National League Wins First All-Star Game Since 1996

The title of this blog entry says it all: The National League won baseball's All-Star Game for the first time since 1996. About bloody time.

The force play in the 9th inning was awesome!

This was the first All-Star game that I was able to watch in its entirety for a few years. In recent years, I have been victimized by a combination of time zones and conference attending. However, China is enough hours ahead that the broadcast started at 8am local time, so I was able to tune in. (The broadcast started at 1am UK time and the game started just before 2am, so I wouldn't have been able to see it.)

On the downside, being able to watch the game means that I needed to put up with Tim McCarver.