Jacob deGrom only Mets player selected to All-Star Game
NY Post
Jacob deGrom’s selection to the National League All-Star team Sunday wasn’t a surprise, but the fact the Mets were otherwise shut out might have rated as one.
Taijuan Walker, Marcus Stroman and Edwin Diaz were the other Mets players with solid All-Star cases. DeGrom, who is scheduled to pitch twice before the All-Star break — including in the final game — reiterated Sunday his plan to not pitch in the July 13 Midsummer Classic in Colorado. “I have been a little beat up in this first half and obviously missed a few starts, which I wish I wouldn’t have missed, so I don’t think it makes much sense,” said deGrom, who leads the major leagues with a 0.95 ERA this season.You are the face of Major League Baseball, the $700 Million Man, and your close friend, your interpreter, betrays you, allegedly steals $16M from your bank account to pay off his gambling debts. An MLB investigation into The Scandal Heard ’Round the World, from here to Japan and back, thankfully absolves you. It does not cost you your reputation, or your growing legacy.
Whenever seasons like the one the Knicks just completed end, I always find myself back outside the visiting locker room at old Mile High Stadium. I always find myself standing with a handful of writers surrounding Bill Parcells maybe half an hour after the Jets lost the AFC Championship game to the Broncos.