Sounds like something Big Papi would do.
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The Chicago Cubs’ Ben Zobrist flied out to center on the second pitch of the game from the Chicago White Sox’s Chris Sale. “Until that happens, expansion has to be on the back burner for us”.
The reigning world-champion Kansas City Royals know a little bit about the importance of having home-field advantage for the World Series.
So many storylines intersect on evenings like these, and they do not always find a neat denouement in the final score. It turned into Salvador Perez’s magical All-Star evening.
Hosmer, who finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs, was named the Most Valuable Player.
A single in the 1st inning by Mike Trout marked the first time in All-Star Game history that an American League player recorded at least one hit in each of his first five All-Star Game appearances (2012-16 for Trout).
Hosmer stretched the American League’s lead to three when he singled to left field, deflecting off Bryant en route to scoring Edwin Encarnacion. But in the 87th MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night, won by the American League 4-2, the Royals didn’t give Cueto any breaks.
While the American League earned the victory for the 11th time since the game went to a “This one counts” format in 2003, it had to do so in come-from-behind fashion.
“It’s so insane”, Hosmer said. “That’s why baseball is insane”. The decision was made because four consecutive All-Star Games are scheduled to be played in NL parks – Cincinnati last year, Miami next year and Washington in 2018. Both home runs came off NL starter and losing pitcher Johnny Cueto.
Manfred also said that MLB is going to meet with the World Baseball Softball Confederation to discuss possibly allowing major leaguers to compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, although he added that “from a calendar prospective, the dates of the Tokyo Games are not ideal”. “But you have to be able to execute”, said Yost. He did not miss the 96-mph heater in giving the NL a 1-0 lead that did not last long. That was 70 starts ago. So rare, according Elias research, that it had never happened before. All he knows is that he’s glad Hosmer is on his side. “So it was nice to see that for me and not against me”.
The only two teammates who had even homered in the same game in any of the previous 40 All-Star Games were David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, of the 2004 Red Sox.
He said he wasn’t at his best. “Salvy and I go way back”.
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“When you make mistakes like I did in the big leagues, that is what happens”, Cueto said through an interpreter. “And to share that experience and have the games we did tonight was really special”. As MVP, Hosmer got to choose between a truck and a Camaro. I’m going to give you two at-bats, and if you get on your second at-bat I’m going to pinch-run for you and give you an opportunity to walk off the field. “For them, this might be a much smaller stage”. He is the second Royal ever to take home the honors (Bo Jackson, 1989). This All-Star Game represented a homecoming for a number of players, including Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, who played his college ball at the University of San Diego. Eight months after hoisting the World Series championship in NY, they used Tuesday night’s exhibition as a national encore, vanquishing an old teammate in the process.
