07-15-2008, 11:23 PM
|
#81
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Jose, CA
|
wow its the 15th inning in this All Star game, i wonder when or how its going to end!!
|
|
|
|
07-15-2008, 11:49 PM
|
#82
|
|
Everyone's Favorite Oilfan!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Jose, California
|
AL wins 4-3 in the 15th on a sac fly by Michael Young that brought in Justin Morneau on a close play at the plate.
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 02:52 AM
|
#83
|
|
Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Walking Distance
|
Great game, especially the defense.
It is a little ridiculous that we have a thread for the HR derby, but not one for the game?
__________________
Come on down...
...and Welcome to the Terror Dome
Flames-Flyers-Stamps-Jays
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 10:19 AM
|
#84
|
|
First Line Centre
|
Don't you wish that the NHL allstar game could be a tenth as good as that game was last night? Man, what a game, they actually have pride for it and are trying out there.
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 10:20 AM
|
#85
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
|
just got a question, to have it get a tie, one team just has to run out of pitchers? or what are the conditions for it to be a tie?
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 10:22 AM
|
#86
|
|
NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by flamesfan6
just got a question, to have it get a tie, one team just has to run out of pitchers? or what are the conditions for it to be a tie?
|
There can't be a tie. They're saying today that if it went to the 16th then Longoria or Drew would have pitched.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/sp...ingweb.html?hp
__________________
Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 10:34 AM
|
#87
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by flamesfan6
just got a question, to have it get a tie, one team just has to run out of pitchers? or what are the conditions for it to be a tie?
|
The tie a few years ago was a total debacle.
It is why they decided to make the ASG mean something (home field advantage in the World Series), after the backlash that occurred from the tie.
Baseball is a bit easier to have an all star game. It isn't a contact sport (Peter Rose demolishing Ray Fosse notwithstanding).
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 10:52 AM
|
#88
|
|
Voted for Kodos
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
The tie a few years ago was a total debacle.
It is why they decided to make the ASG mean something (home field advantage in the World Series), after the backlash that occurred from the tie.
Baseball is a bit easier to have an all star game. It isn't a contact sport (Peter Rose demolishing Ray Fosse notwithstanding).
|
I don't know how an all star game tie is a total debacle. At least nothing compared to the debacle that last night's game almost became. Playing for something as important as home feild advantage is a total joke. Allow the players to have fun out there, and get all the players that earned the right to be there a chance to play in the 9 innings.
Make up some special all star game only rules for extra innings, such as teams are allowed to substitute a certain number of players back into the game if the game goes extra innings.
We almost got to see guys who haven't pitched since little league pitching against the not-quite-stars of MLB. So exciting. 
IMHO, end all star games after 11 innings, no matter what, if you absolutely must have a winner, invent something like the shootout is in hockey, a little skills competition, that's fun to watch, a will determine a winner quickly. And make it a game for fun again, none of the "determine home feild advantage" stuff.
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 10:56 AM
|
#89
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
|
the home field advantage thing was put in partly to make it more fun for the people who matter: tha fans. Who wants to see it turn into the BS pond hockey thing that the NHL game is? It's plenty fun for the players.
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 11:18 AM
|
#90
|
|
First Line Centre
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
:words:
|
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you, I absolutely love the baseball all-star game. I personally don't want to see guys just floating out there on the ice looking like they don't want to be there like the NHL. I want to see the best in the league taking each other on and actually competing. I never watch the NHL all-star game because it means nothing and nobody cares about it.
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 01:14 PM
|
#91
|
|
NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
|
__________________
Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 01:18 PM
|
#92
|
|
Voted for Kodos
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Ditch
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you, I absolutely love the baseball all-star game. I personally don't want to see guys just floating out there on the ice looking like they don't want to be there like the NHL. I want to see the best in the league taking each other on and actually competing. I never watch the NHL all-star game because it means nothing and nobody cares about it.
|
I agree with you on the NHL All star game being sub-par, but, IMO, awarding home field advantage is much too big a prize. Offereing a cash reward to the winner should suffice. The last thing we want to see is someone getting hurt at an all-star game. With the MLB All-star game the way it is now, someone is eventually going to get hurt, and that is unacceptable.
Having an all-star game end in a tie doesn't mean that the teams weren't trying hard, nor does it mean that the game wasn't entertaining.
|
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 04:21 PM
|
#93
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
|
Make up some special all star game only rules for extra innings, such as teams are allowed to substitute a certain number of players back into the game if the game goes extra innings.
|
I was thinking this too, however, it would be fairly dangerous to ask a pitcher come in a second time, especiallly when most are already on 2 or 3 days rest
Quote:
|
We almost got to see guys who haven't pitched since little league pitching against the not-quite-stars of MLB. So exciting.
|
This happens in real games sometimes though
Quote:
|
IMHO, end all star games after 11 innings, no matter what, if you absolutely must have a winner, invent something like the shootout is in hockey, a little skills competition, that's fun to watch, a will determine a winner quickly. And make it a game for fun again, none of the "determine home feild advantage" stuff.
|
One of the great things about baseball is you play until there is a winner. In the end neither team can make an excuse (ala the shootout). The All-Star game is fun, for the fans, which is the point.
|
|
|
|
07-16-2008, 05:56 PM
|
#94
|
|
Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Walking Distance
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
|
Is this real? Am i dreaming?
As a self professed Ichiro hater, I feel confused. That is sweet. Maybe from now on I will only hate the stupid Mariners.
__________________
Come on down...
...and Welcome to the Terror Dome
Flames-Flyers-Stamps-Jays
|
|
|
|
|
07-20-2008, 05:04 PM
|
#96
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaolinFlame
Is this real? Am i dreaming?
As a self professed Ichiro hater, I feel confused. That is sweet. Maybe from now on I will only hate the stupid Mariners.
|
Ichiro rules. He shows that you don't have to be a roided up monster to be an effective ball player.
|
|
|
|
|
07-23-2008, 09:37 AM
|
#97
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
|
Yankees are on a tear. Winning all 5 games since the All Star break and 9 straight at home. Robinson Cano's hot bat (12 for 23 since the break) has really helped the Bombers offense.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
07-23-2008, 01:25 PM
|
#98
|
|
Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
|
The Yankees seem to start slow every year but find a way to put it in gear after the break. They'll easily chase down the Rays and get the Wild Card....they always make the playoffs.
__________________
"Some guys like old balls"
Patriots QB Tom Brady
|
|
|
|
|
07-23-2008, 01:49 PM
|
#99
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The Yankees seem to start slow every year but find a way to put it in gear after the break. They'll easily chase down the Rays and get the Wild Card....they always make the playoffs.
|
And they just swept the Twins. Interesting to see if they can win on the road. They start a 3 game series vs the Red Sox at Fenway on Friday.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
07-24-2008, 10:17 AM
|
#100
|
|
NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
|
A bit OT.
25 years ago today (7/24/83)
__________________
Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:34 PM.
|
|
