FordAtkinson's Blog

I went to bed Tuesday night with the National League leading the American League 3-2 late in the MLB All-Star game.  As a National fan, I just didn't feel like staying up to watch what I KNEW would happen... the American League would come back to win.  I thought it was a sure thing.

Okay, I didn't think it would take 15 innings.  Even so, the AL's comeback 4-3 victory seemed pre-destined.  I don't believe it had anything to do with Yankee Stadium.  The game could have been played in any NL park and the result would have been the same.  Let's face it, the NL hasn't won a mid-summer classic in more than a decade.  Maybe it's in the stars... or in the heads of the National League players.

The bright side of another dark NL night, at least for Astros fans, was that Lance Berkman drove in a run and Miguel Tejada scored another.  That's two-thirds of the Nationals runs accounted for by our Houston guys.  Could it be a sign of good things to come in the second half?  Well, I wouldn't go that far, but maybe, just maybe.......