2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field and related events/matters

I just priced the Futures Game, having no real interest in anything else.... $50 for a decent seat (meh, OK) also requires a $30 FanFest ticket plus the usual fees.

Goldschmidt or Votto?

tie breaker voting criteria should be who is the most handsome

Goldy is hunkalicious imho

I have a lead on pair of Futures game tix, kinda deep LF but spose as good as i can snare.

(also slightly below face value)

Votto has clear lead if you go by the last 365 calendar days, but I'm starting to believe PG may have the better '13 at the end.

I'll take Votto but Goldy is definitely crushing it.

Maybe Goldschmidt or Votto can play shortstop for the AL

Jhonny P forevah

Futures Game rosters... looking fwd to attending for Billy Hamilton and Oscar Taveras alone.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130626&content_id=51723158

And check out the final players ballot.... Rougned Odor! What a handle.

they just put tavaras back on the dl, tho i spose he might be healthy by the all star break

ah, had no idea

#voteodor

futures game - Morbs check out Joc Pederson for the Dodgers stats. Puig was the story on the team in AA but Joc has matched him and is actually younger.

21 year old in the notoriously pitcher friendly southern league

.302/.391/.523 13 hr, 31 rbi, 22-3 sb-cs ratio. He'll look great on whatever team sends us some crappy veteran pitcher because hes blocked by about 4 dudes and a billion dollars in the dodgers OF.

all star game - have puig play in the hr derby, thats it. everyone wins.

I will take notes in the back of my BP prospects guide while J0rdan holds the radar gun.

btw i shoulda checked Stubhub before C'list, good Futures tix are crazy available.

http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-15704727dt.jpg

Jonathan Papelbon's appalled:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/allstar13/story/_/id/9445536/jonathan-papelbon-says-yasiel-puig-all-star-team-joke

Maybe I don't take the ASG seriously enough, but it seems obvious to me that Puig should be there. It's also amusing that it'd be a closer who'd complain. Apples and oranges, I know, but Puig's 231 innings so far are almost half of Papelbon's career total.

can't wait for the obligatory 2nd half walkoff HR bat flip from Puig against Papelbon

SABR doing panels at Fanfest:

http://sabr.org/latest/watch-sabr-panels-2013-mlb-all-star-fanfest

is there srsly an allstar selection show? cmon mlb

jeff locke is an all-star

longoria = jobbed. brandon phillips = lol. jj hardy = wut

kinda would have liked to see starling marte make it, but i can't really argue with the nl outfield selections (except for harper, maybe)

josh donaldson also got fucked, too many good al 3bs

also where is the none of the above option for last-5 al-side

yeah wtf @ no donaldson

what a first half for ortiz

the 5 final-vote AL relievers -- whose idea? did Bowie Kuhn rise from the dead?

six Tigers, one Athletic, hmmmmm

Hmmmmm again: three from the Red Sox, three Jays. I'm pretty whatever when it comes the AS game--haven't watched one the whole way in years, and often skip it altogether--but I think the number of players from each team should more or less reflect the standings. As good as Brett Cecil's been this year, he didn't need to be picked.

ya - that was a surprise. kinda neat to see a middle-relief guy tho, when it wasn't necessary to get a representative from a team in.

also: how did Gibbons wind up on the team?!

Middle relief is undoubtedly the least celebrated job in baseball, awards- and honors-wise, so on that count, yeah, nice to see him make it. If there are 35 players on the team, my top-secret formula says the Jays deserve 2.282 roster spots. So three's not completely out of line.

Maybe someone confused him for Josh? Happens all the time.

(Didn't look at the link closely enough--they did get the surname right, which makes the error even weirder.)

too bad papelbon didn't make it -- he's having a nice season, insofar as a guy who participates in 4.4% of his team's play actually matters

its a shame Papelbon didn't make it what with his charming personality and keen insights on who should and shouldn't be voted onto the team.

Among NL OFs, Pence is 8th in WAR, Puig 9th...

Harper 18th, Beltran 21st.

Delabar and Freeman are the current final-vote leaders.

Steve Delbar. this is just so very o_O

he is the choice of BOS-NYY-DET haters

I guess we should stay long enough after the Futures Game to see Rickey swing.

Comedian Chris Rock, film and TV star Kevin James, singer and actress Ashanti, TV star George Lopez and more will join Mets Legends and Baseball Hall of Famers in the 2013 Taco Bell® Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Citi Field on Sunday, July 14th. Additionally, former Mets catcher Mike Piazza has been added to the roster. Also joining are Hall of Famer and former Mets and Yankees outfielder Rickey Henderson along with former Yankees Bernie Williams, who joins as the American League Captain. Williams will rival former Mets John Franco as the National League Captain. The Softball Game will be televised immediately following the Chevrolet Home Run Derby on ESPN on July 15th.

In addition to Henderson, Franco, Piazza and Williams, MLB Legends that were previously announced and are scheduled to participate include Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Andre Dawson, Rollie Fingers, Fred Lynn, Ozzie Smith, and Frank Thomas.

With Delabar, that's 4 out of 36 from an underperforming last-place team. Sorry, Oakland--seriously, it's kind of embarrassing.

go NL

4eva

*fistbumps*

yeah cept I'll probably be rooting for the A's vs the Cardinals or Braves in October.

*fistbumps you REALLY HARD*

Apples On Parade around NYC

http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/all-star-game-apple-power-rankings/

mets affliated syndergaard & montero "starting" futures game

looking fwd to seeing Buxton, Hamilton, Hedges

well no Hamilton SB and no Buxton sizzle, but saw Hedges throw out a runner.

Left the softball game after 4 HR in the 1st inning. Strawberry is even worse in RF than he usta be.

Scherzer v Harvey, as expected.

Red carpet parade across 42nd Street tomw afternoon; I'm sure grand marshal Tom Seaver will enjoy the 96-degree heat.

yoenis hittin bombs

just turned this on

RIPinson Cano

crap, they're also always twins fans too though. and mariners? maybe KC

Yeah, Cliff Lee stoneface will probably be the night's best moment.

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http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2922303/cliffnotamused.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-SoXGUo1Vw

That was hilarious. Was that an anti-Mets thing or is stoneface just a thing he does?

was he being booed?

i recall the cameras/mikes catching chase utley at yankee stadium whenever that was (before the yanks/phils played in the ws, anyway) saying 'boo? fuck you!'

I wasn't watching really close -- I think there were boos for rival NL East teams?

there were boos for adam wainwright due to his curveball being too awesome in 2006:

http://i26.tinypic.com/hrlpgo.jpg

http://imgur.com/4jXo4bi

ZS: http://www.viplivebox.eu/sports/baseball.html

that's mean, z s

ban zach

you can tell that the umpire is thinking "goddamn that is a hell of a curveball, i am proud to be part of this moment, steeeeeeeeeeee-!"

thanks thermo! watching now.

it's always really heartwarming when the batter accidentally tosses the bat into the stands and you get to watch the grown man steal the bat our of a little kid's hands

I think there were boos for rival NL East teams?

Really, Mets fans booing the Phucks? Imagine!

Tom Seaver seems kinda like a non-insane Shatner at this point.

Alyson Footer ‏@alysonfooter 46m
I'm sorry but Tom Seaver looks goooooood.

^^^mlb.com beat writer

ban zach

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:10 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idgi

for 68, he does

xp

is this Joe Buck last season as well? i know Tim McCarver is done after this season.

oh GO NL.

btw I got to talk about catcher framing with Ben Lindbergh today, so that was good.

also Foley's has a lifesize cardboard Don Zimmer mounted on the wall right next to the urinals, so that's disturbing.

hey, I started to download TT's watchsite, aborted when I realized I don't wanna watch the fucking game, and it's already changed my homepage. This is why I love the internetz.

lol twitter complaining about yoenis interviews were just getting warmed up for this

Just got in from a movie, guess I'll tune in. Hope I can get highlights of the sacrifice fly and the fielder's choice.

buck and tim sound so fucking bored. and condescending. as ever, i guess. i'm so sick of the uneasy "they're REALLY giving it their all this year"/"he's managing to win it this year" shit, same thing every year, every year as unconvincing as the last. funny how it's the only ASG anyone cares about and they do their best to make it sound as pathetic as possible

i think the only thing that can make this one a keeper is Losing Pitcher Mariano Rivera

that was a pretty amazing moment

can honestly say that choked me up

classic 8th inning pitcher, mariano rivera

He's something to watch. I know the second out was hit hard, but if you drew a little 8" x 8" square on the outside corner around the knees, I think all but five or six pitches would have been in there.

"How 'bout the chorus to 'Enter Sandman'?"

Geez, I leave the room for a minute and miss a Prince Fielder triple--feel like Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple.

Jose Fernandez' inning was cool. Struck out Pedroia and Davis and got Cabrera to pop up.

for a game that finally Matters (tm) I had a LOOOOOOONG way to click this morning before finding out who won

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2922287/cabreratroll.gif

the game doesn't Matter, it COUNTS (tm).

Rivera named MVP; it's an all-bullshit event.

Now, go A's!

http://www.statlas.co/post/55690369613/every-pitch-of-the-2013-all-star-game-full-size

lol twitter complaining about yoenis interviews were just getting warmed up for this

― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:20 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what'd i say http://publicshaming.tumblr.com/post/55715208108/baseball-fans-super-angry-hispanic-american-superstar

pretty bold call; i'd have never guessed americans were racist as fuc

sad

ban "God Bless America" and the rest of that jingoist shit

jesus fuck, those racist tweets

morbs POO: god bless america vs. military industrial complex flyovers at opening day

I always finish those displays w/ "This land was made for you and me"

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/18/jerry-seinfeld-embarrassed-by-citi-field-boo-birds-at-all-star-game/

No, Jerry, they're not "the best players in the game" -- Jimmy Rollins was there.

futures game rosters: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2014/futures_roster.jsp

alas i won't be going to Minny for this

BRISTOL, Conn. -- Baseball intends to stop awarding the All-Star Game by alternating leagues and will move toward a Super Bowl-type bidding process, commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN.com on Thursday.

tbf this was already underway with the padres' fellation of allan h. bud