All-star game
Suss has done the unthinkable, blogging the entire game on Blogcritics. I couldn't have done such a selfless act. I found when I watched the game that I just got more and more irritated at certain things.
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Kenny Rogers
The game took a rather strange tone when Mr. Rogers came into the neighborhood. Watching the announcers give Rogers credit for "standing up" and "taking responsibility made me want to throw a brick through the screen.
Rogers assaulted someone for no reason. For no reason. At least Ron Artest was provoked before getting violent.
Then, Rogers waited nearly a week before giving a rather strange apology, all the while going without a suspension. Which brings another point: if he really felt that bad about what he had done, why appeal it? Does he really think he has reason to get the suspension reduced?
Then he selfishly goes to the All-Star Game. Never mind that he was a distraction, pretending like he "owed" his presence to the players that voted him in. He put a man in the hospital, and he served no punishment.
Move on, the announcers are saying. I refuse.
I won't stop writing about this until Rogers actually SERVES a suspension. He shouldn't be given credit because he was an (kids turn away) asshole, when five seconds of forethought would have prevented the whole thing.
Ron Artest was gone after what he did, but in some ways, what he did wasn't as bad.
That may strike some as extreme, given the mayhem Artest helped to cause.
And make no mistake, Artest acted like a thug, and a dangerous one.
But Artest was provoked. Rogers just went after someone because he could.
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Bob Wickman
It's nice to see the pressure of the game didn't affect Bob Wickman. He came in with a four-run lead, threw five pitches and eventually was charged with a run.
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Bud Selig
"It's a pleasure ... to give the MVP, named after the greatest hitter whoever lived, and presented by Chevrolet ..."
I don't know how Bud Selig gets around so much, considering his spine has been missing since 1994.
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In Memory
Like Suss, I thought it was a nice gesture to play the British National Anthem at the beginning of the game. Baseball is so minor in comparison.
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Introductions
Did Vince McMahon produce the intros or something? What was with the pyro and coming out from behind a curtain? We don't need a ramp. We have a dugout.

Update
Erik on Rogers.