2026 All Star Shenanigans

[casimir]

[casimir]

I’m not telling nobody what to do, but I’d say all of the festivities can be rolled up in here.  Futures Game (which should replace the home run derby), home run derby (which should be replaced by the Futures Game), red carpet nonsense (unless Bert is there wearing a sandwich board with “Ou est moi 6 pointes?” on it), and the actual All Star Game.

[chasfh]

42 minutes ago, casimir said:

“Ou est moi 6 pointes?”

"Où sont mes six points?"

"Runs" is masculine. Turn it over and look next time. 😉 

[casimir]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

"Où sont mes six points?"

"Runs" is masculine. Turn it over and look next time. 😉 

Sacre bleu!!

[Tenacious D]

[IdahoBert]

11 hours ago, casimir said:

I’m not telling nobody what to do, but I’d say all of the festivities can be rolled up in here.  Futures Game (which should replace the home run derby), home run derby (which should be replaced by the Futures Game), red carpet nonsense (unless Bert is there wearing a sandwich board with “Ou est moi 6 pointes?” on it), and the actual All Star Game.

I have a deep affection for the French. The brother of one of my in-laws was a pilot and during WW2 he was shot down in France and a French farming family hid him beneath their floor boards for six months. And twice during that time, the family home was visited by German soldiers who poked around, but not closely enough. He was MIA and assumed dead by the family and when the liberation came they got the news that he was actually alive. It’s pretty stirring. 

[chasfh]

lol 

 

[oblong]

When the ASG was in Detroit we had more fun at the HR Derby.  The ASG itself was kind of boring and it started to rain in the 9th so a lot of people left.  It was very hot that day and we were partying... it was like 11:30 when we left.

 

[IdahoBert]

All my smug complaints aside I’ll probably watch this stupid home run Derby until I get tired of it. On ESPN I already got tired of the “big name commentators” talking about needing right handed bats in Seattle and how Skubal will definitely be traded… good God.

Sports talk TV is horrible. I feel so fortunate to be on this site where there’s people who actually know something.

[Motor City Sonics]

50 years ago today (July 13), the All Star Game was in Philadelphia and the Tigers had 3 starters.  Ron LeFlore in LF, Rusty Staub in RF and Mark Fidrych on the mound.  

To give you an idea of the type of person Fidrych was.   Around 1987 or 88 Fidrych was interviewed for a "Where Are They Now?" segment somewhere and Fidrych brought up the story that in 1985 he had some thing called an Magnetic Scope (he meant MRI, which wasn't commonly used in the 70s or 80s for sports injuries.   He was 30 years old.  The doctors told him they could totally repair the torn labrum he had and that he could be pitching again within a year, but Mark turned it down because he just didn't want to get his hopes up about baseball and that he was happy where he was in his life.   The interviewer said that his story was kind of tragic - and Mark corrected the interview saying (something like) "It wasn't tragic, it was great, I stahted an All-Stah Game".  He talked about how he got to go to so many different places and meet people from everywhere, it weas just too shawt".    Not a bit of bitterness.   

In that 1976 All Star Game, Fidrych didn't even know who many of the NLO starters were.  He really didn't know much of anything, he just went out there and pitched.   

 

I am trying to remember without looking it up

Someone tell me how I did

NL 
C Johnny Bench, CIN
1b Steve Garvey, LAD
2b Joe Morgan, CIN
ss Dave Concepcion, CIN
3B DeGenerate Gambler, CIN
RF Dave Kingman, NYM
CF Cesar Cedno, HOU
LF George Foster, CIN
P  Randy Jones,  SDP

AL
C Thurman Munson, NYY
1b Rod Carew, MIN
2b Bobby Grich,. BAL  (Michigan Guy, Like Lou - should be in HOF)
ss Bert Campineris, OAK  (DUCK !!!
3b George Brett, KCR
RF Rusty Staub, DET
CF Fred Lynn, BOS
LF Ron LeFlore, DET
P  Maak Fidrych, DET

 

 

 

 

 

[papalawrence]

58 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

50 years ago today (July 13), the All Star Game was in Philadelphia and the Tigers had 3 starters.  Ron LeFlore in LF, Rusty Staub in RF and Mark Fidrych on the mound.  

To give you an idea of the type of person Fidrych was.   Around 1987 or 88 Fidrych was interviewed for a "Where Are They Now?" segment somewhere and Fidrych brought up the story that in 1985 he had some thing called an Magnetic Scope (he meant MRI, which wasn't commonly used in the 70s or 80s for sports injuries.   He was 30 years old.  The doctors told him they could totally repair the torn labrum he had and that he could be pitching again within a year, but Mark turned it down because he just didn't want to get his hopes up about baseball and that he was happy where he was in his life.   The interviewer said that his story was kind of tragic - and Mark corrected the interview saying (something like) "It wasn't tragic, it was great, I stahted an All-Stah Game".  He talked about how he got to go to so many different places and meet people from everywhere, it weas just too shawt".    Not a bit of bitterness.   

In that 1976 All Star Game, Fidrych didn't even know who many of the NLO starters were.  He really didn't know much of anything, he just went out there and pitched.   

 

I am trying to remember without looking it up

Someone tell me how I did

NL 
C Johnny Bench, CIN
1b Steve Garvey, LAD
2b Joe Morgan, CIN
ss Dave Concepcion, CIN
3B DeGenerate Gambler, CIN
RF Dave Kingman, NYM
CF Cesar Cedno, HOU
LF George Foster, CIN
P  Randy Jones,  SDP

AL
C Thurman Munson, NYY
1b Rod Carew, MIN
2b Bobby Grich,. BAL  (Michigan Guy, Like Lou - should be in HOF)
ss Bert Campineris, OAK  (DUCK !!!
3b George Brett, KCR
RF Rusty Staub, DET
CF Fred Lynn, BOS
LF Ron LeFlore, DET
P  Maak Fidrych, DET

 

 

 

 

 

I was 10 yo in 1976. Most magical summer of my life! I was also a complete stat geek who lived for the Sunday stat page in the sports section. I believe Randy Jones was 16-3 at the all-star break. I truly thought he was going to win 30 that year.

[IdahoBert]

I have tried to watch this home run derby twice and I keep giving up. But I can see how if you’re in the ballpark, as Rob mentioned, yeah it would be a lot of fun because being at a ballpark is great in and of itself. But it’s not very interesting TV.

Being proud of winning the Home Run Derby is sort of like Burt Reynolds’s character in Boogie Nights saying of a porn film that “this is the film I want to be remembered by.“ 

[IdahoBert]

14 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

I was 10 yo in 1976. Most magical summer of my life! I was also a complete stat geek who lived for the Sunday stat page in the sports section. I believe Randy Jones was 16-3 at the all-star break. I truly thought he was going to win 30 that year.

Yeah, I remember those Sunday stat pages. I loved them so much. That’s why I subscribed to the sporting news because I could get more stats and box scores and everything every week. I remember pouring over the box scores in the daily newspaper. It was uplifting and innocent.

[oblong]

1 hour ago, IdahoBert said:

I have tried to watch this home run derby twice and I keep giving up. But I can see how if you’re in the ballpark, as Rob mentioned, yeah it would be a lot of fun because being at a ballpark is great in and of itself. But it’s not very interesting TV.

Being proud of winning the Home Run Derby is sort of like Burt Reynolds’s character in Boogie Nights saying of a porn film that “this is the film I want to be remembered by.“ 

Until the 2006 team, the HR derby in 2005 was the most exciting thing in Comerica parks history.  Bobby Abreu was hitting them in what’s now the Pepsi party deck or whatever. He was hitting them in the street. The whole stadium was chanting “Bobby!  Bobby!”   That specifically is what made it so fun. Oh… Kenny Rogers was the only player really booed in the intros because many felt he took Bonderman’s spot.

15 months later….

[Screwball]

16 minutes ago, oblong said:

Until the 2006 team, the HR derby in 2005 was the most exciting thing in Comerica parks history.  Bobby Abreu was hitting them in what’s now the Pepsi party deck or whatever. He was hitting them in the street. The whole stadium was chanting “Bobby!  Bobby!”   That specifically is what made it so fun. Oh… Kenny Rogers was the only player really booed in the intros because many felt he took Bonderman’s spot.

15 months later….

I remember this, I think... Didn't they call it Kaline Corner, with a banner up in the stands way out there in right field? Might be remembering wrong, but there were never too many balls hit way up there. Abreu just kept jacking them and I thought they better get some clubhouse kid to go get some balls that didn't say Titleist on them or we are going to be here all night.

[oblong]

The 24:40 mark is when he hits a very long one.  517 feet.  At that point in time only Sosa hit one longer. He hit 24 in the first round.  Midway thru Ivan Rodrigues came out to towel him off and give him Gatorade. 

[Tenacious D]

3 hours ago, papalawrence said:

I was 10 yo in 1976. Most magical summer of my life! I was also a complete stat geek who lived for the Sunday stat page in the sports section. I believe Randy Jones was 16-3 at the all-star break. I truly thought he was going to win 30 that year.

Same—was 10 in ‘76.  That summer was magical for me and became my lifelong love of baseball and the Tigers.

I remember my disdain for Randy Jones and his home perm.  Didn’t want anyone getting in the way of The Bird.  For the next 5 years, I took the All-Star games personally , wanting the NL to get crushed (which didn’t happen).

I remember where I was and what I was doing when we signed Sparky as manager, traded away Ron LeFlore and Jason Thompson and traded for Stan Papi.

[Sports_Freak]

11 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

I have tried to watch this home run derby twice and I keep giving up. But I can see how if you’re in the ballpark, as Rob mentioned, yeah it would be a lot of fun because being at a ballpark is great in and of itself. But it’s not very interesting TV.

Being proud of winning the Home Run Derby is sort of like Burt Reynolds’s character in Boogie Nights saying of a porn film that “this is the film I want to be remembered by.“ 

I don't agree. Watching fans go crazy every time Wilson Contrears made an out was really funny. And Jordan Walker hitting 6 in a row to win the derby was really dramatic. I thought MLB and Netflix did a good job. But...too many commercials.

[chasfh]

11 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

I have tried to watch this home run derby twice and I keep giving up. But I can see how if you’re in the ballpark, as Rob mentioned, yeah it would be a lot of fun because being at a ballpark is great in and of itself. But it’s not very interesting TV.

Being proud of winning the Home Run Derby is sort of like Burt Reynolds’s character in Boogie Nights saying of a porn film that “this is the film I want to be remembered by.“ 

Maybe it’s because you’ve been spoiled by watching actual competitive games. 😁

[IdahoBert]

50 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Maybe it’s because you’ve been spoiled by watching actual competitive games. 😁

Yes. When you’ve seen Paris, it’s hard to go back to the farm…

[Tenacious D]

I’ll watch tonight, mostly to see player introductions, JV love, Greene starting in LF and McGonigle winning AS game MVP with his game winning hit.

[theroundsquare]

12 hours ago, oblong said:

Until the 2006 team, the HR derby in 2005 was the most exciting thing in Comerica parks history.  Bobby Abreu was hitting them in what’s now the Pepsi party deck or whatever. He was hitting them in the street. The whole stadium was chanting “Bobby!  Bobby!”   That specifically is what made it so fun. Oh… Kenny Rogers was the only player really booed in the intros because many felt he took Bonderman’s spot.

15 months later….

at that time, kenny rogers had also recently had an incident with a camera man where he acted like a jerk.  like you said, tho.  i was def one of the people chanting 'kenny kenny' just the next season

[IdahoBert]

I’ll be missing this game tonight. There’s a huge birthday celebration for a friend of mine tonight and I’m going to that instead. Hope the game ends in a tie and is resolved by a scintillating home run derby. 

[IdahoBert]

I didn’t realize that Riley was the starting leftfielder. 

[IdahoBert]

This game allegedly begins one hour before the birthday party I’m going to. So I might try to watch a little bit of it, although I’m suspicious that the game will begin on time. Somebody will probably do a 10 minute version of the Star-Spangled Banner. There’ll be lots of other whoop tee doo so I’m not holding my breath.