Comments on: MLB All-Star Game: The Lure is Gone http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/ Great people. Great stories. Great writers. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wilt Rules http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7050 Wilt Rules Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:22:30 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7050 Bostonian.....Go back into hiding.... Bostonian…..Go back into hiding….

]]> By: Bostonian http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7048 Bostonian Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:56:50 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7048 Okay, so I watched the game and was impressed (not) by the girly-man President's first pitch. I thought John Kerry looked like a pansy when he threw out the first pitch at the Red Sox game during the Democrat Convention in 2004. Here's an exchange in the Fox broadcast booth I would have liked to see and hear last night: <strong>Obama</strong>: Well, we didn't play much baseball in Hawaii when I was growing up. <strong>Buck:</strong> I guess you wouldn't be playing much baseball in that Muslim school in Indonesia either. <strong>McCarver:</strong> Yeah, and in your college days in Pakistan stoning of infidels seems more like the national past-time there. <strong>Buck:</strong> And what passport did you use? At the time Americans could not go there. Did you renounce your citizenship to get an Indonesion one? And what about your birth certificate? <strong>Obama:</strong> Where's my teleprompter?! Okay, so I watched the game and was impressed (not) by the girly-man President’s first pitch. I thought John Kerry looked like a pansy when he threw out the first pitch at the Red Sox game during the Democrat Convention in 2004.

Here’s an exchange in the Fox broadcast booth I would have liked to see and hear last night:

Obama: Well, we didn’t play much baseball in Hawaii when I was growing up.

Buck: I guess you wouldn’t be playing much baseball in that Muslim school in Indonesia either.

McCarver: Yeah, and in your college days in Pakistan stoning of infidels seems more like the national past-time there.

Buck: And what passport did you use? At the time Americans could not go there. Did you renounce your citizenship to get an Indonesion one? And what about your birth certificate?

Obama: Where’s my teleprompter?!

]]> By: MrMet http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7042 MrMet Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:48:12 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7042 Sailorman....don't you get it? Today's baseball stats don't matter anymore. The steroid-era has ruined the great baseball tradition of statistics. Sailorman….don’t you get it? Today’s baseball stats don’t matter anymore. The steroid-era has ruined the great baseball tradition of statistics.

]]> By: sailorman http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7041 sailorman Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:01:28 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7041 Mr Met, Of copurse there are a lot more great players from years past than the ones mentioned, but I think a lot of them are bigger "in our minds" than they actually were. Check the stats ... and please don't throw PHD's in my face! Remember, when we were younger, a .275 average was pretty good. Today, if a player doesn't hit .300 or better, he isn't that good. Mr Met,
Of copurse there are a lot more great players from years past than the ones mentioned, but I think a lot of them are bigger “in our minds” than they actually were. Check the stats … and please don’t throw PHD’s in my face! Remember, when we were younger, a .275 average was pretty good. Today, if a player doesn’t hit .300 or better, he isn’t that good.

]]> By: Bostonian http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7040 Bostonian Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:18:58 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7040 As to whether Albert Puljos might know the iconic American song from The Graduate, I am afraid he would not. Perhaps if La Raza did not get so much of our tax money we might even stay an English speaking country by mid century. As to whether Albert Puljos might know the iconic American song from The Graduate, I am afraid he would not. Perhaps if La Raza did not get so much of our tax money we might even stay an English speaking country by mid century.

]]> By: Delmartian http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7036 Delmartian Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:05:59 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7036 Sailorman.... baseball attendance is actually slightly down this year. And TV ratings are flat. Sailorman…. baseball attendance is actually slightly down this year. And TV ratings are flat.

]]> By: MrMet http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7035 MrMet Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:02:02 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7035 Hey Sailorman...today's numbers are fraudulent. And if you think those six names are "all of them", then you don't know your baseball..... Hey Sailorman…today’s numbers are fraudulent. And if you think those six names are “all of them”, then you don’t know your baseball…..

]]> By: sailorman http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7034 sailorman Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:30:35 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7034 Bah-humbug? Don Gilbert, you're showing your age! What do you mean, "baseball has chenged ... for the worse?" Baseball is still at the top of its game! Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Williams, Musial and Clemente? That may be all of them. Today, many more players put up the numbers those "old timers" did in their day! And, more! Assisted by steriods? Maybe some. But steroids or not, the parks are still full, and the TV's are still tuned to baseball. Funny how that works. Bah-humbug? Don Gilbert, you’re showing your age! What do you mean, “baseball has chenged … for the worse?” Baseball is still at the top of its game! Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Williams, Musial and Clemente? That may be all of them. Today, many more players put up the numbers those “old timers” did in their day! And, more! Assisted by steriods? Maybe some. But steroids or not, the parks are still full, and the TV’s are still tuned to baseball. Funny how that works.

]]> By: BBallGuy http://blog.hofmag.com/2009/07/11/mlb-all-star-game-the-lure-is-gone/#comment-7033 BBallGuy Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:21:19 +0000 http://blog.hofmag.com/?p=521#comment-7033 Old "farts" think alike. Today's players may be better athletes, but they don't hold a candle to the names you listed. Those were truely great baseball players. Old “farts” think alike. Today’s players may be better athletes, but they don’t hold a candle to the names you listed. Those were truely great baseball players.

]]>