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The Mets were snubbed in more than one way Monday afternoon
by NL All-Star manager Tony La Russa, as R.A. Dickey was not picked to start
the All-Star Game Tuesday night. In
addition to Dickey’s snub, David Wright will also not be the starting
designated hitter for the NL squad.
Dickey’s stats were more than worthy of the starting pitcher
spot in the All-Star game, but he will instead be pitching sometime in the
first half of the game as San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain was selected
as the starter.
La Russa said that both Dickey and Cain were “equally
legitimate” in earning the starting spot, but Cain nonetheless got the nod.
La Russa says that Cain and Posey have familiarity already
because of being on the same team during the regular season, but Cain has a
good point when he says that it would have been beneficial for Dickey to start.
“I was actually thinking that it might be a little bit of
help if R.A. were able to start it, because maybe Buster would be able to catch
him today and then catch him warming up or something like that – maybe a little
bit of help doing it that way,” Cain said.
It makes sense as Posey is not familiar with catching the knuckle-balling
Dickey, so it should be interesting to see how he fares during the game.
After losing out on the starting 3rd baseman spot
on the NL squad to San Francisco Giant Pablo Sandoval, David Wright lost out on
the starting designated spot as well. La
Russa opted to instead go with Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzales in
the designated hitter spot.
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