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I'm sorry, but that is just a lame mascot for Cleveland. Looks like a Phillies Fanatic wannabe.

 

Drew Carey looks nothing like the Fanatic, and I reject you calling him lame.







oh, you meant slider. yeah all mascots suck with very few exceptions

 

When I think of the Cleveland Indians, I don't think of Drew Carey; nor do I think of "Slider" or even "Chief Wahoo". I think of that dude with the drums in the outfield. He was audibly absent from last night's game.

 

Thank you, resident expert on Cleveland.

 

You're welcome.

 

I didn't even watch the All Star game last night it is incredibly boring to me since it has no meaning anymore its almost as boring as the Pro Bowl. but I am happy that the Yankees were well represented!

 

It was a dull game, but you can't honestly convince me that the notion of the game determining which league gets home field in the WS would've made it any better. It was always meant to be an exhibition game when it began 90 years ago. At least you can say it's competitive; unlike every other professional team sport's All Star games where they throw defense out the window.

 

Not trying to convince you Its just a statement and opinion that is IMHO …

In Ripken's last All Star Game I believe in 2002 That HR ball he hit I believe was an easy meatball thrown over the plate so to speak so he could easily hit a HR that will become the norm in coming years and It will become The NBA NHL and NFL when it comes to pitching and defense and if it comes to that why even play the game why not just give the players a week off?

 

I don't think anyone could seriously argue that it wasn't a meatball thrown to Ripken in that 2002 All Star game; but in the grand scheme of things, who cares? It was an exhibition game and he was supposed to be the star of the show (Sabathia was supposed to be the star of last night's show but I kind of get the feeling the Cleveland fans were looking at his Yankees' uniform more than his overall career and start with the Indians; they just seemed somewhat subdued when he came out in the ninth to talk to Chapman).

 

But that's my point If Its just an exhibition why even play the game just give the players a week off? May be I am in the major minority but I enjoyed the All Star Game counting for something and now that it doesn't count I am not interested anymore. Plus I am recovering from bronchitis I needed the rest the past two nights.

 

My hope for next year’s ASG, even though it’ll obviously never happen: give Larry King 2-5 minutes on the mic throughout Dodger Stadium, doing a baseball version of his King’s Things column; also a limited beachball giveaway... say 50 for each section of the ballpark, each with a different design/theme (such as Dodger Dogs, Mike Brito’s Panama hat, traffic cones, etc).

 

The hell with Larry King. I'd rather hear Vin Scully talk baseball in the booth, as I'd venture anyone would, than hear LK give another boring anecdote that he's brought up 100 times about going to Ebbets Field with his dad.

 

If Vladdy had won the home run competition Jays would have actually won something this year. Poor fella was gassed after hitting a 40 2nd round.

 

What is it these days with Houston's players and their big mouths lately? First Verlander comes out and whines about the baseballs being doctored, and now Gerrit Cole suggested that there are several teams in MLB that are deliberately tanking. Yeah Gerrit; it's probably true, but who are you to make a fuss about it?

Gerrit Cole calls out tanking in MLB

 

well i mean the balls are juiced. did you hear what happened when the minor leagues started using the same balls as the majors this year?

Also from Cody Bellinger 2 years ago:
"What's the biggest difference between the majors and the minors?"
"The baseballs."

 

But it's not like he's going to make any changes to it if it is true. And it can't be just a coincidence that Verlander is talking about the "juiced baseballs" as he leads the majors in HRs allowed. If any other pitcher has given up 25+ hrs through the AS break, you'd just put it off that he's having a bad year.

 

Why Is hardly anyone talking in the media about the Yankees signing the best international prospect Jasson Dominguez? He is a switch hitting center fielder great fielder hits for power to all fields is being compared to Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout and is supposed to be a great character guy scouts say his parents raised him right!

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...kees-5-million-16-year-old-international-coup

 

I guess Brad Ausmus has picked up on the influence that Mike Scioscia had all those years in Anaheim.

Astro's Jake Marisnick Suspended 2 games for collision with Jonathan Lucroy

So do you think, considering Marisnick apologized about the incident to Lucroy, that he won't appeal the suspension?

 

He is appealing and given that Torre said he didn't think Marisnick was trying to injure Lucroy, I think he has a decent case.

Amazing.

 

I like it - just makes the same rule apply to a strikeout on a passed ball / wild pitch to any pitch, rather than just one that happens with two outs and can add some more strategy to the game.

 

If that was installed in the Majors, teams would certainly value a catcher's fielding moreso then they do already. If I were a betting man, I'd put down that teams look at a catcher's offense #1, game calling #2, and finally fielding.

But I'm more interested in the Atlantic League's other novelty this year: Electronic strike zone