http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:53:54 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733388 Jimmy Jam, I agree with you, however, the rating for the Derby were high. Of course that might have been due to the promotional efforts of ESPN. It surely was not based on the name recognition of the contest participants. 733388@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:53:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733377 "Lance Bergman"? Not quite. 733377@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:57:12 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733243 Wish I could have seen the end of this game or the home run derby...unfortunately, I get up way to early in the morning and they start these games way to late. What ever happened to the days of the 6 or 7PM start time for a baseball game? Does everything in this country have to revolve around the left coast? 733243@blogcritics.org Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:33:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733241 Hamilton is amazing and so was the game last night. For a low scoring game, there was a lot of action. There were sure enough defensive plays and great pitching for the highlight reels. 733241@blogcritics.org Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:25:32 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733116 that was an amazing performance. anybody who can hit like that has what it takes to be great. I'm glad he could come back from his addictions. 733116@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:02:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733085 Zing Zing, You are right, I forgot he's Canadian. Caribou of North America do count. Morneau is a solid player. He was gracious in winning and pointing out it was Hamilton's moment. A real class act. 733085@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:23:42 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733081 "Something else noticeable: there were no minorities or foreigners among the contestants." except the guy who won the damn thing is a fuckin canuck. damn canadia! god bless the minnesota twins, however. 733081@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:09:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733078 Cheezy, You are truly a baseball sage. Your wisdom is inspirational. I hope you can overlook my lack of baseball astuteness. It was pretty idiotic of me to think baseball was negligent in the formulation of the participants in the Home Run Derby. Of course, this is the same sport that had no knowledge of steroids in the sport. The average fan knows names and not statistical leaders. I bet that next year's Derby will look like the United Nations. 733078@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:00:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/15/140404.php#comment-733042 MLB *did* ask some of the more "marquee" names. But either they turned down the chance to participate or simply weren't even on the All-Star teams. So then they had to ask someone to do it. Who better to choose/ask than some of the league's actual HOME RUN LEADERS? Which were what most of those guys last night were. Also, there was a minority in the field last night. Grady Sizemore is biracial. Granted, that's still not very much, but it would do some good to do a little research, both yourself and that idiot on ESPN last night. 733042@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:48:54 EDT