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Wednesday 07/11 A.M. Quickie:Ichiro, Bonds, All-Stars, All-Timers, ESPYs, More
Posted July 17th ago via Dan Shanoff
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MLB All-Star Game: Ichiro! It's hard to be first to ever do something in an All-Star Game with a history as long as MLB's, but MVP Ichiro did it, hitting the game's first-ever inside-the-park home run (which is so cool, btw).

He also went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI. He also clinched home-field advantage for the AL in the 2007 World Series. He also made reports of his decision to sign a contract extension with the Mariners that much more of a relief for Seattle fans. Big day overall for Ichiro.

Meanwhile, did you catch the end of the game? I didn't, but I heard the ending was plenty dramatic, with Soriano's 2-out, 2-run HR closing the AL's lead to 1 run before the next three NL batters were walked to load the bases. Aaron Rowand hit a flyout to right to end the game and the late thrills.

(Let the second-guessing begin: Tony LaRussa left Albert Pujols - arguably the NL's best hitter AND HIS OWN PLAYER - on the bench, rather than let him be the hero. When your team has no hope of taking advantage of World Series home-field advantage, I guess you can make moves like that. Yeah, LaRussa SURE is some managerial genius. I could make the easy Anyone give him a Breathalyzer?' joke, but I won't.)

Looking to re-live the game via live-blog?
Here's AOL Fanhouse (PostmanR)
Here's Deadspin (Babes Love Baseball)

Bonds greeted like... a hero: What else would you expect? The game was in front of his fans in San Francisco. In any other park, he would have been booed. It was actually kind of nice to see him get that kind of reception on a national stage - most likely for the last time in his career.

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