The Padres longtime closer, who owns the second most career saves in MLB history, couldn't seal the deal in Tuesday night's 77th All-Star game. He gave up a two-run triple to the Texas Ranger's Michael Young in the top of the 9th inning in a game the National League squad desperately wanted to win. He came in with a 2-1 lead and gave up a single to Paul Konerko and and a ground-ruled double to Troy Glaus before Young's low, rolling gapper gave the American League the victory.
A couple of things that ticked me off during the game:
}{The ridiculously long interviews Joe Buck and Tim McCarver had with Managers Joe "I manage by doing nothing" Garner and Ozzie "Insert your favorite expletive here" Guillen. Both managers claimed that since "This one counts (again)", they would be taking the game seriously—Ozzie even went as far as saying he would manage like it was the 7th game in the World Series. But in a regular season game, they would've stopped the interview after two minutes, and only had it between innings. Now, i know this was an exhibition match, but at least try to manage and not talk for a half-hour while your team needs steering. Garner said that he would just let his team "do what they want and let them play." Great strategy-until Trevor's hiccup. Now, that's not Garner's fault but...
}{What about Alfonso Soriano's base-running attempt on Vernon Wells? Aside from the fact that he had a Kool-Aid smile the entire run down, his slide wasn't the best, and with one out, why not wait until the next batter makes contact to make a move for home? If you're gonna run, run a little harder, with a look of determination so it at least LOOKS like you're trying.
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