Bad Memories

Must they ALL get hurt?

ABomb #2.
6-1
He’s getting closer to #600…I need 599 by the all-star break so I can see #600 next Friday. That would be epic.

Not only are the injuries destroying our team, but our bullpen is awful right now too. We’ve got Bard and Paps and that’s essentially it.
At least Lackey is pitching well now, though it’s not like it matters. This feels like 2006 all over again.

“…This feels like 2006 all over again. …”
this almost seems worse ath…i mean without analyzing the DL, and the replacements for both years, i don’t think i’ve ever seen a team this snake-bit…
“…All I hope is that they stay within 7 games or so before everyone gets back….”
exactly what i’ve been thinking brad…i told a fellow yankee fan yesterday who couldn’t decide who to root for in the sox/rays game we were watching that the sox scare me more than the rays…if not now, later, when you get back to full strength…there’s still some games left in sept with the yanks, rays, and sox, and that should be wild if the sox don’t fall too far behind during this rough stretch…
and amen on the value of a minor league game…it’s still one of the best family entertainment values out there…and the bonus of seeing somebody like beckett adds to the experience…my daughter told me the other day that she misses going to the games when we lived 15 min away from the rock cats stadium in new britain…now we’re about 2 hrs away from the nearest minor league team…bummer…she is excited though about making her first trip to yankee stadium later this month…then we follow that up with yanks/rays in tampa…

Agreed, DC.
I only live about 30min from New Britian, and about 90min from Pawtucket, so we get in our fair share of games in the summertime. For a hundred bucks, you can go, park, eat, drink, and watch a great baseball game. I cannot tell you how much more fun I have at a minor league game versus going to Fenway, and a lot of that comes from the simple stress of spending so much money to watch a damn baseball game. Of course we enjoy Fenway, and I’ve never been to Yankee Stadium, but the minor leagues is where the real fun and value can be found.
Plus, if anyone has never been to Pawtucket, it’s a great stadium to catch a game. The give all the kids small buckets with strings attached to them to lower down into the duggout for players to sign items during the game, which is very, very cool. There is about a 15′ drop from the front row down to the duggout, and players continually sign autograps on hats, cards, shirts, ect. the entire game for the kids (and adult weirdos looking for autographs).

speaking of ties, i’m still pissed that the all star game decides home field advantage in the world series…it just seems so hypocritical to put that kind of emphasis on an exhibition game, when they continue to use the silly methods of selecting players for the game…not necessarily in order of silliness, but: fan voting, each team has to be represented, pressure to put the latest hyped rookie [yes, you strasburg] on the nl team [even though he didn’t make it], more fan internet voting for the final roster spots, all of it leading to “snubs” suggesting that maybe the best teams aren’t in the game…wtf…the only reason for the infamous tie was that both managers felt pressured to play all of the players on their benches…so is the game and the selection process about what the fans want or isn’t it?…so who gives a damn that it ended in a tie…that’s where the nba’s got it right…they don’t play defense and it’s about showing off for the fans…it’s fun…one of my favorite all star memories was when unit threw a fastball about 20 feet over krukie’s head, and then seeing their reactions…priceless, and fun…one of my least favorite memories was the pete rose cheap shot on ray fosse…yeah, i suppose it was a clean play, but in an all star game?…you really want to hurt somebody because that’s how the game is “supposed” to be played?…in an all star exhibition game?…i’m actually kind of surprised that bpud didn’t lobby to use the hr contest to determine home field…
as an alternative, let the respective managers, coaches, and players pick the teams with no restrictions…if it winds up winds up all yankees, rays, and sox, that’s fine…it wouldn’t happen, because those guys are smart enough to put together the team that has the best chance to win…the current system ties the hands of those guys…another idea would be to keep the all star game the way it is including the selection process, but have a separate game between the teams with the best record in each league at the time…the winner of that game secures home field advantage for its league…i know there’s scheduling conflicts that would make that logistically difficult if not impossible, but…

PS Swish back on top for the final spot!

Krueg, gates open 2 hours before game-time. Good to know your section – which seats?? I only have my Sunday tix for now and will probably get seats at the game for Fri (if I go) so won’t know location till I’m there. By the way, be sure not to bring any backpacks/bags to the game – they only allow stuff in clear plastic bags and you’ll have to leave anything across the street which is a hassle to pick up after the game.
dc, I agree that if the game is to count as it does, than the selection should be done differently (or as a separate game). But I am in what I acknowledge is probably a very small minority in not having any problem – apart from those selction issues – with the game counting in this way. Having the team with the best record, when they now compile those records against almost entirely different opponents over the course of the year (interleague play notwithstanding) seems to me to make much less sense than having a game that pits “the best” of the two leagues against each other to determine it.
But yes, I don’t think they get “the best” with this selection process. They just get infinitely closer to “the best” than anything else that is currently done.