Like the game itself, I’ve got nothing interesting, witty or insightful to add.

just hit a home run. That’s sorta cool.

Paps pitching. The Yankee fans are tearing into him. He just struck out Dan Uggla, after an end-of-the-bat single to Tejada.

Throwing error allows Tejada to get to 3rd easy. Sac fly drives him in.

papelbon (as good a pitcher as he is) really should have kept his mouth shut.

good luck w/the rest of the season sox fans!

has nasty stuff.

Hits a low pitch into left.

Gives the crowd Mariano for the rest of the 9th. I’m a little torn here. I wouldn’t mind seeing Rivera give up a couple runs, just to anger the Yankee fans who have so clamored for him. But home field advantage could be relevant… nah. Mo goes down, risking home advantage be damned.

Pretty sweet.

what the hell does he expect? i don’t condone the threat but honestly, he’s on the most hated rival team in sports…here’s the article.

Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon blamed the New York media for creating a firestorm that resulted in his pregnant wife being threatened on Tuesday.

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MLB.com reported that during a red carpet parade for the All-Star Game that went down Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, Papelbon and his wife Ashley were bombarded by insults from fans.

“I feel like I needed to be in a bullet-proof car,” Papelbon said, according to the Web site. “My wife is pregnant and she’s getting her life threatened. It’s stupid.”

Papelbon had said that he would welcome closing out the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium even though its the home field of Mariano Rivera.

“I’ve said from the very beginning, since two days ago, and talked to Tito [Red Sox manager Terry Francona] about it, I said, ‘I want Mariano to close.’ I understand what it’s about to pay your dues in this game and what it’s about to put in your time,” Papelbon said, according to the Web site. “If you were to ask me, of course I wanted to close. That’s my competitive nature.”

Papelbon said he was shocked when he saw a New York Daily News headline that read “PAPELBUM! Red Sox reliever says he, not Mariano, should close tonight’s All-Star Game.”

“That was an easy headline for that [newspaper] to say, ‘Yeah, Papelbon said he wants to close.’ Yeah, of course I do,” Papelbon said, according to the site. “That’s my competitive nature. But I’m stepping away and saying I don’t need to close.”

Papelbon told MLB.com that he was so disturbed by the parade incident that he didn’t even care if he pitched on Tuesday.

“Your family gets involved like that and you’re trying to enjoy an experience with your family, and you have a wife who’s pregnant who doesn’t feel safe riding in a red-carpet event, you know what I mean? How would you feel?” Papelbon said, according to MLB.com.

Aside from the blown calls (Tejada got a gift out on Kinsler’s CS).

How long can they go? This is already the longest All Star Game by time.

2.1 scoreless innings. Kazmir should be next if this continues. The only AL bats I like here are Drew and Longoria (HR threats), and maybe Kinsler or Young with RISP. Quentin has sucked, so has Navarro.

I think he asked John Farrell if he was ready to warm up earlier.

Maybe he wants to pitch.

I remember seeing Alex Cora at one point warming in the pen. Can’t remember the game though.

Morneau after JD walks to load them up and Young sac flies to right. Throw was good but not enough. JD should be player of the game.

Would Tito have pitched Kazmir, which could’ve pissed off TB, or would he have given up the DH and had Longoria pitch? Which, I assume, could’ve pissed off TB.

I have to say, the Yankees fans really showed their nature, didn’t they?

Red Sox fans would not boo Yankees during an all-star game where home field advantage was on the line. Well, maybe A-Rod, but not every single one, and certainly not somebody like JD Drew who won the MVP. What did Drew ever do to the Yankees? I understand that he gets booed in Philly, and maybe deserves that, but fer chrissakes, the Yankees fans behave like overgrown children.