PHILADELPHIA — We can summarize Tuesday night's All-Star Game in a few blunt thoughts: It was anticlimactic, dulled by super-human pitching, helpless hitters and too many made-for-TV gimmicks.
Cody Bellinger deserves credit for being named the MVP, but let's not get breathless about it. The Yankees' slugger lashed a two-run single in the first inning — and that was all the American League needed to win a 4-0 game that droned on and on and on.
What I liked more was the Philly crowd. They were as savage (and interesting) as ever, booing anyone not wearing a hometown uniform.
The Yankees, naturally, were roasted, even though Bellinger and Ben Rice, two of their representatives, are the nicest guys in pinstripes.
No matter: The mere mention of their names over the public-address system evoked a primal reaction from the stands:
Cody Bellinger deserves credit for being named the MVP, but let's not get breathless about it. The Yankees' slugger lashed a two-run single in the first inning — and that was all the American League needed to win a 4-0 game that droned on and on and on.
What I liked more was the Philly crowd. They were as savage (and interesting) as ever, booing anyone not wearing a hometown uniform.
The Yankees, naturally, were roasted, even though Bellinger and Ben Rice, two of their representatives, are the nicest guys in pinstripes.
No matter: The mere mention of their names over the public-address system evoked a primal reaction from the stands:
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