Hello readers (insert sarcasm), sorry I was gone for a while there. First on our agenda, we have my assessment (I think that’s spelled wrong) of the All Star Game. What a contest! Unusually good defense. Derek Jeter said it best when he simply stated, “The Stadium just didn’t want to let go.” One question: How many of the esteemed predictors, the “experts”, the senior advisors who make the smart predictions, or the average Joes who make brash, crazy predictions for shock value, would have seen in their crystal ball that J.D. Drew, in a Red Sox uniform, the one who was booed in his home park in his first season, would be cheered at Yankee Stadium in the All Star Game for game-tying two run homer late in the game? Out of all those categories, I bet the number of people who could have seen that coming is zero. Zip. Nada. Goose Egg. Nil. But it went and happened anyway. And that later, he would win the ASG MVP? 15 innings of close calls, surprise heroes (Aaron Cook, Drew, Miguel Tejada, George Sherrill, Evan Longoria) and surprise goats (mostly Dan Uggla, but some Ervin Santana). Ah, Uggla. Unless you are a baseball fan and you were trapped under a rock or in a coma until this moment, you probably know about his errors, so I won’t cover that. The use of all the players was interesting, but luckily it ended in time so we didn’t have to turn to Drew and David Wright to pitch. But you guys have all heard about the All Star Game, so let’s hear about me! Just kidding. That would be an immensely boring story involving, well, nothing of interest to you. Anyway, I ask you, MLBlog nation, to feel free to leave comments, and tell me, what do you make of the signing of Richie Sexson? I think it may work. Jason Giambi versus right handers plus Richie Sexson versus lefties adds up to this: a .285 average and 18 homers with 50 RBIs in 239 at bats, about half a full season. That projects to a .285-36 homer-100 RBI full season. If they platoon and produce at the same rate for a full year, it’s like signing Lance Berkman with a lower batting average. So I just convinced myself it was a good move. By the way, it’s 7-1 Yanks, so unless they collapse (don’t count that out), Moose will go to 12-6, further proving my point that he should have been an All Star.

Those are the photos I have for you so far. Hope I’ll be back at the end of the game.