2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 82nd in-season exhibition game between the All-Stars of the National League (NL) and the American League (AL); the leagues composing Major League Baseball. The event was held on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the National League Arizona Diamondbacks. The game ended in a 5–1 win for the National League, their second straight All-Star victory. It was the first MLB All-Star Game to be held in Arizona and the first in a National League Park to have a designated hitter.
With a combination of injuries and rule enforcements, a record 84 players were named to the All-Star rosters. This broke the record of 82 players that were on rosters for the 2010 game.[2]
Immigration controversy
Some had suggested that Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig should move the game because of the controversial SB1070 anti-illegal immigration bill passed by the Arizona legislature and signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer.[3][4] Others considered asking club owners, sponsors and even players to boycott the All-Star Game if the law was implemented and the game remained in Phoenix.[5] However, on May 13, 2010, Selig announced that the game would stay at Chase Field in Phoenix as planned.[6]
Final roster spot
After the rosters were revealed, a second ballot of five players per league was created for the All-Star Final Vote to determine the 34th and final player of each roster, with online balloting conducted from Sunday afternoon, July 3, through Thursday afternoon, July 7. The winners of the final vote were Paul Konerko of the Chicago White Sox (AL) and Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies. Victorino became the first ever two-time Final Vote winner, having also won in 2009.[7]
Rosters
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- ^ Kevin Youkilis replaced Alex Rodriguez on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Jhonny Peralta replaced Derek Jeter on the roster due to fatigue.
- ^ Jon Lester replaced Felix Hernandez on the roster due to Hernandez's ineligibility to pitch.
- ^ Alexi Ogando replaced CC Sabathia on the roster due to Sabathia's ineligibility to pitch.
- ^ Michael Pineda replaced Justin Verlander on the roster due to Verlander's ineligibility to pitch.
- ^ David Robertson replaced David Price on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Ricky Romero replaced Jon Lester on the roster due to injury.
- ^ CC Sabathia replaced James Shields on the roster due to Shields' ineligibility to pitch.
- ^ Jordan Walden replaced Mariano Rivera on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Miguel Montero replaced Placido Polanco on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Scott Rolen replaced Chipper Jones on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Pablo Sandoval replaced Jose Reyes on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Andre Ethier replaced Shane Victorino on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Andrew McCutchen replaced Ryan Braun on the roster due to injury.
- ^ Kevin Correia replaced Cole Hamels on the roster due to Hamels' ineligibility to pitch.
- ^ Craig Kimbrel replaced Matt Cain on the roster due to Cain's ineligibility to pitch.
- #: Indicates player would not play (replaced as per reference notes above).
- †: Indicates player was designated as his team's closer.
Game Summary
Starters
Box Score
UMPIRES: Home Plate – Dale Scott; First Base – Jerry Layne; Second Base – Hunter Wendelstedt; Third Base – Dan Iassogna; Left Field – Ed Hickox; Right Field – Chris Guccione
Weather: Indoors
Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 47,994
All-Star Game notes
- Adrian Gonzalez's home run off of Cliff Lee and Fielder's home run off of C.J. Wilson makes it the first time in All-Star Game history where there were two lefty-versus-lefty home runs.
- Brian Wilson became the second pitcher since 1969 (when saves became an official stat) to earn a save in the All-Star Game after recording a save in the clinching game of the previous World Series. Dennis Eckersley accomplished this feat by finishing the World Series in 1989 and then in the 1990 All-Star Game at Wrigley Field.
- Tyler Clippard became the first pitcher in Major League history to earn a win in an All-Star Game or a posteason game facing only one batter and allowing a hit.
- This was also the second-straight All-Star Game where the winning pitcher was a member of the Washington Nationals. Matt Capps was the winner in 2010.
- Eight different American League pitchers struck out at least one batter, a record for an All-Star Game that did not go extra innings.
- Relief pitcher Heath Bell had players and fans laughing as he entered the game in the eight inning. Bell sprinted from the bullpen and did a slide in front of the pitcher's mound, taking out a chunk of the infield grass and leaving grass stains on his pants. "I wanted the fans to have fun with this," said Bell.[8][9][10]
- For the first time in his career, Ichiro Suzuki was not named to the All-Star team.
References
- ^ "MLB All-Star Game: Joe Garagiola, Daniel Hernandez to throw out first pitch". azcentral.com. July 11, 2011. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/2011/07/11/20110711joe-garagiola-jr-daniel-hernandez-all-star-game.html.
- ^ Matuszewski, Erik (July 12, 2011). "Baseball's All-Star Game Faces Player Exodus, Slipping Television Ratings". Bloomberg.com. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-12/baseball-s-all-star-game-faces-player-exodus-slipping-television-ratings.html.
- ^ Lupica, Mike (April 29, 2010). "Bud Selig should move 2011 MLB All-Star Game out of Arizona if new immigration law isn't stopped". New York: NYDailyNews. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2010/04/29/2010-04-29_bud_selig_should_move_2011_mlb_allstar_game_if_arizonas_new_immigration_law_isnt.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ Freeman, Mike (April 28, 2010). "MLB All-Star Game should emigrate from Arizona over immigration". CBS Sports. http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/13313406/mlb-allstar-game-should-emigrate-from-arizona-over-immigration. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin (April 29, 2010). "Arizona's new immigration law becomes an issue in Major League Baseball". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/29/sports/la-sp-arizona-immigration-20100430.
- ^ "Selig ignores pleas to move game". Associated Press. May 13, 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5186017. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ Newman, Mark (2011-07-07). "Konerko, Victorino go wire-to-wire in Final Vote". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110707&content_id=21536848. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ Rosecrans, C. Trent (July 13, 2011). "Bell's slide steals the show". CBSSports.com (CBS Interactive). Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/60CjCxpOp.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin; Shaikin, Bill (July 12, 2011). "Heath Bell doesn't let opportunity slide by at All-Star game". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/609uTOLDd.
- ^ Sullivan, Tim (July 12, 2011). "Show goes on without some All-Stars, but Bell provides memorable moment". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/609udh2oL.
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