Anybody else notice during the All-Star introductions

[Oeditpus Rex]

that most of the players didn't tip their caps?

What are they teaching these kids? :wtf:

[JackBeck]

1. All I noticed is that 3 in the starting line-up are from the Mets.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Yeah, that's what fan voting does

:P

[JackBeck]

6. And to think...

I didn't even vote once!

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. See? If you woulda voted

Lo Duca might've started instead of Martin.



'Course, Martin would've come in in the first inning anyway, when Lo Duca got tossed. :rofl:

[JackBeck]

10. True. Lo Duca's been very emo recently.

Dude needs to snap out of it.

But I've macked on David for a quite some time...

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Understandable

DW's a good-lookin' dude.

Christ, is there anything ALers won't swing at? They think this is beer-league softball or somethin'? :wtf:

Yo, VLAD! A LEFT-hander leaves that ball alone, ya doof!

[Reverend_Smitty]

12. pretty sure you are going to have to go through me to get David Wright

He's *mine* :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. W00t!

Fight! :bounce:

[JackBeck]

24. Meh. She can have him.

Although he plays for my favorite team, he's not a personal team player. ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Yeahbut

don't you guys go around trying to sign people for your team? :rofl:

[JackBeck]

20. Granted, I'm married, but did you see the layout Reyes and him did last year?

I think for GQ? OMG. Hawt.

[Reverend_Smitty]

23. I did see that...I love em both!

:loveya:

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Hey, when you're full of steroids, you're lucky to get your arm up to your shoulder

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. I noticed that they had a pre-game show...

and yet Fox took up another hour after the pre-game ended for more pre-game festivities :wtf:

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. That had me rollin' my eyes, too

First pitch was at 5:48.

The tribute to Mays, though — that had me riveted. I don't know of a ballplayer more loved, nor one I'd rather watch.

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. The Mays tribute was nice...

but they could have trimmed back on the other crap

Go Jose, Go! NL 1-0!

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. They could've shortened the Mays tribute, too

Drive that Caddy at 55 or so. :D

Pissed me off, though, that they stuck a jacket on him with "Say Hey" on the back. That is NOT his real nickname; some sportswriter or somebody made it up. His real nick is "Buck."

[BrotherBuzz]

34. Buckduck was a nickname from his childhood, but Willie earned "The Say Hey Kid" tag

I remember watching TV commercials of Mays promoting a bakery where he would say, "Say Hey, eat Wonder Bread®, helps build strong bodies twelve ways". He also did a string of PSA spots where he said, "Say Hey kids, don't touch these, these are blasting caps". I knew of his nickname "Buck" from my childhood, but I also accept "Say Hey Kid" as a genuine nickname that was lovingly bestowed upon him, not something a sports writer hack conjured up.

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. I remember that PSA pretty clearly

"Those are blastin' caps. Remember, now, don't toush (sic) them. Tell a police or a fireman, wherever it is. Have fun, like I do — with those (cut to shot of bat and glove) and not with these."

They filmed it at Candlestick before a game. Some kid hollered "Willie!" and they left it in. :D

He was on the Donna Reed Show once, too. They were at a game, and Donna was trying to get his attention by calling, "Mr. Mays!" Finally, someone — Dr. Stone, maybe — whispered something to her and she called, "Say Hey!" and he turned around.

I also remember a billboard — think it was for Rainbo Bread — that had "Willie Mays Jr." on it and a picture of Mays' son, whose name is Michael. There is no Willie Mays Jr.

For that matter, Mays' plaque at Cooperstown has his name as Willie Howard Mays. His name is Willie Mays. No "Howard." And that's from the man himself.

Oh, and "Buckduck" came from "Duck-butt." His aunt, who raised him, said he was "high-bottomed." :D

[BrotherBuzz]

36. William Howard Mays was Kitty-Kat, Willie's father

Willy Mays' Full name is exactly that: Willie Mays.

Did they really install a plaque at Cooperstown with the middle name Howard inserted? :wow:


I appreciate the "high-bottomed" Duck-butt trivia, amazing what one can learn at DU. :thumbsup:

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Hell, it's even got the 'Jr.'

[BrotherBuzz]

39. Well, at least they put the correct cap on him.

A NY Mets cap would have been downright wrong.

[Katina]

13. Mays is a class act

always was. Did you notice he signed that pitched ball to Reyes? Reyes was like a little kid in a candy shop looking at a hero. Nice!

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. I noticed that Reyes *asked* him to

It's neat to find out the "heroes" have heroes. :)

[Katina]

19. and what class for Mays to have complied with a big smile

Reyes looked awestruck. Nice to see...but then Reyes is a true baseball player who loves the game and it's heros. He is so fun to watch.

[bigwillq]

14. I didn't watch it.

But I think they should. It's a sign of respect.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. And speaking of respect

35,000!

[bigwillq]

28. HA!

It just means I have not life. It's not all that special! :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Yeah, I know

I was just trying to make you feel good, since as a Jankees fan you have no joy in your life. :P

[bigwillq]

32. There is plenty of joy

in my life...Yeah the Yankees are not doing well this year. I am mad but my life will go on. :)

Plus, there is the whole second half left. They could turn it around. They have done that before after the break. Look at last year.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Ida wanna look at last year

We backed into the NLCS, then sucked up a big, fat, rolling shit donut. x(

[wildhorses]

18. they just touche their hats, yeah. i noticed that.

casual, man. real casual.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. A lot of 'em didn't even do that

The "touché" is okay when the game's on, unless it's a curtain call. But not when you're being introduced.

[wildhorses]

26. 1-0 griffey at bat.

[Reverend_Smitty]

21. Whoops...A-Rod looked silly on that one!

:rofl: and now my boy is on second again!

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. I missed it

Wha'd the Clod do?

[Reverend_Smitty]

27. Jose hit a ball down the third base line...

I guess it hit a pebble or something but the ball shot in the opposite direction that A-Rod was positioned in. Not an error but it didn't look pretty

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. He'll prolly sue the SF groundskeepers

and the pebble. :D

[u4ic]

37. Perhaps their agent is doing it for them?

:shrug: