Archive for July 11th, 2007

The All Star Game

As big a baseball fan as I am, I haven’t been into the All Star Game since I was a kid.  In my mind, Baseball did a trade off when it started interleague play.  Interleague play has worked (just check out attendance figures, baseball enjoys greater attendance now more than ever- even in Kansas City) [...]

Watchable

I agree about the game.  However, the opening ceremony was weak, except for the interview of Mays by Jeter and Junior.  Nice touch rather than your typical espn guy doing it.  I thought the ceremony with Mays walking in and then throwing balls from the cadillac was strange.  The video tribute was very weak.  The [...]

Watchable

That was a decent game. Some silly errors, but the inside-the-park HR was different, and Soriano made it close at the end. Leyland showed why is a solid manager by going to the pen for the last out. Didn’t manage nicey-nice for Putz’s ego, managed to win. I think the fact that the AL has [...]