I can hear the declaration in my head. Smiling wide with homegrown pride, John Sterling emphatically announces, “Gardy Goes Party!”
Of course, this is rhyme play, merely — not reality.
When it comes to the placing of value on playing in an all-star game, Brett Gardner is the anti-Carmelo Anthony.There is no doubt about where priorities lay for the soon-to-be-32-year-old, first-time participant in the Midsummer Classic. Gardy gets to party whenever one of his teammates delivers a walk-off hit. He bathes others with Gatorade. He does not crave to be bathed with others’ adoration, however.