2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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DateJuly 12, 2011
Venue Chase Field
City Phoenix, Arizona
Managers
MVP Prince Fielder (MIL)
Attendance47,994
Ceremonial first pitch Joe Garagiola and Daniel Hernández [1]
Television Fox (United States)
MLB International (International)
TV announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox)
Gary Thorne, Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International)
Radio ESPN
Radio announcers Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton

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.

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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]

Background

As with each All-Star Game since 1970, the nine starting position players of each league were elected by fan balloting. The remaining players were selected by a players' vote, each league's team manager, and a second fan balloting to add one more player to each roster. In all, 32 players were selected to each league's team, not including players who decline to play due to injuries or personal reasons.

Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin confirmed on April 10, 2009, that Arizona would host the 2011 All-Star Game and it was officially announced by Commissioner Bud Selig the next day. [3] [4] Phoenix had never hosted the All-Star Game before; the last first-time host city was Denver, Colorado in 1998. [4] The game was the ninth straight All-Star Game to decide home-field advantage in the World Series. [5] Prior All-Star games had only used the designated hitter (DH) rule when in American League parks. [6] However, the 2011 game was the first to feature a DH in a NL park following a rules change in 2010. [6] The NL came into the game having won the previous year's match, their first victory since 1996. [7]

Immigration controversy

Some, such as New York Congressman José Serrano and sportswriter Mike Lupica, 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. [8] [9] [10] 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. [11] However, Selig announced on May 13, 2010, that the game would remain at Chase Field in Phoenix as planned. [12] Two of the players who threatened to boycott, Red Sox slugger Adrian Gonzalez and Detroit Tigers reliver Jose Valverde, ended up participating in the game without incident after a federal court ruled against the strictest portions of the bill. Other stars who threatened to boycott but regardless were not all-stars in 2011 were pitchers Yovani Gallardo and Joakim Soria; Albert Pujols likewise voiced opposition to the law before it was neutered. [13] [14]

Fan balloting

Jose Bautista was the leading vote-getter in 2011, breaking the previous record for most votes by more than 1 million. Jose Bautista on June 5, 2011.jpg
José Bautista was the leading vote-getter in 2011, breaking the previous record for most votes by more than 1 million.

Starters

Balloting for the 2011 All-Star Game starters began online April 26 and continued through June 30. [15] Fan voting also took place in each MLB stadium, beginning May 10 (at the latest) and ending on June 24. [15] The top vote-getters at each position and the top three among outfielders, were named the starters for their respective leagues. The results were announced on July 3. [16] A record 32.5 million votes were cast, beating out the previous record from 2009 by roughly 9 million. [17] José Bautista was the leading vote-getter with 7,454,753 votes, easily breaking the previous single-player vote record of 6,069,688 held by Ken Griffey Jr. [17] [18] Three other American League players also topped Griffey's record. Ryan Braun was the National League's leading vote getter, receiving a NL record 5,928,004 votes. [17]

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. [19]

PlayerTeamPos.PlayerTeamPos
American LeagueNational League
Alex Gordon KC OF Andre Ethier LAD OF
Adam Jones BAL OF Todd Helton COL 1B
Paul Konerko CWS 1B Ian Kennedy ARI P
Víctor Martínez DET C Michael Morse WAS 1B
Ben Zobrist TB 2B Shane Victorino PHI OF

Rosters

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

  1. ↑ Kevin Youkilis replaced Alex Rodriguez on the roster due to injury.
  2. ↑ Jhonny Peralta replaced Derek Jeter on the roster due to fatigue.
  3. ↑ Jon Lester replaced Félix Hernández on the roster due to Hernandez's ineligibility to pitch.
  4. ↑ Alexi Ogando replaced CC Sabathia on the roster due to Sabathia's ineligibility to pitch.
  5. ↑ Michael Pineda replaced Justin Verlander on the roster due to Verlander's ineligibility to pitch.
  6. ↑ David Robertson replaced David Price on the roster due to injury.
  7. ↑ Ricky Romero replaced Jon Lester on the roster due to injury.
  8. ↑ CC Sabathia replaced James Shields on the roster due to Shields' ineligibility to pitch.
  9. ↑ Jordan Walden replaced Mariano Rivera on the roster due to injury.
  10. ↑ Miguel Montero replaced Plácido Polanco on the roster due to injury.
  11. ↑ Scott Rolen replaced Chipper Jones on the roster due to injury.
  12. ↑ Pablo Sandoval replaced Jose Reyes on the roster due to injury.
  13. ↑ Andre Ethier replaced Shane Victorino on the roster due to injury.
  14. ↑ Andrew McCutchen replaced Ryan Braun on the roster due to injury.
  15. ↑ Kevin Correia replaced Cole Hamels on the roster due to Hamels' ineligibility to pitch.
  16. ↑ Craig Kimbrel replaced Matt Cain on the roster due to Cain's ineligibility to pitch.

Game summary

Starters

American LeagueNational League
OrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition
1 Curtis Granderson Yankees CF 1 Rickie Weeks Brewers 2B
2 Asdrúbal Cabrera Indians SS 2 Carlos Beltrán Mets DH
3 Adrián González Red Sox 1B 3 Matt Kemp Dodgers CF
4 José Bautista Blue Jays RF 4 Prince Fielder Brewers 1B
5 Josh Hamilton Rangers LF 5 Brian McCann Braves C
6 Adrián Beltré Rangers 3B 6 Lance Berkman Cardinals RF
7 David Ortiz Red Sox DH 7 Matt Holliday Cardinals LF
8 Robinson Canó Yankees 2B 8 Troy Tulowitzki Rockies SS
9 Alex Avila Tigers C 9 Scott Rolen Reds 3B
  Jered Weaver Angels P   Roy Halladay Phillies P

Box Score

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:40 pm (MST)
Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona
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Starting pitchers:
AL: Jered Weaver
NL: Roy Halladay
WP: Tyler Clippard (1–0)   LP: C. J. Wilson (0–1)   Sv: Brian Wilson (1)
Home runs:
AL: Adrián González
NL: Prince Fielder

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

The American League struck first on Adrián González's two-out home run in the fourth off of Cliff Lee, who allowed two singles. Tyler Clippard in relief allowed a single to Adrian Beltre, but José Bautista was tagged out at home to end the inning. In the bottom half, after two leadoff singles, Prince Fielder's three-run home run off of C. J. Wilson put the National League up 3–1. Next inning, Rickie Weeks reached first on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored on Andre Ethier's single off of Jordan Walden. The National League added another run in the seventh when Hunter Pence hit a leadoff single, moved to third on Brandon League's passed ball and scored on Pablo Sandoval's ground-rule double and went on to win the game 5–1.

All-Star Game notes

The game's winning pitcher, Tyler Clippard, surprisingly, did not retire a batter. Tyler Clippard 2011.jpg
The game's winning pitcher, Tyler Clippard, surprisingly, did not retire a batter.

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