# MLB All Star Game and Home Run Derby Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691 "2011-07-12T00:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/41 "2011-07-13T01:11:29Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > I know that the DH is now a permanent rule for the All-Star game. My question is, who was the last pitcher to get a hit in an All-Star game? Figured it out by going through a lot of box scores. Anyone want to guess who or how many years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/42 "2011-07-13T01:13:57Z")
My picture has been frozen for about 10 minutes. Is this happening elsewhere or is it a local thing due to weather emergency breakins? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/43 "2011-07-13T01:17:40Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > My picture has been frozen for about 10 minutes. Is this happening elsewhere or is it a local thing due to weather emergency breakins? Local I think. I’m good. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/44 "2011-07-13T01:18:17Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Figured it out by going through a lot of box scores. Anyone want to guess who or how many years ago? My top three guesses are: Dontrelle Willis Mark Prior Micah Owings ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/45 "2011-07-13T01:21:17Z")
Pineda is nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/46 "2011-07-13T01:23:45Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > My top three guesses are: > > Dontrelle Willis > Mark Prior > Micah Owings You’ve got to go quite a bit further back than those guys. Going through those box scores, it’s amazing how many crap players made the rosters. This guy was a worthy All-Star, but not a Hall Of Fame candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/47 "2011-07-13T01:25:24Z")
Weak, Cabrera. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/48 "2011-07-13T01:26:37Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > You’ve got to go quite a bit further back than those guys. > > Going through those box scores, it’s amazing how many crap players made the rosters. This guy was a worthy All-Star, but not a Hall Of Fame candidate. I just did - wow. Charles Nagy got a single off of Doug Jones in 1991, unless I missed a double-switch somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/49 "2011-07-13T01:54:52Z")
That’s the guy I got as well. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/50 "2011-07-13T02:02:29Z")
I missed the 2nd to 5th due to having to observe someone else’s dinner schedule (I’m on the west coast at the moment). So, I missed Asdrubal’s second at bat. Which I guess sucked. Did he do anything in the field? ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/51 "2011-07-13T11:02:37Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I just did - wow. > > Charles Nagy got a single off of Doug Jones in 1991, unless I missed a double-switch somewhere. There’s a typo in the year. You’re one year too early. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/52 "2011-07-13T20:11:31Z")
Another year, another Royals All-Star pitcher rides the pine while the A.L. manager brings in a Yankee pitcher to blow the game. Because fans weren’t seeing enough Yankees. F them. If next year’s AL manager doesn’t have the good grace to play the Royals representative in front of a hometown crowd, something is seriously wrong with this game. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/53 "2011-07-13T20:20:15Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Another year, another Royals All-Star pitcher rides the pine while the A.L. manager brings in a Yankee pitcher to blow the game. Because fans weren’t seeing enough Yankees. F them. > > If next year’s AL manager doesn’t have the good grace to play the Royals representative in front of a hometown crowd, something is seriously wrong with this game. Or it could just be this… > **[MLB](https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb)** > > Find all the latest MLB news, live coverage, videos, highlights, stats, predictions, and results right here on NBC Sports. Plus, I really don’t think that Ron Washington would be particularly concerned about getting more Yankees into the game. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/54 "2011-07-13T20:26:59Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Another year, another Royals All-Star pitcher rides the pine while the A.L. manager brings in a Yankee pitcher to blow the game. Because fans weren’t seeing enough Yankees. F them. What are you talking about? C.J. Wilson, Jordan Walden, and Brandon League are Yankees now? The only Yankee pitcher was Robertson, who gave up one hit and no runs. Unless this is a whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/55 "2011-07-13T20:56:54Z")
Chris Perez did good in his inning! It was funny when he gave up a double to his former catcher, and then was cracking up over it. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/56 "2011-07-13T21:38:36Z")
Colibri: > [@](#): > > What are you talking about? C.J. Wilson, Jordan Walden, and Brandon League are Yankees now? Hmm, where did my mind go? I would have sworn that it was Robertson that gave up the 3-run homer, but clearly I’m addled. My All-Star Game expectations have been colored by Phil Hughes last year blowing the game while Joakim Soria never got to pitch. And by Mariano being called upon two years earlier before Soria, even though it could have been the final inning. (Though it turned out not to be and Joakim was allowed to put in an appearance.) ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/57 "2011-07-13T22:32:48Z")
Who was the Royal on the team? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/58 "2011-07-13T22:40:45Z")
Aaron Crow. Reliever with an ERA under 2. We’ve come a long way since Mark Redman. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/59 "2011-07-13T22:45:43Z")
How is Scott Rolen an All-Star? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691/60 "2011-07-13T23:06:32Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > How is Scott Rolen an All-Star? FWIW, [Here’s last year’s answer](http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/07/13/how-did-scott-rolen-get-to-the-all-star-game/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-all-star-game-and-home-run-derby-thread/588691.md?page=4)