The headline sums up basically what was accomplished in the American League’s 4-3, 15-inning, 4-hour-50-minute marathon win over the National League in baseball’s All-Star game. The happiest man in Yankee Stadium seemed to be Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, who knows that if his team can make a repeat appearance in the World Series, it will have home-field advantage.
The N.L. has not won the All-Star Game since 1996, but at least this time Commissioner Bud Selig did not call the game a tie like he did in 2002. Awarding World Series home field to the league that won was started recently to make the All-Star Game more meaningful, but it’s a stupid gimmick that uses an exhibition to set competitive rules for games that do matter in the postseason. The old system of the leagues swapping home field each year was a nice tradition that should have been kept. But baseball seldom makes changes that make a whole lot of sense. –Jim Buzinski
on Jul 16th, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Tough night for Dan Uggla…tough, tough night. Three errors, three strikeouts, an inning-ending double play, six left on base. Damn. No word on whether Uggla’s pops formally disowned his son last night, but there’s a good chance that if Uggla had a gay brother that he’d be the family’s favorite son today for once in his life.
Here’s some truths about Danny you never knew:
http://rebirthofslack.blogspot.com/2008/07/dan-struggla-killing-daddys-dream.html
on Jul 16th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Jeez, “Ace” … that’s some pretty unfunny stuff, even for a blog.