The starting pitchers for this year’s All-Star Game had a sort of inside track. American League manager Jim Leyland chose his own starter from the Detroit Tigers, Max Scherzer (pictured), to take the mound to begin the game, while National League manager Bruce Bochy selected Matt Harvey of the New York Mets, whose hometown turf is Citi Field, the site of this year’s contest. But those aren’t the only reasons those starters were selected: Scherzer is 13-1, and Harvey, with eight wins, averages more than a strikeout per inning.