MrRain422

Dude, I love "I Heard Her Call My Name", but trust me, it doesn't get the ladies in the mood.

Mark Prior is hurt again? Man, that's some funny stuff.

I think every artist draws their inspiration from somewhere different. Despite the archetypal image of the tortured artist, there have also been some pretty great artists who were perfectly content. There's certainly some truth to the assertion that some artists need pain and dispair to do something great, but I don't think that that's universal.

Those guys all started to suck way before they got their personal issues in order.

I learned that text messaging marriage proposals while drunk is not effective.

I was trying to make a joke about "motherf*ckers" but it fell flat.

I'm confused. What letter does that asterisk represent?

Free?

Tonight Travis Hafner hit his fifth grand slam of the season. The season record is six. Wow.

Dare to dream.

The Homerun Derby has a much better lineup than last year.

That's pretty harsh. If they lose they don't get to fly on their plane back home? It just seems like an awfully long walk, especially if they're limping.

My bad, I completely misunderstood.

Free agency money can account for some of it sure. What is your basis for claiming that 6 of the top 10 teams are in the NL though? Are you basing that just on record alone? Because I think that's not a good basis for judging that, because, if the rest of the NL is terrible, then those top teams will have inflated win totals since they're playing weaker competition.

If the different style of play causes the American League to consistently beat the NL (and I'm actually speaking more in terms of head to head play between real teams--like in interleague play more than the All Star game), then isn't this an indication that their style of play is better? I mean, a difference in style of play can account for certain statistical differences without proving that one league is better than the other, but I don't think that it can account for the big hurt that the AL has put on the NL in interleague play, especially since it's been pretty lopsided regardless of wh

I'd never seen this in baseball at all until a couple years ago. I'm not sure I really understand it either, but for what it's worth, I think only a few teams do this, or at least only a few teams put the "C" on the jersey, regardless of how many have a "captain" or not. Personally I love the baseball All Star game, but yeah, it's a pretty meaningless thing, so I can completely understand people not caring. And yeah, there's always a handful of guys on the team who shouldn't be. But it's just so fun to argue about it. The Pro Bowl does nothing for me though. I think the big problem

Most of the excitement that goes along with being a sports fan lies in arguments about unimportant things. See, your problem is that you're trying to think about these things rationally. Reason and rationality have no place in the world of sports fandom. Even if the White Sox totally sucked there'd be a chance that they could beat the NL on their own. It's just one game, and any team can beat any other on the right day. I was talking purely in theoretical/vengeful terms.

Not only is that a particularly small bonus, but I think even in situations where the players get larger bonuses, it is still in a team's interest to push for more All Stars. More All Stars gets fan interest up, and that leads to higher gate receipts (for teams that aren't already selling their games out anyway) and higher merchandising sales.

Well, at least Pierzynski is more deserving than Podsednik was last year; I'll give him that. Now, obviously I'm rooting for the White Sox to not make it back to the World Series, however, if they do, I think it would be great if they don't get home field advantage because Ozzie stacked the team with Sox who put in a lesser performance in the All Star game than some others might have. Granted, it's just one game, so putting the best players on the team is no guarantee of a better result, but hey, it would at least be poetic justice on some small level. However, if the Tigers make it this

Guillen also said that if anyone else on the AL squad gets hurt, that Joe Crede gets the spot. I mean, come on.

You're right. Only so many 1B/DH should make the squad. Which is why Paul Konerko should have been passed over for Hafner. Hafner and Thome are the best hitters in the AL and it isn't even really close. Hafner is by far the biggest snub of the year. I'd like to hear a good reason why Pierzynski is more deserving than, say, Victor Martinez also.

If you were a real fan, you'd have a stronger immune system.

Why can't a game like that hold your attention well enough for you to stay awake?

What's the format for the derby this year, anyway? They aren't doing the thing with players representing their countries again this year I assume.