It doesn’t get much tougher than a turn through the top names on an All-Star team - for Welch, that meant Lenny Dykstra, Ryne Sandberg, Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell, Andre Dawson, Chris Sabo, and Mike Scioscia (only Clark managed a hit). Two scoreless innings might not sound like much, but remember the starter is facing the cream of the crop in the opposing starting lineup before the lesser reserves come in. Catfish went scoreless in 1973 but only recorded four outs, and everyone else allowed runs. But Welch stands out from that group, because he’s the only one who threw multiple innings without allowing a run.
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Oakland has sent the AL’s starting pitcher seven times: Vida twice, plus Catfish Hunter, Dave Stewart, Welch, Mark Mulder, and Dan Haren. A’s fans famously stuffed the ballot box to get him into the lineup, but it ended up working out for everybody in the AL.
The great irony, of course, is that Steinbach was a questionable choice to be in the game at all. The AL won 2-1 and Steiny drove in both runs. He homered off Dwight Gooden in the 3rd inning for the game’s first run, and then he came up again in the 4th with the bases loaded and delivered a sac fly against Bob Knepper. Steinbach is the only A’s player ever to win the All-Star MVP award, and boy did he earn it. I looked through each of the 50 All-Star Games since the A’s moved to Oakland, and here are my picks for the best performances. While we wait to see how our boys do in the Midsummer Classic, let’s take a look back at past All-Star editions. Realistically, we can hope to see one or two at-bats from Lowrie (backing up reigning league MVP Jose Altuve) and maybe an inning from Treinen. The Oakland A’s have two representatives in the exhibition contest: second baseman Jed Lowrie and closer Blake Treinen. The 2018 MLB All-Star Game has arrived, with first pitch coming at 5:00 p.m.
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