Apparently I'm the only one who thinks this way, but I thought that was a pretty good All-Star Game. Sure, the NL hitters were pretty well dominated, but it was an enjoyable enough game. My problems had more to do with MLB itself. Do you really need a sponsor for everything? The idea to bring out all these wounded vets was great, but did you need People's logo splashed everywhere when you did it? Is there any reason you couldn't have done that just out of the decency of your hearts? And can we please, please stop playing "God Bless America" during the 7th inning of every big game? I understand that singing the anthem before games started as a WWII-era patriotic gesture. This last Iraq war? Not WWII. We don't need any more patriotism in baseball, thank you. You can bury these hats while you're at it, too. It's just too damn much. And if you feel you just can't live without it (and you can), did you really have to settle on "God Bless America?" It's a terrible, boring, drug out song. And then, what's this? In a similar vein, here's Neil Diamond to butcher his own song in some sort of tribute to Boston! While you play in New York! Golly gee, how did that work out, MLB? What, you had to fake it to get the reaction you wanted? I never would have guessed! There was just so much ball-dropping on the logistics end here. Simple is not bad, guys. For real. The only nice thing was Mariano Rivera's moment right after that Neil Diamond abomination, which MLB really had nothing to do with. Nor did FOX, though Joe Buck & Tim McCarver had the good sense to stay out of the way. Still, despite MLB's best efforts, the game itself was nice. Here was my attempt to keep track of it. You're not going to win too many games by getting 7 total bases. Plus, you can definitely see the black ink in my printer was starting to fail. Got to remember to pick some more up.
The second half of the season starts tonight, and the Pirates and Reds are the free game. I would try to watch the Pittsburgh feed, but I'm sure I'll be blacked out. Looks like I'm watching the Reds feed on regular TV tonight. Comments are closed.
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