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All-Star Festivities IGT

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 11 2017 12:02 AM

Despite a high Fish-and-MFY concentration, we've got a potentially fun HR Derby tonight, with a loaded, young field. Everyone's talking about Stanton (of last year's 61 to win) and Judge, with some buzz about Bellinger. (Protip: keep an eye on Sano-- he WILL damage some garish infrastructure.) Leading into it, a song about asses by [crossout]a seedy-strip-club-owner-on-casual-Friday[/crossout] Pitbull with loaded, young gyrating jumpsuits. Bienvenido a Miami!

Gwreck Jul 11 2017 12:30 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Rooting for Stanton. As long as it isn't either of the MFYs, no problem . No Berman means I am watching for the first time in years.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 11 2017 12:33 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Sano went for a solid 11... but dinged the big Windows at the back of the concourse several times.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 11 2017 12:42 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

I hate to admit it, but the timer does make this LOTS more fun. Also fun-- watching Stanton get progressively nervous in the split-screen as Sanchez lights up the left-field stands.

Ashie62 Jul 11 2017 12:44 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Sanchez beats Stanton! Take that Logan Morrison.

Gwreck Jul 11 2017 12:45 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Damn it. Stanton was really impressive.

Ashie62 Jul 11 2017 01:25 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Aaron Judge is an effing monster.

d'Kong76 Jul 11 2017 02:05 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

I hope Judge wins it. There, a Mets' fan said it.

d'Kong76 Jul 11 2017 02:22 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Woot!

41Forever Jul 11 2017 02:36 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

A lack of Chris Berman was appreciated.

d'Kong76 Jul 11 2017 02:45 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Is he a Democrat? haha Congrats to Judge, I hope the tabloids left time to explode for the early editions. Here comes the Judge!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 11 2017 03:15 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

The crazy thing about Judge was all of those 50-70-percent-effort, oppo-field swings that went out.

Fman99 Jul 11 2017 11:29 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Pass.

cooby Jul 11 2017 01:01 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Lol. Me too. But had I known it was Berman free I might have watched

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 11 2017 01:33 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

We watched last night. New format is much better, but it's just batting practice. Agreed on Judge's oppo-shots. They looked like they came off only a fraction of the bat. Juicy ball.

Ceetar Jul 11 2017 01:38 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: We watched last night. New format is much better, but it's just batting practice. Agreed on Judge's oppo-shots. They looked like they came off only a fraction of the bat. Juicy ball. better pitcher too. Sano's guy was practically brushing him back at some point. No Berman but the ESPN broadcast was typically horrible and poorly produced. Split screens everywhere, ignoring everyone except Judge, missing home runs, cut-away during the time outs so they could get another ad in, etc.

Mets Willets Point Jul 11 2017 02:37 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

The world's most insufferable sports fans are going to get more insufferable. I feel like we're living through Jeter 2.0.

G-Fafif Jul 11 2017 03:32 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Maybe it was the lack of regulation regalia, but goddamn it, I didn't hate Judge -- and I fucking hate every goodamn one of them going back to my first exposure to them via Tom Tresh and Ruben Amaro cards. I completely avoided him through the first half so assumed he was another pinstriped automaton, except on something, thus explaining the overblown statcast nonsense. Alas, he seems actually likable. Between that and this home run thing he seems to have down pat, that will make him and his team (pending their not totally collapsing in the stupid American League) very popular to impressionable children in the greater Metropolitan area. And this is irritating indeed, for unless the Mets get their spit together, we're gonna go through another endless cycle of MFY this and MFY that. I really thought we had this thing licked for a few years.

Ceetar Jul 11 2017 03:40 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

it's only been half a season and he's a 25 year old rookie, it's not like he's a phenom. Plenty of time for the league to figure him out and him become an Adam Dunn type. Yankees are working on teh collapse thing.

G-Fafif Jul 11 2017 03:47 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Ceetar wrote: it's only been half a season and he's a 25 year old rookie, it's not like he's a phenom. Plenty of time for the league to figure him out and him become an Adam Dunn type. Yankees are working on the collapse thing. Comforting appraisal. Thanks for talking me down. Go Ghost of Kevin Maas.

d'Kong76 Jul 11 2017 10:19 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Fman99 wrote: Pass. Case dismissed! (fb Yankee friend)

Frayed Knot Jul 12 2017 12:07 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

I have nothing against Judge, but part of this hype is of the ESPN-variety. The HR Derby is what they consider to be the best thing in baseball anyway so, absent a comet to rally around since Jeter's retirement -- I suspect most Bristol employees couldn't pick Mike Trout out of a photo lineup -- Judge becomes their ready-made star. Earlier today I him referred to as "the star that baseball so desperately needs", as if the sport is in danger of folding if they don't get one real quick.

Frayed Knot Jul 12 2017 12:14 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

He used to kill the Mets back in the day (was 19-0 IIRC before they finally beat him) but, man, it would be great to see Juan Marichal pitch just one more time.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 12 2017 05:02 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

I mean, MFYness aside, Judge is kinda fun, with just a little soupcon of biblical-brand awesome; the appeal is the offensive analogue of Syndergaard's-- frighteningly-coordinated gigantic human dominating in frighteningly-coordinated gigantic-human fashion, with a goofy gimmick to boot. The galvanizing effect he has/will have on the fan base sucks and will suck for some time, but the guy isn't nearly as BigChiefNoFun Jeterly as Jeter was at this age, either. As much as I'd like it to be true, the Dunn comparison doesn't pass the smell test.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 12 2017 11:53 AM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

That said baseball is a very humbling game, pitchers will figure out his holes, he will encounter injury and slumps, they might retool the ball, etc etc I'd put 25 Cranebucks on his never hitting 30 before the ASG again in his career.

Frayed Knot Jul 12 2017 12:10 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Yeah, you hear all about 'the adjustments' he's made since his trial last year which have resulted in his both his high BA and walk rates even as the vast improvement in his K-rate still leaves him at 36% which is only low when compared to the 50% from last season. Now of course the pitchers will try to adjust to his adjustments and that dance will go on as long as he plays. At this point you have to treat his 3x size sample from this season as more real than the 2016 numbers but I suspect his true water level is probably somewhere in between the .329 hitter he is now and last season's .179 Those High-HR / High-Walk / High-K rates, coupled with the size factor, certainly makes Dunn a logical comparison. The biggest difference so far is BA and that Judge is neither immobile nor defensively inept as Dunn couldn't move the way Judge does AND he had stone hands.

Ceetar Jul 12 2017 01:29 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Aaron Judge's BABIP is .426. Only Cobb and Joe Jackson in 1911 had higher qualifying marks, at .444 and .433 There are plenty of recent examples of guys having high (not that high) BABIP marks, but there's still a measure of luck in there. It won't stay that high, his stats won't double from what they are now (what they were at halfway anyway). The total league average BABIP is .299. And this doesn't include his home runs or walks, obviously, so it's an even smaller sample size. It'll go down. And yes, he hits the ball hard, but there's still some measure of luck involved in the flyball to home run conversion rate. Judge is tied at 141st in doubles. Game of inches and all. If he's even fractionally later, or off, on the ball more of those home runs stay in the park, and some of them are caught.

seawolf17 Jul 12 2017 01:55 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

I'm just saying that if I had Judge on my fantasy team, I would trade the shit out of him right now.

Centerfield Jul 12 2017 05:03 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

You know what's awesome? That we get to argue about this for TWO MORE DAYS until we get more baseball. I love the all-star break! So glad they made it longer!

metirish Jul 12 2017 05:14 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Watched one full round of this, it is tiring after too long

batmagadanleadoff Jul 12 2017 07:38 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

metirish wrote: Watched one full round of this, it is tiring after too long I can't remember the last time I watched any of that contest. I have less than zero interest in it, even if there's a Met in it.

Ashie62 Jul 12 2017 09:26 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Cody Bellinger seems like a cool dude.

cooby Jul 13 2017 02:43 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Isn't this over yet?

d'Kong76 Jul 13 2017 04:48 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

Centerfield wrote: I love the all-star break! So glad they made it longer! There should be games today, I'll never get used to it or approve. Pitchers should bat for themselves and throw four balls to intentionally walk someone (while I'm bitchin').

HahnSolo Jul 13 2017 05:58 PM Re: All-Star Festivities IGT

I'd do Futures game Monday, HR Derby Tuesday, ASG Wednesday if they insist on having Thursday off.