MLB All-Star Game

What a game last night! Definitely a pitcher's duel that started off with Cliff Lee and Ben Sheets who were ready for the game bringing their "A" pitches and making the game's best hitters look amateurishly foolish. Lee's fastball and Sheet's breaking ball made the opposing team's hitters seem like .100 hitters instead of .300 hitters and it was great to see.

In my opinion, pitcher's duels aren't the most exciting games to see unless you like lots of strikeouts. If you do, then last night was the game for you. All pitchers used (both in the AL and the NL) combined for 34 strikeouts (17 for each side).

I was getting nervous because the National League had a 2-0 lead in the 7th inning. Then, JD Drew came up to bat and hit a 2-run blast to the right field seats. The game was tied, all was well. An unlikely hero for the American League came to the plate in Evan Longoria during the 8th because the National League had taken back the lead thanks to an "overrated" (overrated, my ass, Yankees fans) Jonathan Papelbon who had a shaky inning. Longoria hit a ground-rule double down the line that helped Grady Sizemore score and tie things up once again.
And then it was on. I went to sleep after the 9th inning but I woke up quite early to watch the highlights on SportsCenter. I guess I didn't miss much because I saw ground balls and not scoring and Nate McClouth throwing out Dioner Navarro at the plate during the 11th inning and on and on and on.
Finally, during the 15th inning, the American League came to life and Michael Young hit the sacrifice fly to get Justin Morneau across the plate. There was lots of booing towards all Red Sox and Mets players because Yankees fans are just jealous. But, karma's a bitch, it just so happens that at the last All-Star Game ever played at Yankee Stadium a Red Sox player was the MVP of the game: JD Drew.

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