Or better known as the never ending all-star game!
I guess it was quite a fitting send off for Yankees stadium. You don’t have to be a Yankees fan to appreciate the stadium as a piece of our history, or to know how awesome that must have been for the Yankees past and present to be a part of. Derek Jeter seemed to be just soaking it in all night.
Sheryl Crow seemed like an odd choice to sing the national anthem? I expected some one more relevant to NY.
Wouldn’t it have been awesome if A-Rod came up to bat to a Madonna song?
The Gatorade ball girl climbing the wall to catch a foul ball commercial would have been a huge hit if it wouldn’t have been all over the Internet a month before hand.
Sheets pulls a Chase Utley and drops a nice F-bomb for the national audience.
A good friend of mine has now added Kevin Youkilis to his list of Red Sox players he would have to hit with a pitch. He’s up to three now including Lugo and Crisp. He has a point.
I saw a FOX commercial that really disturbed me. Are they really going with the “There’s only one October” slogan again? Cuz, I don’t know if I can take it.
Great to see Kazmir getting cutter lessons from Mariano Rivera. I like his thinking.
Zambrano pitched one over Manny Ramirez’s head. It was kind of cute, like a love tap or something.
Matt Holladay finally got past the awesome pitching and hit one out in the fifth. I think he’d look great in a Rays uniform. Ya with me simkins?
NL strikes again in the sixth as Buck and McCarver are giving the Rays some love. Hanley Ramirez and Utley both get basehits, and Berkman hits a sac fly to score the run. 2-0 NL
In the 7th Morneau starts it off with a double. Navi is in. Oh, he strikes out, bummer. Drew hits a two run shot to right. I can honestly say that is the first time I’ve been happy to see Drew hit a home run! Tie ball game.
Wierd. Papelbon pitching and Navi catching. Papelbon has had a shitty time in NY. He was kind of unfairly ripped in the press, and the crowd is taking it out on him. Maybe it’s like a karma thing for shooting his mouth off?
Tejada gets a base hit then steals second when Navi makes a terrible throw letting Tejada go to third. Ugh, suddenly I know what it’s like to have little leaguer. You just want him to shine. Sac fly and the NL takes the lead 3-2 on a critical error by our guy.
Bottom of the 8th. Sizemore gets a 2 out base hit. Longo’s in! Oh my gosh, he hit an RBI double! I’m so proud! He tied the game and saved Navi’s ass.
Top of the ninth K-Rod came in to pitch. I was very surprised Rivera wasn’t called on, but then Terry Francona brought him in after a couple of batters, and he was able to make his grand entrance. He and Navi get a strike out throw out to end the inning! So proud again!
Navi struck out again in the bottom of the 9th, but remember these pitchers are filthy!
Dan Uggla had a nightmare of a night. He ground into a double play top of the 10th and then made two errors in the bottom half. They walked Guillen to load the bases. 0 outs. Sizemore, Longo and Morneau all hit weak grounders and Cook was able to get out of the jam. Unbelievable, I just wanted to go to sleep.
How many times do you think Corey Hart has been asked if he wears his sunglasses at night?
Bottom of the 11th was interesting. Kinsler started it off with a base hit, then was thrown out stealing 2nd. He was actually safe but whatever. Navi walked. Drew base hit. So 1st and 2nd, 1out. Young, who is quite cute, hits a basehit. Run Navi, Run. Navarro gets thrown out at the plate. Looked like his feet might have gotten in, but I bet there are quite a few blog comments about the fat catcher today.
Continuing Uggla’s nightmare he struck out with bases loaded in the 12th, but so did Gonzalez.
Bottom of 12th. Very late. Guillen almost hits one out, settles for a double. Sizemore grounds out and moves him over. Longo has a chance to be the hero again, but…struck out. Morneau walked and Kinsler grounded out. C’mon! Doesn’t anybody want me to sleep?
Navi grounded out in the 13th. Our guys sure are getting a lot of playing time. Longo struck out again in the 14th. I think. Stuff was getting blurry.
Kazmir in to pitch! He did great. So proud again.
Bottom 15th. Morneau base hit. Kinsler flied out. Navi gets a base hit! WooHoo, I was delirious at this point. Drew walked. Then that super cute Michael Young hit a sac fly and Morneau scored the winning run! Hallelujah it’s over.
Kamir was the winning pitcher! Go Rays!!
