AL Wins!

[Cardinal&Gold11]

They win again, I believe that it's 11 in a row!

 

[mwitt]

For a bunch of all stars, that was an awful display of situational hitting.

 

[CyclonesRule]

at last it's finally over.

 

[San Francisco Cy]

For a bunch of all stars, that was an awful display of situational hitting.

On the flip side, it was an exceptional job of clutch pitching. ;-)

 

[cybsball20]

On the flip side, it was an exceptional job of clutch pitching. ;-)

agreed...

 

[isucyfan]

MVP=Former Saint Paul Saint J.D. Drew

 

[CTAClone]

I hate the home field advantage.

 

[BigSkyCy2]

I hate the home field advantage.

I do as well. Especially when the game goes late like this. Half the people in the game will have no effect by the home field advantage.

 

[coachdags]

MVP=Former Saint Paul Saint J.D. Drew

Saw J D play in Grand Forks......

St Paul Saints played the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks.....in Grand Forks....

J D had not signed yet playing with the Saints...it was supposed to be a Thunder Bay (ontario) home games.....Stadium personel was striking in Ontario....they moved a 3 game series to Grand Forks....

J D was the Star....

 

[jj-cyclones]

Not that it matters to be because the Tribe will not be in the post-season but it was a great game!

 

[superman_101680]

This is great news. The Twins ARE 2-0 when having homefield advantage in the world series.

 

[cybsball20]

The closer for the Orioles who held them in the game is also a former Northern Leaguer, not by choice though... He played for Winnepeg.

 

[throwittoblythe]

I was hoping the NL would pull through, but it didn't happen. I was very glad to see the loss didn't fall on Dan Uggla's shoulder's though. I just felt awful for the guy. The announcers said that he was fulfilling his dad's dream of watching him play in Yankee Stadium. His line for the night: 0-3, 3k with 3 fielding errors. Man, that was tough to watch but I'm glad the loss ultimately wasn't his fault (though you could argue his strikeouts with men on base did).

The AL should've won it long before the 15th. Kinsler was easily safe at second and Navarro was safe at home.

 

[superdorf]

On the flip side, it was an exceptional job of clutch pitching. ;-)

And if you take out Uggla it was some VERY impressive defense.

 

[Cardinal2001]

Cook had the best pitching performance, in my opinion. Bases loaded, no outs, and he throws pitches for little ground balls to get out of the jam.

Made Hurdle look like a genius for leaving him in there. I can see why he trusts him, and why he got selected for the game.

 

[mwitt]

His line for the night: 0-3, 3k with 3 fielding errors.

He was actually 0-4 with those 3 Ks and he grounded into a DP off of Rivera with men on first and third and one out.

Three straight plays: DP by Uggla, error by Uggla, error by Uggla. He owes Aaron Cook big time.

 

[musicboy]

Too bad the Cubbies won't have home field advantage come October!

 

[cyismydog]

Too bad the Cardinals won't have home field advantage come October!

 

[mwitt]

Too bad the Cubbies won't have home field advantage come October!

If their current home and road records are any indication, they'll need it.

 

[AIT]

Better late than never: MLB dodges another All-Star controversy - Jon Heyman - SI.com

Early Wednesday morning, not too long after the longest All-Star Game ever played mercifully and fortuitously ended with the usual result -- an American League victory, this one by a 4-3 score -- exactly four hours and 50 minutes after it started, All-Star managers Terry Francona and Clint Hurdle revealed that the idea of employing (J.D.) Drew and (David) Wright to pitch was in their head.

Dear lord...