You really can’t blame for what the National League did in the ninth. They bring in Trevor Hoffman to close out the game like he’s done 400 some odd times in the past. Unfortunately, the American League got to Hoffman, and enough for the win.

As I saw on Baseball Tonight, they were talking about hos the National League did nothing wrong, Hoffman is probably the best and most consistant closer that they had. His changeup is just devistating. The only problem was the NL had hard thrower after hard thrower, Hoffman’s stuff didn’t really seem as bad, thus more hittable. I totally agree with that. Brad Penny was really bringing it last night. He hit 99 quite a few times, and his fast ball was just overpowering. Next they switched to Oswalt, to also throws pretty hard. Next came Brandon Webb, who’s got the best hard sinker in the league.

I’m just really happy that it wasn’t a total blowout like in years pasted. I kind of expected it to be a well pitched game, which it turned out to be. I’d really wished that Zambrano and Liriano would have gotten into the game though, but you have to keep a few players ready incase the games goes into extra innings. I really like the way that Phil Garner managed the game, by way of his pre-game talk with the team. I like him more I see him. On the other hand I dislike Ozzie more and more everyday.

But I will say though the highlight of the game was easily the HORRIBLE intro to the game. I was sitting there watching my wife, and thinking “what the heck is this??!?!”. It was so cheesy, and poorly done. The effects were horrible, the voice over dialog was just plain stupid. Good thing it was a good game, becuase that intro was an absolute joke!