All-Star Blues: Jered Weaver as Good as His LA Counterpart

So the 80th annual MLB All Star Game is over. Barack Obama did manage to throw the first pitch without it hitting the ground (just), the American League team did win, again and the AL and NL East players each got the bulk of their teams' playing time. The Dodgers were fairly well represented. Even with Jonathon Broxton missing due to injury, they still sent Orlando Hudson and Chad Billingsley to the game and each got a fair amount of playing time. The Angels were not so fortunate. Although Chone Figgins finally made the game after an injury to Evan Longoria, neither he nor Brian Fuentes the American League's leading closer (with 26 saves) made it into the game. Now, I understand that it would be very difficult to always fit every player into the All Star game, but Angels fans do have reason to feel aggrieved by the circumstances of their players' omissions, especially when you consider how much the players from the Rangers and Yankees played. But there cold also be anoth...