RIP everyone associated with the Yankees... remind me not to turn on ESPN for a month.
MLB Talk - 2010 Season
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Thus far, neither of his kids -- as far as we know -- have tried to buy off the President of the United States through illegal campaign contributions or hired a potential mafioso to dig up dirt on one of his players, so they've got that going for them, at least.
In other news, Rudy Giuliani has issued a statement about Steinbrenner's death.
Rudy Giuliani said:
Couldn't Bud Selig have invoked the "good of the game" clause and kept George on life support until after tonight's All Star game? I hope it doesn't turn into a gigantic Steinbrenner/Yankees jos and take away from the greatness that is the annual mid-season exhibition game that the All Star game is.
C'mon. It's Fox, with Joe "Can't Shut the Fuck Up" Buck calling the action. It's going to be front-and-center all night long, and everyone knows it.
They'd have someone actually fellating his corpse on broadcast television if the FCC wouldn't come down on them for it.
Just heard a Steinbrenner story from a reporter on the radio. In 1994, Bernie Williams had a bad game so Steinbrenner got pissed off and demanded that Gene Michaels call up every other team's GM to trade him. So Michaels called every GM and talked about everything but Bernie Williams, then reported back to Steinbrenner and said no other GMs ever made an offer for Bernie.
Then in the Brian Cashman era, whenever Steinbrenner demanded a trade, Cashman said he'd do it but would tell the press it was George's idea, so that supposedly shut George up somewhat.
Then in the Brian Cashman era, whenever Steinbrenner demanded a trade, Cashman said he'd do it but would tell the press it was George's idea, so that supposedly shut George up somewhat.
What sport are you watching?
The all-star game sucks a sweaty one. It's beyond pointless and boring.
The "mid season exhibition game" outweighs any shred of greatness that might be present. Sorry I wasn't clearer in my sarcasm.
I may watch the first part to see Ubaldo pitch, but I'm planning on watching Deadliest Catch - Captain Phil dies tonight.
There is that whole home field advantage in the World Series thing.
Home field advantage for a series that the majority of players won't be in that's decided by a group of players playing in an exhibition game they'd rather not be in.
Sounds like a great way to determine it.
If only there were other leagues with multi-game, multi-round playoff series who did it differently. Wait, there's the NBA and the NHL both who manage to give home court/ice advantage to the team with the better fucking record, all the way through the playoffs. They seem to have figured the travel and hotel issues out.
What's next? Draft order determined by finish in the Home Run Derby?
Which is kinda dumb, honestly. I LIKE it, but only because I root for an AL team, and they are just making the NL their bitches since the rule was created.
Goes against the point of the game, though, and how it's run.
Either it's an exhibition, and everyone's there to see their guy, or guys play together, everyone plays, etc, or it's serious, with rewards to the winner.
If David Price goes 2 innings and doesn't give up a hit, why pull him for Lester (and I say that as a Sox fan)? Trying to WIN, right?
By adding the world-series altering reward for winning, it screws with the spirit they are going for. They play all their guys, and then are stuck at the end, or don't have their best guys on the field. Also, if it really matters, maybe we'd be better off with an extra Yankee than having to take the one required representative from, say, Cleveland? Every team gets at least one guy, everyone (or almost) plays, but winner gets an advantage in the championships? Lame.
Make the reward something smaller, and base the home field in the WS on something that makes SENSE. Which league had a better Interleague record that year, for instance.
Steinbrenner tweaks the MLB Commissioner one last time by making news during the All-Star Break...
It's basically Steinbrenner delivering the greatest trolling effort of the sports world in recorded history.
"Sheppard died? Fuck you, I will own the All-Star Game."
Note to Tim McCarver: Hey jackass, Bob Sheppard ALREADY HAS a monument at Monument Park!!!
^ That's why DVRs are such a big help. 
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