Game Thread: All-Star Game @ Target Field, 7pm CT

[Squirrel]

Game-time forecast: Partly clouy. Winds 8-10mph from the NNW. Temperature near 70.

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE:

SP, Wainwright (12-4, 1.83 ERA)

-Kershaw

-Simon

-Greinke

-Neshek

-Clippard

-Rodriguez

-Kimbrel

-Watson

-Chapman

 

1 McCutcheon CF

--Blackmon CF

2 Puig RF

--Pence RF

3 Tulowitzki SS

--Castro

4 Goldschmidt 1B

--Freeman

5 Stanton DH

--Rizzo

6 Ramirez 3B

--Frazier 3B

7Utley 2B

--Gordon (PR) 2B

--Murphy 2B

8 Lucroy C

--Mesoraco C

--Montero C

9 Gomez LF

--Harrison

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE:

SP, Hernandez (11-2, 2.12 ERA)

-Lester

-Darvish

-Sale

-Scherzer

-Kazmir

-Uehara

-Holland

-Doolittle

-Rodney

-Perkins

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1 Jeter SS

--Ramirez SS

--Aybar

2 Trout LF

--Cespedes LF

3 Cano 2B

--Altuve 2B

--Kinsler

4 Cabrera 1B

--Abreu 1B

5 Bautista RF

--Moss RF

6 Cruz DH

--Seager DH

7 Jones CF

--Brantley CF

8 Donaldson 3B

--Beltre 3B

9 Perez C

--Norris C

--Suzuki C

 

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Thoughts ... hmm ... please add them when you have them. Everyone.

[Fatt Crapps]

Anyone out there got an extra ticket? PM me.

[diehardtwinsfan]

Think about Jeter.... a .649 OPS, crappy defense, yet a starting all star. Think about not having to see the press fawn all over him anymore after this season.

[twinsnorth49]

Think about that new Jeter Rr2pect commercial..........and try not to vomit all over yourself.

[Squirrel]

heh ... guess no one has much in way of thoughts tonight?

[JB_Iowa]

heh ... guess no one has much in way of thoughts tonight?

 

Yeah, well Idina Menzel put me to sleep.

[Squirrel]

Well, hmm, not a huge fan of Idina Menzel.

[Squirrel]

Should've had the brass from the Minnesota Orchestra do the SSB ... that would've been awesome.

[D. Hocking]

That is one nice looking ball park. Beautiful night for the game.

 

I like Jeter, but I would be OK with less fawning.

 

Before my last year, I did not announce in spring training that I was retiring because I did not want to deal with the media frenzy wherever I went - not to mention the tears of all the grieving fans.

[JB_Iowa]

Well, hmm, not a huge fan of Idina Menzel.

 

I'm firmly convinced that the music rule for sporting events should be:

 

1. Upbeat tempo;

2. Keep it simple;

3. Keep it short.

 

Get on with it!

[Squirrel]

Well, that aside, I'd just rather hear someone ... better. That shot of her when she sang 'rockets red glare' and her tongue hanging out? Great.

[JB_Iowa]

well, that aside, i'd just rather hear someone ... Better. That shot of her when she sang 'rockets red glare' and her tongue hanging out? Great.

 

lmao

[D. Hocking]

Should've had the brass from the Minnesota Orchestra do the SSB ... that would've been awesome.

 

I like this idea - maybe when the World Series returns to Target Field (if not this year -- next year, 2016 at the latest).

[Squirrel]

I like this idea - maybe when the World Series returns to Target Field (if not this year -- next year, 2016 at the latest).

 

I guess they played the Canadian National Anthem ... but didn't see it broadcast, but I now see pictures from friends' Facebook posts.

[JB_Iowa]

I guess they played the Canadian National Anthem ... but didn't see it broadcast, but I now see pictures from friends' Facebook posts.

 

$300,000 Ad spot playing during the Canadian Nat'l Anthem

 

Would have been awesome.

[Squirrel]

Suzuki woulda had that

[Squirrel]

I hope I don't have to see that commercial any more tonight.

[JB_Iowa]

I hope I don't have to hear that announcer any more tonight.

[JB_Iowa]

Okay, Jeter definitely has a sense of the moment.

[D. Hocking]

I hope I don't have to see that commercial any more tonight.

 

Is he going to ascend into the heavens during the seventh inning stretch?

 

(I did like how they blurred Mr. Mets head).

[Squirrel]

Okay!

[JB_Iowa]

Maybe Matheny should have started Kershaw???

[LaBombo]

Should've had the brass from the Minnesota Orchestra do the SSB ... that would've been awesome.

 

With uniforms and marching... I'm in.

 

Hoping for a good game and good game thread, but my enthusiasm is a little low. Hard to explain, but to me, hosting the ASG when the Twins are in another down year is like hosting the rotating MN family Christmas when there's no snow and you and your little brother both have pinkeye.

 

Still cool, because, well, Christmas, but still... And while I don't dislike Jeter the way some people do, the Jeterification of this ASG is reaching the point where I might before it's over.

[JB_Iowa]

With uniforms and marching... I'm in.

 

Hoping for a good game and good game thread, but my enthusiasm is a little low. Hard to explain, but to me, hosting the ASG when the Twins are in another down year is like hosting the rotating MN family Christmas when there's no snow and you and your little brother both have pinkeye.

 

Still cool, because, well, Christmas, but still... And while I don't dislike Jeter the way some people do, the Jeterification of this ASG is reaching the point where I might before it's over.

 

I rarely watch much of the ASG. I like the intros and the pre-game stuff. The actual game ... usually not so much.

 

But yeah, it is a bit of a downer.

 

But Miggy picks me up!

[LaBombo]

I hope I don't have to see that commercial any more tonight.

 

Just a guess, but do you mean the re2pect thing? Two-spect just makes me think of a deceased entertainer...

 

http://a1.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,h_300,q_80,w_300/MTE5NTU2MzE1OTkzOTAwNTU1.jpg

 

Probably just another sign of my advancing case of G.O.M.L. disease, but gratuitous use of hashtag/L33tspeak stuff in everyday life makes me happy that

is on my side:

 

[Craig Arko]

I hope I don't have to see that commercial any more tonight.

 

They just don't make 'em like this any more.

 

http://youtu.be/03CYLxgXCSc

[LaBombo]

They just don't make 'em like this any more.

 

http://youtu.be/03CYLxgXCSc

 

NSA surveillance computers would have crashed in 1999 if 'Wassaaaahhhp' was the code word for bomb.

[Winston Smith]

Kind of wish we still had Gomez.

[LaBombo]

Kind of wish we still had Gomez.

 

Yeah, but then no Hardy, and then no Hoey, and then...

 

[twinsnorth49]

I hope I don't have to see that commercial any more tonight.

 

Did you have the barf bag? I warned you.