St Louis hosted this year's All-Star Game, a contest which the American League won 4-3. This marks the twelfth straight time the AL has won the Midsummer Classic. Can you say domination? I knew that you could. Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford won the MVP award for his game-saving catch of Brad Hawpe's near home run in the seventh inning. It was the first time a position player had won the award without an RBI since Willie Mays did so over forty years ago. Not bad company to keep.
Speaking of the Say Hey Kid keeping good company, Willie Mays rode to this year's All-Star
This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2009.