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 Chone Figgins made it to the All-Star Game after all.
The Angels third baseman, who finished third at the position in last week's fan vote for the final roster spot, was added to the American League roster today when Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria pulled out of the game because of an infected ring finger on his right hand.
Tim Mead, the Angels vice president of communications who is in St. Louis, was at a breakfast function this morning when he received a call from Major League Baseball officials at about 9 a.m. CDT, informing him that Figgins had been added to the team.
"We made numerous calls to Chone, but he wasn't answering his cellphone at first," Mead said by phone from St. Louis. "We finally got a hold of him. Suffice it to say, he was very excited."
"He was excited, and then you realize you have to do so many things," Mead said. "He's trying to get his mother, father and stepfather to St. Louis for the game, and MLB officials and [Angels traveling secretary] Tom Taylor are trying to get him extra rooms.
"It's definitely not the circumstances you want to make your first All-Star Game appearance under, but he's embraced it, and we couldn't be happier for him."
He joins teammate Brian Fuentes as the only Angels participating in the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. Hunter was also voted in, but had to turn it down due to his injury.
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