So I came really really close to the All-Star game this year…I was just a few days off. I spent the week before at Disneyland and drove right by the park the Friday before the game. It was cool to see all the banners they had around the City. They also had special Mickey Mouses painted around the city with all the Major League teams. Sadly, I didn’t have tickets to the Home Run Derby or the All-Star Game, but I did what millions of others did…I watched it on TV.

At first I was bummed that David Ortiz won the Home Run Derby. I love David Ortiz, but he happens to be on my fantasy baseball team and the homerun derby is notorious for ruinning guys’ homerun swing after the derby. Here’s hoping he breaks the trend. He looked like he owned the competition, so hopefully his hot hitting will continue.

I am glad that the National League finally won.  I still don’t know if the Dodgers can get that far yet, but it would definitely help them to have home field advantage.

I alwasy root for Dodger players and always hope they don’t blow it in front of a national audience.  I’ll never forget Eric Gagne choking at the All-Star game.  Furcal, Ethier and Broxton did well…but as it would figure Kuo couldn’t hit first base on a routine throw.  Thankfully it didn’t matter, but not a way to show off your good stuff.

For those of you who didn’t see the L.A. Times today, Dylan Hernandez had a hilarious piece at the end of his article on how Kuo responded when back at practice after the game.  You can find the article here, but I copied the specific piece below. 

“And the Dodgers had a lighter moment in their early workout, which had Torre laughing as he recalled it later.Hong-Chih Kuo. In the All-Star game, Kuo fielded a grounder by Joe Mauer and threw the ball far above first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, starting a sequence of events that led to the American League’s taking a 1-0 edge. (The National League came back to win, 3-1.)

When the Dodgers started fielding practice for pitchers, standing at the front of the line was

In the drill, Kuo fielded a similar grounder. This time, his throw was on target.

“Everyone gave him a round of applause,” Torre said.”

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