Thirteen proved to be an unlucky number for the National League as once again, they need to wait another year. The American League defeated them 4-3 Tuesday in a tight game decided by good bullpen pitching and clutch hitting.
Bleacher Report live blogged the whole affair if the want all the details in its sordid glory.
A few of the subplots:
- SI’s Ben Reiter wonders if MLB and St Louis just maybe over-exposed, over-used and quite frankly tired out Albert Pujols before the game even started.
- When Ichiro met the President, you can (thankfully) throw out the script book.
- As was expected, FOX’ broadcast of the All-Star game pretty much dominated the night as per the Nielsen ratings.
Overall, FOX averaged an estimated 12.32 million viewers to go with a 7.5 rating/13 share. NBC’s 5.7/10 was second, topping the 4.8/8 for CBS. ABC’s 2.7/5 and The CW’s 0.5/1 trailed.
- Deadspin analyzes President Obama’s delivery.
- Record fourth AS save for Mariano.
- Next year: Angels Stadium
2010 is a new year and a new decade. I can feel a NL victory… maybe.
Update: just to prove that you can use stats to prove any point, while FOX’ ratings WERE better than any in their slot, they did slip a bit from last year. Down 4% from last year’s game.