{"id":19565,"date":"2022-07-19T22:42:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/astros-fly-as-pitcher-on-private-jet-to-all-star-game-in-la\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T22:42:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:42:42","slug":"astros-fly-as-pitcher-on-private-jet-to-all-star-game-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/astros-fly-as-pitcher-on-private-jet-to-all-star-game-in-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros fly A’s pitcher on private jet to All-Star Game in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The A’s wanted to stick their All-Star pitcher on a commercial flight to LA<\/figcaption>
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Being an All-Star is a good feeling, or at least I’d think so. Clearly, I’ve never been named an MLB All-Star, but the confirmation that you are in fact one of the game’s best players, getting to line up alongside several legends, and have that star next to your name on your Baseball-Reference<\/span> page has to be one of the best feelings in the world. Not to mention, you can leverage your All-Star status during your next contract negotiation. Teams will coddle you, tell you you’re pretty, and offer you a hefty sum of cash to join\/stay with their team…except for the Oakland A’s. <\/p>\n

According to the team’s All-Star, pitcher Paul Blackburn (6-5, 3.62 ERA), the A’s were planning on flying him to Los Angeles on a commercial flight. In all fairness, Paul Blackburn is no celebrity. He could walk into a high-end restaurant in Oakland and most people there would be none the wiser, so flying commercial wouldn’t get him bombarded with fans looking for the All-Star’s autograph. That said, he’s still an All-Star and he deserves to be treated as such. The Astros clearly know this, because as soon as they’d heard of the A’s transgression against their best player, they offered to fly Blackburn to LA on their private charter plane.<\/p>\n