Well, if the Phillies are going to win the World Series, they'll have to do it without home-field advantage.
Hey, you have to think positive, right?
The National League All-Stars got shut out by their AL counterparts last night in the annual Midsummer Classic, meaning the American League representative will get the extra home game in the World Series.
Yeah, I think that's a dumb way to decide it, too. But that's Bud Selig and baseball's idea of ramping up fading interest in the All-Star Game. Maybe they should consider dumping Chris Berman and his "back-back-back-back" calls from the Home Run Derby.
If you slept through the All-Star Game, as I did, you didn't miss much, at least not for fans of the National League. They managed all of three hits in getting shut out, 3-0. Yankees' ace closer Mariano Rivera took the MVP awards in what amounted to his swansong All-Star appearance.
The Phils' two All-Stars didn't do much. Cliff Lee gave up one of the AL runs in his one inning; Dom Brown struck out in his one plate appearance.
Maybe the most interesting thing to come out of New York over the past couple of days is detailed by our lead columnist Jack McCaffery today. It seems like the rest of the league is not buying Phillies GM Ruben Amaro's story that he is not in "sell" mode.
All the chatter in the Big Apple was of who the Phils would be moving before the trade deadline at the end of the month.
In the meantime, we still have two more days to wait for the Phillies to get back in action, in New York of all places, with a weekend set vs. the Mets.
How the Phils play this weekend coming out of the break will likely have a lot to do with Amaro's actions over the next couple of weeks.
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