6 more players bow out of All-Star game

[El Supremo]

PHOENIX (AP)—Baseball could field an All-Star team just from the players who will be missing from Tuesday’s game.

Tampa Bay’s David Price became the latest star to withdraw, citing turf toe, and five other starting pitchers were declared ineligible because they played Sunday.

The Yankees’ CC Sabathia, the Rays’ James Shields, the Detroit Tigers’ Justin Verlander, the Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez and the Philadelphia Phillies’ Cole Hamels all were knocked out because of their starts. Sabathia had been bypassed when rosters were announced a week ago, but replaced Shields when the Tampa Bay pitcher appeared Sunday.

Replacing them as All-Stars were the Yankees’ David Robertson, the Texas Rangers’ Alexi Ogando, the Seattle Mariners’ Michael Pineda, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Ricky Romero and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Kevin Correia....

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-all-starreplacements

:wtf: This is not good for baseball.