The baseball season is nearing the halfway point and that means the All Star Game. While it’s not close to being what it once was, I always enjoy the game. You always know there will be at least one Tiger on the team and this year is the first time in a long time that the Tigers’ manager is going to have a say in who makes the team. So if a guy like Placido Polanco falls short in the voting, you know it’ll pretty much be a certainty that he’ll make the team as a reserve.
I always wonder how much sports betting there is on the All Star game. I’m not a gambler, but one of the things I did as a kid was bet my mom on the game. I’d always take the American League, and back then, they lost more times then not so I’d always be a nickel short come the next morning. The one game I remember very well was the 1987 All Star Game, that was an exciting thirteen innings. And they didn’t even run out of pitchers.