When Yogi Berra takes the field, you know it's something special. He's 82 years young, was one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times, and one of only six managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. Yogi Berra's number 8 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1972, the year he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he's still kicking strong.
The 2008 All-Star Game, this year at Yankee Stadium as anyone who cares knows, is the highlight game of the season. So much excitement leading up to it: Wright IN / Soriano OUT, Rivera as a starter? (nope!), Jeter (stats here)in again, Yankees/RedSox lead, starting pitcher madness - it's all in there, and that's just for the big game.
Then, there's the All-Star Fan Fest over the weekend at the Javitz Center, the Home Run Derby on Sunday, the batting practice on Monday, a parade featuring 64 All-Stars and 49 Hall of Famers traveling up Sixth Avenue in Midtown on their way to the game - all in anticipation of the final gathering of BESTS in the House that Babe built.
This information comes here from a guy that lives without a television. It'll happen, somewhere, the viewing, that is always a challenge. The fun is not knowing details, whilst knowing that wherever it happens, i can only hope to be surrounded by fans. It's anyone's game, all rivalries aside, and every league for himself.
Baseball is the perfect American pasttime, and only several other town can cliam both sides of this game. But no city does Hype like New York, the town that invented the ticker tape parade to show it knew how to throw a party. The day before and after the All-Star game is said to be the quietest two days in sports around the world. All other major sports are over or haven't started. No one in the current sport plays (they are days of rest in MLB). It's brilliant, and baseball deserves is.
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental." - (Yogiism)
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