Posts Tagged ‘tuesday night’
MVP McCann helps NL end All-Star drought (AP)
July 14th, 2010
Brian McCann, Scott Rolen or Heath Bell might really appreciate what happened on this July night come October. Charlie Manuel, too. An All-Star win the National League thought was long overdue. And with it, home-field advantage in the World Series. McCann earned MVP honors with a three-run double in the seventh inning, right fielder Marlon Byrd alertly threw out David Ortiz to slow a ninth-inning...
NL wins first All-Star game since 1996 (AP)
July 14th, 2010
One key swing by Brian McCann pulled the National League out of the All-Star shadows. McCann's three-run double in the seventh inning provided the NL all the offense it needed to capture its first Midsummer Classic since 1996 with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night. In a year of dominant pitching, young starters David Price and Ubaldo Jimenez set the tone -- and got even more help from the tricky...
2010 MLB All-Star Game: American League or National League Predictions
July 13th, 2010
On Tuesday night, the city of Anaheim will become relevant again as the top players in the MLB hit the field for the 2010 All-Star Game.
On Wednesday, it will go back to being a city that just added Los Angeles to its name for publicity.
But until then, there are two teams wrestling for something very crucial: home field advantage in the World Series.
While the exhibition may seem trivial to you, players want home field in the World Series as much as the Kardashians want their names in the news.
Well, unless they play for the Cubs. Then they know they aren’t going to the World Series.
Ever.
Many people think the starters for these games aren’t important because they rarely play more than three innings each. However, many of the recent All-Star games have had runs scored early, so if a team wants a cushion, it will come down to these nine guys.
So who has a chance to make an impact early on?
Note: I chose Marisa Miller to give you all something pretty to look at.
If you've watched any of the recent All-Star games, it's the last thing pretty thing you will see during the break.