Rest Of Baseball - 2013

[Munson]

Cosart getting called up to pitch Friday. Apparently he's been pretty wild this year

[ice grillin you]

per buster olney miggy is on pace for 53 hr 167 rbi 126 runs and 91 xbh

oh and hes hitting .366

ridiculous

[Sgt PSN]

Puig snubbed from the AS game as MLB and the fans keeps their heads buried in the 1800s. 

[QB Eagles]

Really, who gives a shtein? (Other than ESPN, which has clearly been heavily promoting Puig being in the game.) If he's someone who is going to be a lasting star in the league instead of a Jeremy Lin flash in the pan, then he's going have about 20 more opportunities in his lifetime to make it into the game. If it's about watching an exciting player get at-bats, you can see him do that on nearly a nightly basis if you so desire, and he generally gets more than one at-bat in those games, too. And they count.

[Geowhizzer]

Not sure where else to put this, so I put this here:


Vin Scully calls Sandy Koufax's perfect game (Sept. 9, 1965)

It's audio only (not sure if it was originally TV or radio), but it's Vin Scully, dammit!

[MDS]

whose scoreboard watching with me and the homers tonight?

lets go reds!

[Geowhizzer]

Upton is down.  Jammed his knee hard in the turf awkwardly diving for a liner.

EDIT:  Walking off the field.  Slight limp.  Out tonight, but we'll see how that goes.

[MDS]

strasburg getting tagged by the fish

tj?

[SD]

Cosart went 8 innings giving up no runs and only 2 hits in his debut

[ice grillin you]

elias strikes again

cosart is the first pitcher since 1992 to induce 3 double plays in his first start

[Sgt PSN]

Really, who gives a shtein? (Other than ESPN, which has clearly been heavily promoting Puig being in the game.) If he's someone who is going to be a lasting star in the league instead of a Jeremy Lin flash in the pan, then he's going have about 20 more opportunities in his lifetime to make it into the game. If it's about watching an exciting player get at-bats, you can see him do that on nearly a nightly basis if you so desire, and he generally gets more than one at-bat in those games, too. And they count.

I don't "care" in the sense that my life is obviously no better or worse because of it, but it's just another reason why baseball continues to fall further and further behind the NFL and NBA, especially among younger fans.  And the AS game does "count" for something since HFA for the WS is determined by it, so I know from 2008-2011 I was rooting extra hard for the NL to win the AS game because I felt the Phils had a legit shots at getting to the WS those years.  So I wanted the absolute best players rep'ing the NL. 

But even more to the point, strictly from a MLB perspective, they should not only want Puig in the AS game, but they pretty much NEED him in it.  Want to make the game attractive to viewers, then it might be a good idea to have the young, practically unknown rookie who is batting over .400 somewhere in the lineup.  Sure, you can watch Puig any night if you live in the LA market.  If you don't, you need to spend some extra coin on the package.  Probably not too many people out there willing to put up a few extra bucks to watch a guy get 4 ab's a night. 

And it's not that he didn't get voted in that annoys me as much as why.  The outdated mindset throughout MLB and the fan base that he hasn't been in the league long enough.  Don't know how many coaches, players, managers and fans made comments about him not having earned his stripes yet.  Farging Papleboner said something like a week ago about how Puig hasn't been in the bigs long enough.  Does this douche bag realize that he made the AS game his rookie year having pitched just 48 innings prior to the break?  Puig has over 200 innings played under his belt.  He should be in and the fact that he isn't just further illustrates how backwards MLB is.     

[ice grillin you]

theres not a single person in the country that was going to watch the all star game but now isnt because puig wont be there

if he had made it his contribution would probably have been a pinch hit appearance after 80% of the country was asleep

[MDS]

why is sassy slurping puig?

i dont get the connection

[ice grillin you]

two players in mlb history have gone for 20 hr 40 2b and 20 3b in a single season

george brett in 1979 was one

[ice grillin you]

braves with no outfield are still winning today