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Post by greenmonster on Jul 4, 2023 10:58:48 GMT -5
Guys i’m not sure you’re getting the point. What real baseball fan likes the all star game? It’s not about us. It’s about having a player who’s been playing his butt off and killing it for us all season get some love because it certainly means a ton to the players. They get to hang around the best of the best. Pick each others brain and sometimes get even better but it’s once in a lifetime experience. If i’m Verdugo and i see the Sox fans didn’t vote for me at all i have a major problem with that. It shows us to be ungrateful and more demanding and just doesn’t look good from a players perspective. Voting based on homers makes you such a casual. This man is clutch won us a ton of games and is a doubles machine. What he’s doing defensively in his first year in RF is incredible. I’m done now I give up. M aybe it’s Nesns fault for not promoting it all game every game like they should. They have to do their Fan Dual promotions and encourage everyone to bet, When would they have time?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 4, 2023 11:30:31 GMT -5
Relax. Judge is injured. Now Trout, too. I suspect Verdugo will be added as a replacement. It's not the first time a deserving guy wasn't put on an all star team. Abd it's not the last time it'll happen. As long as Verdugo doesnt lose his mind about it the way Oil Csn Boyd did in 1986 it'll be alright. As an aside I have no idea why Jansen made the cut, but he did, so I just dont take these things seriously. It's just a glorified exhibition game, one that has lost its luster, particularly with the introduction and then increase of interleague play. There used to be a battle for league superiority. It was a thing. I dont think that's been the case for quite awhile. The players used to take the ASG seriously, especially the NL. I recall seeing a show about the 1970 game (Pete Rose wiping out Ray Fosse) in which they showed game clips and had Jim Hickman of the Cubs commenting as it went along. It was clear from his commentary that he NL guys were there to win. At one point he said, "So, now we were feeling real good in that National League dugout," as the footage showed the NL players jumping around, clapping their hands and pumping their fists because their team had just scored a big run. Pedro was old school. He was amped up pitching in front of his home crowd and it lead to his injury issues, but he took that 1999 ASG seriously. How could you not be amped up with all the festivities going on and God himself, Ted Williams making an appearance? I dont think any all star game since that one in 1999 has resonated for me.
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