All star 2011

by hotclaws on Apr 11, 2009 4:21 PM EDT Comment 14 comments

So,I know this is good news financially for the city and the ballpark but does it have any other meaning? Is it any measure of prestige for the D'Backs team?

I personally find the All Star game a huge bore.I enjoy the pre game stuff,the parade of Hall of Famers and things like that but I can't take a game seriously that is basically a pick up one.

I'm pleased about it of course but just wonder about the long term benefits.

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40-60 million in tourism revenue (probably on the higher end of that range because the economy should have recovered my mid-2011) is not reason enough for the All-Star Game, then King Bud’s edict that the All-Star Game determines home field advantage in the World Series should provide enough drama for you.

While I personally disagree with King Bud’s decision, it has made the All-Star Game more of a game (of which I am in favor) and less of just a spectacle (though that element remains alive and well).

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by Snakebitten on Apr 11, 2009 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It means that we finally

can drag you and Wimb out here for a game or two! We ain’t taking “no” as an answer either….

For a weekend, it means the baseball world will be here in our city, at our park. That’s pretty big. Of course, it’ll be 130º that day and the night of the game will bring the worst monsoon storm Phoenix has ever experienced.

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by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 11, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd love nothing more!

:) maybe someone will be paying me to go….. or more likely I should start saving now ;)

Time for another drink then?

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by Wimb on Apr 12, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

me too

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by hotclaws on Apr 13, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Couch space

At SnakePit Towers will be available. Because you know any hotel in the area is going to jack its prices through the roof for those three days…

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by Jim McLennan on Apr 16, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm....

I have a couch too. But I prefer female Snakepitters, like hotclaws.

Heh.. heh…. allllriiiiiight.

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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What the?

Why did it post that twice??

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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

giggity

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 18, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that this is great

This is hopefully the summer after I graduate college, and hopefully, hopefully, I can mooch my parents to buy me a ticket down there so me and my buddy can go watch the game, and hopefully another series.

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by sergey606 on Apr 11, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

About time

I just think it is about time. Selig seemed to go through the whole league and some minor leagues and an independent league team, prior to finally allowing us lowly desert dwellers to get a chance to have the game in our backyard.

As for the game itself, I wish it did not count. I would rather enjoy an actual exibition game. The WS should go off best record of the two teams, or possibly the best record of AL versus NL in interleague play.

Just my 2 cents.

by Bcawz on Apr 11, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

idk about that

Because otherwise some players would rather have some days off from their long season and take a vacation to say, the bahamas…..
And apparently it doesnt matter which side wins, since the AL won last year, and philly won the actual thing that counts…

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by sergey606 on Apr 12, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

One data point

does not a theory make. The evidence (both experiential and numerical) lies in favor of the home team by somewhere between 1 and 5 percentage points in terms of win expectancy.

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by Snakebitten on Apr 12, 2009 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm sure

home field advantage is a good thing to have. I’m just saying, the better team will most likely win

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by sergey606 on Apr 12, 2009 3:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Except

the contrasting evidence is that the World Series champion has largely alternated the past 9 years after the Yankees domination between the two leagues, with 5 AL wins and 4 NL wins. It would seem recently it’s more important to be on a hot streak, with the past 5 World Series not going beyond 5 games, no matter which league won.

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by soco on Apr 12, 2009 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs