MLB All-Star Game
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
The weekend marks the end of the first half of the Major Leauge Baseball season and it's been an exciting year so far.
It's been a season of streaks for the Astros. Houston will lose a few in a row and then go on a winning streak. Their up-and-down play has put them right around .500 going into the All-Star break (pending the last couple of games versus St. Louis...whom they beat last night, I might add), which currently leaves them 3 games out of first place. I'm hoping the Astros can go on a second-half run like they've done for the past two seasons and get into the playoffs.
The All-Star game will be played Tuesday night and for the fourth consecutive year, the league that wins the game will have home field advantage come World Series time. The American League has absolutely owned the National League for almost two decades now. The NL has lost an unbelievable 16 of the last 19 All-Star contests, and if interleague play is any indication, this year will be another loss for the NL. It's always a fun game to watch, though.
The home run derby, which will be held Monday Night, is also fun to watch. You can really see the players' personalities since they can relax and goof-off a bit. No, I won't be participating in the home run derby this year. I pulled a muscle in my shoulder weeding our flower bed, so the doctor said "no-go", but if it wouldn't be for that....
The weekend marks the end of the first half of the Major Leauge Baseball season and it's been an exciting year so far.
It's been a season of streaks for the Astros. Houston will lose a few in a row and then go on a winning streak. Their up-and-down play has put them right around .500 going into the All-Star break (pending the last couple of games versus St. Louis...whom they beat last night, I might add), which currently leaves them 3 games out of first place. I'm hoping the Astros can go on a second-half run like they've done for the past two seasons and get into the playoffs.
The All-Star game will be played Tuesday night and for the fourth consecutive year, the league that wins the game will have home field advantage come World Series time. The American League has absolutely owned the National League for almost two decades now. The NL has lost an unbelievable 16 of the last 19 All-Star contests, and if interleague play is any indication, this year will be another loss for the NL. It's always a fun game to watch, though.
The home run derby, which will be held Monday Night, is also fun to watch. You can really see the players' personalities since they can relax and goof-off a bit. No, I won't be participating in the home run derby this year. I pulled a muscle in my shoulder weeding our flower bed, so the doctor said "no-go", but if it wouldn't be for that....
