What Goes Up....

Must come down. That is exactly what happened Tuesday night in Anaheim, gravity took over. The American League won the last 12 MLB all star games and settled for a tie in another. The National League hadn't seen and victory since 1996 and something had to give at Angles Stadium last night. In a typical low scoring summer classic were the radar gun was more inflated than the Hindenburg and the base running looked like little league softball players, the National league pulled out a gritty one hit take all 3-1 victory. The game was obviously fun to watch because of all the star power and because from some reason every other pitcher was throwing 100 MPH but the prestigious summer classic needs changes like Nazi Germany did. The way the game is coached or dictated by unwritten rules just does not make sense. If this game really is going to be the deciding factor on who receives home field advantage in the World Series why is there a pitching change every one or two innings? Why does every team have to have an all star (Pittsburgh Pirates)? The magnitude of the game and the way the game is managed by the MLB and the managers in the game just does not add up. The real story last night though was the passing of George Steinbrenner, the New York Yankees owner. No one in the last 40 years, player, coach, owner, commissioner in baseball has had a bigger impact on baseball than him. He flipped a 8 million dollar franchise into a 1.5 billion dollar asset and turned the NY Yankee symbol into a world wide icon. Players in all 4 major sports in America can thank old Georgey, the guy invented the multi-million dollar contract. Steinbrenner was willing to dish out any amount of money in order to win and thats why despite some of his wild antics, he was one of the most well respected men in sports. He was the owner of the greatest sports franchise in American history and set the blueprint for every other American sport franchise to follow. He was quoted saying more than once "Breathing first, winning second" and he meant it, nothing was more important to George Steinbrenner than winning. Rest in peace my man.

-Nikky New York