All Star Game

Though I switched back and forth from the Joe Jackson interview here are a couple of quick questions regarding the All Star game;

• Do you really think selected players were okay with being named and not playing? I don't think so.



• When the Fox cameras "flashed" to that freaky, pale skinned, bald headed guy from Fringe, I jumped from the couch. Was he still in character as The Observer or did he just happen to be sitting in the front row?

• Did all the players get to have their kids in the dugout or is Maraino really that special? Those two even got into the celebratory Thatta Boy line on the field. Was almost as disgusting as seeing Drew "I don't take showers because it would ruin my greasy hair" Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon on the field after the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years.



• Does that Murdoch guy or anyone else at Fox truly know how bad Tim McCarver is?

• Did Joe Torre tell anyone in the National League dugout to pack up their stuff when Rivera entered the game in the ninth?



• Did we really need a 45 minute pregame show? How about the MLB network's Red Carpet Show at 3PM as the players arrived?



• Did anyone else wonder who was going to win the MVP award? I am not saying Crawford was not deserving but I was thinking they give it to the Yankee closer for a lifetime achievement award. That's three mentions for him.



• Did anyone catch McCarver's graphic comparing Youk (at $6 million a year) as a 1B/3B to the Arod and Teixeira combo? He actually said, "Now. I know he can't play both positions at once." Do you have to be a former major league to figure that one out?