MrAndMrsFish Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 With Roy Halladay out of the mix after suffering a broken bone in his leg, it appears the American League starting job at the All-Star Game will fall to Chicago White Sox left-hander Mark Buehrle. Meanwhile, National League manager Tony La Russa stayed close to home with his choice, tabbing his own right-hander Chris Carpenter, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. American League All-Star manager Terry Francona placed a call Sunday to check Buehrle's status for Tuesday's game. "He called to check on my availability to pitch and could I pitch an inning or two," Buehrle told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I told him, 'If you want me to start or close, whatever.' I can go two innings, though [manager] Ozzie [Guillen] only wants me to pitch one. I bounce back pretty quick. I'm not worried." Guillen said yesterday that he hopes that Francona won't overuse his pitcher. "Buehrle is supposed to start and I'm a little ... not disappointed, a little concerned, because Buehrle just threw a couple days ago," Guillen told ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago. "He threw [saturday] and he's only gonna throw, hopefully two innings. It's great for the White Sox, I think it's great for Buehrle, but in the manager way, I think it's real hard to see, you know, the pitcher we're gonna count on, go through that many innings in so little time." Francona was not pleased to hear of Guillen's comments. "Guillen is the manager of the Chicago White Sox, not the American League All-Stars," Francona told The Boston Globe. "I'll announce it when it's appropriate." La Russa refused to confirm his decision Sunday, wanting to honor Major League Baseball's request to embargo their choice. "The pitcher has been informed and the manager has been informed," La Russa told the Post-Dispatch, noting that he narrowed the field to three before reaching his verdict. Starting Carpenter would mark the third time in La Russa's four games as an All-Star manager that he has selected one of his own pitchers to make the start. He also picked Bob Welch and Dave Stewart when La Russa managed the Oakland Athletics. Carpenter would become the first Cardinals pitcher to start the All-Star Game since Rick Wise in 1973. Source: ESPN.COM BOOOO LARUSSA!!! :thumbdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotcorner Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Damn.... Oh well. We've got bigger worries than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beinfest4Prez Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 La Russa, you idiot. With Rogers deciding to go to the ASG baseball needed the enthusiasm of Dontrelle to overshadow the media circus of Rogers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeWrecker Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 i think that picked your own guy every time us just wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsJimEdmonds15 Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 How is TLR an idiot for wanting to start Carp? Because he aint starting the D-Train? I mean if you ask me in order this would be how I would go.. Clemens, Willis, Carpenter.. With that said I dont want Piazza catching Clemens after last year.. I'd rather have Lo Duca catching Dontrelle aswell in the 2nd/3rd/4th/etc. Carpenter is pretty dang hot right now.. Personally I dont think you can go wrong with any of them but like I said Carpenter is the hot pitcher right now.. I just dont know how he's gonna do facing those sluggers. La Russa picks Carpenter to be All-Star starter SAN FRANCISCO - Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has told the commissioner's office of his plan today to announce one of his own, 13-game winner Chris Carpenter, as National League starting pitcher for Tuesday's All-Star Game, a baseball source said Sunday. Carpenter apparently strong-armed the spot with a dominant June followed by wins in each of two starts this month. Carpenter was named NL Pitcher of the Month for June after going 4-1 with a 0.90 ERA. He has followed with two quality starts in July to lower his ERA to 2.51, fourth-lowest in the National League. Carpenter also is tied for fourth in winning percentage (.765), second in strikeouts (128) to the New York Mets' Pedro Martinez (129) and is tied with the Florida Marlins' Dontrelle Willis for the league lead in wins. Carpenter has thrown three shutouts in 18 starts and is 7-0 in eight road starts. La Russa refused to confirm his decision Sunday, citing Major League Baseball's request for the respective managers to embargo their decision until today's press conferences at Comerica Park. "The pitcher has been informed and the manager has been informed," said La Russa, noting that he narrowed the field to three before reaching his verdict. Carpenter offered no comment when approached Sunday. [More in URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshFish Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 no. why not pick his own guy in this case? give me one good reason? They are leading the NL and Chris has Dontrelle stats matched. You don't skip your own guy, when the stats are pretty much the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshFish Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 How is TLR an idiot for wanting to start Carp? Because he aint starting the D-Train? I mean if you ask me in order this would be how I would go.. Clemens, Willis, Carpenter.. With that said I dont want Piazza catching Clemens after last year.. I'd rather have Lo Duca catching Dontrelle aswell in the 2nd/3rd/4th/etc. Carpenter is pretty dang hot right now.. Personally I dont think you can go wrong with any of them but like I said Carpenter is the hot pitcher right now.. I just dont know how he's gonna do facing those sluggers. 850694[/snapback] I think Carpenter was the right call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins2003 Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Damn.... Oh well. We've got bigger worries than this. 850684[/snapback] You betcha!!! :thumbup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 CJE15 is right. Chris is just as hot as Train, and Roger is a living legend. This was not an easy choice. Any of those guys is deserving enough to start. Personally, I would have picked Dontrelle, but Carpenter is a fine choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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