What is MLB thinking

deldad,

I honestly didn't watch much of the All Star Game, but I did see part of the interview with Timberlake, and the "beer as favorite food" comments. Struck me as dumb. Very bad message to send on national TV.



Julie

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I didn't watch any of it. Your observations deldad are troubling. I agree with Mom...dumb!

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deldad,

Did not see the game.Sounds like very poor taste.To me and millions of others Nick was a hge star and will never be forgotten.I am sorry that the MLB showed something so distasteful and stupid.

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In the caste system that is MLB, Nick was just not a big enough star to really matter.

deldad,

Nick was, and still is, a big star to those that knew him. Nothing will ever change that. Even stupidity!

I refused to watch the All-Star game this year. My first reasoning was that in the initial voting, CC Sabathia was not voted to the AL team. A pitcher that’s 13-4 with a 2.72 ERA at the break in the toughest division in the league deserves the recognition. My stance towards the game gained strength when it came to fruition that more than 10% of the league was voted to the All-Star team. I understand there are injuries and pitching time constraints, but come on. Maybe it’s time to start weaning the vote away from the fans…

I did however have the game on in the background at my house. I have a friend from college who is playing Independent ball and is staying with me, and he wanted to watch the game. I thought the Red Carpet show was stupid. I also thought the Timberlake interview was stupid. I also thought Buck/McCarver was stupid. I also thought Heath Bell’s slide was stupid.

These things take away from the game. The All-Star game used to be a well-respected battle for bragging rights. I feel like the MLB is turning into the NBA…a show put on for the fans that has very little to do with the game at hand. It’s very sad.

deldad, I am with you 100%. There are some things that need to be recognized and some things that don’t belong in the game. Your example is a perfect one, and I’m sorry that you had to be subjected to that. I always wonder about the education my children will get about September 11. I was in 6th grade when it happened and it was a big part of my life being from the NYC area. Now that we’re 10 years out, it already feels like its been somewhat forgotten. I can only imagine what it’ll be like in 20 years from now. What happened to Nick was an injustice that should be recognized and taken into account by all those involved and touched by the situation. And it just seems like it’s not being done that way.

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I thought the Red Carpet show was stupid. I also thought the Timberlake interview was stupid. I also thought Buck/McCarver was stupid. I also thought Heath Bell’s slide was stupid.

Hear, hear.

They interviewed Timberlake while the game was going on. I was screaming at the TV. (Glad nobody saw me)

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Originally posted by PGStaff:

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In the caste system that is MLB, Nick was just not a big enough star to really matter.

deldad,

Nick was, and still is, a big star to those that knew him. Nothing will ever change that. Even stupidity!

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The promotion of alcohol is pervasive in sports broadcasting, and it's targeted overwhelmingly at young adults...you know, the ones who, taken as a group, tend to be the most impressionable and consider themselves invulnerable.

...and "Drink Responsibly" does nothing but protect the backsides of those paying for the spots.

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Originally posted by Prepster:

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Originally posted by PGStaff:

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In the caste system that is MLB, Nick was just not a big enough star to really matter.

deldad,

Nick was, and still is, a big star to those that knew him. Nothing will ever change that. Even stupidity!

+1

The promotion of alcohol is pervasive in sports broadcasting, and it's targeted overwhelmingly at young adults...you know, the ones who, taken as a group, tend to be the most impressionable and consider themselves invulnerable.

...and "Drink Responsibly" does nothing but protect the backsides of those paying for the spots.

And those who knew of him, +2

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Originally posted by Prepster:
The promotion of alcohol is pervasive in sports broadcasting, and it's targeted overwhelmingly at young adults...

I think it goes beyond young adults and straight to impressionable teenagers. They all know what brand of beer they want the person with ID to buy for them.

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And those who knew of him, +2

+3. We'll never forget.

I am more amazed by parents I know who carry on as if they can't live without beer and their kids appear to be right behind them.

Ever sit in the hotel lobby/bar at at 12U tournament with several of the parents getting #%*!faced? I have.

Once.

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What is MLB thinking?

$$$

As far as the voting players in and they don't show up, I would suggest having in the next contract that every player must check a box at the beginning of the year indicating that if elected to team and healthy they will choose to either go or not go. If they choose the latter, don't have them on ballot and fine them a $$$ amount that goes to charity (MADD ?).

If they choose to go but are "not healthy" they would still have to attend, thereby hopefully cutting down on the bogus stuff.

The game will never be what it was once because of free agency and the fact that the leagues dont have a clear and separate identity like they once had.

Obviously they are trying to open the game up to non-baseball types with the Red Carpet business and interviews by the pool with J Timberlake. The result is not more fans but more disenchanted baseball fans.

Weaver is a class act and he stands apart from some of the foolishness of the game and broadcast.

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"#%*!faced?"

Nope. More like %!#* faced!




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"The result is not more fans but more disenchanted baseball fans."

I agree.

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deldad,

Sorry, your moment was spoiled.
I think of Nick and your family often, you all are still in my prayers

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Originally posted by justbaseball:

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And those who knew of him, +2

+3. We'll never forget.

+4, what were they thinking.

I saw that interview and thought it was a dumb piece. Seeing it thru deldad, I would be disgusted too that MLB would promote something like that, unfortunately since it's all about the loot, this stuff is gonna happen. Didn't know Mark Grace recently got busted on DUI so that makes it even more odd. But I guess it's consistent with MLB considering they turned a blind eye on the rampant steroid use and were making money hand over fist with all the loot they hauled in with all those home run records being broken.