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MVP J.D. Drew Helps Lead the A.L. To Victory
Published 7/16/2008 by Fenway West (noreply@blogger.com) at Fenway West
... any Sox player due to the length of the game. He went 2-4 including a 2 run homer and had a stolen base. He came up in the bottom of the 15th with runners on first and second and 1 out and earned a walk from Lidge putting the winning run on third. Young hit a sac-fly in the next at bat giving the A.L. another victory. J.D. Drew won the MVP and was booed by about 100 fans that were still in the stadium when the trophy and new car were given to him. American League Wins 4-3 BOX SCORE ...

Sadly, the Nationals won't have home field advantage in the World Series this year.
Published 7/16/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
"In the first inning, I was so nervous. I never played third in my life. We didn't have anymore infielders. He talked to me and he asked, 'Are you going to play third?' I go, 'Why not?'" (Cristian Guzman, via Nationals dot com, 7/16/2008) AL 4, NL 3: Almost another tie! This one had Bud squirming in his seat for 15 innings, but AL prevails. Guzman, ever the team player, played third (he went 0-3, and got caught stealing, but who's counting?). ...

All-Star Game MVP: Drew
Published 7/16/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
National - 000 011 010 000 000 - 3 13 4 American - 000 000 210 000 001 - 4 14 1MVP: J.D. Drew (2-for-4, 2-run HR, BB, SB) Terry Francona: [Drew] might have been a little more of an MVP if we went a couple more innings. He might have pitched. He's been begging me a long time to pitch, and we almost got close.The game lasted 4:50 -- the longest ASG by time -- ending at 1:37 AM. It matched the National League's 1967 victory -- 2-1 win in 15 innings. When I was a kid, the American League never won ...

A.L. Wins Wild One at the Stadium
Published 7/16/2008 by Seamus at YanksBlog.com
Pardon the delayed recap...I wanted to make sure this game was actually over first. Last night's/this morning's MLB All-Star Game was one that won't soon forgotten, as the 15-inning marathon at Yankee Stadium was the longest All-Star Game of all-time, and tied the 1967 game for the most innings played in an All-Star contest. The game was kicked off with a ceremony that showed what this game was really all about, as all (well most at least, anyway) living Hall of Famers lined up at their respective positions and heard their names called, followed by the starter at their ...

Three Days Without Baseball
Published 7/17/2008 by Brandon Heikoop (noreply@blogger.com) at The Outsiders Look at the Insides of Baseball
... Let's get back to the 'mis-management' by both the American and National League. Respectively, Francona used 12 pitchers, while the Hurdle allowed 11 of his pitchers to go out there ( ...

[THE HANGOVER] Rays Get Break At Much Needed Time
Published 7/17/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Professor) at Rays Index
THE GOOD: We are back after a much-needed 7-day vacation and an even more needed 4-day mini-vacation for 22 of the players and all of the coaches and staff...The AL won the All-Star game with a little help from a couple of Rays. This is significant as it means if the Rays go to the Wor... *smack*. Sorry. Got a little ahead of ourselves... THE BAD: A 7-game slide heading into the break and out of first place in the AL East. THE TELLING: Reports of the Rays death are ...