Jun
10
Girardi selects Scioscia, Geren as All-Star Game coaches
ByVia Erik Boland, Joe Girardi has selected Angels’ manager Mike Scioscia and A’s manager Bob Geren to be his coaches for the All Star Game next month in Anaheim. He obviously wants to make sure he has a fourth and fifth catcher available. The announcement we’re all really waiting for is the AL All Star pitching staff, just to see if Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes make it. My gut says Girardi will do everything in his power to get them both there, but will keep Hughes off the roster if there’s a numbers crunch. No reason in particular, just a hunch.
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I’ll be somewhat saddened if Tex beats out Morneau and Miggy for the start at 1B.
That’s a traveshamockery of justice, as is David Ortiz 4th in the DH balloting behind Vlad, HazMat, and the now retired GriffBones.
I haven’t believed in the All-Star voting since 1957.
I agree with you about Tex, though I think everyone that isn’t voting for him would. But I do think Vlad deserves to be the DH, I’m not looking at numbers and I’m not sure if Vlad has continue hitting as well as he was but No Big Papi did have that month or so were he was no help at all.
Yeah, my gripe wasn’t with Vlad getting the start, he deserves it.
I’m just miffed that Ortiz is behind Hideki, who’s legally dead, and Griffey, who’s both legally dead AND retired.
I’m rooting for Griffey to get in. Mike Schmidt style.
I am VERY surprised Ortiz is as low as he is. On the team with probably the second-biggest fanbase, very popular, was actually doing insanely well for a while (though he’s back in slump mode again).
I have no problem if you prefer Ortiz over Matsui, but Matsui is far from “legally dead.” He is slugging .639 in June (9 games) and his overall numbers are not too shabby either.
He is slugging .639 in June (9 games)
And he hit .229/.305/.389 in the 50 games before that.
I don’t feel sad for Big Papi being 4th in voting. He got off to a horrible start and is currently hitting a robust .242 with 12 HRs. He’s rebounded nicely, but in the end his stats are his stats, and April counts just as May and June does. Vlad has him beat on all fronts. He shouldn’t be behind the retired GriffBones, who amazingly still has nearly a half-million votes, sleepy bat and sleepy body included!
I’m surprised the Sox fans haven’t pushed the gritty dwarf higher in the vote count for second base. I guess the .250 BA compared to Cano’s .370 is just too much for even that ballot-stuffing fan base to overcome. If A-Rod did go to Boston years ago, they’d have him as the starter this year, not Longoria.
I’ve punched my online vote for Morneau. He deserves it, although Miggy would be a great pick, too. They’ll both be there and hopefully Joe tells Tex to stay home and get some rest and go searching for his swing if he hasn’t found it by the All-Star Game. Gasp.
I noticed that both girardi and manuel picked guys close to Anaheim. Is that so that coaches don’t have to be flown in from far away for the game.
Certainly appears that way. I don’t recall whether that’s common or not though. The ASG coaches is one of those things that’s forgotten immediately after Mo records the save.
I think it’s just tradition to pick the local guys. Francona took Girardi in 2008.
Yeah, but that was the game at YS. They always pick the home team’s manager.
Smaller carbon footprint. I approve.
Sincerely,
Al “Single and ready to mingle” Gore
The American League now stands a fighting chance with the omnipotent managerial prowess of Scioscia in the dugout.
If only he would have taken Maddon over Geren. The AL would have won by 10 with gritty play and going 1st to 3rd and playing great defense.
And being young and exciting! We could have had that with Scioscia if only he’d held on to Chone Figgins and his exhilarating fireworks-like ways instead of letting him go for that boring Brandon Wood.
Wow, Figgins has been horrendous this year. Figured his SLG would drop going to Seattle, but .282? That’s even worse than Juan Pierre.
And just for fun, Brandon Wood’s OPS+: 2
Yeah my joke wasn’t so funny because they’ve both been so terrible but during a Yankees/Angels game on Fox Joe Buck was actually criticizing Brandon Wood for being “boring” compared to Figgins.
.282 SLG O_O
The media was in love with Seattle getting Figgins, but I wasn’t. He’s a speedster who is now 32 and never was a high-percentage runner, and I didn’t believe in his improved patience at the plate last year any more than I believe he was a .330 hitter several years before that. I figured he’s a .280 hitter with an okay eye who can play a number of positions well. That has value, but not what he was asking and the Angels made the right choice letting him leave. Now signing Matsui and letting Vlad go…..
I’m so glad the Yankees didn’t listen to the NYC idiots who wanted to sign Figgins to play CF.
Smallball FTW.
Crawford gets on with a single, then Vlad and Robbie bunt him over to third so that he can score on a wild pitch while Longoria’s at the plate.
Genius.
Did anyone else notice that there aren’t any Central Division staff members on either team. Kinda sad how no one cares about them, sorta like how things are either timed for EST or PST.
What is this “Central Division” that you speak of?
It’s a…division…of some sorts. Apparently it’s…in the central?
Seriously, though, unless this was a geographic thing, I’d have asked Gardenhire or Leyland over Scioscia. Just because it’s Scioscia. I’m assuming he’s there due to being the home team manager, though. I don’t have any problems with Geren.
Don’t they always take the home-town manager, unless he’s a rookie? Truthfully, I’ve never really paid that much attention to it.
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That’s outrageous! 75 cents for The New Yorker!
Trees only cost a nickel back then, before all those pinko lefty commies with their save the whales bullshit started with their enviro-fascism.
Punks.
a. All the coaches, AL and NL, are from California. Weird. Not counting Girardi or Manuel, obviously.
b. When do they announce the pitchers for the All-Star Game? Soon?
My picks for the 12-man pitching staff:
Starters (7): Ricky Romero, David Price, Andy Pettitte, Clay Buchholz, Cliff Lee, Jered Weaver, Phil Hughes (although I’d be fine with Buchholz, Lester, or Neimann replacing any of those names)
Relievers (5): Jose Valverde, Mo Rivera, Rafael Soriano, Andrew Bailey, Joel Zumaya
Sorry:
“…although I’d be fine with
BuchholzLiriano, Lester, or Neimann replacing any of those names…”Thanks for that.
My gut:
Phil gets the nod for the game, but Joe makes him the emergency pitcher and he doesn’t get any game action.
Win-win. Now that’s acceptable.
You think Price is the actual, first inning starter?
I’m going to say it’s Weaver, since the All-Star game is in Cali.
That wouldn’t be bad either. He’s dealing.
Price: 80.2 IP, 2.23/3.97/4.39 E/F/x, 6.36 K/9, 3.57 BB/9, 1.3 WAR
Weaver: 81.2 IP, 3.20/3.17/3.46 E/F/x, 9.81 K/9, 2.42 BB/9, 2.1 WAR
whoah, I didn’t realize how good Weaver’s been. EAST COAST BIAS!!!!!!
I’d say yes. This is an interesting year, in that the AL starters are basically Price on one tier, then like a dozen guys all on the next tier. But the difference between those tiers isn’t big.
It’s hard to not get the pitching staff right, though. The difference between the 2nd best starter and the 12th best is pretty small, IMO.
I think that Lester is going to get the nod. With so many young bucks in line for the Game, he is actually a vet compared to most of those guys (obviously not Andy or Cliff Lee).
I think Lester is less likely. Weaver plays for the Angels, and he’s more of a vet than Lester, and he’s put up the numbers this season to get real consideration. The game is Anaheim, so I bet Girardi will please the fans and go with Weaver.
Lester is not a bad option by any means, no one is, if they pick the right starters.
I hope Joe makes Price and Lester pitch the whole All-Star Game. With a bowling ball.
That would be great for the Yankees. Now all we have to do is get this information to Girardi.
I’m actually surprised that hasn’t happened more. Why don’t managers do that?
Bob Geren hardly deserves this honor. He is the worst manager in the majors. The organization is the joke of the majors. They even drafted Geren’s son in the baseball draft and he batted around .211 for his high school team. This man is an embarrasment to the Bay area.