Thoughts on the MLB All Star Game
== That was fun. A good game. Fielder won it with a three run bomb, and was named MVP, deservedly.
== But what is up with Bruce Bochy? Does he think because he lucked into a World Series last year that he's now Earl Weaver? What the hell did he lift Cliff Lee in the middle of an inning for? If I was Lee, one of the best pitchers in baseball, I'd be kinda ticked at my manager for showing me up. He's CLIFF LEE, fer Christ sakes. Let him finish the inning. I'll bet Bochy is not a player's manager and just likes to push buttons. I'd rather play for Ron Washington, who seems to know that good players make for good managers, and lets the boys go out and play ball. He'll be in Texas for a long time. Bochy will be out of a job as soon as the Giants pitchers arms fall off, as they surely will in a few years.
== Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers has a damn violent delivery. This guy is going to have one short career. He'll probably have Tommy John pretty soon, then spend the rest of his career making ten quality starts every couple of years and signing for short money with a contender trying to strike it rich. He is all arm and there's no way he lasts much longer.
== Jacoby Ellsbury has been one bad mutherfucker at the plate this year, and he absolutely deserved to be named to the team. Good for him. He's finally walking a bit and hitting homers and doubles. He's been terrific at the plate. And Cameron is gone. Guess we here at The 'Pent were completely wrong about the Red Sox centerfield job.
== Weird stat: Jose Bautista has 31 homers, 15 doubles, an OPS of 1.170, and yet only has 65 ribbies. How can that be? The Blue Jays are sixth in baseball in runs scored, so they get enough guys across the plate. Just kinda weird that he hasn't driven in more runs. What a hitter, though. And he can pick it, too, wherever they put him in the field. A great story.
== Did you have to get sick right before the All Star Game, Joe Buck? Fox should have put him in some Biosphere humidor prior to the game. I didn't listen to the announcers, but turned up the sound for the introductions. That was enough for me. Sorry, Joe.
== Weiters played that passed ball late in the game just like an Oriole would: He dogged it. Gave up two bases. The Oriole Way?
== There isn't a player in baseball I'd want on my team more than Troy Tulowitzki. He's just a man out there at just 26 years old. Now that Longoria has been having injury problems, Tulo may be the single most valuable commodity in the game. What a beast.
== Who let "Kung Fu Panda" on the field. Christ, what was that guy doing at an All Star Game?
== And about the "Moneyball" movie coming out this fall: Billy Beane is the most overrated figure in recent sports history. If not for the Michael Lewis' outstanding book (he could make a Town Council meeting riveting) about the A's, no one would give a shit about someone who has never taken a team to the World Series and hasn't even been in the playoffs in five years. The A's were good because of three guys, and none of them were named "Beane": Zito, Mulder, and Hudson. The great young starters in their primes who gave Oakland about 600 (out of about 1,500 in a season) quality innings to build the team around. Scott Hatteburg is a central part of the movie. Are you kidding me? Hatteburg was never even a better than average first baseman. He just wasn't that good. If you ranked the 30 starting first baseman when that dude was playing for the A's, he would rank near the bottom. And they make a movie about this shit? Come on. Where's the movie about Theo Epstein? He's won two World Series; Beane has never been. The Red Sox are perennial contenders and in the playoffs most years: The A's haven't been in the playoffs since 2006. I say, let Jesse Eisenberg play Theo. When can we start shooting? William H. Macy as John Henry, Harrison Ford as Larry Lucchino, Denzel as Papi, Robert Downey Jr. as Terry Francona, and John Goodman as Curt Schilling (just kidding: Goodman can't play, as evidenced by his attempt to play "The Babe"). Give me $50 million and I'll write the script and shoot it. Wouldn't be too hard, I think. Except that damn Brad Pitt is going to soak the baseball movie market with his film. But should "Moneyball" make it big, maybe a "Theo" movie isn't so implausible.
== But what is up with Bruce Bochy? Does he think because he lucked into a World Series last year that he's now Earl Weaver? What the hell did he lift Cliff Lee in the middle of an inning for? If I was Lee, one of the best pitchers in baseball, I'd be kinda ticked at my manager for showing me up. He's CLIFF LEE, fer Christ sakes. Let him finish the inning. I'll bet Bochy is not a player's manager and just likes to push buttons. I'd rather play for Ron Washington, who seems to know that good players make for good managers, and lets the boys go out and play ball. He'll be in Texas for a long time. Bochy will be out of a job as soon as the Giants pitchers arms fall off, as they surely will in a few years.
== Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers has a damn violent delivery. This guy is going to have one short career. He'll probably have Tommy John pretty soon, then spend the rest of his career making ten quality starts every couple of years and signing for short money with a contender trying to strike it rich. He is all arm and there's no way he lasts much longer.
== Jacoby Ellsbury has been one bad mutherfucker at the plate this year, and he absolutely deserved to be named to the team. Good for him. He's finally walking a bit and hitting homers and doubles. He's been terrific at the plate. And Cameron is gone. Guess we here at The 'Pent were completely wrong about the Red Sox centerfield job.
== Weird stat: Jose Bautista has 31 homers, 15 doubles, an OPS of 1.170, and yet only has 65 ribbies. How can that be? The Blue Jays are sixth in baseball in runs scored, so they get enough guys across the plate. Just kinda weird that he hasn't driven in more runs. What a hitter, though. And he can pick it, too, wherever they put him in the field. A great story.
== Did you have to get sick right before the All Star Game, Joe Buck? Fox should have put him in some Biosphere humidor prior to the game. I didn't listen to the announcers, but turned up the sound for the introductions. That was enough for me. Sorry, Joe.
== Weiters played that passed ball late in the game just like an Oriole would: He dogged it. Gave up two bases. The Oriole Way?
== There isn't a player in baseball I'd want on my team more than Troy Tulowitzki. He's just a man out there at just 26 years old. Now that Longoria has been having injury problems, Tulo may be the single most valuable commodity in the game. What a beast.
== Who let "Kung Fu Panda" on the field. Christ, what was that guy doing at an All Star Game?
== And about the "Moneyball" movie coming out this fall: Billy Beane is the most overrated figure in recent sports history. If not for the Michael Lewis' outstanding book (he could make a Town Council meeting riveting) about the A's, no one would give a shit about someone who has never taken a team to the World Series and hasn't even been in the playoffs in five years. The A's were good because of three guys, and none of them were named "Beane": Zito, Mulder, and Hudson. The great young starters in their primes who gave Oakland about 600 (out of about 1,500 in a season) quality innings to build the team around. Scott Hatteburg is a central part of the movie. Are you kidding me? Hatteburg was never even a better than average first baseman. He just wasn't that good. If you ranked the 30 starting first baseman when that dude was playing for the A's, he would rank near the bottom. And they make a movie about this shit? Come on. Where's the movie about Theo Epstein? He's won two World Series; Beane has never been. The Red Sox are perennial contenders and in the playoffs most years: The A's haven't been in the playoffs since 2006. I say, let Jesse Eisenberg play Theo. When can we start shooting? William H. Macy as John Henry, Harrison Ford as Larry Lucchino, Denzel as Papi, Robert Downey Jr. as Terry Francona, and John Goodman as Curt Schilling (just kidding: Goodman can't play, as evidenced by his attempt to play "The Babe"). Give me $50 million and I'll write the script and shoot it. Wouldn't be too hard, I think. Except that damn Brad Pitt is going to soak the baseball movie market with his film. But should "Moneyball" make it big, maybe a "Theo" movie isn't so implausible.
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