Red Mosquito

Yes a shame Gwynn wasn't mentioned. Instead, Fox being Fox had to create drama with that whole Wainwright thing.

Jeter honored them both through his transcendent performance, guys. Sheesh.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yes a shame Gwynn wasn't mentioned. Instead, Fox being Fox had to create drama with that whole Wainwright thing.

Seriously! That is FOX for you. What a joke of a network.

Also, no condolences to Jean Segura and his family. If there was I missed it.

It's interesting that fox sports is so prominent in San Diego and yet they leave out Gwynn completely.

Baseball being baseball they will make some stupid award and name it after him next year or do some video package.

And make the ASG what decides the WS home field

Here's the thing guys. I am totally okay with not honoring Gwynn, Zimmer, etc.

As the sport has gotten larger and larger there are more and more stars, more and more "guys that have been around forever" and just more names you know. You can't keep going out of your way to honor them every single year. I like that MLB made a decision that they didn't want to leave anyone out, so they just passed on doing it all together... and the ESPYs the following night is a great example of why. The tribute to those that died this year included 3 NFL owners... and they didn't include William Clay Ford (who had owned the team longer than any of the other owners who died), which has Detroit complaining quite a bit. As more and more people die, these tributes are either going to get insanely long or people are going to be outraged when someone gets left out.

I hope MLB sticks to their guns and doesn't do these tributes to those that died going forward- and that everyone follows suit.

Yeah but cmon skitch, Gwynn meant just as much to the Padres fans as Jeter does to yankees fans. If the names were reversed you know there would be a huge shitstorm. #eastcoastbias

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah but cmon skitch, Gwynn meant just as much to the Padres fans as Jeter does to yankees fans. If the names were reversed you know there would be a huge shitstorm. #eastcoastbias

No question. But Jeter was alive and at the game- his last one. He is the only guaranteed hall of famer playing. Of course they'll fawn over him, especially given the #eastcoastbias factor. And trust me, i couldn't stand the Jeter love. But why is fawning over a guy playing in the game being equated to honoring one who died? Instead of the Jeter love I would have preferred talking for 5 minutes about Scott Kazmir, or Pat Neshek. Or Freddie Freemans awful glasses. Something in the game, not a prepacked death package that is only going to grow year after year.

@SkitchP wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah but cmon skitch, Gwynn meant just as much to the Padres fans as Jeter does to yankees fans. If the names were reversed you know there would be a huge shitstorm. #eastcoastbias

No question. But Jeter was alive and at the game- his last one. He is the only guaranteed hall of famer playing. Of course they'll fawn over him, especially given the #eastcoastbias factor. And trust me, i couldn't stand the Jeter love. But why is fawning over a guy playing in the game being equated to honoring one who died? Instead of the Jeter love I would have preferred talking for 5 minutes about Scott Kazmir, or Pat Neshek. Or Freddie Freemans awful glasses. Something in the game, not a prepacked death package that is only going to grow year after year.

To be honest it all boils down to the fact that Fox was covering the game. The only thing that got that game ratings that night was Jeter. People weren't tuning in to see a Gwynn tribute and MLB and Fox knew it.

P.S. -What's wrong with Freeman's glasses!?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah but cmon skitch, Gwynn meant just as much to the Padres fans as Jeter does to yankees fans. If the names were reversed you know there would be a huge shitstorm. #eastcoastbias

No question. But Jeter was alive and at the game- his last one. He is the only guaranteed hall of famer playing. Of course they'll fawn over him, especially given the #eastcoastbias factor. And trust me, i couldn't stand the Jeter love. But why is fawning over a guy playing in the game being equated to honoring one who died? Instead of the Jeter love I would have preferred talking for 5 minutes about Scott Kazmir, or Pat Neshek. Or Freddie Freemans awful glasses. Something in the game, not a prepacked death package that is only going to grow year after year.

To be honest it all boils down to the fact that Fox was covering the game. The only thing that got that game ratings that night was Jeter. People weren't tuning in to see a Gwynn tribute and MLB and Fox knew it.

See I believe MLB and Fox on it, for the reasons I mentioned. Pretty much every awards show/event that has a "In Memorium" segment gets blasted the next day by somewhere for leaving people out- and that's only a problem that's going to get worse. So by forgoing it entirely, they're going to get blasted at the beginning, and then ultimately people won't miss them. Let the players do their own little homages here and there and move on.

If joe buck wasn't involved, it would be a lot more tolerable.

numbers wrote:If joe buck wasn't involved, it would be a lot more tolerable.

@SkitchP wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah but cmon skitch, Gwynn meant just as much to the Padres fans as Jeter does to yankees fans. If the names were reversed you know there would be a huge shitstorm. #eastcoastbias

No question. But Jeter was alive and at the game- his last one. He is the only guaranteed hall of famer playing. Of course they'll fawn over him, especially given the #eastcoastbias factor. And trust me, i couldn't stand the Jeter love. But why is fawning over a guy playing in the game being equated to honoring one who died? Instead of the Jeter love I would have preferred talking for 5 minutes about Scott Kazmir, or Pat Neshek. Or Freddie Freemans awful glasses. Something in the game, not a prepacked death package that is only going to grow year after year.

To be honest it all boils down to the fact that Fox was covering the game. The only thing that got that game ratings that night was Jeter. People weren't tuning in to see a Gwynn tribute and MLB and Fox knew it.

See I believe MLB and Fox on it, for the reasons I mentioned. Pretty much every awards show/event that has a "In Memorium" segment gets blasted the next day by somewhere for leaving people out- and that's only a problem that's going to get worse. So by forgoing it entirely, they're going to get blasted at the beginning, and then ultimately people won't miss them. Let the players do their own little homages here and there and move on.

Yeah but you didn't answer my question about Freeman's glasses.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah but cmon skitch, Gwynn meant just as much to the Padres fans as Jeter does to yankees fans. If the names were reversed you know there would be a huge shitstorm. #eastcoastbias

No question. But Jeter was alive and at the game- his last one. He is the only guaranteed hall of famer playing. Of course they'll fawn over him, especially given the #eastcoastbias factor. And trust me, i couldn't stand the Jeter love. But why is fawning over a guy playing in the game being equated to honoring one who died? Instead of the Jeter love I would have preferred talking for 5 minutes about Scott Kazmir, or Pat Neshek. Or Freddie Freemans awful glasses. Something in the game, not a prepacked death package that is only going to grow year after year.

To be honest it all boils down to the fact that Fox was covering the game. The only thing that got that game ratings that night was Jeter. People weren't tuning in to see a Gwynn tribute and MLB and Fox knew it.

See I believe MLB and Fox on it, for the reasons I mentioned. Pretty much every awards show/event that has a "In Memorium" segment gets blasted the next day by somewhere for leaving people out- and that's only a problem that's going to get worse. So by forgoing it entirely, they're going to get blasted at the beginning, and then ultimately people won't miss them. Let the players do their own little homages here and there and move on.

Yeah but you didn't answer my question about Freeman's glasses.

athletes dont wear glasses on the field.

Chris Sabo dislikes this.

What a shit show in Houston . . .

Chris_H_2 wrote:What a shit show in Houston . . .

Seriously. I mean their farm system is really good as it stands now but you gotta sign that kid especially when they drafted him over guys like Carlos Rodon, Kyle Schwarber and Max Pentecost who would have been easier to sign.

So it looks like Colby Lewis is adding to the unwritten rules of baseball with this new "not allowed to bunt against the shift when there are two outs in the fifth inning of a 2-0 game" thing.

philpritchard wrote:So it looks like Colby Lewis is adding to the unwritten rules of baseball with this new "not allowed to bunt against the shift when there are two outs in the fifth inning of a 2-0 game" thing.

Is MLB turning into MLS with all this whining?