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Originally Posted by Robextend
EDITED TO ADD: Also not sure why Girardi didn't make a better effort to make sure A-Rod got in the game...weird.
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Joe's explanation was that he felt he needed to save A-Rod as a potential pinch runner and/or defensive replacement for Beltre who was playing slightly hurt.
Beltre had thought about scratching (he came out of Sunday's game with a bad hamstring), but really wanted to go and play. He's been in the bigs for 13 seasons and this was his first All-Star Game. There was talk on Monday that Beltre would pull out and Michael Young would replace him, but I can't blame him for wanting to play.