Some random thoughts on last night's never-ending Mid-Summer Classic:
- Pregame ceremony with 49 Hall-of-Famers was very nice and the coolest since Ted Williams at Fenway in '99. But it was not as good as that, as there should have been more former Yankee All-Stars invited, and the spontaneity from '99 was missing. Nice to see just the same.
- George Steinbrenner looks horrible. Really horrible.
- Tony Gwynn looks fatter. Really fatter.
- Apparently we were only an inning or two from 3rd baseman David Wright pitching for the first time since elementary school. Really, how much less of a farce is that than the tie in Milwaukee was?
- Lone Dodger Russell Martin (above) was the highlight of my night with great plays at the plate. But Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, and Ben Sheets also will be remembered as well.
- The NL may never ever win an All Star game again. Really ever.
2 comments:
The national league will win next year when the best player ever known joins the nationals - oh wait, I must have had a dose of the Bushies.
The pregame celebration was nice but a bit lengthy. I was wondering about the guys who weren't there. Johnny Bench? Could Joe Morgan not be there because he works for ESPN? It is not clear to me why Hurdle did not bring in Wagner in the 7th when Navarro and Drew were coming up. Great game, but it sucks that the Cards will have to play Games 1 and 2 in Anaheim come October.
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