Lost In The All Star Game Excitement

[Blarg]

Ok... so many captions for that pic. So many.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I've never really been an ARod fan and you very well may be right. I've just been floored by his turnaround this year. I would have bet a significant amount of money that the Yankees would have either released him, he would have been a shell of himself or he would have done something stupid again to plaster his name in a negative way in every headline. None of those things happened.

You'd shut up and do the right thing to keep the $25 mil checks coming.

[LAA Road Tripper]

You'd shut up and do the right thing to keep the $25 mil checks coming.

I would. ARod only recently demonstrated that that discipline. Two years ago I doubt anyone would have banked on him doing what seems pretty obvious to everyone else, though.

[Lou]

My view is that ARod "might" get in sooner than the others. After doing everything wrong, he's done everything right in his rehabilitation tour. Mainly shut his mouth and produce.

for a whopping 4 months

[Puget Sound Angel]

The HOF is for the best of the best, not for the very good. Kershaw needs to put in more work especially in the post-season.

[arch stanton]

This was the first time he's allowed runs in the all star game. One team has his number in the post season the last 2 years. Other than that he's easily the best pitcher in baseball since 2011. Unless you think the 144 starts and nearly 1,000 innings of regular season work don't hold meaning.

[Hollyw00d]

The HOF is for the best of the best, not for the very good. Kershaw needs to put in more work especially in the post-season.

Have you seen some of the dudes in the hall of fame? It's pretty watered down imo

[Hollyw00d]

Yadier's gotta make the HOF.

I don't think so.

Hall of the very good candidate

[Hollyw00d]

Even though he's taken a dump the past couple seasons, joe Mauer has a much better chance than Molina.

I think Jorge posada had a better career than Yadier so far

[Hollyw00d]

Kershaw has some work to do before he's achieved a HOF worthy career. I'd say he needs at least 5 more very good seasons or 3-4 outstanding ones.

Felix will make it.

[Jason]

Also lost in the excitement:

I get the same feeling when Trout does awesome things.

[Jeff Fletcher]

As for A-Rod, I am a HOF voter and I vote for Bonds, Clemens, Piazza.

I am not sure I could vote for A-Rod.

I feel like the other guys were just a product of their era. They used steroids when MLB didn't care to stop anyone, so I don't feel it's my place to retroactively enact discipline.

But A-Rod is different. He got suspended. (Manny Ramirez is the same. He'll probably be a good indicator for what A-Rod will face.)

I still may end up voting for him. His first time on the ballot is about 7 years away and his last time is 17 years away, so who knows how the voters will think.

My point is that there is no way you can say for now he is definitely getting in.

Edited July 16, 2015 by Jeff Fletcher

[Angel Oracle]

Did...did you just say Lackey is HOF worthy?

What the actual ****.

Mule fritters!

Horse hockey!

[juansavage1]

I get the same feeling when Trout does awesome things.

You feel like a glass pole is rubbing your gyny?

[hen3ry]

The PED guys will not get in during their lifetimes, I think.   In about 50 years or so their cases will be reevaluated and eventually the veterans committee might say "yeah, they were juicing but so were the pitchers.  Bonds and Rodriguez woulda made it even without the PEDs, they each would have had 500 HR.  So yeah, let em in."  But I don't think either will be alive when they're inducted.

[juansavage1]

I hope they don't make it in. I hope Rose doesn't make it. We have to have some standards if behavior. I know Cobb was a dick, but I guess that was acceptable back then. We shouldn't negate our ancestor's vote, most of the time.

Edited July 16, 2015 by Juan Savage

[Hollyw00d]

How did she get in those jeans