Utility All-Star

[Bench]

All the hub-bub surrounding Infante's selection to the All-Star Team over the likes of Joey Votto (OPS LEAGUE LEADER! ARGGHH!) is explained.  Manuel says he was directed by the commissioner's office to select an actual utility player under a new rule for this year's game that each team can designate a "utility" player, who can return to the game once taken out if there's no other available position player and somebody is injured.

Keppinger was robbed!

Also, who's the American league designee?  Hill?  Bartlett? Wigginton?  And wouldn't it make more sense to designate a starter to be available to return?

[austro]

How about just telling the fucking manager to manage like it's a real game?

[Bench]

How about just telling the fucking manager to manage like it's a real game?

Because this time it counts.

[HudsonHawk]

How about just telling the fucking manager to manage like it's a real game?

Because it's *not* a real game.

[Fredia]

you mean its just popcorn, peanuts and crackerjacks and another excsue for me to hat eh al?

[Duman]

you mean its just popcorn, peanuts and crackerjacks and another excsue for me to hat eh al?

Do you need an excuse to "hat"?

[moriartp]

Do you need an excuse to "hat"?

Never. In fact, I'm hatting right now and I don't care who knows it.

[chuck]

Do you need an excuse to "hat"?

I spent more time than I'm comfortable admitting, well, what the hell was I doing? Deconstructing? Reconstructing? Trying to figure out what the hell she was saying, sure. Anyway, yeah, I give, I have no earthly idea.

[MRaup]

I spent more time than I'm comfortable admitting, well, what the hell was I doing? Deconstructing? Reconstructing? Trying to figure out what the hell she was saying, sure. Anyway, yeah, I give, I have no earthly idea.

Mark's Guide to Reading/Understanding Fredia Posts:

1.) Read post.

2.) Get to word that doesn't make sense.

3.) Read rest of post and try to figure out what that nonsense word meant.

4.) Realize that, no matter how I look at it, that word doesn't make sense.

5.) Give up.

6.) Ponder if I should be the one that makes a wise-ass comment about it.

7.) Refresh and realize that Alkie beat me to it.

8.) Move on to the thread of the day involving Hudson telling everyone else they're wrong about everything else.

[geezerdonk]

Mark's Guide to Reading/Understanding Fredia Posts:

1.)get hammered

2.) Read post.

3.) Get to word that doesn't make sense.

4.) Read rest of post and try to figure out what that nonsense word meant.

5.) Realize that, no matter how I look at it, that word doesn't make sense.

6.) Give up.

7.) Ponder if I should be the one that makes a wise-ass comment about it.

8.) Refresh and realize that Alkie beat me to it.

9.) Move on to the thread of the day involving Hudson telling everyone else they're wrong about everything else.

10.)get hammered

[BatGirl]

i'm fairly certain she is saying 'hate the american league'

[Bench]

i'm fairly certain she is saying 'hate the american league'

you are the fredian Rosetta stone.

[MusicMan]

you are the fredian Rosetta stone.

Compliment or insult?

[chuck]

i'm fairly certain she is saying 'hate the american league'

Wow. I would never have decoded that. Incredible.

[BudGirl]

I thought it was something canadian.

[Waldo]

For a while, I thought it was supposed to be "hat, et. al." but that only confused me more.

[Duman]

For a while, I thought it was supposed to be "hat, et. al." but that only confused me more.

I thought that too.  My thought bubble was "wow, Fredia going Latin on us". I expected the next comment to be Ehhh Too Booty.

[MRaup]

For a while, I thought it was supposed to be "hat, et. al." but that only confused me more.

Or maybe she meant hate hal... Which could either be the stock symbol for Halliburton or the evil computer from 2001.

[MusicMan]

Or maybe she meant hate hal... Which could either be the stock symbol for Halliburton or the evil computer from 2001.

So our server is HAL?  This is starting to make sense.

[strosrays]

i'm fairly certain she is saying 'hate the american league'

It takes a lotta hate to hate a whole league.

[Mr. Happy]

Mark's Guide to Reading/Understanding Fredia Posts:

1.) Read post.

2.) Get to word that doesn't make sense.

3.) Read rest of post and try to figure out what that nonsense word meant.

4.) Realize that, no matter how I look at it, that word doesn't make sense.

5.) Give up.

6.) Ponder if I should be the one that makes a wise-ass comment about it.

7.) Refresh and realize that Alkie beat me to it.

8.) Move on to the thread of the day involving Hudson telling everyone else they're wrong about everything else.

So fucking nominated.

[JackAstro]

So fucking nominated.

See, now I can't even tell if we're being serious or satirical.

[MusicMan]

See, now I can't even tell if we're being serious or satirical.

Thank God, things are back to normal.

[Mr. Happy]

See, now I can't even tell if we're being serious or satirical.

It is in the eyes of the beholder.

[OregonStrosFan]

See, now I can't even tell if we're being serious or satirical.

Dude, you were on the DL for a month.  You can't expect to just return to SnS and be game ready... 

[Clark in Denver]

Joey Votto came through with the best quote of the All Star game:

“I don’t like the Cubs,” Votto said. “And I’m not going to pat anybody with a Cubs uniform on the back. But because he made that really cool play, it turned out to be a really cool experience. I’m really glad we got the win today.”