The Washington Post : declared in LEADING OFF: MLB sees how All-Star Game shows in TV ratings

A year after the All-Star Game drew its lowest TV rating ever, Major League Baseball will see how this telecast fared. "I am not going to indefinitely leave a club in a market without a major league quality facility," he said. COOLING OFFYadier Molina, Salvador Perez and most every All-Star now can use a couple days off to catch up on rest — the real games resume Friday night. National League's Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper (34) catches a hit by American League's Kansas City Royals Salvador Perez (13), during the second inning at the MLB baseball All-Star Game, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in Miami. So far this year, in 28 1/3 innings for New York, he's walked 26 and struck out 53.

The 14 All-Stars who did not play in the 2017 MLB All-Star Game and why they did't

Sunday startersBy rule, pitchers who start the Sunday immediately before the All-Star Game are not eligible to pitch in the All-Star Game. Here's why those 14 did not play in the 2017 All-Star Game. InjuredInevitably, some players get hurt after being selected to the All-Star Game, or they get hurt and are selected to the All-Star Game anyway because they were having incredible seasons. Available but did not playOK, so among those 14 players who did not play in the All-Star Game, five were actually available and eligible to play. Five of the 14 players who did not appear in the All-Star Game started this past Sunday, June 9, and were thus ineligible to pitch Tuesday night.


MIAMI -- One item that was a bit of a feel-good story on Tuesday night during the MLB All-Star Game was the performance of Yonder Alonso. Good for Yonder Alonso. During the media session on Monday at Marlins Park, Alonso told reporters he really wanted to do something well during the game and the feeling was heightened since it was in Miami. It's too bad he didn't score, because Alonso surely would've been the MVP in that case and what a story that would've been. He came into the season a career .269/.334/.387 hitter with just 39 home runs in 664 games.


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