Live Blogging the All-Star Game
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- July
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners) RF
Derek Jeter (Yankees) SS
Josh Hamilton (Rangers) CF
Alex Rodriguez (Yankees) 3B
Manny Ramirez (Red Sox) LF
Milton Bradley (Rangers) DH
Kevin Youkilis (Red Sox) 1B
Joe Mauer (Twins) C
Dustin Pedroia (Red Sox) 2B
Cliff Lee (Indians) RHP
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Hanley Ramirez (Marlins) SS
Chase Utley (Phillies) 2B
Lance Berkman (Astros) 1B
Albert Pujols (Cardinals) DH
Chipper Jones (Braves) 3B
Matt Holliday (Rockies) RF
Ryan Braun (Brewers) LF
Kosuke Fukudome (Cubs) CF
Geovany Soto (Cubs) C
Ben Sheets (Brewers) RHP
8:09 p.m.: The Hall of Famers, nearly of them, walked out from the bullpen to their positions on the field. Very cool scene in the stadium as the flashes pop.
8:14 p.m.: Each Hall of Famer is being introduced by position then joined by the 2008 stars. Whitey Ford and Goose Gossage received huge cheers from the crowd.
8:17 p.m.: Wade Boggs’ hair looks great.
8:18 p.m.: I’m sitting out in the loge in right field, where the auxiliary press box is. The New York papers each got two seats in the main box and my paper has, I think, seven people here. So we took turns. I was in the main yesterday.
Kind of cool being out here, you get a real sense of the event plus it’s a good seat. I’m out here with columnist Rick Carpiniello and hard-working Brian Heyman.
8:22 p.m.: Willie Mays has received the biggest cheer so far. He’s the greatest living player.
8:23 p.m.: The people love them some Reggie Jackson.
8:25 p.m.: The great Lawrence Peter Berra just got introduced. The crowd is chanting “Yogi.” Good for him.
8:28 p.m.: People booed “Oh Canada.” What did the Canadians do?
8:30: Sheryl Crow has it going on. Bad job by Lance Armstrong. Whatever Olson twin he’s with isn’t half as hot.
8:36 p.m.: George Steinbrenner, riding a golf cart, delivered the ball for the first pitch. Then Reggie Jackson, Whitey Ford, Goose Gossage and Yogi Berra threw first pitches to Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi, Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera.
Pretty great moment if you’re a Yankees fan. Steinbrenner was crying as he rode in.
8:50 p.m.: Big swing and a miss for the Bleacher Creatures. The “roll call” consisted only of Jeter and A-Rod. Then they chanted:
“Bobby Murcer”
“Box seats suck”
“Boston sucks”
Very creative. So instead of welcoming the other All-Stars to New York and taking the high road, they acted like the dopes most of the country takes them to be. It would have been a neat thing to see them rise above being petty. But that is too much to ask.
With the exception of Papelbon, everybody with the Red Sox (especially Francona) have been nothing but respectful to the Yankees all week. It’s so ridiculous.
8:56 p.m.: Derek Jeter, of course, gets a hit.
8:59 p.m.: And A-Rod fouls out with a runner on second. The All-Star Game, it’s just like the season!
9:18 p.m.: The Midsummer Classic is being dominated by the pitchers so far. Ben Sheets should look for a place to live while he’s here.
9:34 p.m.: And Jeter grounds into a double play. Once again, the All-Star Game is just like the regular season!
But in a cool aside, Bob Sheppard taped a “now batting for the American League, No. 2, Derek Jeter. No. 2.”
Shame Mr. Sheppard isn’t here.
9:42 p.m.: Ichiro may not be the best player in baseball. But he is clearly the coolest. Great arm, too. Great story here on Ichiro by Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports.
9:55 p.m.: Matt Holliday gives the NL a 1-0 lead with a homer to right. Trade Kennedy! Trade Hughes! Get him here!
Meanwhile, Terry Francona took Alex Rodriguez out of the game in the middle of the inning in an apparent attempt to get him an ovation and nobody cheered. I don’t think people got it.
9:58 p.m.: It’s nearly 10 p.m. and we’re in the fifth inning. Fox Sports, ruining baseball for generations to come.
10:30 p.m.: Sorry for the lull, had to go interview A-Rod before he left.
“That was a special moment,” he said of the pre-game ceremonies. “New York really knows how to do it right. I was just looking around at everybody.”
Alex also said that he appreciated Terry Francona taking him out of the game in the middle of the inning so he could get some recognition from the fans.
“Tremendously classy move and I appreciate that,” he said. “He has been great to us all week.”
10:37 p.m.: Nice moment here for Joe Nathan, the pride of Middletown, N.Y.
10:39 p.m.: Jonthan Papelbum warming up. This should be quite a reception when he comes in. It would be great if he gives up like seven runs.
Meanwhile, who closes for the AL is looking like a moot point.
10:54 p.m.: Not so fast, J.D. Drew just drilled a two-run home run to tie it up. Jeter, who has stayed in the dugout since coming out, cheered for the Boston right fielder as the ball sailed over the fence. I guess he didn’t get the memo about hating Boston no matter what.
10:56 p.m.: Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
10:58 p.m.: Drew is the 15th player in history to go yard in his first ASG at-bat. Meanwhile Papelbon is giving the NL hitters his trademark scary look.
11:03 p.m.: That’s right, Jonathan, you deserved to close.
11:09 p.m. Now the baseball gods have to figure out a way to give the AL the lead so Rivera can get the save. Although it would be amusing for Papelbon to have to answer questions for the next two months about how he might have cost his team home field advantage in the Series.
11:10 p.m.: Now warming up for the AL, No. 42.
11:24 p.m.: Billy Wagner has allowed four runs in four All-Star innings in his career. He should not allowed to use Enter Sandman.
11:27 p.m.: Here comes Rivera. He gets two outs, AL scores, everybody goes home happy.
11:28 p.m.: The six SBs tonight are an All-Star game record.
Meanwhile, I should have mentioned this before but I foolishly assumed Fox would have. But there was an announcement after the second inning about Bobby Murcer. It wasn’t a moment of silence, just sort of an annoucement. I’m sure the Yankees will do something better on Friday. They should, anyway.
11:32 p.m.: Take notes, Papelbon. That’s how you pitch in a tight spot. Rivera fans Ludwick, Navarro guns down the runner. We go to the bottom of the ninth.
Interestingly, A-Rod is long gone and Jeter has stayed in the dugout since he came out of the game.
11:35 p.m.: Rivera in All-Star Games:
7 games, 6 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts.
Now we’ll see if he can get the win. I would think you can leave him in there for another inning if the game goes extras.
11:45 p.m.: Mo stays in. Clearly that crafy Francona is wearing him out for Friday.
11:47 p.m.: Mo is dealing. The AL has a few guys left (Sherrill, Soria) while the NL could go with Aaron Cook for a bit. They also have Lidge to close.
11:49 p.m.: Nice battle there by Russell Martin. Must be all that good coaching from Joe Torre, Don Mattingly and Larry Bowa.
11:53 p.m.: Mo works his way out of a jam. He did his job. Now somebody needs to hit one out and send everybody home.
11:56 p.m.: Joe Girardi caught Mo in the bullpen when he warmed up, by the way. Then he benched 300 pounds 25 times and ran a four-minute mile.
11:57 p.m.: Dan Uggla, ladies and gentlemen, All-Star second baseman.
11:58 p.m.: Poor Aaron Cook. Gets two grounders and he could get the loss.
12:04 a.m.: That’s some kind of pitching by Aaron Cook.
12:08 a.m.: The AL is 2 for 16 with runners in scoring position. Girardi must have held a team meeting before the game.
12:10 a.m.: This is now officially tedious. All the starters are long gone. We’re reduced to guys who made the team to represent their teams.
12:15 a.m.: Scott Kazmir supposedly told Francona he didn’t want to pitch. The TB people communicated the same thing. If that’s the case, Mike Mussina should be here. Or somebody else. What if the game goes longer? Tell Soria and Sherrill, two closers, just to keep chucking?
Having this game count for anything is lunacy.
12:18 a.m.: Bud Selig is working the phone, trying to get Brett Gardner, Justin Christian, Edwar Ramirez and Jose Veras to rush to the Stadium. Two of them will play for the NL and two for the AL.
The plan is for Brett to lean into a pitch in the 14th, steal second and third then will himself invisible and steal home.
It’s not beyond Joba Chamberlain to show up and try to play. I know he’s still in town.
12:22 a.m.: This is brutal. Just end it.
12:23 a.m.: Textbook baseball there by McLouth and Martin. Great throw and a great set-up at the plate to block it and make the tag.
12:25 a.m.: Willie Mays will pinch hit for the NL. Hank Aaron is on deck.
12:29 a.m.: The NL using some good small ball here.
12:35 a.m.: A bit of an issue is brewing. Kazmir is now the only AL pitcher left. He doesn’t want to pitch. But how much can you reasonably expect Sherrill to pitch? This inning and one more. Then what?
Then you will have Francona having to use a pitcher from the team in second place behind Boston. What a mess. At least all the Yankees are free and clear now.
This is closing in on being a nightmare for Bud.
12:38 a.m.: Deciding to live blog the All-Star Game is now on par with deciding to drink all that tequila that one night sophomore year.
12:40 a.m.: You have to sort of admire Clint Hurdle burning out his own pitcher.
12:43 a.m.: Gary Carter has asked to manage the NL team the rest of the way. He’s being hauled away by security.
12:45 a.m.: The press room has taken on the atmosphere of a hostage situation. Peter Gammons is banging on the wall with a tin cup.
12:53 a.m.: They just got Billy Wagner to come out and talk to us. He said he would be willing to go back in and pitch if the rules allowed it. Well, that would end it at least.
Meanwhile (true story) he’s going to the White House tomorrow to meet with the president, who has invited a handful of baseball people over for dinner. Hey, it’s not like we’re at war and gas costs nearly $5 a gallon. Let’s talk baseball!
12:59 a.m.: The press room inmates have now divided up into gangs. I’m with the Crips. We’ll be fighting the Bloods any minute now.
1:01 a.m.: Dan Uggla could be the first player DFA’d during an All-Star Game.
1:03 a.m.: Just looked out in the stands. There are very few people left.
This is a terrific game, if you look at it as a game. But all of these guys figured they’d be on their way home by now. Plus baseball has assured itself of the All-Star Game not making any morning papers in the eastern time zone. The TV ratings also will go in the tank.
1:10 a.m.: This is now the longest All-Star Game (by time) in history. The old record was three hours and 41 minutes in 1967. This game has gone on 11 hours, more or less.
1:11 a.m.: Brandon Webb is coming in, which doesn’t bode well for a sudden ending. Meanwhile my scorebook only has 16 innings.
1:13 a.m.: Jeter is signing autographs for fans behind the dugout. A-Rod just landed in Miami with Cyndi Lauper and Katrina from Katrina and the Waves.
1:18 a.m.: You figure Dan Uggla hits one out? Scott Kazmir will give it up. He was mentally prepared not to pitch.
1:23 a.m.: Scott Kazmir does his job. Meanwhile Dioner Navarro is doing some serious work behind the plate.
Oh, the 33 strikeouts tonight are a record.
1:27 a.m.: Brad Lidge coming in to pitch. Brian McCann coming in to catch. I think the AL has used everybody.
Meanwhile the 40/40 Club is losing a lot of business.
1:29 a.m.: They dropped a few cases of water in the press room and people swarmed like they were gold bars.
1:33 a.m.: For God’s sake, J.D. Drew. Get a hit.
1:36 a.m.: Bud Selig is walking around the stands looking for volunteers to play. He’s being pelted with the free seat cushions they handed out.
The new Stadium just got finished, by the way. They’re playing the 17th inning there.
1:37 a.m.: Woo woo! The game is over. Home field advantage for the AL and it only took four hours and 50 minutes.
That play was way too close.
Thanks for reading everybody. Go to bed, I’m done blogging unless Jeter and Mo get into a knife fight in the clubhouse.
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first!!!
I’ll be the first to say… F Papelbon!
LETS GO JETER/AROD/RIVERA!
Lets go American League!!!!!!
Boston sucks! Sorry - just had to say that.
Nice touch matching up the past to the future.
Atleast no Steve Phillips/Joe Morgan tonight
Now this is a Field OF Dreams
This is really really cool so far.
…Whoa Willie!
Is rain
in the forecast ?
How cool is this? Getting to stand with the HOFers. Wow.
No rain. I like how they are introducing the players this way.
I love how the Red Sox players are getting booed!
Good ovation for Wade Boggs, where’s his horse?
I wish Bob Sheppard were healthy enough to be doing this, though. It just sounds so weird not hearing his voice providing the introductions right now.
Interesting Boggs went with the Yankees hat.
SCOOTER!
What is with the white shoes, A-Rod?
this is really good
How jealous I am of these guys. Not because of the millions of dollars they make, but because they get to play on the greatest field on earth… standing next to the greatest players of all time.
It literally brings tears to my eyes. Oh how I love the game of baseball.
Rizzuto said it best: “God bless all of you and God bless this wonderful game that they call baseball.”
I love that Fox is letting the audience play out. Well done.
wow, this is amazing. the classiest tribute to the stadium and yanks i can imagine.
Yeah…look at Boggs representing the Yanks. Did he go into the HOF as a Yank/Sox/Ray? BTW…Boggs’ hair has grown in nice. He’s looking virile.
Derek Jeter. Wow. His pops must feel good.
very nice… derek jeter derek jeter
Love the reception Jeter got!
this would never go down in any other stadium, you’d never get all the HOF’ers to travel to those rinky dink cities.
Ah…Manny, all class pumping his chest. As usual. Man…these BoSux really know how to be low-class.
No reason to insult the other cities just to make NY seem bigger. NY is great enough without that.
Was it just me or did Willie Mays look pissed
Folks…as an FYI, you can not call for anyone to be DFA’d tonight. And you are guaranteed the Yankees won’t lose tonight. So take a night off from being out on the ledge.
I thought Mays looked emotional. Like me right now. Total emotion.
The mention of Scooter definitely made me think of how I’d rather be hearing Scooter and Murcer call the game tonight than Fox.
this is great, it really is. Can’t wait to hear Yogi’s cheer.
Hahaha…Mays did look pissed. Maybe he hates Hamilton and Fokudome. Good lookin by Dave Winfield on the Yankees cap.
Umm, what about the catchers?
There we go =D
Booing Francona is classless.
Awkward hug of the night goes to: Francona and Dick Williams.
There you go Rebecca, haha, I was thinking the same thing.
i love how they contrived it so Yogi is last introduced.
Yogi’s crying.
I know it was a quick shot, but did Boggs look emotional there?
Great reception for Yogi, complete with the name chant!
What’s great about tonight’s game? For me anyway? The godchild of the say hey kid is nowhere to be found. I don’t think anyway.
Yogi is my all time favorite baseball player. Ever.
“Interesting Boggs went with the Yankees hat.”
matches his world series ring.
how about boggs for yankee hitting instructor?
he’s really the one who started the high on base percentage thing.
mattingly in those days used to say ” just because it’s not a strike doesn’t mean i can’t hit it”.
Great, great start.
Loved it.
Is anyone else pretty annoyed at how Fox dominates the scheduling of the game? I mean it’s already 8:30 and the game isn’t even close to being started yet.
I feel badly for all of those old guys who have to stand out there for so long. How bout some seats?
I don’t think they booed Francona, they booed when Buck said “World Champion Boston Red Sox”.
This is cool!!
I would have preferred they didn’t boo Francona. Booing the players is fine, but Terry is a good guy and has more class than any of his players put together.
A great hitter, Boggs, does not always equate to a great hitting instructor.
Mark, I bet Bonds is seething in his Beverly Hills pad (no sarcasm). He’s probably saying in his Mike Tyson voice “I’m bigger than this s***”
I wonder if we would ever see such a great ASG pre-game with these all starts and the show in our life time.
It is really a great farewell to this baseball cathedral.
Honestly, I don’t need to watch a game right now to be content with this All-Star game. That ceremony(and it’s not over), was beautiful.
I can’t imagine them doing that any better. Having Yogi last, great maneuver.
I wish we had more All-stars this year, even the Texas Rangers have more reps than we do.
By the way, That was one hell of a tribute… NYC/Yankee Stadium knows how to do it best.
I hate that they are cutting away to commercials, what are we missing at the stadium?
Too bad they couldn’t get a good singer for the National Anthem.
Sheryl Crow ?
What a shame that they couldn’t get Céline Dion
jon-
Boggs was forced to go into the Hall of fame as a REd Sox but wanted to as a Devil Ray.
Good to see Boggs as a Yankee.Really gives the screws to Red Sox fans.
Sorry, I’ve never cared for Sheryl Crow.
How can people who can’t sing make a career singing??????!!!!
Where’s Whitney Houston when you need her?
That isn’t right.
You don’t boo another countries anthem. Especially our friends to the north.
Anything for Bobby yet?
No fly-over?
What’s the over/under that A Rod is dating Sheryl Crow next?
George…..
Alex is hugging everybody!
Here comes the Boss!!
uh oh
Crying????
Pete, it’s fun to blame Canada
(I mean, they have free healthcare. Who wants that?)
Yay George!
This is fitting…thank you Fox, you did it perfectly.
Here is George!!
George is crying already!
George crying started me crying.
Wow he looks OLD!
Or MLB, whoever gets the credit. I don’t care. It was well done.
BRILLIANT.
Absoluteley brilliant.
And a Great shot of Yogi making nice with George. really really nice.
I’m in tears..
It doesn’t get any better than this. It just doesn’t.
I didn’t think I’d be as moved by this as I am. Props where props are due.
I’m not one to be speechless…ever. But I don’t know what to say.
I think I just heard the stealth fighter go over my house.
That was awesome. I wonder if Boggs and especially Winfield feel like they got shafted.
Tom Hanks is wrong, there is crying in baseball.
You don’t have to be a baseball fan to appreciate tonight.
You just have to be human.
I thought they were doing something for Bobby.
That was totally unexpected - 4 first pitches from old guard to new guard. That was great. I’m really at a loss for words. Very, very well done.
I hope the game lives up to the ceremony.
That was just friggin the best. could not top that one
I just heard that stealth bomber go over my house in Queens.
“Boggs was forced to go into the Hall of fame as a REd Sox but wanted to as a Devil Ray.”
I thought I read at the time that he said that he didn’t care what he went in as … as long as he was going in.
can’t type due to rehab, but that was amazing
“People booed “Oh Canada.” What did the Canadians do?”
That made me laugh.
Well Canadians do boo our national anthem so why can’t we boo theirs?
Is the the audio slightly off? I couldn’t fully hear the crowd
Has the game started yet?
WOW!
There is no word to describe that first pitch. If Bud Selig has anything to do with it I will forgive everything that he’s ever done to out team.
The Boss really made me cry.
jennifer, they must be doing something for Bobby during the game. McCarver said yesterday they would.
Honestly, I don’t need to watch a game right now to be content with this All-Star game. That ceremony(and it’s not over), was beautiful.
I have had tears in my eyes for a while now.
We wouldn’t have what we had without George Steinbrenner.
The planning team at Yankee Stadium outdid itself which isn’t easy to do.
I will just wonder why Cheryl Crow of all people…
“8:30: Sheryl Crow has it going on. Bad job by Lance Armstrong. Whatever Olson twin he’s with isn’t half as hot.”
Pete, Lance is dating Kate Hudson, she who drives men to attempt suicide.
I work at 4 am so I’d like to see a pitch or two
i cried
i farted
lets play ball.
“A great hitter, Boggs, does not always equate to a great hitting instructor.”
then how about hiring him as a walking instructor?
… watching this makes me think yankee stadium deserves one more championship.
that would be the real way to go out.
The Tim McCarver Drinking Game:
Drink once when he says:
1. That’s a fastball in a breaking ball count (or vice-versa)
2. When he makes an analogy that defies all bounds of logic (e.g., during last week’s Yanks/Sox game he said, “we’re speaking of the Boston youngsters and it was a young woman, Grace Kelly, who starred in Rear Window”)
3. When he refers to the catcher as the smartest/most involved/most savvy person on the field.
And if you really just want to get drunk, drink any time anybody refers to Varitek or Jeter’s “intangibles”
I wish this is the 2008 World Series instead.
“George crying started me crying.”
Same here. What a shame that the man couldn’t be up there throwing out the first pitch with the other four. I love George Steinbrenner.
Just seeing the mass of hall of famers had my heart pumping hard to begin with, but George coming out put me over the top.
I’ll tell ya - only in New York, huh? I’ve watched plenty of all star games, but watching all of this today has been a mix of warm memories and cold chills of reverence. Nobody does it better than New York.
“8:36 p.m.: George Steinbrenner, riding a golf cart, delivered the ball for the first pitch. Then Reggie Jackson, Whitey Ford, Goose Gossage and Yogi Berra threw first pitches to Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi, Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera.
Pretty great moment if you’re a Yankees fan.”
One of the best I’ve ever seen outside of a game situation.
YEAH MARIANO!!!
Rivera should get the ball in the 9th regardless.
There is no reason to cry.
Wade’s hair — you kill me Pete.
Also loved the applause for Mo.
I thought this part at the beginning would be long and boring, but I actually loved it. It’s good to honor people whenever we can — especially those that aren’t even famous, but just good.
This is great!! Fantastic job by MLB. Hats off to them.
“Well Canadians do boo our national anthem so why can’t we boo theirs?”
plus it’s way better than bombing them.
oops. not supposed to get political.
I wish Scooter and Bob Sheppard could have been there. Imagine hearing Bob calling all those names one more time.
Michael K -
Thanks for the levity.
Are these ceremonies all the ones saved up from the recent World Series they didn’t make? Rolled into one big production
I don’t know if anyone caught this but it seemed as if Goose wiped a tear from his eye after he briefly spoke to George…as if George didn’t know who he was. Kind of sad.
Did I just hear Joe Buck make a mistake about Mariano Rivera starting, first stating he was not going to be the closer then stating he will?
The Boss with the white hair & shades looks like the Vampire Leader dude in the move ” The Omega Man”
Great job by MLB and by Fox (a network I usually despise).
I do think that the music in the background is playing too loud because at times, I couldn’t tell how loudly people were cheering or booing.
There is no reason to cry.
Spoken like a true didn’t last too long in New York Yankee (fan). Ha ha.
I have to say I have looked forward to an all star game here for at least 20 years, I was too young to remember the 77 one. I just wish there were more Yankees here. This is my list of the missing Yankees tonight:
Bobby Murcer
Mickey Mantle
Phil Rizzuto
Jorge Posada
Joba Chamberlain
Chien Ming Wang
Mike Mussina
Robinson Cano (not saying he’s worthy, just hoped he would be)
and last but not least:
Joe Torre
Anybody else feel like a big LoHud Blog group hug right about now? LOL
Okay then - time for Jetes, ARod and Mo to represent!
The Boss with the white hair & shades looks like the Vampire Leader dude in the movie” The Omega Man”
Rebecca–Optimist Prime-Mo for Cy Young 08
One of the best I’ve ever seen outside of a game situation.
YEAH MARIANO!!!
—-You’re forgetting about Waldman going crazy over Rajah in George’s box.
Then the near misses:
Mattingly
Nettles
Dent
Guidry
who am I forgetting?
Perhaps they are doing the tribute to Bobby Murcer during the 7th inning stretch.
I have to say… FOX and ESPN have done a hell of a job these last 2 days with the coverage and tribute to the stadium.
Wolf: A little
Better see Mo in the ninth.
Here’s hoping they do some roll calling.
Im bettingthe Bobby Murcer thing will be part of the 7th innin stretch stuff, JOsh Grobin is signing God Bless America
Nothing for Murcer, swing and a miss. Bad job.
“Mattingly
Nettles
Dent
Guidry”
They’re not HOF’ers. Mattingly wouldn’t come because that looks bad to the Dodgers.
Has anyone seen if Willie is indeed sitting in one of George’s boxes?
gayle hope you are right.
Did you go to the parade today?
Group hug, haha
I wish this is the 2008 World Series instead.
Soon enough ER. Soon enough.
You know the ghosts in the Stadium will come through in the end. They’re not real happy about the new Stadium so they have to act up and cause some Yankee angst. But in the end they’ll come through.
Are they doing the roll call?
Roll call for Jeter, Arod and Mo?
Creatures chanting bobby murcer?
You KNOW that they won’t forget to honor Bobby.
Pete, who’d they call for roll call?
They did a roll call for Bobby Can’t ask for more than that.
After watching that pregame, I have no doubt in my mind that the Yanks are going to make up the 5 games or so they’re behind, win the division, win the AL championship and sweep the World Series.
I am so pumped right now - what a display. And yes, I did have a tear in my eye watching The Boss get carted around the field. Beautiful moment.
jeter, arod, then murcer
They chanted Jeter, A-Rod and Bobby Murcer.
Jennifer yes walked up a block to see it at lunch but it was moving so slowly i got frustrated and had to get back to the office. I TIVO’ed it so will watch it later.
And I am totaly calling the 7th inning as a tribute to Bobby it is just too appropriate and they said they were doing something.,
How great was the roll call
Laura, I realize they aren’t HOF’ers, but they are something better YOF’ers, Yankees of Fame. All classic Yankees should be here and be honored tonight.
The fans at the Stadium represent us so well.
I love how the fans have embraced Hamilton. He probably wishes he was playing in NY.
How does cliff lee do it?
He barely hits 90.
No, tonight is not to honor all of the great Yankees…that will be done at the final game.
Yogi kissed George. Now that’s Italian!
who were they chanting during the role call?? only Yankees??
Pete-
Was roll call for only Jeter and Arod?
That’s one place I haven’t sat yet, with the creatures. I’ve always wanted to, but could never manage to get a seat. They filled up for all the games I was able to make…
Must be amazing to be there tonight.
Nice inning from Lee…keep the game close enough with a lead for Rivera tonight. The ghosts want it, so do it.
They did Jeter, then A-Rod, then Bobby Murcer
Jeff, they can do that at the final home game or in October.
Do you think Joe Buck can leave in the 7th inning and not come back? It would be a great tribute to Scooter.
After watching that pregame, I have no doubt in my mind that the Yanks are going to make up the 5 games or so they’re behind, win the division, win the AL championship and sweep the World Series.
Rob I’m with you right up to the sweep. That’s the only thing I’m not sure about.
Chris ha ha!
gayle me too! I was down at 40th. It moved way to slow, I went back to my office.
Great job by the morons at fox doing the lineup just as Jeter was walking up completely preventing us from hearing/seeing the nice ovation he got.
Fitting that Jeter gets the first hit of the night at Yankees stadium
Poor Chase Utley.
Guess the ghosts don’t like his language.
Woo-hooo!! The Captain is alive out on the pond!
The Captain with a base hit!!!!!!
Was it Utley who said the bad word last night?
Rebecca, good point. They better do that type of thing.
Jeter is gunning for MVP tonight.
Jete I apologize for goofing on all of your DPs. You really are an incredible Yankee.
Odd, Scooter got mentioned, but I don’t think there was any mention of Micky, Joe D, Gehrig or The Babe.
Jeter wants to be MVP of this game.
“Jeter is gunning for MVP tonight.”
2nd that!!
Does this count towards the yankees batting with RISP?
Ack, Soto, you should watch out for the bat!
Pop-up-Rod, even at the ASG
Well, I see A-Rod can pop up in the All Star game as well as he does in Yankee games. LOL!
Pete We couldn’t hear on tv the box seats suck. Only Jeter Alex and bobby
Manny looks like he got his hair styled in Oz.
PA Mike: Apparently
“Was it Utley who said the bad word last night?”
Yes. Met fans must have been booing him and he didn’t take kindly to it.
OK, The Yanks are officially 0-1 with RISP and total LOB=1
Boy this is SO like a normal stadium game.
Boy, anyone think this could be a WS preview DJ on Second and Arod popping up, with sheets on the mound?
What’s that arm motion chant the fans were doing when A-Rod was up?
Manny almost broke the NL catchers’ leg with his sloppy bat placement.
honestly, i gotta say, the roll calls and shouts from right field bleachers are as big a part of the stadium as monument park, YMCA by the ground crew and even enter sandman.
I’m glad to hear that they did the same thing they would at a yankee home game.
Wow…not even an All Star Game blog can keep people positive.
thank you ER
“It would have been a neat thing to see them rise above being petty.”
Are you kidding? With the hatred that exists between these two teams, you think they could stop themselves? Some things transcend decency.
I was really hoping they’d do the role call for all the guys on the field. This isn’t a night to be petty.
Pujols is so damn good.
Easily the best hitter in baseball. It’s not even close.
Yeah it was good that Manny helped the NL catcher keep his balance. I mean we wouldn’t have wanted the guy to drop the ball or anything!
ok wow going way too far there…
Pete, you are off base…the creatures were fine.
RED SOX SUCK
Did anyone else throw up a bit in their mouth when A-Rod threw to Pukelis? I need to go get some Tums.
I don’t know Global. I think Chipper might rival him. Pujols might have power but Chipper is so consistent.
pete stop being a douche.
Laura - ha ha!!!
How long is Lee tied up for?
so weak to not do the roll call for all of the players…. weak weak weak
Pete, can you ban that guy? Thanks.
Wow, Cliff lee.
I wonder if the fans really made Papelbon’s wife feel threatened.
Not weak at all…your post was weak, weak, weak.
lol I would say something about Yukilis, only it would be deleted pretty fast (won’t be as ridiculous as someone else tho)
If they were going to leave people out (Red Sox), I guess you can say it’s kind of classy just to name Yankees. But I’m justifying. I believe it would have been beyond cool for the creatures to roll call everyone. It was there opportunity to shine and they didn’t take advantage of it.
Pete are you sure they said Boston Sucks and not Box Seats Sox, they have been doing that forever.
Pete some time your so ridiculous it cracks me up. Leave the creatures alone. High road? GImme a freakin break. They’re a bunch of fans cheering for whatever the heck they feel like.
You’re the one that sounds like a dope. Lighten up.
Kind of weak weak weak, a Met fan posting on a yankee blog.
They shined by honoring the two Yankees and Bobby Murcer. No need to yell the other player’s names.
Doreen- couldnt agree more
So do these sux bastards get off the field alive?
AROd GOIN DEEP!
For the record, that Swing Vote movie doesn’t look good.
* their opportunity.
Pete, they were clearly chanting “Box Seats Suck” which has been a Bleacher Creature tradition for years. As much as you would like to have something to complain about, you’re really reaching.
ok people seriously, you expect a bunch of people never met each other, never seen each other; all of sudden get together, become organized and creative? seriously? seriously!
funny how jeter steals right away in the allstar game but never trys to steal anymore in the regural season
KILL THIS PRICK WITH A PITCH SHEET!
cant blame jeter, he knows this is his last ASG
I just want to take Manny, turn him upside down and use him to wash my kitchen floor.
NOBODY is better at cutting into the game late every inning than FOX. NOBODY.
Dbags.
Funny how you can criticize Jeter but not bother to spell “regular” correctly.
comeon, in the face Sheets lol
Sux scum
Laura very funny about Manny!
@peter rabbit: That was the bleacher creature cowbell (trademark of the late Ali Ramirez).
As for the roll call — do you seriously expect Yankee fans to include the Red Sox? That wouldn’t be classy — that would be lame.
Another JJ tv show is a good thing though, can’t wait for that (X-Files like) series.
I forgot how well Manny plays here. He isn’t facing Yankees tonight though.
Chris: watch the Fringe pilot on line…it is pretty good.
CM- what do criticizing jeter and typos have in common?
….Did Joe Buck just admit he was wrong
The things Yankee Stadium can do to you….
Yeah Pete, it’s been the Section 39 tradition to always end with Box Seats Suck. So I dunno what you were hearing. ? I like what they did, it’s their tradition, they still honor the Yankees, and it avoids any controversy, or any possibility of one of them getting thrown out of the game by security.
And Pete takes another shot at A-Rod.
I dont think anyone would ever accuse the creatures of being nice, nor would they claim it… they are loyal yankees fans and the roll call they did shouldnt surprise anyone, if you think they were going to chant youk, pedroia and manny you have never sat near them… I personally liked it.
well, box seats do suck.
you know, one of the pitchers nobody had talked about picking up as a free agent… Ben Sheets is very interesting (injury concerns non-withstanding)
Wow did someone leave the insane asylum unlocked?
Yeah, from the fans that shout out the Yankees Suck cheer I guess we shouldn’t expect Yankee fans to turn the other cheek.
I think the world will get over it.
“Laura very funny about Manny!”
His hair looks like a mop. It needs to be put to good use. It’s not doing anything constructive on the top of his big head!
And PeteAbe takes a swipe at A-Rod, just ike the regular season. Gee, i really wish you could have taken the high road there.
lol wow tim mccarver…
does he not speak english?
Ben Sheets would be a good fit in a Yankee uniform next year. He just can’t wear No. 15.
McCarver is definitely on drugs if he thinks Youklis got cheered.
You know, the telecast right now is more classy than some of the idiots posting here tonight.
If they think they are chanting Youk, they are on crack!
Peter,
Your arrogance and the way you talk down to Yankees fans is pretty pathetic if you ask me.
Pukeilis is a disgrace, back to the bench Sux looser
Tim Lincecum is supposedly in the hospital with the flu. Did I miss it or has no one mentioned him as if he’s not on the team?
Manny looks like a nappy haired ho!
(It’s a joke)
Pete, you clearly don’t understand the Bleacher Creature culture. Try sitting with them for a game, then maybe you’ll have a better appreciation for how diehard they are. The day they do roll call for Red Sox players is the day that whatever remaining soul is left in Section 39 is sucked out of the Stadium in a giant money vacuum. Did you ACTUALLY think they might call out the names of Red Sox players during one of the best Yankee Stadium traditions of all time? Hilarious.
rebecca, are you including pete in that?
McCarver is P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C.
lol 1+1=2…
wow McCarver… wow
Sheets is a decent pitcher, but going to be 30 soon…
personally, 30+ pitchers scare me.
Francona has these guys stealing early. He clearly wants to get some runs so that he can go with all of those closers at the end.
Sorry, but there’s no way in hell the bleacher creatures should have chanted the other names, esp. Red Sox.
Lincecum was doing blow all night in the bathroom of Tenjune with Blake Lively. I was there
Jeremy, I think you’re pretty much right. Though it would’ve been nice for them to at least mention him. And do they have a replacement for him?
As much as I wanted the run, it was fun to watch Youk strike out.
jeter deserved the batting title in 2006
f mauer
lol 30+ pitcher is scary??
really? this is not football, with most of these pitchers going into the 40s, 30ish is like the prime time.
Does Bellevue have unlimited computer access for it’s patients now or something? Some interesting comments here..
Okay, we don’t want Sheets. He gives up too many walks. LOL!
Time for a little gutty and gritty
We’ve thrown Youkilis out of the tribe. He’s a free agent.
Pete, you need to get over to the Wikipedia page for the bleacher creatures and read up on that cheer.
im jewish, lol dont like satire ay?
While we are all gathered here, please let us remember one of Peter’s cardinal rules, “Don’t feed the trolls”
We are all guests in Peter’s Blog World, and will abide by his wishes.
Well, some of them….
can’t even begin to fathom what some of these people are thinking, seriously, if you got beef with some group of ethnicity, please keep it to yourself; your opinion is as ugly as you.
Wow this blog is trash right now. Rebecca is right, this is pretty pathetic.
I’m with Pete.
Tonight is about the LEAGUE and yes, I’ve sat in Section 39 and no matter how diehard the fans are, and they are, the correct thing to do to honor Yankee Stadium and all the traditions is to be a gracious host. That would mean that you should do the full roll call or don’t do it at all.
This truncated roll call is on par with the “Yankees Suck” chants. Inappropriate and childish.
That Pedroia, cannot hit clutch :p
See, the munchin can’t hit with RISP either.
SA: Seems that way, doesn’t it?
Really can’t blame the Creatures. Youkilis had told the papers he wanted them to chant his name. I doubt they wanted to feel obligated to do it.
Read earlier today but got caught up in work…..Whoever called Pedroia Little Bit of Luck from the NY Lottery commercial- Brilliant.
So is Peter saying that Yankees wouldn’t hear it from Sox fans?
Umm. 3 Redsux up so far. I count 2 strikeouts and a popup. Way to represent beantown.
As a Canadian, I can assure you that not all Canadians boo the American anthem.
I can’t believe anyone truly expected the Bleacher Creatures to honor anyone but Yankee players.
And especially Red Sox.
lolz… little bit of luck… lolz
that is hilarious pat
If Matsui is out for the season (looks that way to me), we have to go get a bat.
Yogi!
Yogi!
lol kevin, gotta tell you man… if they played the chinese anthem anywhere… aint nobody gonna recognize it… at least americans know your national anthem.
LOL
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Red Sux fan is a little hyper.
Thank you Pete
What would Yogi’s thought bubble look like?
“I gotta sit with these 2 clowns?”
Yogi is a National Treasure.
All is right in the world when Yogi is around. These are the innings that we have to watch out for the NL.
It’s good to hear him talking about Larson and the perfect game.
Can someone take out some of these Sux disgraces?
Want to see something big out of Jete tonight, don’t let us down like AFraud likely will.
Rocco at 8:39 pm
“i cried
i farted
lets play ball”
Dude that was the post of the night.
little bit of luck is really the name the EnoughLupica bloggers call Lupica, it’s funny there too.
can we get permission to clone yogi and accelerate the growth and have Yogi clone play in left?
PLEASE?? pretty please?
Hey its Yogi. One of the few last links to the real ‘old school’.
He’ll give you cash, which is just as good as money.
Ben Sheets can wear Pavano’s number.