All Star Game/Home Run Derby Open Thread
by Texy
2008 July 15 at 6:14 pm
Anyone else out there weirdly excited about the prospect of the Home Run Derby and All Star Game, despite all logic and reason? Yeah, me, too.
We can all use this thread tonight and tomorrow as an open thread to talk about all the festivities going on at Yankee Stadium.
Derby? It’s called the Home Run DERBY?
I was under the impression it was called the Home Run Wankathon.
Curious.
Probably won’t watch the HR Derby…I want to focus on miscellaneous chores, e-mails, and an early bedtime. Will definitely be around for tomorrow night’s festivities, though. Anyone know if the game will be on mlb.tv, or am I stuck watching it on cable?
Unlike the lovely poster above me I don’t have my priorities straight. All the chores will wait and I’ll be watching tonight’s derby. Did I read correctly, I forget where, that there will be a red carpet? Did y’all see Julianna Ramirez on the Today Show this morning. God, that women is beautiful!!
I’ve got the Derby on, but have to leave in about an hour for golf lessons.
The players’ kids are adorable–dancing to the music!
I’ll probably be popping in and out both tonight and tomorrow… but I’m loving these shots of the players and their kids already. They are SO CUTE.
These unis are way, WAY less hideous than last year’s.
Uh oh…am I missing cute Sox kids?
Hmmmm, Kim and jules and Liza have convinced me. TV is on…there goes any pretense of getting stuff done tonight! :O
Deathly boring except for shots of Youk and almost-step-son which nearly killed me with cute.
And apparently while typing I missed JD and his little boy. AARRRG.
What a cutie JD’s son is! They also just showed Jason and his adorable daughter with her killer eyes.
Josh Hamilton is SICK. SICK, I tell you.
Josh Hamilton is one my favorite players not on the Red Sox.
This is insane.
He’s freakin amazing! Did anyone just see the cop grab that kid in the stands by the neck? Dang
Dayum. This man is INSANE.
Hits bombs like it’s going out of style. Jeeeeesus.
Josh Hamilton is utterly UNREAL.
OK, I’m impressed.
Is there anyway they would possibly skip the semis and finals?? Cause I don’t think they are gonna need it.
This is crazy!
and how about the 71 year old pitcher? Wow!
Papi’s impressed too.
He’s gonna go all night.
Like seriously.
Hamilton is just awesome. WOW.
Sorry for the late post. I was pretty well nigh speechless. Holy cannoli.
That was just… crazy. I don’t think he made an out between numbers 18 and 28.
I got a huge kick out of the other Rangers guys–Bradley toweling him off, Young taking a picture of himself and Hamilton on his phone, and Kinsler running up and hugging him–as well as Papi’s stunned reactions.
But… wow. Just wow.
I loved when Volquez brought out the briefcase to Hamilton. I can only imagine what was in it!
Josh Hamilton is pretty much ridiculous. That is all
The Rangers just gained thousands of new fans, courtesy of fireworks from one Mr. Hamilton.
I actually didn’t know until the announcers just mentioned it that Hamilton had gotten mixed up with heroin. I had assumed it was cocaine related. (shuddering)
Wow…you know we’re coming into the second half of the season when “There’s Only One October” ads start showing up!
ESPN Magazine has had a couple of great stories on him. SI did one as well. He seems like a pretty cool dude.
Here’s a great one.
Braun is awesome. Hamilton stole the show, but Braun is not doing badly.
Also, that October ad was SO much better than last year’s Dane Cook ones.
Those Dane Cook ads were horrendous.
At the ALCS and World Series games, my friend and I would holler, “THERE’S ONLY ONE…. AAAAACHTOOOOHBER.” We thought we were funny. Maybe that’s why the people in Cleveland hated us…
Thanks for the link, TG. Very inspiring story, even to someone like me who dislikes overt religiosity. Once upon a time I went though crack addiction and walked away, so I can definitely identify with what a rough road it is.
Hey guys, just stopping by.
Is there a reason Papi was sitting with the NL guys? I kind of loved it when he walked back over to the AL side after home run # what, 19?
TG: A good friend of mine (who I mostly just talk to through emails and text messages) and I still joke about that–”There’s only one. OCTOBER!!”
Kara: He said his buddies from the NL were calling him over so he just dragged his chair over and sat with them. He’s so silly.
But wow… props to Morneau, but Hamilton just… I can’t even describe it. And how about his 71-year-old pitcher?
Liza, Papi is wonderfully silly! Just the sight of him makes me grin.
Hamilton and his 71-year-old pitcher — just astonishing. That old guy practically threw a complete game tonight.
You’re not the only one. I taped the Derby, so i could watch it today before the red carpet parade. I worked too late last night to do so. I will be watching tonight.
Did anyone notice at the beginning of the Red Carpet Jeanne said she was “sending it down to the Red Sox carpet, I mean the Red Carpet”
Hey there folks…I’m actually pretty excited about this. And have already shed some tears over the baseball history stuff, true to form.
Duchovny — grew up watching the Yankees on WPIX in black and white. That sounds just like my childhood…(apologies for growing up where I did).
Hi kids! I had a CRAPTASTIC day at work so I’m ready to be VERY silly.
I had a harrowing day at work and am considering having a beer…but will mostly be running back and forth from the bedroom in between innings. Will attempt to get silly with you eventually.
Maybe it’s just me but I was a little disappointed with the parade coverage. I would have liked to actually see the parade a little more than trying to see who was riding behind the players being interviewed. I’m not saying for the whole time because I did like the interviews but just a few minutes of the parade is all I’m asking for.
“Craptastic” pretty much describes my day… that is, if you remove the two-hour window in which I saw the Baseball As America exhibit at the MoS. That was awesome. The rest of it was terrible.
Made more terrible by the boos for the Sox. :P
I have to say there is no other sport that truly honors its past like baseball. This is gonna be a good night!!
Drew sitting front and center with Brett talking was adorable.
Liza, I wish so much I could get up there and see the Baseball As America exhibit. It just sounds so fascinating!
We’ve only gotten through the nonstarter intros and my eyes are wet already. This is not a good sign. Sometimes I hate being such a sentimental softie.
Danielle, it’s that honoring of the past that totally reduces me to a shivering pile of tears. The old stadium (and it doesn’t matter which one), the old players…some of them in wheelchairs…the old historical videos. Gaaahhh.
They’re booing, not saying YOOOUUK.