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You are here: Home / How Out of Touch Are They?

How Out of Touch Are They?

by John Cole|  July 15, 20032:28 pm| 1 Comment

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The latest word salad to come from Gail Collins and the crew:

Not everything in life has to mean something. Some things are just for the fun of it. The people who run baseball, including Commissioner Bud Selig, have yet to learn that little lesson. They keep trying to give the annual midseason festival known as the All-Star Game “significance,” with a capital S. It can’t be done. Tonight’s game is an exhibition, no more, no less, and baseball ought to live with it.

Nonsense, you nitwits. The game means a lot to a lot of people. In the past, it was very significant, because the players selected really were honored, and they did their damndest to win. They hustled, sacrificig their bodies for pride.

And although I disagree with the game being used as the determining factor for home field advantage (the team with the best regular season record should get it- that is why they played 160+ games, right?), the game should and does mean something. But not to shallow nitwits who have never met a tradition they didn’t want to shatter.

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    Duke Nukem

    July 15, 2003 at 8:32 pm

    I agree about the game always having meaning. You know that any long winning streak by either league really sticks in the craw of the players from the opposing league.The commercial from Fox has been hysterical, especially with Mark Patrick replaying it on his radio show:

    This time, it counts.

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