Bonds comes to the plate with 2 men on. The crowd boos him mercilessly. Bonds tattoos one way up in the upper right field deck. WAY up, like “he might hit the lights like Reggie” up. The crowd goes “Booooooo–wooooooooah!” Down and then up. Hilarious.
It was mostly a dull game after that, though I made the mistake of trying to call my Dad (who is old enough to remember Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” speech from when it was news) going into the 9th, not realizing how loud they play “Enter Sandman” when Rivera comes in. Basically that was the end of the phonecall.
So in the middle of all this, these two 20-something guys with heavy Brooklyn accents start talking to the guy behind them, who is next to me. They’re bleacher creatures, but somebody gave them these tickets so they’re seeing how the other half lives. They start talking about an incident earlier in the season when they were going for a foul ball, and this little kid with a glove (maybe 8-9) gets in the way, and in the scramble one of them accidentally dumps his beer on the kid’s head, but the kid comes up with the ball. So they say “Hey, kid, you owe me a beer” and the kid says “I’ll give you the ball if you buy me a beer too.”
I don’t know, maybe you had to be there. But it pretty much summed up Yankee stadium for me.
(And the next day, Clemens started, and IBB’d Bonds 3 times and HBP him once. And then in the top of the 9th, with Aurilla on 1st, and Bonds representing the tying run, Karsay IBB’d him again. On base 5 times in zero AB’s. How’s that for an OBP?)
New Yorkers aren’t more provincial than the actual hicks and yokels, but they sometimes act just as provincial. I think it’s the hypocrisy which makes it seem so much worse…
Damn. I was hoping this game would go at least 20 innings and end in a tie with Bud Selig having to make the announcement in front of drunken Yankee fans.
Either that or position players volunteering to pitch.
Yes, I was definitely rooting for the tie.
The first 8 or so innings were kind of dull but the next 5 were pretty intense as the NL had to get out of one jam after another. Did they ever announce what would have happened if they had to go another inning?
Yes, they did. Lou Piniella vs. Terry Francona in a fashion runway “walk off” like in the movie Zoolander.
Winner gets WS home field.
Concur. Jesus hates the Yankees.
my favorite description comes from John Lott, National Post:
“With one out, Pujols poked a Halladay pitch into the right-field corner for an apparent double. But the Mariners rifle-armed whippet nailed Pujols with a perfect throw to Jeter covering second.”
Well, as a native of northern New Jersey, I couldn’t agree more about New Yorkers and disagree more about Yankee Stadium – although I’m fairly sure both comments were tongue in cheek.
Yes, they did. Lou Piniella vs. Terry Francona in a fashion runway “walk off” like in the movie Zoolander.
Well, it should be Francona vs Hurdle. But I’d like to get Piniella in there, so perhaps a tag-team pose-off with Piniella+Hurdle vs Leyland+Francona?
And the winner doesn’t just get WS home field. They get declared fabulous.
But the Mariners rifle-armed whippet…
hmmm
When Pujols goes for second
You must whip it!
He’ll get more than he reckon’d
When you whip it!
Bomp, da-na, da-na
I said whip it!
Bomp, da-na, da-na
Whip it good!
I think we have a new song to play at the Safe.
And Ichiro also was Olbermann’s “best person” tonight for his annual All-Star pep talk.