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Edgy DC Jul 12 2005 09:08 PM

Action is riveting. That talking baseball thing leads to an upsurge in hate crimes. I'm sure of it.

Edgy DC Jul 12 2005 10:15 PM

Wow. How many trees died so Carlos Beltran could be voted into the All-Star Game?

seawolf17 Jul 12 2005 10:27 PM

7-0 Bad Guys. Yawn.

Willets Point Jul 12 2005 10:36 PM

This time it counts, though.

Rockin' Doc Jul 12 2005 10:47 PM

Andruw Jones hits a bomb to left to put the National League on the board. AL 7 NL 2

ScarletKnight41 Jul 12 2005 10:48 PM

The drivel has driven me away from the game. I'm watching Mr. G's weather report now, and at 11 I'm catching The Daily Show.

MFS62 Jul 13 2005 07:53 AM

The most infuriating thing to me (other than the final score) was the Fox graphics. One of the reasons for the game is to give the fans a chance to see players they might not have seen before or know much about. Buehrle having a great year? Oswalt being compared to Clemens at the same age? Peavy led the league in ERA last year? Gee, I wonder how hard they throw? And I still don't know, because Fox didn't have radar gun readings displayed on the screen. The one line graphic under the stats when the player came to bat told us things like "Player X is second in runs scored in the league". But we were never told either how many he has, or who the leader is. As a fan, I would have liked more information. Later

seawolf17 Jul 13 2005 08:01 AM

I agree, 62. The graphics were odd. But to their credit, they left Scooter (or whatever their stupid little CG character is) at home.

Edgy DC Jul 13 2005 08:34 AM

Scooter showed up.

metirish Jul 13 2005 08:55 AM

I tuned out when they started playing God save the fucking Queen, I knew it was going to be a shit night after that.

Edgy DC Jul 13 2005 08:57 AM

I guess you can write that off to peace being arduous.

seawolf17 Jul 13 2005 09:15 AM

How did I miss God Save The Fucking Queen? I must have slept through that part.

cooby Jul 13 2005 09:18 AM

It was before the National Anthem (which for once was very nicely done)

Edgy DC Jul 13 2005 09:41 AM

Major-league Ballplayers born in England George Hall 1871-1877 Stepney Harry Wright 1871-1877 Sheffield Sam Jackson 1871-1872 Ripon Al Reach 1871-1875 London Dick Higham 1871-1880 ?? Al Thake 1872-1872 Wymondham Bobby Clack 1874-1876 ?? Ed Cogswell 1879-1882 ?? Tim Manning 1882-1885 Henley-On-Thames Jim Halpin 1882-1885 ?? Tom Brown 1882-1898 Liverpool Dennis Fitzgerald 1890-1890 ?? Al Lawson 1890-1890 London Pete Hasney 1890-1890 ?? Marty Hogan 1894-1895 Wednesbury Dave Brain 1901-1908 Hereford Al Shaw 1901-1909 Burslem Harry Smith 1901-1910 Yorkshire Ed Walker 1902-1903 Cambois Walter Carlisle 1908-1908 Yorkshire Ned Crompton 1909-1910 Liverpool Klondike Smith 1912-1912 London Charlie Hanford 1914-1915 Tunstall Sam White 1919-1919 Greater Preston Jim Wright 1927-1928 Hyde Les Rohr 1967-1969 Lowestoft (60 years later!) Keith Lampard 1969-1970 Warrington Danny Cox 1983-1995 Northampton Paul Marak 1990-1990 Lakenheath Lance Painter 1993-2003 Bedford Managers Born in England Harry Wright 1871-1893 Sheffield Dick Higham 1874-1874 ?? Al Reach 1890-1890 London Tom Brown 1897-1898 Liverpool Harry Smith 1909-1909 Yorkshire

metirish Jul 13 2005 09:43 AM

Cooby you're right, The National Anthem sounded great last night.

Willets Point Jul 15 2005 10:46 AM

Anyone see this ad scam during the game?

metirish Jul 15 2005 10:51 AM

thanks for the link WP, that clears that up, I saw it and was wondering why FOX would show it, from the article. ]But their ruse was easily discovered once you realized that Fox would never hold its camera on an unknown website and read the URL on air. exactly.

holychicken Jul 15 2005 10:57 AM

The fact that they showed it and talked about it for so long AND that the sign was obviously not done by hand (because the two H's looked identical) it smelled fishy to me from the start. Still, I was tempted to go to the website. But out of principle, I resisted.

seawolf17 Jul 15 2005 11:12 AM

I distinctly remember that (although I wouldn't have been able to remember the name of the page now without seeing that article) during the game. I tried to go to the website right away, as my notebook was right in front of me, but it was mobbed, as the article says. I quickly x'ed out of the window in case it really was some moron promoting their porn site or something. Low blow by Chevy and Fox.

Edgy DC Jul 15 2005 11:29 AM

Lower still by McCarver and Buck to consent.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 15 2005 11:34 AM

Yeah. Just revolting to know those guys were in on it, and shame on the producers, chevrolet and mlb to have such little regard for the audience.

Edgy DC Jul 15 2005 05:27 PM

Trying to pass off a commercial for Fantastic Four as an alleged preview was also particularly crass. At least it seemed that way until the banner disgrace. How does McCarver sleep at night?