2014 ASG Thread

[Frayed Knot]

Player Origins

NL
4 - 1st round draft picks
1 - 1S pick
4 - 2nd round
6 - 3rd thru 10th round
2 - later than 10th round (Matt Carpenter - 13th 2009; Daniel Murphy - 13th round 2006)
5 - Int'l FAs: 3 DR, 1 Venz, 1 Cuba


AL
4 - 1st round picks
2 - 1S picks
1 - 2nd round
5 - 3rd thru 10th
2 - later than 10th round (Jose Bautista, 20th round 2000 Pirates; Ian Kinsler, 17th round 2003 Texas)
11 - Int'l FAs: 4 DR, 4 Venz, 3 Cuba

[Frayed Knot]

btw, do we KNOW FOR SURE that this is Jeter's last ASG?
I mean, what's to prevent the fans and media from voting him in next year and demanding that he play ... and then the year after that ... and the year after that ... and ... ?

[Zvon]

Good thing I've avoided everything Jeter for the last 4 months. I should be able to handle watching the game.

[batmagadanleadoff]

This is already the most barfable ASG ever. I suppose they're gonna pitch him underhand style so he can hit a HR. Or maybe he'll get to hit off a tee.

[Zvon]

OOO, that .gif's a keeper.

[Frayed Knot]

Mcutcheon fails to heed the script.

[Frayed Knot]

MVP vote is over.

[Gwreck]

I blame Matheny for not starting Clayton Kershaw.

[Frayed Knot]

Gotta like Joe Buck and his intentionally misleading 'stat' about how the team with the home field in the WS has won the last five times -- while failing to mention that only once in those five did the series go to a seventh game.

[Fman99]

You know, John, if they're going to gush about the Captain for the whole night, they should have called the professionals. I haven't been this emotional about a Tuesday night since my "Hide the Prosciutto" fantasy camp with Randy Velarde. In tribute to Jeter, he also went "deep in the hole," John.



Oh my! It's drool from the ghoul! It's cum cum from the dum dum!

[Frayed Knot]

Buck: "He [Carlos Gomez] started in the big leagues right here in Minnesota"


Ummm no, Joe, no he didn't.

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: Gotta like Joe Buck and his intentionally misleading 'stat' about how the team with the home field in the WS has won the last five times -- while failing to mention that only once in those five did the series go to a seventh game.

Is it, though? I would expect there is also an advantage to having games one and two at home. I note that the home team won Game 1 of the World Series each of the last four years, and that team went on to win the WS.

[Guest d'Kong76]

He's getting up one more (last) time!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Derek Jeter's retiring?

[ashie62]

barf

Edited July 15, 2014 by Guest

[Guest d'Kong76]

Simon has something to tell his grandchildren. He had
Jeter 0-2 in his final all-star at bat and then he battled
to work the count to full and then he willed one to right.

[Farmer Ted]

Jeter with 2 hits to right field. HE CAN'T EVEN GET AROUND ON THE BALL!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Jay Horowitz! I've seen enough.

[Zvon]

Buck: "He [Carlos Gomez] started in the big leagues right here in Minnesota" Ummm no, Joe, no he didn't.

I'm watching the game with my dad and I had just told him that Gomez started with the Mets, and then the trade for Johan and the no-hitter and allAthat, and then Joe says that^. My dad thinks I'm a delusional Met fan and that certainly didn't help.

3-3 [crossout]Mets[/crossout] N.L.

Edited July 15, 2014 by Guest

[Zvon]

Ashie62 wrote:

I actually think Cutch was out there. They didn't make much of it, only showing the replay @ 1st once.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Gotta like Joe Buck and his intentionally misleading 'stat' about how the team with the home field in the WS has won the last five times -- while failing to mention that only once in those five did the series go to a seventh game. Is it, though? I would expect there is also an advantage to having games one and two at home. I note that the home team won Game 1 of the World Series each of the last four years, and that team went on to win the WS.

Home team is 16-12 over the five WS Buck was talking about and virtually all that edge came in 2011, the one year it did go seven, when the home side went 5-2
The other four years went 3-3, 2-2, 3-3, and 3-2

The larger point being being that the whole HF advantage was created for the benefit of FOX and the only reason Buck is bringing it up is that the 'this time it counts' thing has become part of their marketing campaign for the game. So if Joe can fudge the facts so as to make it seem more important than it is he's not going to pass on the opportunity.

[Gwreck]

Since 2003, the team that won Game 1 of the World Series went on to win the entire series. 10 of the last 11 World Series. Winning Game 1 is a huge advantage. Having that game at home is a clear advantage.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Having an exhibition game decide who gets home
field advantage is still silly.

[Frayed Knot]

I know it's been a couple of years now, but I see Altuve out there with his Astros uni on hanging with the ALers and I still think: what's he doing out there

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Since 2003, the team that won Game 1 of the World Series went on to win the entire series. 10 of the last 11 World Series.

But not all of them where the Game 1/WS winner was the home team.

Winning Game 1 is a huge advantage.

Of course it is. Any win in a short series is.

Having that game at home is a clear advantage.

It's a slight advantage, same as Game 2, Game 3, or in any game where being at home in baseball is a slight advantage. Home teams win <55% of the time in this sport.
Look, would I rather have 4 home games than 3? ... Of Course. But you still need to win the games no matter where they are, and pointing (as Buck did) to 4-game sweeps or 4-2 wins where there's an exact 3-3 split in home/away and citing the home field "advantage" as a major reason as to who won is more than stretching the truth.

[Gwreck]

Game 1 was won at home by the series winning team in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. 7 of the past 11.

[Zvon]

I know it's been a couple of years now, but I see Altuve out there with his Astros uni on hanging with the ALers and I still think: what's he doing out there

Haha, ditto.

[Gwreck]

Fuck you Matheny. You can leave Stanton in as the potential tying run against Doolittle. Instead, you pinch hit Anthony Rizzo (a lefty) against Doolittle (also a lefty).

[Ceetar]

omg it's Joe Buck. It's Joe Buck talking about Jeter. The only thing that could make me want to watch this less is if it was soccer.

[MFS62]

Wainwright says he grooved the pitch to Jeter.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/adam-wainwright-says-he-grooved-pitch-for-derek-jeter-to-hit-in-all-star-farewell-022534864.html

If that cheapens the memory in any way, I'm all for it.

Later