LAST NIGHT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS and POETRY

THE ALL-STAR BREAK WAS FUN

The game was okay last night. It will be preserved in amber because the NL blew a 6-0 lead, which resulted in our first swing-off. However, I bet that sometime in the early 1960s, Dick Clark conducted a swing-off with Fabian, Bobby Rydell, and Frankie Avalon.

The All-Star Game truly is a made-for-television event. Having attended a few of them, while the initial excitement is palpable in the ballpark, it wears off as the third tier of All-Stars start entering the game. The heat in the ballpark last night also must have made it a sticky night. I had the sense that by the time the AL had clawed its way back to a tie, the ballpark was less than full. The dugouts certainly were. Many of the brightest Stars had departed, which is why I wish that someone with a bullier pulpit would at least bring the Billy-Ball suggestion up for discussion.

If you missed my radical idea, which I wrote earlier in the week, here it is once again:

The All-Star Game is an ideal platform to showcase innovative ideas.