Forum > I'm glad Verlander had fun at the All Star Game
DJones2109, yep in one inning he basically tanked the All-Star Game and cost the AL (which, to his surprise no doubt, was the Tigers) the game and home field in the Series. He admitted after the game he was trying to give the fans a show by seeing how high he could light up the radar gun, rather than trying to get outs. Put the AL in a 5-0 hole and against ace-level NL pitchers who were TRYING to excel, that deep of a deficit was the game.
DJones2109, yep in one inning he basically tanked the All-Star Game and cost the AL (which, to his surprise no doubt, was the Tigers) the game and home field in the Series. He admitted after the game he was trying to give the fans a show by seeing how high he could light up the radar gun, rather than trying to get outs. Put the AL in a 5-0 hole and against ace-level NL pitchers who were TRYING to excel, that deep of a deficit was the game.