• phanatic74

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  Once again ESPN announcers other than John Kruk suck !!

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More on the Derby
crashburnalley.com — ... steroid controversy early on while Grady Sizemore was hitting homers into the upper deck. “Who needs steroids?” Reilly wondered, because that’s exactly what baseball fans needed to be reminded of as they watch some of the game’s best power hitters hit 450-foot home runs. It gets worse. As Hamilton was on his way to setting the Derby record for home runs in one round, Reilly exclaimed, “It’s a lousy night to be an atheist!” The fellows at Fire Joe Morgan, as usual, do a great job of finding the humor in it . I don’t think Reilly meant it as a jab against atheists, but it was ...

On Josh Hamilton
Baseball Analysts — ... a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Unfortunately, the way he introduced his line of thinking, casting aside all Hamilton had overcome in such nonchalant fashion, made his comment come off petty and insensitive. No, Joe, the most amazing thing about Hamilton is not that he can hit Big League pitching after three years away. It's that he's alive, sober and successful at all, whether it be in baseball, plumbing or any other field. His life is on the right track. And yeah, as FJM points out, Justin Morneau got hosed and ESPN may have glorified ...

The Home Run Derby: Does It Negatively Impact Participants?
The House That Dewey Built — ... , and Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly tried his hardest to flush his television career down the toilet, so the viewers got their money’s worth and more. But, lets face it: players are simply becoming more and more hesitant to enter the contest, for whatever reason. ...

Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball — ... So Josh Hamilton started out with all kinds of talent, found cocaine and heroin, spent years working to clean up his life, found God, turned it around and hit 28 home runs in 38 swings last night at Yankee Stadium. All of this prompted Rick Reilly to say "It's a lousy night to be an atheist." It seems to me like being an atheist would be pretty much the same every day. ...

Links of the Day 7/15
The Victoria Times — Going back to the Derby of last night... Fire Joe Morgan expresses a similar opinion to my own, but funnier. Speaking of the Twins, ...

Ticking Time Bomb AL All-Star Bradley Insists No Ghost-Writer Is Necessary
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... (who knew heroin was a PED?) is the notion his Texas teammate Milton Bradley was at any point a similar menace to society.  The five tool reprobate superstar is the very least, ...

All-Star Tuesday Open Thread
YFSF — ... We like these free-for-alls, so here is another open thread for general ASG and baseball discussion. I'll start it off with a link to Fire Joe Morgan's takedown of Rick Reilly, the famous religious philosopher. ...

Daily LInks - 7/15/08
Watching the Game — The announcing was horrible (as usual) on the home run derby broadcast last night, but I'm not going to critique it, I'll leave that to the experts. ...

Best Home Run Derby Summation Ever
Bugs & Cranks — from Fire Joe Morgan: Not only did Erin Andrews snub Justin Morneau for Hamilton immediately post-Derby, but during the trophy presentation she clearly pronounces his name as “Mar-neau,” Executive Vice President of MLB Rob Manfred goes with something like “Myrrh-neau,” and Boys and Girls Club Giant Check Giver Guy just flat out insults him with “Jason.” We get it, guys: Morneau didn’t do heroin. So he’s bo-ring! The lesson, as always: it’s better to do ...

The Natural
Frost King Baseball — ... up the upper-deck in right field. Nobody else hit 28 all night, and the next closest in the first round had 8. It was amazing, with the crowd cheering his name and the players looking on in awe. Unfortunately, he only hit 3 HR in the final round, and lost to Justin Morneau. What people are going to remember though, are all of those baseballs flying deep into the New York night. [Excuse the poor music backing it, but this is the best video I could find.] FJM had some interesting observations about the event: "Not only did Erin Andrews snub Justin Morneau for Hamilton ...

Josh Hamilton Is Dreamy
True Blue LA — ... mattered, but I'd much rather watch that than your average mid August game any day of the week. Josh Hamilton is the most talented athlete in baseball and I don't know if anyone is even close to him. When he went on that streak of 15 bombs in a row he absolutely crushed each one. Even better, unlike when Bobby Abreu set the record Hamilton was swinging away, unlike Abreu would take two or three pitches each team and make the whole thing take hours. I really don't see how anyone can complain about Hamilton being the story last night, does it really matter about who actually won ...

Zirin: All-Star Blackout Apropos For Yankee Stadium
Bugs & Cranks — ... have to use its political clout to make sure our cities aren’t hollowed out husks. They might have to forgo public stadium funding for a different set of priorities that pours money in instead of vacuuming it out. (Zirin normally posts his articles on his site Edge of Sports, but this one’s not up yet. When it is, I will try to link the full piece.) *Adam C’s comment was on Steve Hulkower’s post that deftly combined a great Fire Joe Morgan piece and one of my greatest hits. ...

Morneau Wins Derby, All-Star Game, Is Ignored
The Al Central Blog — ... , as well as pointing out the odd conundrum that, despite America supposedly being a land that celebrates 'winners', Morneau was overshadowed by a guy who did heroin and then stopped, ...