Posada and Soriano?

Tom K wrote:

> When I was a kid in the 80s, the All-Star Game as an EVENT. I think
> the main reason why it's lost that status is because of the Internet,
> ESPN, etc. We now see these players everyday in some way, shape, or
> form. We don't have to wait until the Sunday paper to see a list of
> everyone's statistics, and we don't have to wait until an All-Star
> Game to watch Jake Peavy pitch, or see a Russell Martin for the first
> time.

I think part of it is due to age. I was an adult by the '80's, and it
wasn't what it had been in the '60's and '70's.
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>
> Yes, not true. Just as likely, though, is that its an exhibition game and
> the players don't put nearly as much thought into strategy and scouting as
> they do in a regular game. That was my point.
>

I concede the point but am of mixed mind about it. In a National League
game, AROD would've been held at 3rd, because of the guy in Right. But
an AL All-Star base coach waved AROD home, and we all (mostly--not you)
got to see that Junior's still got a gun. Play at the plate--my
opinion--best play in sports, though that one not nearly so.

And I've always thought that Rose and Fosse was a chickensh_t thing. It
was a play at the plate in an _exhibition_ that cost Fosse his career.
Yet we still talk about Hubbel and Williams and Jackson and Lynn's
all-star doin's.

So, bottom of the 9th, 2 out, bases full, winning run on 2nd, pitcher
wild, crowd screaming, Puhols on the bench, and you're not interested in
how it comes out?

I don't care if it's Little League or Slow Pitch. I am...and I like it
better when I see it.

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>>
>> Yes, not true. Just as likely, though, is that its an exhibition game
>> and
>> the players don't put nearly as much thought into strategy and scouting
>> as
>> they do in a regular game. That was my point.
>>
>
> I concede the point but am of mixed mind about it. In a National League
> game, AROD would've been held at 3rd, because of the guy in Right. But
> an AL All-Star base coach waved AROD home, and we all (mostly--not you)
> got to see that Junior's still got a gun. Play at the plate--my
> opinion--best play in sports, though that one not nearly so.
>
> And I've always thought that Rose and Fosse was a chickensh_t thing. It
> was a play at the plate in an _exhibition_ that cost Fosse his career.
> Yet we still talk about Hubbel and Williams and Jackson and Lynn's
> all-star doin's.
>

There was a time when the game was of interest. It just isn't anymore. And
yes, Pete Rose's cheapshot on Ray Fosse was chickenshit. That's Pete Rose,
though. Always gave 110% chickenshit in everything he did.

> So, bottom of the 9th, 2 out, bases full, winning run on 2nd, pitcher
> wild, crowd screaming, Puhols on the bench, and you're not interested in
> how it comes out?
>
> I don't care if it's Little League or Slow Pitch. I am...and I like it
> better when I see it.
>

I didn't watch the game, so it was a non-event for me.
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:05:05 -0700, Tom K <mryclept RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>When I was a kid in the 80s, the All-Star Game as an EVENT.

The All-Star game was almost as big a deal as the World Series when I
was a kid in the '60s and '70s.

> I think
>the main reason why it's lost that status is because of the Internet,
>ESPN, etc. We now see these players everyday in some way, shape, or
>form. We don't have to wait until the Sunday paper to see a list of
>everyone's statistics, and we don't have to wait until an All-Star
>Game to watch Jake Peavy pitch, or see a Russell Martin for the first
>time.

Interleague play doesn't help. Then again, maybe today's kids still
feel the way we did about the All-Star Game.
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