On Tuesday July 14, the 2015 MLB All Star game will be played at the home of the Cincianti Reds.
The best players from the National League will face off against the best players from the Al in what I think is going to be an exciting game based on the star power that both squads have and that Great American ballpark is really hitter friendly.
Since the Giants and Royals played in last year's fall classic, Ned Yost will manage the Al team and Bochy will be in charge of the NL squad.
The league that wins will get home field advantage for the World Series. This is a good idea because it gives the players something to play for and a reason to play their best.
Over the past couple of days, the players for the All Star game got announced. The starters were announced on Monday and then the pitchers and reserve hitters were announced the following day.
Here is who's starting the game position by position. The starters are decided by fan vote.
Catcher
NL:Buster Posey-SFGiants
AL- Salvador Perez-Royals
First Base
NL. Paul Goldschmidt- Diamondbacks
AL- Miggy but he's injured so Pujols is starting in place of him.
Second Base
NL Dee Gorden from the Marlins
AL- Jose Altuve from the surprising Astros.
Shortstop
NL Johnny Peralta from the Cards
Al Alcides Escobar from the Royals
Third Base
AL Josh Donaldson from the Jays
NL Todd Frazier from the Reds who happen to be hosting the festivities
Outfield
NLBryce Harper, Andrew Mccutchin in for Stanton, and Matt Holliday.
AL Mike Trout, Lorenzo Cain from KC and Alex Gorden from KC who unfortunately strained his groin yesterday and might be out for a while.
Nelson Cruz will DH for the AL squad
Sonny Gray made it for the A's as so far he's put up a 9-3 record with a 2.20 ERA. Those are excellent numbers and he's being looked at to start but he can't pitch in the game because as of now Grey 's supposed to pitch on the last day before the All Star Break.
A's Catcher Stephen Vogt also got selected as a reserve which means that he will be joining his battery mate in Cincinnati
The Giants double play tandem of Crawford and Panik both made it as reserves. Madbum made it as well and he will be one of the best arms on a loaded NL pitching staff.
These are only the starters and the Bay Area reps and there are many more good all star reserves that I didn't bring up in this entry.
I will be watching on July 14 and seeing which players shine the brightest on the big stage.
I predict that the NL will win because their pitching staff is loaded, but I expect the game to be close for all 9 innings.
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