What a cool way to view the game! Not only that, Bill Miller - the umpire behind home plate - got dinged in the head with a foul ball while wearing the camera. Let’s take a look at the ump cams in action! With the 2022 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday, baseball fans were delighted to learn that the umpires were to wear cameras to provide an alternate and unique angle with which to see some of the plays made in the game! For a game like baseball that’s extremely set in its ways, getting a new camera angle to add some different looks to a broadcast is one way to breathe some fresh air into the sport. Sunday during a selection show aired on ESPN.An All-Star Game is a perfect place to try out new gimmicks or silly shenanigans to bring some levity to an event that’s supposed to be all about the fun. The remainder of the All-Star rosters, including pitchers and reserves, will be announced at 4:30 p.m. I had no clue that he's going to be this great a player, but I guess the other players and Tony realized that he is indeed an All-Star.”
“I took exception to Tony La Russa because the players, he told me, chose Altuve over Brandon Phillips and I had Brandon at the time so I thought Brandon deserved it,” Baker said. Baker managed the Reds at the time and was miffed that Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips was excluded from the NL’s All-Star team, which was coached by Tony La Russa. Ironically, Baker recalled that he was skeptical when Altuve was named a National League reserve, his first All-Star honor, in 2012. Hinch managed the American League All-Star team in 2018, when Altuve was elected a starter. It will mark Altuve’s second All-Star Game managed by an Astros skipper A.J. 'Big 12 Homecoming' celebration to visit UH before TCU gameĪstros manager Dusty Baker will manage the American League’s All-Star team, and bring the entire Houston coaching staff with him to Los Angeles. marking Major League Baseballs first regular-season trip to the Mexican capital. the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game, the MLB Draft and more. Statcast Leaders Baseball Savant Top Prospect Stats. He didn’t make the starters’ roster but, in the end, what matters is to be there, to enjoy those two days and hopefully he gets to play and hit some homers.”ĪLSO SEE: Latest MLB scores and stats powered by ESPN 2022 Postseason MLB Events Team by Team Schedule Stats. “He has to be, because of the season he’s having. “I’m 100 percent sure he’s going to be in there,” Altuve said. In each of those metrics - as well as runs, batting average and RBI - Alvarez ranks ahead of Ohtani. He was named the AL’s Player of the Month for June and entered Friday leading the majors in OPS (1.076) and slugging percentage (.665) while ranking third in home runs (26) and fourth in on-base percentage (.410). When the television showed Ohtani as the winner, Altuve stood up from the table and pushed his chair back in exaggerated outrage.Īlvarez is still very likely to make the All-Star roster as a reserve. “I know what happens,” he said, shrugging. Alvarez won 48 percent of votes while Ohtani won 52 percent.Īlvarez, who declined to talk to reporters after the vote was revealed, seemed resigned to his fate even before it was announced. In the voting for the AL’s All-Star starter at designated hitter, Alvarez was narrowly beat out by Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. This is number eight but it feels like the first one.” “Thankful for my family, teammates, people of Houston and every single fan that made this dream come true. Additionally, he has hit seven leadoff homers this season with 17 total home runs. Out of his eight overall selections, Altuve has been an All-Star starter five times, which is also a franchise record.Įntering Friday, Altuve led all AL second basemen in home runs (17), on-base percentage (.368), slugging percentage (.539) and OPS (.907). Hall of Famer Craig Biggio was a seven-time All-Star. Indeed, for Altuve this is an Astros-record eighth All-Star selection.
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When the results were announced, Altuve received a high five from slugger Yordan Alvarez, who was seated across the table from him, as well as congratulatory hugs from pitcher Jake Odorizzi and bench coach Joe Espada.
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Altuve and teammates watched the All-Star starter reveal show on a television in the visitors clubhouse at the Coliseum in Oakland, where the Astros began a three-game series against the A’s on Friday.
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