Halladay to start at All Star Game?

Post #1 » by **Geddy** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:32 am

ST. LOUIS -- It appears Roy Halladay will start for the American League in Tuesday's all-star game.

An all-star supplement in Sunday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch featured a starting lineup card for the Midsummer Classic listing Halladay in the pitcher's spot for the AL, and San Francisco Giants star Tim Lincecum for the National League.

Did the paper jump the gun, or was it just taking an educated guess?

A source tells The Canadian Press that Halladay has indeed been asked to start and accepted the invitation, although he had yet to get a final answer about his status.

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With Pedroia out we might actually see two Jays in the starting lineup, and both are deserving of it.

youngLion · Post #2 » by **youngLion** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:41 am

I've heard this reported as well, and I think you're right about Hill Hill is starting in the place of Pedroia.

zilby · Post #3 » by **zilby** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:40 pm

youngLion wrote:I've heard this reported as well, and I think you're right about Hill Hill is starting in the place of Pedroia.

it's confirmed Hill is indeed starting at 2B.

and good for Doc.

gp2015 · Post #4 » by **gp2015** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:43 pm

Kind of sucks that all the talk around the all-star game right now is about Halladay being traded. I guess that's what happens when your team sucks and is about to trade its best player. It's going to be difficult seeing this team without Halladay but I hope that he finally gets a chance to compete.

evilRyu · Post #5 » by **evilRyu** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:42 pm

gp2015 wrote:Kind of sucks that all the talk around the all-star game right now is about Halladay being traded. I guess that's what happens when your team sucks and is about to trade its best player. It's going to be difficult seeing this team without Halladay but I hope that he finally gets a chance to compete.

agreed, he must be so annoyed of it as well.... it's really sad that what JP said has really changed the media perspective of everything..

but this is a great moment for Jays history.... props to Roy!

J-Roc · Post #6 » by **J-Roc** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:03 pm

Best part about the two Jays starting.....I get to watch the beginning, and then tune off when they leave the game. Do you guys actually watch the all-star game?

BasketballAbyss · Post #7 » by **BasketballAbyss** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:11 pm

Interesting. Well, at least we get to see him finally start the All-Star game as a Blue Jay.

J-Roc · Post #8 » by **J-Roc** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:15 pm

BasketballAbyss wrote:Interesting. Well, at least we get to see him finally start the All-Star game as a Blue Jay.

But the irony is that all they'll talk about is what he can do for other teams.

Mustard_Tiger · Post #9 » by **Mustard_Tiger** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:31 am

J-Roc wrote:Best part about the two Jays starting.....I get to watch the beginning, and then tune off when they leave the game. Do you guys actually watch the all-star game?

Yes. I finally get to cheer for a team that usually wins.

J-Roc · Post #10 » by **J-Roc** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:53 am

Yup, as expected, when they flashed up Halladay warming in the pen, they referred to him as a guy who may not be pitching for the Jays by the end of the all-star break.

W T F !!

evilRyu · Post #11 » by **evilRyu** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:23 am

J-Roc wrote:Best part about the two Jays starting.....I get to watch the beginning, and then tune off when they leave the game. Do you guys actually watch the all-star game?

not really.. i find it kind of boring.. so i kind of lost a lot of interest after Roy left :lol:

J-Roc · Post #12 » by **J-Roc** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:19 am

Anyone worried that Halladay hasn't' won in a while? You know the Jays are going bad when.....