AL Keeps Rolling

Seems like it has become a recurring thing over the last few years. Another all star game, another win for the American League. Yesterday's All Star Game from Denver went to the AL by a 5-2 score in a game that the AL pretty much dominated from start to finish.

It was a game that had a little bit of everything. Shohei Ohtani stealing the show at the start, becoming the first player in history to ever start the game as a pitcher and then lead off as the DH the bottom half of the inning. We saw two moon shot home runs from game MVP Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Mike Zunino. There was great plays in the field by both sides and stellar pitching as well.

Vlad Jr managed to do something his dad never did, and that was win MVP of the midsummer classic. He is also the first Blue Jay ever to win the all star game MVP honors. It marks the first time that a first baseman has snagged the award since Eric Hosmer did it in 2016 while he was playing for Kansas City.

What we saw last night shows the level of star power in the game. It also shows the strangle hold that the American League has on the all star game. They've now won eight years in a row and twenty of the last twenty five games (one tie in 2002 in Milwaukee). This year is more for show than anything, but still the fact that the AL has dominated since the turn of the century in the way that it has is pretty amazing.