Man, I am still mentally and physically exhausted from that game. I did stay up and watched / listened to the whole game, all 4 hours and 50 minutes of it. I was at a friend's house while we had our traditional All Star Game barbq, and I had to drive home because it was midnight and he had to to get up early for work. We had grilled burgers. I had 1 1/2 burgers on a toasted bun with white cheddar, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes and sweet onion with some coleslaw. The little Boston Terrier there wanted some of my burger so badly, but I had to keep telling him, "No, Henry! This is 'people food' !"

What can I say about this game? It was absolutely poorly managed, and the unthinkable almost happened: running out of players and a tie. The traditionalist in me wanted to see the game end in a tie. That would had been splendid for those of us who hate Bud Selig and his stupid rhetoric. Stupid idiot managers burned through their rosters way too quick and the result was second-tier players playing most of the game. If you had A-Rod or Pujols on your team, why in the hell would you pull them early in the game?? It makes no sense. You should play your best players as much as possible if the games actually count for something. These managers did not do that.

It wouldn't be a baseball game if it weren't for bad calls ('Umpire is still a stupid dickhead' as I always say). 2 blown stolen base calls. Piss-poor strikezone. The American League was about as anti-clutch as you can get, going 3-for-22 with runners in scoring position. I think it's absolutely horrible when you load the bases in an inning with nobody out and you get all of your outs at home plate. But, it is an All Star Game and not some turd team with a tard bullpen, it is the best of the best, supposedly, and those National League pitchers knew to throw breaking ball stuff down low to induce ground balls.

Am I happy the A.L. won for a 6th time in a row and haven't lost in their last 12 games? Honestly, I couldn't care less. And this stupid gimmick cost my '05 White Sox from clinching the World Series at home (and the rotation would have had Houston home field advantage) so I'll use every ounce of ammunition against Bud Selig that I can get. I am going to assume the reason why fans don't care about the baseball All Star Game is partly because of the flawed fan voting and extremely flawed online fan voting, superstars getting taken out of the game and leaving early (Frank Thomas, A-Rod - looking at you) while we're left with a bunch of crummy All Stars, along with the dilution that Interleague Play has brought to the game.

But a tie game would had been sweet. Now what would Bud Selig and his adult diapers have done if that happened?? Actually logically give home field advantage to the team with the better record? Shockingly! Now if baseball would just lie down, relax and let the Traditionalist do the job that he has to do and everything would be allllllllllllllllll right.