MLB All-Star game/ National Anthem butchery

[daveleau]

Did anyone hear that butchery of the National Anthem by Anestasia (?) at the All-Star game? What a crock! I had to leave the room. I was horrified. She forgot the words TWICE and tried to jazz it up (I hate it when they do that...it is beautiful as it is...don't ruin it)

I think this one was worse than Roseanne Arnold's rendition in NYC!

Argh!


I wish I had a link about it. CNN and ESPN have said nothing so far about it.

[Mike]

LOL That's what I was saying to the guys in the IRC chat room when the game first started..
I was like WTF is she doing?

[osprey4]

Who sang it? Or rather, who tried to sing it?

[caddmannq]

There should be legal recourse. Some kinds of singing are disrespectful, but that one should have been unlawful.

[Gouki]

Kind of surprised no threads have been started on this yet...but what about how the game ended?!?! What a bunch of crap!

Let them play!

They're worried that a pitcher might hurt their arm....after pitching only 2 innings!??!!? Give me a break. They're professional athletes...I mean come on.

Not only that...that didn't announce an MVP either. Uggghhh...not too happy with baseball right now.

[caddmannq]

Yeah...that was a bust too.

Baseball doesn't have tie games! Never!

I think there was something "else" going on behind the scenes.

[daveleau]

This woman sang it: http://www.anastacia.com/ (there is sound to this site)

I agree. I am ticked at MLB right now for stopping the game. They should have allowed some pitchers toreenter the game. Smoltz pitched to one batter?!?!

Dave

[Mike]

I can see where they were coming from. Even if they are professional athletes, everytime they throw the ball there is a chance that something could go wrong.
Although the pitchers in that started could have warmed back up and pitched again. (Even if that would have been unethical, but a baseball game ending in a tie is VERY unethical.)

[fatal xception]

MLB is goig to screw up whatever it can.

Gotta save our players for a post season that will never happen. The strike is going to take care of that.

[Gouki]

Ya I agrree that there is the possibility of injury...but we take that chance just getting up in the morning. Hell I could be injured typing out this reply...lol.

Was talking with my boss earlier and he was telling me about one of the pitchers (I think from the Yankees?) pitched on 4 days rest...did 30 pitches or so and that was it for him. And he'll get another 4 days rest before he pitches again. Geeez!!

Makes you wonder what the "Splendid Splinter" thinks about all this...you can bet he's shaking his head.