77th All-Star Game from Pittsburgh

Baseball's All-Star game used to mean nothing but a fun night for fans of the game. For the last three or four years the league that wins the All-Star Game gets home-field advantage in the World Series in October.

I thought this game would be exciting and feature lots of offense.

Not.

Here's a scoring summary:

Solo Home Run by Vladimir Guerrero, LA Angels. AL 1-0

Solo Home run by David Wright, NY Mets. Tied 1-1

The National League scored a run on a stolen base and on a wild pitch. NL 2-1 - which looked like the game winner, until...

Top of the ninth, one strike away from losing... my AL team scores twice to take a 3-2 lead on a single, ground rule double and triple.

Talk about convenient offense in a pitching dominated game.

Final Score: American League 3, National League 2.

Since 1997 the American League is 9-0-1 in All-Star games. Yes, that's right. The National League has not won this game since 1996. Amazing.