MLB All Star game...Yankee Stadium didn't want it to end
Many thought it was proper that the All-star game at Yankee Stadium went into extra innings, as if the ballpark wanted to keep playing baseball for as long as it could. But of course this one had to end, with the American league continuing its recent dominance of 11 wins the past 12 years (who can forget the tie in 2002). This also means, of course, that the 7th game of the World Series will go to the American League team. Can it be the Tampa Bay Rays? Maybe, especially the way their pitching and defense carried them the first half of the season. And by the way the all-star Rays played last night, highlighted by Longoria's game-tying double, I think its possible. Who will be the NL representative? I'd like so much for it to be the Cubs.
Great game, guys. It was fun to see the pitching hold up against the all-star batters and also to see the bullpens on both sides slowly dwindle down. I'm sure a couple position players were getting nervous thinking they might get called up to pitch. And how about JD Drew winning the MVP award? I'm just as surprised as anyone that he's turned it up and kept it going into this season.
The way the game ended with the throw to home reminded me of my favorite All-Star game moment. It was the 1994 game in Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh. It also went into extra innings, and in the bottom of the 10th, with Tony Gwynn on base, Moises Alou smacked the game-winning RBI. I can still remember Tony chugging around the bases and he slid into home, just barely beating the throw. And when the umpire spread his arms safe, Tony was jumping up and down and the NL team came rushing out to jump with him. And I was jumping in front of my TV too.
