Polite Company: Baseball and the All-Star Game

Two All-Star game updates. First one is about a player on my beloved Red Sox. Dustin Pedroia's wife went into labor this past Monday July 6, the night I went to see the game. That is very early for a baby due later in August. He has decided not to play the All-Star Game, as reported. Dan Shaughnessy has a great take on what happened and how this side of the game has evolved.

Secondly, Phillies player, and Hawaii boy, Shane Victorino has gotten the nod for the NL side in the Mid-Summer Classic. He is only the second Hawaii person to play (Sid Fernandez was the first). People in Hawaii are rightly ecstatic.

That said, I am still an AL guy.