Thankfully, Tony LaRussa and Jim Leyland got it right. On Monday, they announced that their starting pitchers for the 2007 All-Star Game would be Dan Haren of the Oakland Athletics for the AL and Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres for the NL.
Both men have seen their numbers rise some in recent weeks but overall, there has not been two more complete and dominant pitchers over the course of the year. This honor was well deserved for both Haren and Peavy.
The other options in the AL were not in the running in my opinion but in the NL, it was a tighter race as Chris Young, Peavy’s teammate in San Diego, and Brad Penny, last years All-Star starter, have had phenomenal seasons as well, keeping pace with Peavy at the top of the NL pitchers stats.
Should be a fine showdown between these two quality pitchers as they try and put down the most dominant hitters in the game. Reason # 459,911 why the MLB All-Star Game is better than any other All-Star game.
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