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“A BASEBALL NIGHT TO REMEMBER”
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That has to be one for the record books as far as excitement goes.
That has to be a snapshot in your memory book scrapbook for action.
That has to be a historical night.
Pick any or all of the items on your Bingo card, and it was an All Star game to remember.
Kyle Schwarber’s 3-home runs, the last hitting almost off his knee, as the NL came back to win in a mini-home run derby to decid the 6-6 tie, to give the NL the win.
The winning pitcher was the Dodgers coach Dino Ebel, who became the batting practice pitcher in the 10th inning swing off.
Quite a display by Brent Rooker, of the homeless Oakland-Sacramento A’s, who hit 2-homers for the AL to get them the early lead.
There was Paul Skenes throwing gas in a 1-2-3 first inning.
There was Detroit ace Tarik Skubal getting banged around in his inning.
There was the standing ovation, first to Freddie Freeman, coming home to Atlanta and then to the career of Clayton Kershaw.
There was the first inning matchup that had Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge both getting big swings in that opening inning.
There were great throws by Eugenio Saurez, the game saving smash stop by 1st man 1st baseman Matt Olson.
There was Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowicz throwing 9-pitches..8-of them fastballs clocked at 100 to 102mph.
There were the legendary in game home runs that brought oohs and ahhs from the crowd.
The pitchers-catchers were mic’d up, and the conversation was cool.
How about the simultaneous two manager interview with managers Aaron Boone and Dave Roberts.
And of course the night before HR-Derby was pretty electric, with all things Cal Raleigh did from the right side and left side of the batters box.
The ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ salute is always moving, more so when Ken Rosenthal of Fox held up his sign with the name ‘Scott Miller’, the just deceased baseball writer who lived here in Carlsbad.
And the memorial salute to the legacy of Hammerin Hank Aaron-breaking the Babe Ruth home run record.
It may have been old hat for Tatis and Machado to be in the game. it was surely a rush for Jason Adam, Robert Suarez and Adrian Morejon to be there.
You only wish that when we went to the mini HR-Derby in the 10th, we could have had a 3-man lineup of say Aaron Judge-Vlad Guerrero-Cal Raleigh, lined up against m Shohei Ohtani-Pete Alonso and Kyle Schwarber.
But it was one for the ages. Maybe not equal to Ted Williams game winning home run in 1941, or Reggie Jackson hitting one onto the roof at Tigers Stadium, or Pete Rose running over Ray Fosse, but what Schwarber did with his swing on 1-knee was a Hollywood as you could get.
And a Gold Star to Fox for its creative coverage of a game that had so many storylines they let play out before our eyes, with unique technology where the cameras captured the moment rather than the play by play team preaching to us about the moment.
A baseball night to remember from a sport that has so much history on its side.
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Back in 2021 MLB screwed itself and Aaron’s legacy when thay moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in response to a new Georgia voting law. While 2024 was a great game, it’s funny how the media and MLB ignore how wrong they were for fighting against election integrity.