AL Wins Marathon
The American League won last night’s MLB All-Star game in the bottom of the 15th inning after Michael Young hit a sacrifice fly to score Justin Morneau just ahead of the tag. Clocking in at 4 hours and 50 minutes, this was the longest All-Star game in history, and by the time it ended, more than half of the fans had already left. I sure hope those who stayed either lived close by or got some good hotel deals for their All-Star experience. I’d hate to drop a couple hundred bucks on a hotel room and then end up spending all of 5 hours in it!
Anyway, this latest win by the American League ensures that they will have home field advantage during the World Series, something they’ve enjoyed every year since that rule went into effect.
I watched some of the later innings last night and thought the game was pretty boring. As always with an extra-inning game, the true stars were already on the bench and couldn’t go back in. So that’s why someone like Dan Uggla was playing second base and making three errors on the night or why neither team had any pitchers left if the game had to go on. Again — boring! I’d rather see Jeter, Varitek, Pujols, and Chipper Jones playing than the second-stringers.
Oh, well, I guess that just means the Cubs will have to open on the road when they make it to the World Series. Hopefully it’ll be right across town at the Cell!
(AP Photo/Ed Betz)