Thursday, April 22, 2004
Padres, Giants Pitching for 2006 All-Star Game
So are the Cardinals, who'd like it for the first year of their new ballpark, according to the AP's Alan Robinson. Robinson notes that the All-Star Game is often awarded to a club that could use some help selling tickets -- a description that clearly applies to the Pirates, and just as clearly doesn't apply to the Giants. On the other hand, Pittsburgh hosted the All-Star Game all of 12 years ago.
The article lists Cincinnati, San Diego and Philadelphia as the other NL cities whose new parks haven't been scheduled for an All-Star Game. Recent expansion franchises in Florida and Arizona haven't hosted the ASG, either...yet somehow Milwaukee got a game the year after its new park opened. I'm sure that decision was made entirely on the merits...
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So are the Cardinals, who'd like it for the first year of their new ballpark, according to the AP's Alan Robinson. Robinson notes that the All-Star Game is often awarded to a club that could use some help selling tickets -- a description that clearly applies to the Pirates, and just as clearly doesn't apply to the Giants. On the other hand, Pittsburgh hosted the All-Star Game all of 12 years ago.
The article lists Cincinnati, San Diego and Philadelphia as the other NL cities whose new parks haven't been scheduled for an All-Star Game. Recent expansion franchises in Florida and Arizona haven't hosted the ASG, either...yet somehow Milwaukee got a game the year after its new park opened. I'm sure that decision was made entirely on the merits...
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