Comments on: ASG 2009 http://www.proballnw.com/07-2009/asg-2009/ a Seattle Mariners blog formerly known as Bleeding Blue and Teal Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: wrob4343 http://www.proballnw.com/07-2009/asg-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-6262 wrob4343 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:07:14 +0000 http://www.proballnw.com/?p=1884#comment-6262 I actually noted to myself how many black players there were in the game as well. Brandon Jennings was on JRIB when Keyshawn Johnson attempted to string together complete sentences and he mentioned how expensive it was to play ball as a reason blacks in America don't play, which I agree with, but as someone who grew up with enough money to play opportunity was also a problem. At school me or my brother weren't good enough to play but we could play better than anybody in a park or rec league... I guess I think it's more of an institutional problem than it's made out to be. But I digress. That was a great game, and there are many, many reasons for the ASG to not decide home field and that walk was one of them. I'm just glad Felix A) didn't intentionally walk Pujols and B) didn't give up a moonshot. I actually noted to myself how many black players there were in the game as well. Brandon Jennings was on JRIB when Keyshawn Johnson attempted to string together complete sentences and he mentioned how expensive it was to play ball as a reason blacks in America don’t play, which I agree with, but as someone who grew up with enough money to play opportunity was also a problem. At school me or my brother weren’t good enough to play but we could play better than anybody in a park or rec league… I guess I think it’s more of an institutional problem than it’s made out to be.

But I digress. That was a great game, and there are many, many reasons for the ASG to not decide home field and that walk was one of them. I’m just glad Felix A) didn’t intentionally walk Pujols and B) didn’t give up a moonshot.

]]> By: Project Monkey http://www.proballnw.com/07-2009/asg-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-6261 Project Monkey Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:07:51 +0000 http://www.proballnw.com/?p=1884#comment-6261 It's always awesome to hear other All Stars talk about a guy from your team. Pujols talking about left handed hitter and how Ichiro is amazing. Then Morneau (sp?) talking about how serious on the field Ichiro is, but in the club house he's hilarious. I guess it's awesome for me because the last 10 years of my life have been surrounded by (in order) Cardinal fans, Twin fans, and curently Royal fans. You don't hear much about west coast teams, and much less the NW. It’s always awesome to hear other All Stars talk about a guy from your team. Pujols talking about left handed hitter and how Ichiro is amazing. Then Morneau (sp?) talking about how serious on the field Ichiro is, but in the club house he’s hilarious. I guess it’s awesome for me because the last 10 years of my life have been surrounded by (in order) Cardinal fans, Twin fans, and curently Royal fans. You don’t hear much about west coast teams, and much less the NW.

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