Post by The Cats on Jul 14, 2013 19:16:23 GMT -5
Holland tabbed to give Royals three All-Stars
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CLEVELAND -- Make it three All-Stars for the Kansas City Royals.
Closer Greg Holland was added to the American League team as a replacement pitcher after Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma and Oakland's Bartolo Colon were ruled out of competing because they started their team's games on Sunday.
Holland joins catcher Salvador Perez and left fielder Alex Gordon to give the Royals three players on the All-Star team for the first time since 1988. That's the year that first baseman George Brett made his 13th and last All-Star appearance and was joined by pitcher Mark Gubicza and shortstop Kurt Stillwell.
"It's exciting," Holland said. "I thought a lot about it leading up to it and I didn't get in, but I was so happy for Salvy and Gordo that it was kind of easy to move on from."
Holland, a low-key guy anyway, had a rather muted reaction when he got the news following the Royals' 6-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Sunday afternoon. It was their fifth straight loss.
Closer Greg Holland was added to the American League team as a replacement pitcher after Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma and Oakland's Bartolo Colon were ruled out of competing because they started their team's games on Sunday.
Holland joins catcher Salvador Perez and left fielder Alex Gordon to give the Royals three players on the All-Star team for the first time since 1988. That's the year that first baseman George Brett made his 13th and last All-Star appearance and was joined by pitcher Mark Gubicza and shortstop Kurt Stillwell.
"It's exciting," Holland said. "I thought a lot about it leading up to it and I didn't get in, but I was so happy for Salvy and Gordo that it was kind of easy to move on from."
Holland, a low-key guy anyway, had a rather muted reaction when he got the news following the Royals' 6-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Sunday afternoon. It was their fifth straight loss.
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