All-Star Thoughts and some Cubs Grades

Well, the AL won again.  Ho-hum.  Unless you happened to be in St. Louis, these last two days of MLB events were pretty dull.  To witness: The HR Derby was a complete and utter bore.  Three hours is about two hours too many, and unless a) you've actually heard of the guy (I'm looking at you, Nelson Cruz), and b), he can get into double-digits (I'm looking at you, Pujols); its just completely void of excitement.  What happened to the good old days?  Where's the McGwires and Sosas and Giambis?  Oh yeah.  For the good of the game, they should let the players juice up for the contest.  I'm begging. Then there's the All-Star game.  I love watching the opening lineups, and honestly I don't mind that every team gets at least one representative.  Sure, you end up with a few guys that don't belong and a few guys get snubbed (though not all that many snubs now with...