Comments on: All Star news and notes

By: Dave Wagner

Dave Wagner — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:17:07 +0000

Thames is probably the ultimate incarnation of the kind of player that would do well in this thing

By: Walt

Walt — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:59:32 +0000

I kinda wish the derby selected participants more from the players not selected ala Howard. There are plenty of players with power that were not selected that I would have liked to see such as Thames, Sheff, Dunn.

Walt

By: Rings

Rings — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:34:24 +0000

They draw it out for one reason: sponsors. MLB, ESPN, etc. make big money selling commercials for the broadcast and ads around the stadium during the broadcast. Obviously, they don’t want it to go by quickly or be more concise.

And Bilfer, I agree…Leyland is going a little overboard in avoiding any “favoritism” for his Tigers. You’re supposed to show some deference to your guys: they earned the right to be given the benefit of the doubt by winning the AL and getting you the gig as manager! While its certainly wise to avoid the appearance of Ozzie Guillen, who would’ve chosen Ron Karkovice if he were eligible last year, but no one would’ve minded if he put his guys up in the order, or placed Bonderman and/or Sheffield on roster. It’s a right that he and his players have earned.

By: Ian C.

Ian C. — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:35:01 +0000

I can’t remember where I read the suggestion – though it’s hardly an original one – that the Home Run Derby would benefit greatly from reducing the number of outs a player gets.

You could crank through that contest fast if players had only three to five outs. I’m sure some players would say they need the extra at-bats to get warmed up (and the results probably back that up). But it just gets torturous around outs seven through 10.

By: snowwhite

snowwhite — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:33:56 +0000

The coverage was terrible…..I ended up not watching after Albert batted the first time (I’m a Cardinals fan). One guy they didn’t even show him batting on the main part of the screen-he was in a small box up at the top. And talking to Barry Bonds, come on, he said he just couldn’t do it because of his team, give me a break, what about past years???? And if he decided not to do it, why give him the airtime instead of the participants? Last years derby=10, this year=0000000

By: hawk

hawk — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:46:52 +0000

can I just say that Berman had his day, and that day was about 15 years ago! I almost can’t stand to listen to anything he does, and his schtick really detracts from any event he is working.