Get it?
Seriously. In less than 24 hours you’ll know whether your team could have home field advantage during the World Series. (disregard that Nationals fans) Because tonight the brightest stars in Major League Baseball will step out of the dugouts in St. Louis and slug it out to determine who’s greater…the over paid players of the AL or NL.
Every team will be represented and every fan will wait with baited breath as the greatest in the game battle it out for ultimate…..
you know what, I give up, I can’t do it.
Tonight’s All-star game has the potential to be a lot of fun. But despite the fact that it is All-star players it is still nothing more than an exhibition game and that means it will most likely be rather boring…even if the commissioner has looked down in all his wisdom and made it “count” this time. So in an effort to keep you from getting too bored here are five things you can do tonight to make the All-star game at least interesting, if not downright exciting…ok, interesting.
Buck/McCarver drinking game
As you and your buddies sit down to watch the game grab your favorite soda. Each time either Tim McCarver or Joe Buck praise a player for playing the game the “right way” everyone takes a drink of soda. Last one to make the trip to the bathroom wins. (ed. Note: there is another version that is not played with soda but with tomorrow being a work day, play at your own risk.)
Catch up on Army Wives
As a guy sports should probably hold some place of reverence in your life. Since this is really your only sports option tonight if you choose to watch something else you might as well rip up your Man Card and get caught up on the hit Lifetime series “Army Wives”. Maybe Frank won’t divorce that Catherine Bell chick for cheating on him while he was, you know, ignoring his family to fight for our freedom in Iraq.
Reorganize the Ipod
Seriously, have you looked through that thing lately? You don’t listen to half that crap. Besides you can work on that and then move over to balancing the checkbook while the games in the background. If anything crazy happens you’ll see it…they’ll show it 14 times before the next pitch and you can get some work done.
Take a nap
You know what…this might happen anyway if you attempt to just watch the game by yourself. The upside is you get some sleep and that never hurts anything. Plus, when anyone asks if you “caught that game last night” you can tell them you had it on all night. The downside is you won’t actually know what happened so you’ll have to wake up early anyway and wade through Sportscenter to see the highlights so you can pretend you saw all the action. Also note, your nap dreams may contain Joe Buck…kinda like Troy Aikman.
Join us during our Livecast of the game
At Pyle of List we’ve given some thought to the best way to view sporting events like this. It’s become obvious to us that the network booths have completely disconnected with the fans. So in an effort to bring you a palatable All-Star experience we’ve decided to hang out with you, the reader, during the game. But not just in the usual Liveblog format. We will actually be watching the game and meeting up online with you the fan in audio. Think about sitting around and watching the game with a group of hilarious Bloggers (and me) as we talk about the game, Buck and McCarver’s antics or general sports stuff. You can interact with us via a chat window provided or even call in and add to the proceedings or berate our opinions.
We’ll be online as the game begins @ . Stop by and say hey.