Live Tweeting the #AllStarGame
Posted by Sean Forman on July 13, 2010
I'll be tweeting various and sundry notes and comments during the All-Star Game. Check us out here.
Posted by Sean Forman on July 13, 2010
I'll be tweeting various and sundry notes and comments during the All-Star Game. Check us out here.
July 13th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Not a big fan of the tweeting thing, so I'll throw my random comment here:
Why were the fans booing pretty much every player that wasn't in an Angels fan? Ok, I get booing the Giants players...kind of. But why are you booing the Yankees players? You're not Boston, you're not even Baltimore, Toronto or Tampa Bay. Unless you've got a real, involved, deep rivalry with a team, show a little respect, and either clap for the All Stars or sit on your hands.
July 13th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
What do the plus signs after the player names on the All-Star summary page mean? This page: http://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/
July 13th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Couldn't agree more. I get it-- everyone hates the Yankees and Red Sox. I do, too. But their ON YOUR TEAM-- at least for today. Deal with it. And there was pretty much no love whatsoever for the National Leaguers, except Pujols, who got a huge ovation. And if there was one player who deserved the boos of the Angels player, you'd think it would have been for the guy who left them: Vlad Guerrero. But then he got a bigger ovation than ANYONE else. To any Angels fans out there: please explain. The rest of us don't understand.
July 13th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
+ = HOFers
July 13th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
i guess everyone forgets that the angels lost to the yankees in the alcs last year
July 13th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
The Angels have lost to a lot of teams in the last year....
July 13th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
good point thomas... i think...
July 13th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
I don't think the Angels made much effort to keep Guerrero. It's not like he jilted them.
July 14th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Well I for one saw a TON of Yankees caps and Red Sox caps in the seats...
July 15th, 2010 at 10:37 am
As for the game itself, Phil Hughes' performance brought me back to my youth in the 70's watching the ASG and having one of my Yankee pitchers practically lose the game every year:
1975 - Catfish - Loss (also gave up 2 runs in 1976 ASG)
1977 - Lyle - ND (gave up 2 late runs. AL lost by 2)
1978 - Gossage - Loss (gave up 4 runs in 8th inning)
1979 - Guidry - ND (walked in the go-ahead/winning run in 8th inning)
1980 - John - Loss (gave up 3 runs after AL had the lead)
1981 - Ron Davis (Ike's father) - ND (actually got a Hold. But gave up a long solo HR late. AL lost by 1)
1982 - Gossage & Guidry - DNP (coaches decision even though the AL used many pitchers. AL lost anyway)
1983 - Guidry - DNP (Kuenn probably thought it was a good idea to not use any Yanks. It worked as AL finally broke the NL winnning streak.