Thoughts on the All Star Game

I had to get this down.

1. Jesus, how big is Placido Polanco's head? We all talk about Bonds', but damn, check out the melon on Polanco...

2. Ichiro just hit an inside-the-park home run and then looked completely disinterested while Manny did his whole towel-him-off routine. Ichiro looked bewildered and disgusted, like Manny just offered to rub ice on his inner thighs.

3. Tony LaRussa just said: "We just try to get here and score more runs than the other time, that's the point."

4. The guys in the booth have laid the following gems about steroids:

"This is not baseball's problem, MLB is doing everything it can...It's an issue of science outpacing testing"

"Other sports do it too"

And, from sideline dweeb Ken Rosenthal: "Maybe, just maybe, we'll find out that 70% of players and hitters and pitchers used steroids, and maybe then we'll be able to say BOnds was just competing with the top tier, maybe steroids was bigger than the league..." followed by Joe Buck: "Yeah, Kenny, we'll never be able to put exact dates on who started what when and who exactly used what, it's just going to be a wild goose chase until the end of time."

Really? Are they serious? If you're going to be doing Selig's dirty PR work, at least be a little less blatant. I mean, seriously Joe, isn't there an entire special Senate investigation currently working on exactly what you said could never be done? And calling it a wild goose chase? come on.

As for Ken, my response is the same as it is for my Bonds-apologist friend: I don't care if 90% of players used steroids. Bonds is still an asshole. He had a Hall of Fame career already, but was too selfish to be satisfied with it. As long as there was 1, not 1%, but 1 minor leaguer trying to make it to the bigs cleanly and legally, then what Bonds did was wrong. He's a jerk and his records should be discounted - as should those of anybody else who so clearly used steroids.

5. Finally, I'm not buying Dane Cook as MLB's new PLAYOFF pitchman in JULY. What does Dane cook know about baseball? sure he was funny (two years ago) and sure he has some good bits, but baseball? How is he anyway a credible spokesperson? At least the NBA's retarded David Blaine spots made sense internally with the whole magic or Unbelievable thing they had going. Dane Cook doesn't even do "I was in my kitchen...", he just talks about baseball. Does anybody think he is anywhere near visible enough for this job?