2013 All-Star Game

[Guest themetfairy]

The Shea Apple is bedecked for the All Star Game -




As is the Home Run Apple -



Topps Lineup Cards for the Home Run Derby -



Syndergaard started the Futures Game -



And I found Nimmo -



Mr. and Mrs. Met were working the crowd -

[MFS62]

Montero started for the International team.
Any pics of him?

Later

[Ceetar]

[MFS62]

Thanks.
Later

[Guest Swan Swan H]

There was a very nice tribute to Gary Carter, introduced by Jennie Finch, at the beginning of the softball game. Kid had caught Jennie in one of the previous games, and there were some clips of that, as well as a number of clips from his Mets career. All of the ex-Mets in the game (Doc, Darryl, Franco, Rickey and Piazza) got a highlights package on the scoreboard during the game.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Although it's not supposed to be announced officially until 1:30pm, Andy Martino reports that Harvelous Harv will start this year's ASG for the National League.

Report: Matt Harvey To Start For NL In All-Star Game

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) � No surprise here: Mets ace Matt Harvey will be named the National League�s starting pitcher for Tuesday�s All-Star Game at Citi Field, according to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News. NL manager Bruce Bochy will make it official on Monday, Martino reported via Twitter. Harvey told WFAN radio last month that he was eyeing the start at the Mets� home ballpark. �That would be a huge adrenaline rush,� Harvey told Mike Francesa. �And it would be the start of hopefully something great, to have my first All-Star Game at home and hopefully get a chance to start it.� Harvey is 7-2 with a 2.35 ERA and a league-leading 147 strikeouts. �This guy is the most dominant pitcher, and I�ve played behind some great ones,� Mets captain David Wright said Monday on WFAN�s �Boomer & Carton� show. �He generates the buzz of Pedro Martinez or Johan Santana and has the stuff to go out there and absolutely dominate lineups. And he�s done that.�

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/15/report-matt-harvey-to-start-for-nl-in-all-star-game/

[Ceetar]

Swan Swan H wrote: There was a very nice tribute to Gary Carter, introduced by Jennie Finch, at the beginning of the softball game. Kid had caught Jennie in one of the previous games, and there were some clips of that, as well as a number of clips from his Mets career. All of the ex-Mets in the game (Doc, Darryl, Franco, Rickey and Piazza) got a highlights package on the scoreboard during the game.

As well as Ozzie Smith.

Actually, did Rickey get one? I feel like I missed that.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Ceetar wrote: Swan Swan H wrote: There was a very nice tribute to Gary Carter, introduced by Jennie Finch, at the beginning of the softball game. Kid had caught Jennie in one of the previous games, and there were some clips of that, as well as a number of clips from his Mets career. All of the ex-Mets in the game (Doc, Darryl, Franco, Rickey and Piazza) got a highlights package on the scoreboard during the game. As well as Ozzie Smith. Actually, did Rickey get one? I feel like I missed that.

Yes, Ozzie. I thought I was forgetting a non-Met. Thanks.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Just spent lunch hour in the heat watching the Parade of All-Stars As They Drive Slowly Down 42nd Street in Quality Chevy Trucks. I must have come too late, or left too early, to see Wright & Harvey, but made it through the rest of the NL and the beginning of the AL, before I left. Very hot out there.

A bunch of X-Mets came riding by atop a doubledecker bus. Spotted Franco, Mookie, Al Jackson. But this event was great for Wifey Watching above all.

[batmagadanleadoff]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/sports/baseball/all-stars-of-1964-recall-a-wild-show-at-shea.html?_r=1&&gwh=D3E2E9BFFB40D36C715B80D1916B116F

Jesus H. Christ on a bun! I can't access this NYT Sandomir piece on the '64 ASG because I've exceeded my monthly limit of 10 free articles on the NYT web-site. I thought the restriction didn't apply to their Sports section.

A little help.

[metirish]

Here you go.....as an aside, they have changed their subscriptions, my digital subscription was for online(any device, but not kindle/ipad), the chrome app but not the android app............that has changed as of yesterday....my subscription covers them all now(not sure about ipad as I do not have one)

Shea Stadium and the World�s Fair opened in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in April 1964, reason enough for Major League Baseball to stage its All-Star Game in Queens. By July 7, the day of the midseason classic, which was played on a sunny afternoon, the Mets had lost 58 games on their way to losing 109. The Mets are finally hosting the All-Star Game again, at Citi Field on Tuesday. Once again, the Mets aren�t very good, although 109 losses would seem beyond their reach. A half-century from now, fans may talk about the Hall of Famers on the current National and American League rosters, a group that includes Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Cano, Joey Votto and David Wright. The oldest player is Mariano Rivera, 43; the youngest is Bryce Harper, 20. The 1964 All-Star squads had 18 eventual Hall of Famers, 12 from the National League. Both teams were so loaded that Sandy Koufax and Whitey Ford never got to throw a pitch, but they did guard the ball bags during batting practice. Bill Mazeroski and Ron Santo didn�t get to play, either. Hank Aaron was a mere ninth-inning pinch-hitter for Ron Hunt, a starter at second base who was the lone Mets All-Star. Casey Stengel, the Mets� irrepressible manager, coached first base for the National League. He looked at the lineup card before the game and said: �Look at them extry men. Aaron, White, Koufax, Bunning. This lineup is so good that my best hitter, Ron Hunt, is batting eighth.� The starting pitchers were from the two Los Angeles teams: Don Drysdale of the Dodgers and Dean Chance of the Angels. The N.L. manager was the Dodgers� Walter Alston; Al Lopez of the Chicago White Sox managed the A.L. team The game drew an announced crowd of 50,850, the largest for an All-Star Game since 1959 but a few thousand short of a sellout. The National League won, 7-4, on a three-run, game-ending home run by the Philadelphia Phillies� Johnny Callison. A portrait of the game was derived from interviews with some of the All-Stars. DICK GROAT N.L. starting shortstop I liked Shea Stadium. I just loved New York City. I broke in at the Polo Grounds, where I got my first major league hit. I even met my wife at the Polo Grounds. DEAN CHANCE My parents drove out to the game from Ohio, and my friends were there. I can�t say that Shea stood out from anywhere else, but it was the first time I�d ever seen it. RON HUNT The big thing was that my grandpa and my mom had a chance to fly in. I come from a split home, and Grandpa and Mom raised me in the alleys of St. Louis, and he taught me how to play ball, hit a ball, and how to play bottle caps. JOE PEPITONE A.L. reserve first baseman It was new, and any new ballpark for the first time is special. It was exciting. The fences were deep. It had more of a coliseum look. BILL WHITE N.L. reserve first baseman We didn�t like the American League. The National League always felt it had better players. We thought we were more competitive. JOE TORRE N.L. starting catcher There�s so much more fanfare now. When we walked into the clubhouse, you looked up and you had medical tape above everybody�s locker with your name on it. PEPITONE It was a totally different game then. Now it�s more of a comedy. Kids out there laughing. We wanted to beat the other team and beat them bad. You saw Rose slide full blast into Fosse in an All-Star Game. Today, a guy slides and the other guy helps him up. If I did that, Ralph Houk would have grabbed me by the eyeballs. TORRE I was going over the signs with Drysdale, and here I am, 23, not yet 24, and I�m asking him what he wants to use for signs. And he said, �Just fastball, curve and breaking ball.� I said, �What�s your sign for your spitball?� and he said, �I�ll just throw it off the fastball.� Being dumb, I said yes, and he threw that wet fastball three or four times past me. JIM FREGOSI A.L. starting shortstop Dean really wanted to start. He got knocked out early the Sunday before in Boston so he could start in the All-Star Game. That was the contention of many of us at the time. The American League jumped to a 1-0 lead against Drysdale in the first inning when Harmon Killebrew singled in Fregosi, who led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a passed ball by Torre � perhaps one of Drysdale�s spitters. Chance began what became an easy three-inning stint � two hits, no runs, two strikeouts � with the leadoff hitter Roberto Clemente. CHANCE I had two strikes on Clemente and tried to throw a slider. It hung up by his eyes and he went off his feet, and he struck out. It was totally luck. Next hitter was Dick Groat, and I struck him out. The only two guys I struck out. HUNT Chance was just another pitcher to me. I hit a 3-1 slider over the shortstop�s head for a single. In the fourth inning, Lopez replaced Chance with Kansas City Athletics reliever John Wyatt. Billy Williams greeted him with a home run. Three batters later, Ken Boyer made it 2-1 with another home run. CHANCE John was a funny guy. He threw a spitball. If he came into a city after us, I�d leave a tube of Vaseline for him. After the game, he said, �Man, they had enough ash in that dugout to build a house with it.� He also said that Williams was squeezing the bat so hard smoke was coming out of it. The National League added to its lead with a run in the fifth, but Brooks Robinson�s two-run triple in the sixth and Fregosi�s sacrifice fly in the seventh gave the A.L. a 4-3 lead. That led to a dramatic bottom of the ninth. Dick Radatz, the 6-foot-6-inch Boston Red Sox pitcher nicknamed the Monster, was in his third inning of relief, two days after winning his seventh game of the season with three innings to close out a game against the Angels. PEPITONE Monster? We called him a lot of things. CHANCE He would come down sidearm, and the damned ball rose three or four feet. TORRE He was just an imposing figure, so big and so wide. Radatz walked Willie Mays to start the inning. CHANCE When Willie was on first, Mickey Mantle was shouting, �Hey, watch him, watch him, he could steal second.� Mays did steal second. Orlando Cepeda followed with a bloop single that fell between Pepitone and right fielder Rocky Colavito. Mays tied the score when Pepitone�s throw home bounced over catcher Elston Howard. PEPITONE Yeah, I remember that. I remember lots of things. Believe me, I tried to get the guy out. Curt Flood pinch-ran for Cepeda, and Radatz intentionally walked catcher Johnny Edwards. JOHNNY EDWARDS I had faced Dick in college, and boy, he blew me away that time. I was a low-ball hitter, and I thought I could get to him. So I was surprised when he intentionally walked me. I wanted to hit. Aaron came up next to pinch-hit for Hunt. Aaron said he was not hurt, but Callison said after the game that Aaron had been ill. HANK AARON You�d have to ask Walter Alston why I didn�t get in earlier. I wanted to do whatever he asked. ... I had never faced Radatz. But he was someone to be reckoned with. I knew he threw hard. I�m sure he got me out on a fastball. That brought up Callison, who was a very good fastball hitter. Radatz was a very good fastball pitcher. It was strength against strength. RADATZ from an Associated Press article I threw him a low fastball in the seventh inning, and he hit it pretty good. So I thought I�d try him up high. CALLISON who died in 2006, from The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He really hummed them past Hank. I also remember how hard he threw in the seventh. So I decided to switch to a lighter bat. I borrowed one from Billy Williams. TORRE I was already out of the game. I got showered and dressed and was in the runway peeking out. You couldn�t sit on the bench in your street clothes. On Radatz�s first pitch, Callison hit a three-run home run that landed in the second deck of right field. CHANCE I�ll tell you, guys didn�t walk off our bench smiling. They weren�t too happy for Johnny. CALLISON from The Morning Call Every day someone tells me about it. Good thing, too, because at my age, I�m having trouble remembering what happened. Callison believed that his home run was a positive omen for the Phillies � that 1964 would be their year. He had reason to be confident. A few weeks earlier at Shea Stadium, his teammate Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the Mets on Father�s Day. But on Sept. 21, the Phillies embarked on a 10-game losing streak and blew their six-and-a-half-game lead with just a dozen games left. It was one of the worst collapses in baseball history and allowed the St. Louis Cardinals to win the pennant and go on to beat the Yankees in the World Series. Whichever league wins Tuesday�s All-Star Game will have home-field advantage in the World Series, but that�s not necessarily an omen, either.

[Edgy MD]

I get past a lot of those walls by eyeing the article's title an then searching for it by name. Sometimes you're allowed to read if you don't got through the front page.

Usually works with the Washington Post, anywhizz.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Thanks, Irish.

First ASG I ever watched. Lindsey Nelson appear in a snowflake patterned jacket, perfect for a sweltering summer night in Detroit (4:30). Player introductions begin at about 5:30.
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[Guest Swan Swan H]

I hope it holds for this post, but as of my last my posting level is Ron Hunt. A lovely coincidence.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Just spent lunch hour in the heat watching the Parade of All-Stars As They Drive Slowly Down 42nd Street in Quality Chevy Trucks. I must have come too late, or left too early, to see Wright & Harvey, but made it through the rest of the NL and the beginning of the AL, before I left. Very hot out there. A bunch of X-Mets came riding by atop a doubledecker bus. Spotted Franco, Mookie, Al Jackson. But this event was great for Wifey Watching above all.

I was going to make the Wifey Watch comment too. (You'll have to wait, I took pictures but don't seem to have an SDHC card reader at work) Wright was on the bus, didn't realize right away though. Harvey was one of the first cars, after Davey and Bochey. In a suit. (real suit, not birthday)

Only image I snapped on my phone, Cliff Lee with a 'parasol'

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ceets I was right on the other side of 5th from you. Oh wait, that's Madison or something.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ceets I was right on the other side of 5th from you. Oh wait, that's Madison or something.

yeah, NE corner of Madison. I'm working at 44th and Madison these days so a quick two blocks seemed most time-efficient.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Boy, I hate working in the suburbs.

[metirish]

Swan Swan H wrote: Boy, I hate working in the suburbs.

seriously, I want that job where I can loaf off at the parade...

any sign of Seaver?

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Swan Swan H wrote: Boy, I hate working in the suburbs. seriously, I want that job where I can loaf off at the parade... any sign of Seaver?

yeah, flooring it down 42nd at the front of the Parade. Nancy too. (It is Nancy right?)


Working in the city is nice, and then things like 7line train fires happen and you're flat out stranded.

[metirish]

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Swan Swan H wrote: Boy, I hate working in the suburbs. seriously, I want that job where I can loaf off at the parade... any sign of Seaver? yeah, flooring it down 42nd at the front of the Parade. Nancy too. (It is Nancy right?)

was that Tom asking if it was Nancy?(kidding)

[Guest Swan Swan H]

metirish wrote: Swan Swan H wrote: Boy, I hate working in the suburbs. seriously, I want that job where I can loaf off at the parade...

Oh, if I was in NYC instead of Suffuck County, I'd have been there. Dentist's appointment, grandma's funeral, whatever. See you in two hours, boys.

[seawolf17]

This is fricking cool. Tag yourselves, everyone who was there last night!

http://mlb.mlb.com/photos/gigapan/?gpId=cd5a47fd2723bdf40954b6fccde85afa&year=2013

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Parades are cool. I certainly don't recall a parade in Boston in 1999 (although I don't work downtown so I could've missed it).

[Ceetar]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Parades are cool. I certainly don't recall a parade in Boston in 1999 (although I don't work downtown so I could've missed it).

2005 was the first one I think.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Ceetar wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: Parades are cool. I certainly don't recall a parade in Boston in 1999 (although I don't work downtown so I could've missed it). 2005 was the first one I think.

Interesting. A parade has a very old-time feel to it.

[Ceetar]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: Parades are cool. I certainly don't recall a parade in Boston in 1999 (although I don't work downtown so I could've missed it). 2005 was the first one I think. Interesting. A parade has a very old-time feel to it.

remember it's a "Red Carpet Show" not a Parade. ;-) And the "Parade" is riding on sponsor's trucks.

[Guest d'Kong76]

In case no one knows ....

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

So bright I couldn't even see my screen, these are crappy, out of focus phone shots:


Mets bus. That's Franco in the orange shirt and Mookie in the white shirt and white cap.





Max Scherzer & Wifey

[MFS62]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Thanks, Irish.

The first, and only All Star game I attended was this one. (Game #2 that year, at YSI)

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1960as.shtml

Some pretty good ballplayers in that one.
I went with my friend Andy, who was a Pirates fan. So we got extra enjoyment seeing Vern Law win over Whitey Ford.

Later