Errors riddle All-Star Game scoreboard
Misspelled names, wrong photos, logos cause backlash
The only errors on the scoreboard at the All-Star Game were by the scoreboard.
At least one player noticed — and wasn’t too pleased.
The giant board at Progressive Field in Cleveland was filled with mistakes Tuesday night, including a couple of misspelled names, a wrong picture and a pair of incorrect team logos.
“They had what, two weeks to get ready for this? That can’t happen,” Mets sparkplug Jeff McNeil said.
McNeil is leading the majors with a .349 batting average, an impressive feat seeing how he made his major league debut less than a year ago.
A late sub, he came up for the National League in the eighth inning and noticed the headshot on the scoreboard wasn’t of him. Instead, it was of Mets teammate Jacob deGrom.
“That was tough, to see deGrom’s picture up there,” McNeil said. “I didn’t really like that.
“I wanted to see my picture up there. I know my family did, too. What are you going to do, I guess, but I don’t think that should happen.”
David Dahl didn’t fare any better. The Rockies outfielder batted right before McNeil and was listed on the scoreboard as “Davis Dahl.”
Same for Cubs catcher Willson Contreras. A starter, his first name was missing a letter and spelled “Wilson.”
Big-hitting Cody Bellinger plays for the Dodgers and Ketel Marte is with the Diamondbacks, but when the starting lineups were shown, they both appeared with the logo of the Braves.
The American League won 4-3 and neither team was charged with an error.
“I don’t think there was a lot of mistakes on either side,” said NL manager Dave Roberts of the Dodgers.
Not on the field, anyway.
The Indians apologized Wednesday.
White Sox extend netting: Work crews began extending the protective netting to the foul poles at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, a step the White Sox are taking following a couple of high-profile injuries this season.
The White Sox said most of the work should be completed Wednesday and fully in place when the team returns home July 22 to host the Marlins.
The White Sox became the first major league team to take the step after a liner by Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. struck a 4-year-old girl in Houston in May. A woman was hit by a foul ball off the bat of White Sox slugger Eloy Jimenez in Chicago on June 10.
Commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday extending protective netting down foul lines is a ballpark-to-ballpark decision because of differing configurations. Major League Baseball mandated ahead of the 2018 season that netting extend to the far end of each dugout.
Dodgers activate Seager: The MLBbest Dodgers activated two-time AllStar shortstop Corey Seager from the injured list Wednesday.
The former NL rookie of the year had been out since June 12 with a left hamstring strain. Seager hit .278 with eight home runs, 38 RBIs and 40 runs in 66 games before suffering the injury.
Arrieta to make start: Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said Wednesday that right-handed starter Jake Arrieta will start during this weekend’s series against the Nationals despite being hindered by a bone spur in his right elbow.
The Phillies will continue to evaluate the injury.
Bouton dies: Former Yankees All-Star pitcher Jim Bouton, a 20-game winner who won two World Series games, spent 10 years in the big leagues and was author of the groundbreaking hardball tell-all “Ball Four,” died Wednesday following a battle with a brain disease linked to dementia. He was 80.