All-Star managers are never

Mathias Baden — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:05:42 -0500

All-Star managers are never in their right minds. There is a lot of pressure to be kosher about how you use players. I haven't seen the numbers, but would it have be appropriate for NL LaRussa to pinch hit his guy in favor of another possibly just-as-clutch All-Star?

Likewise, AL manager Jim Leyland to pick a team full of Detroit Tigers, to pick on of his pitchers to start, or to put the voted-in fielders at the top in the lineup?

Kosher, kosher, kosher. Very politically correct. Just realize that this is not a real game -- that's why we liked that final inning so much.

And if you remember Bud Selig's worst decision as commissioner a few years back, there is no such thing as extra innings in an All-Star game.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I agree with the lackluster

shawn hogendorf — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:35:36 -0500

I agree with the lackluster play comment about the all-star game. It is dissapointing to see all stars not give their full effort.

That being said, the last inning was one of the most exciting innings of baseball I've ever seen.

Do you think National League manager, Tony Larussa should have pinch hit Albert Pujols?

Or was saving him for potential extra-inning play the right decision?

I love that the AL won the game, but how do you keep one of the best hitters in baseball on the bench with the bases juiced and the game on the line?

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All-Star managers are never

I agree with the lackluster