2024 All-Star Game – Tuesday, July 16

Sadly, I find it difficult to designate any of our Cardinals as an all-star. There are some “used to bes” and a couple of “might be one days,” but currently the cupboard is bare, with the possible exception of Gray. On the other hand I’m not excited about all-stars and the all-star game one way or the other.

Long before Selig tried to inject some interest by awarding HFA to the winning league, the AS game used to be quite an event. And even though it had no bearing on anything to do with the regular or post-season the players played that game as if it were an elimination game. Both Ray Fosse and Pete Rose would attest to that.

It will be Helsley and that is it.

Futures game who knows. Nothing is guaranteed if you do make it.

I agree, it is all about first half stats. Every year I get into an argument with others who seem to think it should be the ‘All Stats Game’. In which case why go through the fan vote process and just have the computer tell us who we want to see out there.

I doubt any Cardinal will get voted in, but everybody gets a participation pick. I don’t know if the Cardinals org has any clout with Bochy, but if so, then they will be lobbying for Winn, especially if he keeps hitting at a .300 pace. We need a fresh new star. Helsley being picked wouldn’t do us as much good.

Ken Rosenthal listed out who he wants in the All Star game. For the Cardinals, Gray and Helsey were the only 2 representatives. Masynn Winn was the only honorable mention we had.

I agree with his choices at this point in time. He also had Skenes making it which I very much approve of despite the limited innings. He has pitched great and realistically the All Star game is about putting players on the field that fans want to watch.

Of this nation’s 3 major sports, baseball’s all-star game is the most watchable. The NFL all star game is a total joke……I’d rather watch reruns of “Maude” than tune into their all star festivities. Buddy Boy Selig greatly damaged the baseball all star game during his tenure. How can anybody take a baseball game seriously when it has the possibility of ending in a tie? I long for the days when both sides would do most anything to gain victory in this game.

Helsley is the only rep for the Cards. I would much rather he had some time off!

I like players wearing their team uni’s. The very first all-star game back in 1933 featured the National Leaguers in “National League” uniforms, but I think that was the only time either league had custom uni’s until recent years.

Of course today there is more interest in generating new forms of revenue, which they figure the one of a kind uni’s will bring. Well, it’s always been that way. But back in the day no one had the extra income to blow on a replica All-Star jersey. Instead guys would put together barnstorming teams and play exhibitions to get a few extra bucks.

Yeah, each player wearing either their home or road uniform was the way to go. In my view, the players wearing all of those different and magnificient looking Big League uniforms served to add to the spectacle and grandeur of the AS game. When they were all together on the field of play it was really something else to behold. The uniforms pictured in this thread look like something a road crew working on the shoulder of the highway would wear.