The All-Stars of the All-Stars
What was originally thought of as a one-shot deal in 1933 has been turned into the annual mid-summer night baseball event. Of course, the All-Star Game pits the best players in each league against each other, but even among these high-profile contests, some shine brighter than others—and make up our All-Star “All Stars.” C: Gary […]
Red Hot Orioles and Their All-Star Contenders
If you glance at the standings in the AL East, you may overlook the Orioles due to their third place position. What you may not know, is that Baltimore has been red hot in the month of June, taking 13 of their last 17 games. Last week they took 3 of 4 from Philadelphia, putting […]
2014 Giants At the All-Star Break
When you live and die with your sports team, if your team is on top and playing well, you’re euphoric and happy. However, when they go through a bad stretch, you just want it to over it, or past it. The Giants had a horrible stretch in June, at one point going 4-15. It truly […]
Cast Your Vote for the 1916 All-Star Games
Every baseball fan knows that the first All-Star Game was played in Chicago in 1933. But calls for a midseason All-Star contest go back to the offseason of 1915-16, starting with this article that appeared in Baseball Magazine. We can’t go back in time to change history and replay those lost potential All Star Games on the […]
The Inventor of the Moonshot
Hey baseball fans! Matt Nadel here of Baseball with Matt with some more on the history of America’s Pastime. Now I know that at least some of you have heard of the great quarterback in the NFL, Warren Moon. However, have you ever heard of Wally Moon (no relation)? At first, I had never heard of the […]
MLB All Star Game Shouldn’t Matter
This month’s Major League All-Star Game marked the 10th anniversary of it counting, and it’s time that it stopped. This time ‘it counts’ is one of commissioner Bud Selig‘s bad ideas that just won’t go away. There is so much wrong with an all-star game playing a role in deciding the outcome of that […]
All-Star Angst: Taking Our Nation’s Pulse on Baseball
As spring fades into summer, one can feel the anticipation for the Midsummer Classic building through the baseball community. The Commissioner’s Office makes sure we go batty over our ballots, and articles on ideal All-Star squads flood cyberspace. I wrote a few columns of my own about my ideal assemblage […]
“It’s Not a Break:” My Selections for the 2012 National League All-Star Team
“I am a Major League Baseball All-Star. I didn’t get here by chance. I did not take the road of easy or the path of the painless. I worked hard to take this field, for my team, and for my league… Some call it an All-Star break. It’s not a break: we play on, because […]
All-Star Shame; Prospects Flame
Image by Evan Wohrman via Flickr I’m going to go on my annual rant about the All-Star Game albeit somewhat less harsh. This game is at a crossroads. What is it really and what has it become? Historically the All-Star Game was created to offer some excitement during the Great Depression. No fewer than 19 […]
A Starry July in St. Louis
A lot of All-Stars came to St. Louis this month for a visit. Then the Cards made sure some came to stay. The early part of the month was dominated, in Cardinal talk, by the MLB All-Star Game, which was held in Busch Stadium on July 14. All the hype, all the hoopla, all the […]
Great Moments in All-Star Game History: Part 3 (1990-2008)
Over the last two decades, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game has transformed from being simply a game to being a multi-day extravaganza where the game itself is simply one component. For that reason, the game has at times seemed to be anti-climatic, but has still produced some great memories. After the National League dominated […]
Great Moments in All-Star Game History: Part 1, 1933-1959
Since its inception in 1933, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game has provided fans an annual opportunity to see most of the great stars of the game on the same field. While the game is an exhibition and has withstood periods of indifference by some players, management and fans, it remains a special mid-season moment. […]
The case of Pablo Sandoval and the NL All-Star team
Image by acordova via Flickr The starting National League third baseman in this month’s mid summer classic will be the Mets’ David Wright. His numbers, even beyond his inflated New York aided vote total warrant the selection, especially when compared to the other top two vote getters; Chipper Jones and Ryan Zimmerman. Not to mention […]
Schlotzsky’s Introduces Big League Clubz Challenge
In the coming weeks, a restaurant called Schlotzsky’s will introduce a Big League Clubz challenge to all of their customers across the country. The company will have three different trading cards that will be featured at their franchises across the country which look like traditional baseball cards. The only difference between these cards and baseball […]
Reviewing the 2008 All Star Game Program
Obviously the makers of last year’s All Star Game program had a lot to play with as the game was being held at Yankee Stadium which almost has too much baseball tradition for a person to take in at one time. Programs such as these usually do a good job of bringing together stories form […]
