MLB All-Star Game 2007

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MLB All-Star Game 2007
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
American League 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 10 0
National League 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4th 9 1
date July 10, 2007
Venue AT&T Park
city San Francisco , California
Manager American League - Jim Leyland ( DET )
National League - Tony La Russa ( STL )
MVP Ichirō Suzuki ( SEA )
Visitors 43,965
First pitch Willie Mays
TV channel Fox
Television announcer Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
Radio station ESPN
Radio announcer Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell

MLB All-Star Game

The 78th MLB All-Star Game 2007 took place on July 10, 2007 at AT&T Park in San Francisco , home of the San Francisco Giants . The actual All-Star Game was the highlight of the All-Star Week from 06-10. July 2007. Traditionally, the all-stars of the two professional leagues American League and National League met each other. The American League team won 5-4.

For Barry Bonds it was the 14th participation in this event. He was named as the only player of the home team San Francisco Giants in the selection. All-Star Week is the most important baseball event in the USA after the World Series .

Last roster place

After the announcement of the roster, a second vote took place in order to allocate the last remaining place in the roster. Chris Young and Hideki Okajima were selected as players for the National League and American League in the All-Star Team. For both of them it was the first nomination for the All-Star Team. It was the first time that only pitchers were available.

player team Item player team Item
National League American League
Hideki Okajima BOS P Chris Young SD P
Jeremy Bonderman DET P Carlos Zambrano CHC P
Pat Neshek MIN P Roy Oswalt HOU P
Kelvim Escobar LAA P Brandon Webb ARZ P
Roy Halladay GOAL P Tom Gorzelanny PIT P

American League selection team

Starters

Pitcher

replacement

National League selection team

starter

Pitcher

Replacement for B. Fuentes, and J. Smoltz

replacement

The 2007 State Farm Homerun Derby

The home run derby took place the day before the actual All-Star Game.

Participants were:

Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. both canceled participation. Miguel Cabrera was injured the previous weekend and was unable to participate.

result

The winner and thus State Farm Home Run Derby Champion 2007 was Vladimir Guerrero (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), he defeated Alex Rios ( Toronto Blue Jays ) in the championship round with 3-2 home runs.

The individual results:

Surname team total 2007 Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Total
Vladimir Guerrero LAA 352 14th 5 9 3 17th
Alex Rios GOAL 45 17th 5 12 2 19th
Matt Holliday COL 82 15th 5 8th - 13
Albert Pujols STL 266 16 4 * 9 - 13
Justin Morneau MIN 103 24 4 * - - 4th
Prince Fielder Mil 59 29 3 - - 3
Ryan Howard PHI 103 21st 3 - - 3
Magglio Ordonez DET 232 13 2 - - 2
  • Decision after the 1st round in the shotout, winner A. Pujols with 2-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Young, Okajima win final vote. MLB.com, accessed November 7, 2012 .