All-Stars changing leagues

by clevername on Jul 9, 2008 11:53 AM PDT

A friend of mine posed the following interesting question. Let's say a player is selected as an All-Star. Before the All-Star game begins, he gets traded to a team in the other league. Does he still play in the All-Star game? Which team does he play on? What uniform does he wear? Since the winning league of the All-Star game gets home-field advantage in the World Series, this could become an important question. Furthermore, it certainly seems like a possible scenario- witness the trade of Sabathia, a former All-Star. I thought it was an interesting question, so I thought I'd pose it to this group.

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I think this happened to Carlos Beltran a few years ago. He ended up playing for the NL, IIRC?

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by jponry on Jul 9, 2008 11:55 AM PDT reply actions

i believe he did play for the NL and since he was the token Royal All Star, they had to get a new one.. i forget if someone got hosed though and didnt get to go or if they just added an extra player

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by Azmanz on Jul 9, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Looks like Beltran was voted by the players to the AL team, but wasn’t considered eligible to play for the AL since he was by then an Astro. The trade happened before the final rosters were announced, so Torre was able to pick KC’s Ken Harvey without bumping anyone.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 9, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I never thought about that before. He probably just represents the team he’s currently on.

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by Natto on Jul 9, 2008 11:59 AM PDT reply actions

I'd say he should represent the team he's currently on

but that wouldn’t make any sense because that would require you kick someone else off of the other league’s roster to make room for him. So I would think Sabathia would represent the Indians because that’s where he was named an allstar.

by boonitez on Jul 9, 2008 12:12 PM PDT reply actions

But having him wear his old team’s lid is really weird.

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by Goofus on Jul 9, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions

true, but it’d suck to get kicked off the allstar team because some guy got traded from the other league.

by boonitez on Jul 9, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Not to step on someone else's material, but shouldn't they make him play WITHOUT a uniform?

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 9, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions

I wouldn't want to see that.

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by groug on Jul 9, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Depends on the All Star(s) in question, of course.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 9, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions