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All-Star Game!
Ichiro vs. punks.
Sigh. Remember when we had a whole ton of players in the game? Good times.
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“What did it feel like to be booed, Kenny?”
Jeez, Fox is the worst tabloid network out there.
I expect an unconvincing apology from GM (a la Kenny Rogers) for implied Japan bashing in their ads very soon.
What an awful, boring game this is.
But it counts!
My pre-game pick for MVP was Ichiro.
Jonah’s was Miguel Cabrera.
We were both wrong, but were unable to care.
This has been bugging me since last week, but I finally figured it out. Bartolo Colon looks like Andre The Giant circa ‘The Princess Bride’. Dead ringer, I swear.
I said the same thing to Jonah during the introductions. I’m glad I’m not the only one who sees it.
Kenny Rogers looks like Henry Rollins.
Game over.
7-5 AL
3-Way Co-MVP? Tejada, Teixera, and Ichiro
Who should be MVP? Ichiro drove in the most runs the earliest. I’d say he’s as good a choice as any…
Maybe Tejada, or you could make an argument for Rivera. Buerhle could be an outside candidate.
Wow, I can’t remember the last time I didn’t see a single pitch of the All-Star game. I was probably eight.
jason
Was that Morgan Ensberg’s first career appearance at 1st?
Selig just ruined it!
Just by appearing Selig, Selig ruins any event. His appearance at Edgar’s retirement game last season made me want to run.
What does Tejada need a new Corvette for? I could’ve used it a lot more than him.
I’d like to thank the fans… and the fans for voting me in. And the fans. And I’d like to thank the fans… and the fans… and the fans…
Dude. I’ve been referring to Bartolo Colon as ‘Fezzik’ since the 2001 playoffs. I’ve had to include pictorial references so that people got the joke.
New York Ninnie thinks the Ms still have a shot at the playoffs.
Like Tejada needs a Corvette… he has some kind of SUV and a custom Lexus SC. Pretty ridiculous.
…So I’m watching The Three Stooges version of the All-Star Post Game Show on Q13 with Dan Devone, Dave “Softy” Maller, and (laugh) “New York” Vinnie; and I’m wondering…what the hell am I doing!!
NY Vinnie a true NY slob!!!!!Evwe qonder why New Yorkers have bad reps?Just lokk at this guy i need to say no more…
Does Vinnie have different shoes on?
Why does the AP story start like this:
“Miguel Tejada, Mark Teixeira and their American League teammates gave a new-look All-Star Game the same old result. ”
With this lead-in…
“Led by MVP Miguel Tejada’s solo shot and Mark Teixeira’s two-run blast, the AL earns home field for the World Series with a 7-5 decision in the 76th All-Star Game”
And Ichiro’s first mention is in the 22nd paragraph?
I don’t know, but from the swelling in his right ankle, he’s either injured it, or has developed edema, which could be the sign of a serious health issue.
Also, what two players didn’t make it into the game?
Derek had unlimited Pagliacci’s Pizza, ice cream and beer, and was at the top of his game in cracking on the players, the announcers, and everything else. And I STILL left his place after the 6th.
That’s how damn boring this game was. “This Time It Blows.”
Outed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bloomquist
Oh my god. How satisfying was that? I never was very interested in Wikipedia, but now I just got to fix a bunch of spelling and grammar errors in the Seattle Mariners entry. Sweet.
The All-Star game is a fun thing, simple as that.
A bunch of us (I have no clue who) kept updating the Bloomquist entry until it was pretty hilarious, but then I got some message saying “YOU ARE COMMITTING INTERNET VANDALISM, STOP NOW.”
Chris Snelling could use some better info.
Ah yes… I can see what fun you kiddies had.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bloomquist&oldid=18719269
Yeah, “Piece of shit player who should be murdered and dumped into the Sound.” (which is what the entry reads right now) is SO classy.
The old versions of Willie’s page are pretty appalling.
But funny.
45:
Steve Earle? Chevy? Wah?!?! Say it ain’t so.
Jesus, those Wikipedia entries are bordering upon sociopathically mean. I mean, shit, even if you don’t like Willie Bloomquist, claiming he’ll be caught stealing 133 times when stealing bases seems to be his best use is just going completely bonzo.
Some people may be getting laughs out of that, but I just shake my head and sigh. Just cruel. Kick a kitten or something; it’s more humane.
Ichiro post game comments:
Ichiro’s full of it. He’d have swung if it was below his toes too (and probably would have hit it).
Methinks Ichiro is trying to tell us something.
I’m not against it. I’d like to see him play CF. Maybe let someone else move over there for a while to play right. It can’t hurt anything to let him play center one or two games in a while. Sure, he’s a powerful tool in right field, but he could be just as filthy in center, I imagine.
Reed is also one of the best defensive CFs according to our beloved metrics. And he’s still developing.
There is now no reason to put Ichiro in center unless you’re putting Vlad in Right.
And as far as I know, there are no Vlads on the horizon.
Will the indignities never end?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Willie_Bloomquist
Wow, how things change in such a short span.
Yeah, I remember when the M’s had a ton of players represented in the All-Star game.
But I also remember begging my mom to stay up an extra hour or two, in hopes that Floyd Bannister, Mike Young or Mark Langston may get in to pitch a meaningless 7th inning; or that Alvin Davis, Phil Bradley or Jim Presley would get to pinch-hit in the 8th. There was that banner year in 1987 when the M’s actually got 2(!!!) all-stars (Langston and Harold Reynolds).
So yeah, the M’s had one all-star this year. They probably should have had 2, but that’s neither here nor there. Still, they’re in much, much better shape than where they were back in the day. Teams don’t go from 99 losses to 95 wins and multiple all-stars in one year.
I guess the Wiki article turned out to be kind of mean, but it was funny how it was originally a short blurb about Bloomquist and turned into that from people adding one or two phrases at a time.
There’s a real article about Bloomquist up now. I learned all about Willie from it.
Unfortunately, some yukyuk at frontiernet keeps screwing with the Bloomquist article.
#83, yep, his great song “The Revolution Starts Now” co-opted and wildly missapplied to a xenophobic truck ad.
Ichiro has a wonderful sense of humor. When asked how it felt making his first plate appearance as a reserve, he replied “The batter’s box was a little messy.” So deadpan.
I would vote to delete that Wikipedia entry but I don’t have the time to learn how to do it. It’s okay to make fun of Bloomquist, but Wikipedia isn’t the proper place for it. I mean…. think of the children!
And our boys overseas. And all the shut-ins.
If anyone’s still reading the posts on this thread, go over and check out what Batgirl had to say to Fox:
http://www.bat-girl.com/archives/001022.php
Seriously.
Batgirl is now on my list of Heroes for Young People.
She nails the issue: See, I think if you have to spend a lot time thinking about how you’re going to keep people entertained during a baseball game, then you’re probably not the best entity to broadcast said game.
Fox has forgotten that the game sells itself.
Did they ever know that?
The only part of the ASG I happened to catch was Scooter explaining that a changeup was a ‘superslow pitch’. I immediately jabbed myself in the eye with a rusty spoon and mercifully passed out from the pain, missing the rest of the game.
Batgirl’s letter was poetry.
Oh My God! They (Tiger Fans) Killed Kenny (Rogers)!
YOU BASTARDS!!!
I have one word to describe what happened to Rogers in the 7th inning last night: Karma.
And now I’d like to move on from this controversy.