Comments | 1863_project: I love this game - but let's not ruin it, okay, ESPN?

1863_project

I love this game - but let's not ruin it, okay, ESPN?

Mar 31, 2008 09:25

So apparently I missed something last night when I was watching the Nationals open up their lovely new ballpark.

But don't worry - other people caught it. Supposedly the ESPN commentators said something to the effect that they aren't counting the two games we played against the A's as real Opening Day games because we, well, didn't play them in ( Read more... )

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thisgirlownsmlb March 31 2008, 14:15:08 UTC

So I wasn't imagining things! I THOUGHT I heard them say that, but I wasn't really paying attention because I was too busy playing my guitar throughout the course of the game.

Wow, how lame. I swear, sometimes ESPN just..kinda needs to shut up. It's baseball. Let the game run it's course weather it opens in Japan, America..OR MARS. My God. >:O

~~Ally

1863_project March 31 2008, 14:19:32 UTC

Yeah, they did. I was trying to read and watch baseball at the same time, so I somehow missed it the first time around, but this is just...ugh. It doesn't matter where the games are being played as long as they're playing the game right.

(Also, the season will someday open on Mars, except the teams that do it will then go back into Spring Training to play two or three exhibition games on the surface of the Sun before starting the season again in Kansas City.)

thisgirlownsmlb March 31 2008, 14:29:12 UTC

Boo. I'm mad I missed it because I would've called in and complained for 471289741898941 hours. >:O

Ahahaha! That's gotta be hott. :P

~~Ally

1863_project March 31 2008, 14:31:11 UTC

Oh, I know - it's one of those things to write in about, isn't it?

I seriously wouldn't be surprised if this became a reality someday, too. Well, at least the Mars part. The Sun bit was far-fetched...

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sheep_mambo March 31 2008, 14:16:22 UTC

I loved it how the crowd stood up as Zimm walked up to the plate as if they knew.

There is a wonderful, wonderful FJM article that rips some old columnist from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution who talks about the unfairness of baseball opening in Japan here. Someone commented on the AJC saying how it didn't know the paper hired so many xenophones. Ick >.>;.

1863_project March 31 2008, 14:22:29 UTC

Yes! The whole thing was beautifully poetic!

I must've been one of the few people totally excited about opening the season in Japan. And how could that columnist cite Pearl Harbor as a reason not to go? The stupidity and blindness of some people...(facepalms)

sheep_mambo March 31 2008, 14:39:46 UTC

xenophobes.

I swear, I should be more alert and awake at work.

1863_project March 31 2008, 14:43:24 UTC

No worries - I'm not awake enough to stop making YGO! Abridged jokes about the rest of the MLB opening the season IN AMERICA!, so it's not a big deal.

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jennyagain March 31 2008, 15:23:45 UTC

i KNEW there was a reason i was watching with that shit MUTED.

::grumpyface::

1863_project March 31 2008, 16:06:38 UTC

Yeah. I wish I'd joined in with you there. Ugh. I'm tempted to write in.

meril March 31 2008, 16:00:21 UTC

It was a great home run, unless you were personally invested in having Peter Moylan pitch well. O NOZ

Wait...oh, the manager position. Gabe Kapler is still the Brewers' fourth outfielder. Or fifth outfielder. We have too many outfielders.

1863_project March 31 2008, 16:08:49 UTC

That's right, you've got Gabe now! I keep forgetting that's where he is...Congratulations, you'll enjoy him! He's awesome and he has good taste in cookies.

We have too many outfielders in Boston, too. Meanwhile, there are teams out there looking for some extra outfielders, so...

blinding_voip March 31 2008, 16:37:57 UTC

The Cubs' announcer said the exact same thing a few days ago. He was bitching about how it's not real Opening Day, and baseball is "America's game" not Japan's game (seriously, he actually said that), and how Opening Day should be in Cincinnati every year (...the fuck?). I mean, seriously, the players aren't bitching so plz STFU. Auuuuggghhh. I actually missed when Miller and/or Morgan said the same thing last night but that may be because my brain died when I saw Dubya in the booth. DO NOT EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN, ESPN! D:

I got that Clay article in my google alerts this morning :). How cute that his parents "wiped away tears" at first ST start. Aaawwwww <3.

1863_project March 31 2008, 16:53:00 UTC

Okay, does the announcer realize that it was the Americans who brought baseball to Japan in the first place? They were trying to spread the game back then - possibly in hopes that it would become everybody's game. (That ended up being soccer/football, but oh, well. They tried.) The sport's so international at this point - how could you say something so stupid?

The sad thing was that Dubya was a better commentator than both of them! To his credit, he does understand baseball, at least, and he didn't say anything stupid about opening in Japan.