This One Was A Doozee

This year's MLB All-Star Game was one of the most uninteresting ones that I've watched in a long time. Not only was it one of the lowest-scoring games in All-Star history, it was also one of the shortest, being 2 hours and 33 minutes.What also sucked was that Dodger Nomar Garciapara didn't get any playing time.

However it did have it's rare exciting moments. The most memorable being the top of the 9th inning when Micheal Young of the Texas Rangers hit a two-run triple with two outs to go. Another being when Vladimir Guerrero of the Angels hit a homerun off of Dodger and National Leauge starting pitcher Brad Penny in the 2nd inning. Other than that, Penny had a relatively good game, striking out three straight batters (among them Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki) at the top of thr 1st.

If Trevor Hoffman from the Padres had been able to close the game and secure the win for the national league, it would have made up for the overall boringness of the game. It would have been nice to see a change of pace and see the National League have home-court advantage during the World Series.Ever since that format was started four years ago, the American League has gone on to win each All-Star game and that year's World Series.

The All-Star game proves every year just how dominate the teams and players from the American League are. It seemed as if things were going to change, but we won't know until the World Series.

....Got 'Til It's Gone

The World Cup ended yesterday with Italy's 5-3 win over France. The sad part is that I didn't get to watch it. In fact I didn't watch too many games during the month-long tournament. The only game that I remember watching the most was the U.S. v. Italy game, which ended in a tie.

Now that the series has finished, looking back at it, I wished I would have watched more games. The broadcasts just conflicted with my schedule...either I was out, at school, or if I was at home I'd be watching something else. Hopefully ESPN Classic will broadcast reruns of some of those games, so I can see them for myself.

A League Of Their Own

According to the Press Telegram, former Major League Baseball All-Star Jose Canseco will be playing professional baseball in the Los Angeles area. However, it won't be for the Dodgers or the Angels.

Canseco will be playing for the Long Beach Armada, a minor leauge team in the Golden Baseball League. He'll be playing his first game on Friday.

Here's the URL for the story; http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4017282

Before being traded to the Armada, Canseco played one game with the San Diego Surf Dogs, another team in the GBL. According to the article, he requested to be moved to a team closer to Los Angeles, hence the trade.

One wonders if this his attempt to get back into the Major Leagues, or is he just playing because he loves the game? That reminds me of a year or two when Dennis Rodman was playing for the Long Beach Jam to try and get back into the NBA. But I digress....

The Golden Baseball League is an independant baseball leauge that has teams based in the West Coast, in states such as California, Arizona and Nevada. It isn't affiliated with the MLB or with the Minor leagues. Sounds very interesting!

Before reading the article, I didn't know Long Beach had a baseball team!! After doing some further research (thanks Wikipedia!) I found out that Fullerton also has a team in the GBL, called the Flyers. They play their home games at Goodwin Field on Cal State Fullerton's campus.

I'd like to go to one of their games in the future to not only see what the league's about, but to support local talent. Is there anyone who wants to go with me? If so, let's make a date!!