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All-Star Game IGT!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 05:27 PM

NL has lost the last nine games. Time for a win!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 05:48 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

The pregame player intros are my favorite part. This is a new and different way to do it, with members of the same team emerging from the outfield gates together. I kinda like the jerseys -- but those black pants are awful.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 05:51 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Pete and Kodai!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 05:54 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

White pants on the American League look so much better. Healthy boos for the Astros!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:02 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Lots of Rangers in the starting lineup.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:12 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Edgar Martinez and Junior Griffey with the ceremonial first pitches -- with Mariners Hall of Famers Dan Wilson and Jay Buhner catching. Nice touches!

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:14 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

The entire AL fan voted outfield is Injured

kcmets Jul 11 2023 06:15 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Zero interest in this exhibition.

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:15 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

In a couple of years Francisco Alvarez and Adley Rutschman will start at C every year

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:17 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

=kcmets post_id=131411 time=1689120943 user_id=53] Zero interest in this exhibition.

I'm breaking away from the Big Bang Theory. Penny wears a cotton top next episode

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:20 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 11 2023 06:24 PM

=ashie62 post_id=131412 time=1689120955 user_id=90] In a couple of years Francisco Alvarez and Adley Rutschman will start at C every year

Good call!



The airline-themed promo was fun, and loved seeing Pete and Mr. and Mrs. Met in there!

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:24 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Kid running the bases was cool

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:25 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I thought Acuna had a homer

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:25 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Me, too! Hell of a play by Garcia to start the game.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:26 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Wow, heck of a play by Arozerena, too!

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:27 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I have Acuna as a daily fantasy captain and got excited

kcmets Jul 11 2023 06:30 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=131414 time=1689121239 user_id=119] The airline-themed promo was fun, and loved seeing Pete and Mr. and Mrs. Met in there!

Mrs. Met sucks, lame character sell out.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:30 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Gallen rocking the snake-skin belt.

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:34 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

One day one of these miked guys is gonna crack a dick joke

Frayed Knot Jul 11 2023 06:35 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

So let me get this straight, the sport and the network get Shohei Ohtani in front of a national audience AND SO THEY DECIDE TO SHRINK THE SCREEN!!!!!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:36 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Arozerona doesn't do the armed crossed pose after getting nailed trying to steal second.

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:39 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

The colored shirts look like they bled in the wash

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:40 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Five Rangers on field but no Jake

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:40 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

JD Martinez gets the first hit for the NL! There are six Rangers on the field now. Wow.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 06:46 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

And down goes the NL.

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:47 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I see the pitch clock keeping this game moving. Me like

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 06:50 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Corbin Carroll on wifi as ball sails over him for homer

metirish Jul 11 2023 06:55 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I tuned in briefly and FOX had the pitcher and hitter mic'd up , tuned out

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 07:01 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I love the Twins cap Sonny Gray is wearing

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 11 2023 07:01 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

This is a depressing ASB, with the wrong Met selected only as a pity pick and Senga there as a replacement. There's no breakout Mazzili here from our club. The black pants look like skinny jeans 👖

ashie62 Jul 11 2023 07:02 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Good night all

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 07:07 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Back-to-back pitchers named Gray.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 07:16 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

=ashie62 post_id=131435 time=1689123696 user_id=90] I love the Twins cap Sonny Gray is wearing

It is pretty cool. The Twins did a nice job with their new uniforms, and the All-Star caps are nice.



JD has two of the NL's three hits.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 07:19 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

And the NL ties it up with Arraez's second hit!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 07:19 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Garcia's killing us out there in right!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 07:43 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Nice play by Austin Riley and a K gets the NL out of the inning.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 07:56 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

A little sloppy D gets a man on first.

Edgy MD Jul 11 2023 07:57 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: This is a depressing ASB, with the wrong Met selected only as a pity pick and Senga there as a replacement. There's no breakout Mazzili here from our club. The black pants look like skinny jeans 👖 Mebbe, but Breakout Mazzilli came off of the bench in the late innings to win it, and that's just what I'm counting on Bustout Alonso to do.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 11 2023 08:01 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Alonso already had his breakout, though. Another reason Zimmo would have been better.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 08:05 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Alonso already had his breakout, though. Another reason Zimmo would have been better. I'm not denying Nimmo would have been a great pick. But I don't think Pete, third in baseball with 26 homers, is a bad pick. Lindor would have been a solid pick, too.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 08:05 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

And here is where things go to hell.

Edgy MD Jul 11 2023 08:10 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Alonso and third-string catcher Einar Diaz are all that's left of the NL bench.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 08:13 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 11 2023 08:26 PM

And Gurriel ties it up with a blast! Uh oh. Or not. Rats.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 11 2023 08:24 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I think Pete is on deck

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 08:25 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

A little Big Papi goes a looooong way.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 11 2023 08:26 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Oh well

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 08:28 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

And their BSing ignores Pete's at-bat.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 08:46 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

BOOM! Diaz puts the NL on top!!!

Edgy MD Jul 11 2023 08:53 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Rob Thompson: "Olson, you're in for Freeman at first." Matt Olson: "Looks like I get to replace you again, Freddie." Freddie Freeman: "Eat shit, Matt."

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 08:59 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Looks like Pete stayed in the game!

Edgy MD Jul 11 2023 09:00 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Hader comes on in the eighth? Does that mean Kimbrel is lined up for the finish?

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 09:01 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Nice scoop, Pete, for the double play!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 09:02 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Edgy MD wrote: Hader comes on in the eighth? Does that mean Kimbrel is lined up for the finish? Senga must be the obligatory starter saved for extra innings.

Edgy MD Jul 11 2023 09:02 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

And he finished the double-play and he bats third in the ninth inning.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 09:07 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Here's Pete!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 09:08 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Oh, Pete.

Edgy MD Jul 11 2023 09:11 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Alonso should've bunted.

Edgy MD Jul 11 2023 09:16 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Well, Wander Franco is working Kimbrel hard.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 09:17 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Phew.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 09:18 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Two!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 11 2023 09:27 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

YES!!!!! That was a great game!!!

G-Fafif Jul 11 2023 09:38 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Rest easy, Chub Feeney, wherever you are.

G-Fafif Jul 12 2023 06:19 AM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Pete Alonso is the 26th Met to play for a winning NL All-Star team, the first since Wright and Dickey in 2012. Kodai Senga is the 15th Met named to an NL All-Star team but never/not yet play in an ASG as a Met.

stevejrogers Jul 12 2023 06:28 AM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

=G-Fafif post_id=131486 time=1689164394 user_id=55] Kodai Senga is the 15th Met named to an NL All-Star team but never/not yet play in an ASG as a Met.

Judging by his comments, it might take a historically awful first half for the team, or a bizarrely long extra inning affair, for him to actually perform in one!

Edgy MD Jul 12 2023 07:23 AM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

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Bob Alpacadaca Jul 12 2023 08:42 AM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

That was one of the better All-Star Games. Some spectacular defensive plays. Close game. Opportunities for heroics in the ninth inning. Limited number of Yankees. Unlikely hero. I don't love the mics on the players, especially the pitchers. But it wasn't that bad. Too much Ortiz, Jeter and ARod screwing around. That was bad. But the game itself rises above the people who try to screw it up. The haters missed a good one.

Fman99 Jul 12 2023 09:09 AM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I spent time with my family instead. We play in a summer volleyball league on Tuesday nights. Last night we came back to win the third set and save face after dropping the first two. More fun than listening to those fucking ESPN hacks. Based on the comments here I will watch the 8-10 minute MLB site condensed game, which is a format I've appreciated this season for those west coast Mets swings. OE: Fox hacks. Same thing

kcmets Jul 12 2023 01:06 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Bob Alpacadaca wrote: The haters missed a good one. Just re-read the thread, don't see any hatin'. I did say, 'zero interest in this exhibition' but that's hardly hatin'. Made fun of Mrs. Met, but that's also hardly hatin'. Who or what are 'the haters?'

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2023 01:31 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Yeah, I'm not interested in the game at all either, but I'm not a hater. And I don't think I missed anything. I could have watched, but no matter how exciting the game may have been, I would have been bored. I can't sit through a sporting event if I don't care about the outcome.

Frayed Knot Jul 12 2023 01:42 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I was tired, went to bed early (and still overslept!!) so missed most of the game and didn't even know the winner until reading this thread at lunchtime.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 12 2023 02:26 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, I'm not interested in the game at all either, but I'm not a hater. And I don't think I missed anything. I could have watched, but no matter how exciting the game may have been, I would have been bored. I can't sit through a sporting event if I don't care about the outcome. This is me. I used to love the ASG growing up but I've gradually continued to lose interest. The very last straw for me was these uniform uniforms the all-stars now wear. I always felt that one of the game's biggest charms was seeing all the different baseball uniforms on the field all at the same time. I've no doubt that the change was motivated entirely to get fans to spend more money on another uniform.

metirish Jul 12 2023 02:58 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Yeah, I tuned out and watched a documentary on serial killers , I do wish like mentioned above that they would go back to letting the players wear their uniforms...how many of these awful ASG unis are sold ? Can't be many ...anyway, IL.play has also diluted the game

batmagadanleadoff Jul 12 2023 04:00 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

=metirish post_id=131538 time=1689195499 user_id=72] ..anyway, IL.play has also diluted the game

Not just the ASG but the whole game. Like we need for the Mets to play the fucking Twins every year?

Edgy MD Jul 12 2023 05:10 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

MLB would tell you that they polled the fans and this is what we wanted.

MFS62 Jul 12 2023 05:20 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

Edgy MD wrote: MLB would tell you that they polled the fans and this is what we wanted. They've been taking that pole and sticking it in us for years. Later

nymr83 Jul 12 2023 07:59 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I still don't need interleague play. or the DH. An Exhibition Series against the Yankees in Florida could be televised and timed to a few days before the regular season so that both teams can line up their #1/#2/#3 starters and thats about all the interleague i need.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 13 2023 09:53 AM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

=nymr83 post_id=131543 time=1689213584 user_id=54] I still don't need interleague play. or the DH. An Exhibition Series against the Yankees in Florida could be televised and timed to a few days before the regular season so that both teams can line up their #1/#2/#3 starters and thats about all the interleague i need.

I shouldn't need to tell you but those days are long gone. The differences between leagues have been all but decimated now so much so there's chatter about reformatting the ASG to be a US v. The World thing.



I'm not altogether upset with playing each team, even though there was a time I would have flipped out. It opens the opportunities to travel to new places and see Mets games, and means its less likely I'll see the same team 2x or 3x on Tuesday Night Mets.

Edgy MD Jul 13 2023 01:27 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

I like having access to all cities also, but I lament the impact of interleague play on divisional matchups. When was the last time the Mets played the Marlins? How are we going to catch them if we dinna play them? I can't get rid of them (or the Nats) in Spring Training, but now it's suddenly hard to find them at all. For that reason I favor interleague play to the tune of two one-game stopovers (one home, one away) against each opposite-league team during the season. [list] [*]Two games against each of the 15 teams from the opposite league = 30 games. [*]Six games against each of the 10 intra-league extra-divisional teams = 60 games. [*]Eighteen games against each of the four intra-divisional teams = 72 games. [*]30 + 60 + 72 = 162. [*]This way, the division is (again, and rightly so) mostly decided by intradivisional play, the league is more (and more rightly) decided by intraleague play (playing the Cardinals as frequently as the Rangers is just ass), but you still get a chance to catch Vladdy, Jr. coming to town once a year, or to travel to Seattle, if that's your bliss. [/list] Yeah, one-game stops are a bitch for teams, but they can handle that 10 or 11 times a year. Several times, it won't take any travel at all. An AL team can make their one-day visit to Citi Field when they are already in town having just wrapped a series with the Yankees. A National League team can tack on one game against the White Sox after three at Wrigley. Other visits won't be in the same town, but aren't particularly cumbersome. A swing from Atlanta to Tampa/St. Pete, for instance, or Chicago to Milwaukee. Also, the impact is lessened if you try to schedule the one-day visits adjacent to off days. The All-Star Game, as I've banged on about too much, needs to become part of Baseball Week. And it should be a three-game series. The Futures Game has long been added to the now-extended All-Star break, and they've now pushed the draft back by a month to align it with the ASB, so Baseball Week is kind of already happening whether they mean it to or not.

nymr83 Jul 13 2023 05:25 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

1 and 1 is brutal travel. Why not do 2 at home and 0 on the road and then switch next season?

Edgy MD Jul 14 2023 01:10 PM Re: All-Star Game IGT!

=nymr83 post_id=131596 time=1689290711 user_id=54] 1 and 1 is brutal travel. Why not do 2 at home and 0 on the road and then switch next season?

Well, I've tried to demonstrate how the impact of one-game stops can be ameliorated.