American League 6-3 National League, Final
The All-Star Game is over and that means the Reds finally start selling off their team.
The American League have the home-field advantage for the World Series, where the team with an extra game has won five out of the last six Fall Classics.
Awesome.
The MVP is Mike Trout, who becomes the first player to win back-to-back ASG honors.
And that’s all folks - thanks for joining out live, MLB coverage - we’ll see you in October for more minute-by-minute coverage, but for now, thanks for reading.
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American League 6-3 National League, Final
Joe Panik is the batter, and he lines to left - Holt is there to make the stab and the ballgame is over!
The AL win the 86th All-Star Game!
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RUN! American League 6-3 National League, bottom 9th
Crawford lifts one to left - Braun is tagging at third and trots home - it’s a sac-fly and it cuts the AL lead to three.
Now it’s Kris Bryant, who gives it a ride, deep to right, but it does on the track and nwo the NL are down to their last out.
American League 6-2 National League, bottom 9th
Perfect Glen Perkins gets hit! Ryan Braun dumps one nto the right field corner and lands safely at third! So that’s the start the NL needs here to get something going. Here is Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford...
American League 6-2 National League, top 9th
Teixeira chases cheese, high and away as he becomes K#23 on a 102 mph offering from the Reds rep.
Gulp.
Last of the ninth coming up!
American League 6-2 National League, top 9th
Aroldis Chapman, who throws stuff that’s hard to see, faster than a speeding bullet, puts away Brock Holt for the first at-bat.
If you’re keeping score at home you know darn well he’s the 21st strikeout victim tonight. That’s too many strikeouts. Zzzzzzzz.
Mike Moustakas, who, surprise, was voted in by the fans in the late ballot, which, but the way, A-Rod wasn’t on, is at the plate. He’s behind 1-2 to the flame-throwing Cuban, who proceeds to put him away as the radar gun reads 103 mph.
Yup, that’s what it says.
Here’s Teixeira.
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American League 6-2 National League, bottom 8th
Grandal, a grounder to the left side - Iglesias, ranging to his right, getting low to make the stab, extending and firing in time to get the chugging Grandal - that is how you play shortstop - that man is insane!
Inning over.
American League 6-2 National League, bottom 8th
Upton moves to second as Gonzales swings and misses on a wildly moving pitch that gets away from Martin. A-Gone is just that, whiffing for out number two.
So it’s all up to the pinch-hitting Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal, who comes to the plate with a man on.
American League 6-2 National League, bottom 8th
Here is the ridiculous Wade Davis of the Royals and his super tiny ERA to crush NL’ers. He starts with Nolan Arenado, who is totally defenseless - he strikes out.
Justin Upton, who cold find himself heading out of San Diego soon, and he somehow scratches out a base hit to left.
Now it’s a former Padre, Adrian Gonzalez stepping in, looking to get on for a team that needs base runners.
HOME RUN! American League 6-2 National League, top 8th
Brian Dozier - a deep drive to center - Pollock is going back but there’s no more room - it’s a tack-on home run for Dozier as the Twin gives the AL a late, four-run lead in his first ASG!
Jose Iglesias bounces to third where Nolan Arenado makes a play, throwing across the diamond for the final out of the inning, but it’s a slow bleed for the NL.
American League 5-2 National League, top 8th
Here is Mark Melancon, who was a late addition to the ASG in 2013 and drove to the Queens ballpark with his wife from Pittsburgh.
Melancon gets Gardner looking for the first out.
Meanwhile, Todd Frazier tells FOX TV that there was no air conditioning in his house last night, adding to in-game interview lore.
Then pinch-hitting Russell Martin is caught looking. Two down.
American League 5-2 National League, bottom 7th
Panik is the 17th strikeout victim tonight - two down for the D-Backs AJ Pollock, who is a hidden gem out in Arizona.
Pollock bounces to third, Machado is charging to his left, nearly collides with Iglesias, has it, and fires to first in time for the third out. Side retired.
American League 5-2 National League, bottom 7th
Dellin Betances, the Yankees closer, born in Washington Heights Manhattan, raised in the Lower East Side, is in to pitch for the AL, and wastes little time retiring Jason Kipnis, who bounces to Teixeira, another Yankee, for the first out.
Now here’s rookie sensation, Kris Bryant of the Cubs, who is an All-Star but was not ready to start the team with the big league club. Hmmmmmm.
He works a 3-2 count vs Betances, who misses and walks the kid.
One on, one out - and here’s another New York born palyer - Joe Panik, the second baseman of the San Francisco Giants.
Stretch time - Take Me Out to the Ballgame
With the Screaming Mimes, of course.
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RUN! American League 5-2 National League, top 7th
AL keeps runners moving and Fielder keeps them coming home - a sac fly adds to the visitors league before K-Rod gets JD Martinez to bounce out 6-3. Side retired, but K-Rod spots the AL two more runs.
RUN! American League 4-2 National League, top 7th
Holt, that little scrappy lunchpail of an engine, takes off on a ball in the dirt and now he’s at second base.
No he’s not - he’s home - Machado hits a rocket that is at the wall in right field! Holt creates a run with his base-running and helps provide the AL a two-run cushion.
That’s an RBI double for the O’s third baseman, and here’s Teixeira, who bounces to the right side, into the shift, for the first out.
Machado moves to third. One down, here’s Fielder.
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American League 3-2 National League, top 7th
Another Rod, this one “K”, Francisco, of Milwaukee, is in to pitch and promptly walks Trout, who is now out. Gritty little Brock Holt of Boston is the pinch-runner and Manny Machado is at the plate.
Now, I missed it, but someone on TV is comparing Mike Trout to Bo Jackson, and whoever did that is to be congratulated - that’s because for the first time in my entire existence, I have heard a white athlete compared to a black athlete. Seriously.
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Who is the next face of baseball...
...a FOX promo asks the viewer.
I have no idea, but it’s A-Rod today, tomorrow, next year and probably the year after that.
So, tune in in 2018 to find out who is the next face of baseball.
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American League 3-2 National League, bottom 6th
Tulo, a tapper - Kipnis at second flips to Iglesias at shortstop and the NL threat is just that. They get a run on the Cutch jack but it could’ve been so much more. On to the seventh!
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American League 3-2 National League, bottom 6th
OK, it didn’t tie the game, but it is a hit, so some points there for me, yes?
I’m glad we agree. God goes up the middle - Goldschmidt moves to second and Dave Eiland, the Royals’ pitching coach, is out for a little chat with his man.
Troy Tulowitzki up with two on and two out...
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American League 3-2 National League, bottom 6th
It’s a battle for the Beltway in Cincinnati, which doesn’t happen often. Britton comes up trumps, throwing junk outside that Harper can’t resist - he fails to check his swing, and there’s two down for Goldschmidt, who taps to Britton, who promptly throws wide, pulling Teixeira off the bag!
That’s an E-1, and Yadier Molina, aka God, is in to make Britton pay for his fielding failure. I’ll be back in a minute to report on his game-tying hit.
American League 3-2 National League, bottom 6th
Home town heroics? No, a grounder to third - Machado makes Mark Teixeira stretch but the Yankees’ first baseman has it for the out.
Now Bryce Harper comes to the plate while Ned Yost comes to the mound. The AL skipper wants to make a move - Archer is out, and the O’s closer Zach Britton is in to face the bearded Nationals brute.
How will it end?
HOME RUN! American League 3-2 National League, bottom 6th
LIFE! McCutchen sets a slider sail, and it’s in the left field stands! McCutchen, tips his cap, touches home plate, acknowledges the Cincy crowd, and the NL are within a run. And here’s Todd Frazier!
Jacob deGrom, tremendous competitor, All Star. pic.twitter.com/62IIjaDPuV
— Andy Martino (@MartinoNYDN) July 14, 2015
yes...YES! That’s what I like about high school girls...
American League 3-1 National League, top 6th
The hearts of Mets fans everywhere flutter as their AS hurler Jacob deGrom takes the ball for the NL trying to help his team stay in with a chance at having home field advantage foe the World Series.
He reels back, hair flies, batters flail - Stephen Vogt on this occasion. The A’s backstop strikes out swinging through deGrom mastery for the first out.
Jason Kipnis? No chance. The heat rises up through the zone and the Indians second baseman is defenseless. Back-to-back strikeouts for deGrom.
Who is the next fool? It’s Jose Iglesias, already behind 0-2 in the count, and now it’s all over. He whiffs and becomes the third batter to be hammered by the Mets hurler, who strikes out the side, just as another former Met, Dwight Gooden, did all the way back in 1984.
Easy.
American League 3-1 National League, bottom 5th
Woosh - Archer fires away, right past the Dodger rook, and now there’s two outs for the DJ, who lines to right - inning over.
Email:
Bill Page writes:
Price will be in Detroit in 2016! They let Sherzer slip away but Price no way Hoze’.
Well, not if the tigers keep on tankin!
Tampa Bay Ray Chris Archer is on for the AL protecting a two-run lead, and looking shaky, throwing five straight balls after getting Rizzo to fly to center for the first out. Peralta walks to first - here’s Pederson.
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American League 3-1 National League, top 5th
Gardner strikes out, and the inning is over but we have runs runs runs! Hallelujah!
RUN! American League 3-1 National League, top 5th
Want more?Come get some - this time it’s Cain who drills one down the right field line and Pujols will score. Cain with an RBI double and Kershaw is getting hit as Didgers fans squeal.
Second and third and here’s Brett Grdner, sometimes known as Gardy, to try and pile on.
RUN! American League 2-1 National League, top 5th
OH YEAH HE CAN! Fielder goes oppo with a basehit to the left side - Trout swims home (yeah I said it) and the AL are up!
American League 1-1 National League, top 5th
Pujols in the hole 1-2 - Kershaw just misses out the outside corner, and Albert is alive, and on first after drawing a two-out walk.
So this is a nit of a situation right here, and everybody’s favorite former vegetarian, Prince Fielder, steps up to the plate with two gentlemen on base. Can Prince make’m pay?
American League 1-1 National League, top 5th
Kershaw hangs one and Machado hits a long drive to left - back for it is Pederson, he’s on the track - at the wall....and he...makes the catch!
Machado came within a few feet of putting the AL up, but it’s just a long (but not that long in Cincy) second out. Now it’s up to Pujols to cash in here. He’s 0-2 thus far.
American League 1-1 National League, top 5th
Clayton Kershaw, who was a late add to the roster, gives up a base hit! It’s Alcides Escobr slaps one through the left side of the infield, just barely under the glove of Frazier at third.
Now Trout bounces to second - LeMahieu to Peralta for one, Peralta to Goldschmidt for...SAFE.
Damn, that Trout can run some can’t he? He blazes down the line and breaks up the would-be 4-6-3 DP. So one on and one out and Manny Machado (in for Donaldson if you’re scoring at home which you’re not) steps in for his first at-bat of the game.
Oh boy...
...as good as the Home Run Derby was last night, the actual game is proving a bit of a dud. But don’t get down, there’s still time, and don’t forget, IT COUNTS! And you can tell by the crowd intensity and the player grunting.
American League 1-1 National League, bottom 4th
David Price of Detroit (for now) takes to the hill for the AL and faces Bryce Harper, who is leading off. He’s toast on a changeup that sinks, and that’s nine k’s in this ASG so far.
Did I say nine? Oh, no, I meant 10. Goldschmidt chases junk low and away and now he grabs pine. Now Buter Posey is looking for 11, but sadly, he just lines out to right.
Inning over. Jesus this is bad.
American League 1-1 National League, top 4th
Perez, reaches for it and slaps it up the middle, but LeMahieu is there and he flips it to Peralta who steps on second for the third out.
But we did have two base runners...and that’s something...right?
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American League 1-1 National League, top 4th
Madison Bumgarner, the Royals slayer, is on to pitch, and gets Cruz to fly to right before Lorenzo Cain, and get this, SINGLES! (true story)
I know Cain has been fantasizing about getting his revenge on MadBum for months - now he has it in a game that really counts.
Adam Jones of the O’s is up is ahead in the count 2-0 before taking a big cut, fouling off a 94 mph four-seamer. Thn he flies harmlessly to right field - Harper puts it away for the second out.
So that leaves it for Perez, who popped out to the left side vs Bumgarner to end the 2014 World Series - can he make like Cain and finally best his nemesis?
It’s 3-2 and Perez fouls it off.
Meanwhile, Harlold Reynolds of FOX TV is also getting desperate for action - he’s talking about the grunts players make, which is some real insight let me tell you. (McCarver anyone?...I know)
Perez is hanging in there against this beast - on the ninth pitch, Perez swings and misses but the ball gets past Posey! Perez heads to first and makes it with ease.
That’s a strikeout wild pitch and an extra out for the AL. Runners at the corners with two down for Altuve....
American League 1-1 National League, bottom 3rd
Felix Hernandez, 29-year-old with 11 big league years banked, master of five unique pitches, is on for the AL.
He gets LeMahieu to line to center for the first out. Then King Felix zaps McCutchen for the K, and now it’s Frazier, who also has nothing vs Hernandez. A quick bouncer to short sends us to the fourth, speedily.
Dear All-Stars,
Wanted - ACTION. Please kindly send some over asap.
Yours sincerely,
David
Hats II
Get this - someone likes the hats!? Phil Hall writes:
Hi Dave, gotta disagree about the hats. I think they look smart. Loving your coverage as always.
Sometimes I have to remind myself that I’m too old to be marketed to. Where’s the viagra ad when I need it?
American League 1-1 National League, top 3rd
Here’s Gerrit Cole, who has a 2.30 ERA for the Pirates. Felix Henandez is warming and set to come in for the AL next.
Cole faces Alcides Escobar, one of the 43 Kansas City Royals on the roster, faces the Bucs righty to start off the third. Cole, who looks just fine in painters stripes because he is a Pittsburgh Pirate, induces a pop-fly to center - his teammate McCutchen has it for the first out.
Now Trout is back, already with a homer in his back pocket.
FOX has him wired for sound and shows him in the dugout wondering why he didn’t swing in the first pitch of his first at-bat, but it’s really not that interesting.
Now Dallas Keuchel, who is done for the night, is speaking to FOX:
Everything I thought it was going to be and more. I was super amped....Outside the World Series it’s the best competition in baseball.
Then Joe Buck tells us he was an apparel major in college. Really, he said it.
Anyway, Trout strikes out. And now here’s Donaldson, who is issued a two-out walk.
That leaves it for Pujols, who is a very old raisin amongst this bunch.
He hits a bullet to center but Cutch is there for out number three. Moving on...
American League 1-1 National League, bottom 2nd
The kid strikes out, inning over, but not before the NL even it up.
RUN! American League 1-1 National League, bottom 2nd
Peralta dumps a base hit into right field, just beyond the reach of Cain - Goldschmidt trots home and we’re tied.
Then a past ball sends Peralta to second. So there’s a two-out runner in scoring position for the rook, Joc Pederson, who has made Dodgers fans (very very easily) forget about Matt Kemp in Los Angeles.
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American League 1-0 National League, bottom 2nd
Rizzo is behind in the count to Keuchel, before the Cubs’ franchise piece works the count full. Then he bounces to first - Pujols has it - looks back Goldschmidt at third and steps on first for the second out.
Two down and it’s up to Jhonny Peralta.
American League 1-0 National League, bottom 2nd
Gerrit Cole is warming up for the NL as Paul Goldschmidt, who is a little like a secret Babe Ruth, steps in to face Keuchel.
Have you ever seen a slugger this good, get such little pub?
Here’s a little roller down the third base line - Donaldson will have to hurry and he AIRMAILS IT!
Pujoles doesn’t even try to jump because it’s so high (or because he can’t), and Goldy is at second.
No, now he’s at third because Buster Posey moves him over after grounding to short.
So - we have one down and Goldchmidt on third for Anthony Rizzo of the Cubs, has a very boring face but can hit despite the lack of animation in his cheek bones.
Will Goldschmidt score? Stay tuned baseball fans.
American League 1-0 National League, top 2nd
Moving right along then - Greinke K’s Adam Jones and then faces Instagramer
extraordinaire, Salvador Perez, who has the worst contract in baseball (the wrong way) actually runs the count full, wastes a couple of pitches, and then is roasted on a 95 mph bullet on the ninth pitch.
That means four of the last five hitters he’s faced - not Jose Altuve though - he makes LeMahieu slide to his right before making the pick and throwing to first to get the fellow second baseman, and MLB’s shortest active player is the third out. Side retired...
American League 1-0 National League, bottom 1st
Now it’s big bad Bryce with his body for sin (did you know he was on a strict diet for that ESPN skin mag shoot? He ai’t going to displace A-Rod as the face of baseball by eating kale and dropping his drawers).
Anyway, Harper grounds to third and forces Donaldson to his right - the Blue Jay makes a play and gets bryce by a step.
That’s 1-2-3 for the AL and we’re off to the second inning already.
American League 1-0 National League, bottom 1st
Andrew McCutchen pops to first, right to Pujols, which is good because here is the Toddfather, Todd Frazier, who everybody wants to see anyhow. He is the only thing that seems to get this crowd excited, and they’re on their feet cheering for their (New Jersey born) hero.
Then they’re on their seats, as their hero, bounces harmlessly to Mr Donaldson who is over at third and making it look easy. Keuchel looks sharp - two down.
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Hats
The players are not wearing their traditional hats. They are wearing hats with painters stripes that don’t really work because the Pirates aren’t wearing them. This is a marketing ploy, but I ‘ll be damned if I see anyone walking around in those nasty things....
Oh, by the way, Greinke struck out Cruz, then got Lorenzo Cain to pop out to second - D.J. LeMahieu, who I guarantee many non-fantasy baseball playing fans, have barely heard of, made the easy play.
So Greinke settles in and shuts down the AL after a few early blips. Here come the AL’ers.
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American League 1-0 National League, top 1st
Greinke fires a bullet low, away, but on the black (which doesn’t really exist), for the first out of the LXXXVI ASG. Pujols is gone and here is Nellie Cruz bating with a man-on here...
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HOME RUN! American League 1-0 National League, top 1st
Oh no, it’s not...it is! Mike Trout clears the right field fence (barely) - and that’s a (total BS ban box) home run!
Trout’s tater puts the AL in front in the very first at-bat of the game, taking a 1-2 pitch deep, silencing this already extremely quiet crowd just a little bit more.
It’s the first lead-off homer at an ASG since Bo Jackson did it in 1989. Can you believe this is his FOURTH ASG of his crazy young career? How about that?
And how about this? Greinke just misses striking out Josh Donaldson and then walks the Jays slugger. So Greinke is flumoxed, wondering what in tarnation is going on here.
And here is Albert Pujols, who along with A-Rod and Mark Teixeira, is probably a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year award.
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First pitch!
It’s a strike from Greinke past Mike Trout, and it’s on!
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The very good old boys
Here comes Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron are being introduced and honored as the greatest living four, on the field before the game. We could argue this all night, and Bench was phenomenal, but, well, I don’t know. I don’t want to be rude.
Never mind.
Clayton Kershaw applauds the lefty, Sandy Koufax. Mays gets the loudest applause, and, well, hey, he looks pretty good for his age.
He throws the first pitch to bench, and it’s a strike!
We’re going to have real exhibition it counts baseball soon - I swear. Standby.
National Anthem
Ciara is doing it live - and it’s not bad. I’ll give it a 7/10.
If you’re upset you’ve missed it, don’t worry, we’ve got someone named Ciara singing the song before an Appalachian Power game in 2010. Enjoy!
Lineups
The AL & NL starting lineups. #ASG #WhipAround pic.twitter.com/cke4KiU3C8
— FOX Sports 1 (@FOXSports1) July 13, 2015
NL starter Zack Greinke says his family is really excited that he’s starting the ASG, but he’s still wondering if it’s a good idea that has wife schlepped out from LA because she is giving birth in about three weeks.
Greinke is a free-agent at the end of the year and could flee the Dodgers if the price is right. They’ll be takers - he’s 40-14 (even if we don’t really care about wins) over the past three seasons.
Dallas Keuchel is the AL starter for an NL team, or a former NL team (my head still spins when I look at the standings), and deservedly so - he’s tearing it up in 2015 off the back of a breakout 2014.
There’s going to be a lot of moving around tonight, a lot of players on the field. So if you’re scoring at home, and there is absolutely no way in hell that you are, be prepared for a very messy scorecard.
Remember the days...
When the starting pitchers would actually pitch three innings? No more - now teams would rather not see their hurlers take to the hill in the ASG. Roben Ventura had no interest in Chris Sale throwing for the AL tonight, so that gave me an idea for next year.
They can paint them in team colors and everything! Don’t worry Chris, next year you can rest up at home.
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This just in...
NL skipper Bruce Bochy, looking to fire up his team, just played a film to his team showing former NL President Warren Giles telling them to “stick it in the ear of those rotten damn AL’ers.” Except they just seemed puzzled by it all.
MLB Franchise Four
There was more than just ASG voting - fans were voting on the best four players in their franchise history. I’m going to take a stab at the Tampa Bay Rays, let’s see how I do.
- Victor Zambrano
- Wade Boggs (I know, he’s really a Yankee)
- Robert Fick
- Damian Rolls
How did I do?
Now, they’re announcing the Reds First four and the crowd is getting quite excited...
“Big Red Machine” catcher Johnny Bench of Baseball Bunch fame gets a cheer. Then shortstop Barry Larkin, who is a local boy done good is next.
This is getting tense, will they save the best for last?
Next is second baseman Joe Morgan, who won back-to-back NL MVP’s in 1975 and 1976 which was great - the ESPN work, not so much. Still, heck of a player.
Now for the moment - “last but not least”....(resume announced, no gambling mention) “Please welcome Pete Rose!”
Petey is on the field, and even if you like that or not, it is quite a human moment for a guy who loves baseball and is rarely allowed to face his fans. He looks a bit awkward, as he always does.
He walks off, and that’s that. You won’t see that guy in that spot for awhile.
Rosey
Pete Rose is on TV, FOX TV here in the US to be precise, and it’s kind of awesome. In just a few minutes, he took credit for Andrew McCutchen snapping out of his slow start, claimed that he didn’t really ruin Ray Fosse’s career (more on that below), called the Big Hurt, ex-Chisox slugger and hall-of-famer Frank Thomas, fat, and more than once, and...
Kevin Burkhardt: Who you got tonight Pete? Pete Rose: Well, if I were a betting man... *turns to camera* 😉 pic.twitter.com/EMQ59zC3TC
— Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) July 14, 2015
It’s a big night for Pete - the all-time hit king is back on his home turf amongst his crowd, given a free-pass despite his banishment from baseball for gambling as a manager, and as we’ve lately learned (officially) as a player.
It’s also the 45th anniversary of his 12th inning thumping of Fosse at old Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. His destruction of the Cleveland Indians catcher won the game for the NL, and is a key moment in All-Star Game history. Have a look.
So, does Pete regret barreling over Fosse? Hell no!
“Hell no, I won the game!”
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Last night
Baseball and their marketing has been taking stick for a while now, but we call it like we see it, and those busy playing Candy Crush had good reason to put down their devices and watch the Home Run Derby last night. The new format turned an event on par with water-boarding(ish) into something that is actually watchable, complete with one-on-one play, buzzer beaters, a reason to take big cuts, and, get this...a clock!
The clock, four minutes for each player to go deep as much as possible, was the magic number, and brought a dramatic, tidy, sense of urgency to the game. You could argue that it was the star of the show, but it wasn’t. That was Todd Frazier, who has a mighty swing, but just makes me think of bad pizza, killed it in front of his home crowd, bringing even more energy to the Great American Ballpark (cue the bad Rob Manfred high fives in the MLB suite).
So, take a bow MLB, but don’t get too happy - A-Rod is still the league poster child, which is fine by me but is probably not a viable long term solution to getting your sport back on the front pages.
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Major League Baseball All-Star Game LXXXVI from Cincinnati, a contest that “counts”, as the winner of this furious fight will be rewarded an extra home game at the World Series, which makes perfect sense.
Chances are that some punk kid will be deciding what happens tonight - 20 players are 25 or younger, which is a lot. Baseball is bidding to squeeze out chemically-aided up hangers on by their sell by date, and the roster at the Midsummer classic looks dramatically different these days.
“When I came to the All-Star Game the first time in 2012, not trying to be rude, but there were a lot of older guys playing,” recently said Bryce Harper. Very observant is that Harper.
We’ll have first pitch at a little after 8PM here on the east coast of the United States, 1AM in Blighty, and 5PM on the left coast.
So, there’s time to kill - tweet something here. I promise it’ll feel good.
David will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s DJ Gallo on how the Pirates are World Series contenders, and how it’s unacceptable:
You have real expectations. Pressure. A fanbase that expects greatness. You could have just been a nice team that was a nice story. But you had to mess it all up by becoming the best team in baseball.
Way to go.
