American League Wins Again

This year's All-Star game featured very little offense, but there was no lack of great defensive plays.

The American League won the game 4-3 and has now one 12 of the last 13 All-Star games.

The MLB's All-Star game carries a lot more weight than any other All-Star game because the winning league gets home-field advantage in the World Series.

Even though home-field advantage is a nice asset to have, it's not the end of the world for the eventual National League team that represents in the World Series. Just look at the Phillies last season.

There was very little offense in the entire game, especially from the National League. They were only able to put up five hits during the course of the game.

The game's MVP didn't even have an RBI.

Carl Crawford of the Rays took home the MVP honors with a single and a great catch at the fence that robbed Brad Hawpe's home run which would've given the National League the lead.

What's amazing about Crawford's MVP honors is that he didn't have a single RBI in the game. That hasn't happened since 1968.

Overall, just another uneventful All-Star game for the MLB.

Fielder Wins the Derby Crown

Another home run derby is in the books and another big time slugger took home the title.

Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers took home the title by beating out Nelson Cruz in the finals. He had a total of 23 home runs to win the title.

Last year's home run derby had a few more long balls mainly thanks to Josh Hamilton's first-round rampage where he hit 28.

Besides Fielder, only two other players hit more than five home runs in the first round.

The lack of the long ball can be widely attributed to so many refusals by American League players to participate in the derby, which I can't blame them for.

Both Josh Hamilton and Justing Morneau were just a couple guys who decided to not test the home run derby curse that seems to plague some players after participating in this event.

Hopefully for the Brewers, Fielder won't fall victim to the same curse.