This is Bullsh*t

[Lefty]

Just read that Pittsburgh has been awarded the 2006 All-Star game. Why not Arizona?

 

[ajcardfan]

Colangelo has made a lot more enemies than friends among the other owners.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Have you seen PNC Park compared to the BOB? MLB made the right decision.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

We didn't pay our dues and suck for 10 years.

Hence they (the other owners) hate us. Fug em.

 

[Lefty]

Pittsburgh hosted the All-Star game only 12 years ago.

 

[NJYAJ09]

Their new stadium kicks ass though. I say we get the All Star game in 2008. Thats the same year as the superbowl, right? that would be awesome to have those two in the same year.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Pittsburgh hosted the All-Star game only 12 years ago.

And this is their 3rd or 4th in the last 30 or so years.

 

[WizardOfAz]

San Francisco would have been a popular pick for 2006, the year Barry Bonds potentially could break Hank Aaron's career homers record.

The 12-year turnaround between All-Star games for Pittsburgh will be the shortest since the major league expansions in 1961 and 1962 and will cause a logjam as teams with new or nearly new parks race to stage the game in future seasons.

Cincinnati (last All-Star game in 1988), Philadelphia (1996) and San Diego (1992) have also opened new parks and probably will find themselves in the All-Star rotation in the not distant future. St. Louis will open a new park in 2006, and Florida, Arizona and Tampa Bay have not been All-Star sites.

Despite being two of baseball's premier franchises, the Yankees (1977) and Dodgers (1980) have each had long gaps since last hosting the All-Star game. Kansas City hasn't had the game since 1972, and Detroit will end a 34-year wait next year.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-07202004-333599.html

 

[Cland]

Why not Arizona?

I thought this was our punishment for not going to the AL?