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Toronto All-Star Game hopefuls told to get in line
Selig says many MLB cities are looking to host the mid-season event
Aug 17, 2007 04:30 AM
Matthew Chung
Sports Reporter
It was July 1991 when Toronto Blue Jays fans – having set a league attendance record the year before – packed what was then called the SkyDome for an all-star game.
Yesterday, Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey said it's about time Toronto had another.
Godfrey, speaking on the second and final day of a baseball owners' meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel, said he plans to talk to commissioner Bud Selig "in the weeks ahead" about Toronto possibly hosting the All-Star Game in 2010 or 2012.
"I think either '10 or '12 would be a great year," he said. "We'll have our stadium fixed up to an even greater degree than we have now."
Selig, who said he expects to announce the 2010 host next month, noted "it hasn't been such a long time" for Toronto.
"I know (Godfrey) would like one," he said. "But so would everybody else, that's the problem right now. I've got more people bearing down on me for all-star games than I know what to do with."
In other words, Toronto may need to take a number.
The game will be played at Yankee Stadium in '08, while St. Louis will host in '09 – the city's first All-Star Game since 1966.
It's been reported that Los Angeles, which hasn't hosted the midsummer classic since 1989, is in line to host one as early as 2010, while Selig previously announced that Kansas City, without a game since 1973, will host between 2010 and 2014.
Selig also announced yesterday he will not take any disciplinary action against Jason Giambi, who essentially admitted to using performance-enhancing substances in a USA Today story in May.
Selig said he is impressed both by the former AL MVP's charitable activities – Giambi intends to donate $50,000 (U.S.) to the Partnership for a Drug Free America – and by Giambi's openness in a July meeting with Senator George Mitchell, who is conducting a probe into performance-enhancing substance use in the sport.
"He was, I thought, very frank and candid with Senator Mitchell and I think with all the off-field charitable activities he's doing ... this is an appropriate decision," Selig said.
He also said the league has no further plans for celebrating Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run, and that the statement he issued that night was "appropriate."
Selig was not in attendance the night Bonds hit home run No. 756 to pass Hank Aaron.
Link to article
Toronto All-Star Game hopefuls told to get in line
Selig says many MLB cities are looking to host the mid-season event
Aug 17, 2007 04:30 AM
Matthew Chung
Sports Reporter
It was July 1991 when Toronto Blue Jays fans – having set a league attendance record the year before – packed what was then called the SkyDome for an all-star game.
Yesterday, Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey said it's about time Toronto had another.
Godfrey, speaking on the second and final day of a baseball owners' meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel, said he plans to talk to commissioner Bud Selig "in the weeks ahead" about Toronto possibly hosting the All-Star Game in 2010 or 2012.
"I think either '10 or '12 would be a great year," he said. "We'll have our stadium fixed up to an even greater degree than we have now."
Selig, who said he expects to announce the 2010 host next month, noted "it hasn't been such a long time" for Toronto.
"I know (Godfrey) would like one," he said. "But so would everybody else, that's the problem right now. I've got more people bearing down on me for all-star games than I know what to do with."
In other words, Toronto may need to take a number.
The game will be played at Yankee Stadium in '08, while St. Louis will host in '09 – the city's first All-Star Game since 1966.
It's been reported that Los Angeles, which hasn't hosted the midsummer classic since 1989, is in line to host one as early as 2010, while Selig previously announced that Kansas City, without a game since 1973, will host between 2010 and 2014.
Selig also announced yesterday he will not take any disciplinary action against Jason Giambi, who essentially admitted to using performance-enhancing substances in a USA Today story in May.
Selig said he is impressed both by the former AL MVP's charitable activities – Giambi intends to donate $50,000 (U.S.) to the Partnership for a Drug Free America – and by Giambi's openness in a July meeting with Senator George Mitchell, who is conducting a probe into performance-enhancing substance use in the sport.
"He was, I thought, very frank and candid with Senator Mitchell and I think with all the off-field charitable activities he's doing ... this is an appropriate decision," Selig said.
He also said the league has no further plans for celebrating Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run, and that the statement he issued that night was "appropriate."
Selig was not in attendance the night Bonds hit home run No. 756 to pass Hank Aaron.
