85th All Star Game: All Of The Jeter With None Of The Gwynn

Unless you were watching ESPN2’s WNBA doubleheader, you were probably watching the MLB All Star Game. And you probably noticed they paid tribute to retiring Yankee Derek Jeter every once in a while. What you may not have noticed was a mention of Tony Gwynn, because there wasn’t one for the Padre legend who passed away last month at the age of 54. But people were outraged, perhaps justifiably for once, and NBC Sports’ Matthew Pouliot explained the situation perfectly:

Instead, what we got during FOX’s All-Star Game broadcast was all of the Derek Jeter we could handle, a performance of Forever Young from Idina Menzel, and a Ken Rosenthal interview with commissioner Bud Selig that delayed the start of an inning…

…A brief video tribute and a moment for silence was the bare minimum MLB should have done in [Gwynn’s] memory tonight. Flying in Phillies outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr., if he were amenable, would have been a nice touch, too. Why MLB did nothing at all is a question that needs to be asked of Selig next time he’s interviewed.

But the baseball writers are pissed at Wainwright right now, and we gotta get him to apologize. So you’ll just have to scroll down if you want a tribute.

Read more at NBC’s Hardball Talk.

 

 

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