MLB All-Star Game 2011: Jair Jurrjens, Chris Perez, Nothing

There's a Stand Up To Cancer commercial they've aired three or four times now that features Ray Romano and Reese Witherspoon sneaking up on two different parties dining at restaurants. Romano and Witherspoon are wearing Stand Up To Cancer tee shirts, and the parties are excited and get up and hug them, and that is the commercial about beating cancer. There might be more to it but I haven't actually paid attention to the dialogue. I've listened to scripted Ray Romano and Reese Witherspoon dialogue before and I'll be damned if I make that mistake again.

The American League did not score in the sixth against Jair Jurrjens. Chris Perez came out to pitch the bottom, and the broadcast remarked that he's a big fan of rock and roll. I dunno, this guy?

Perez was one of four AL replacements for the inning. The first batter flied out to Carlos Quentin, who was one of them. "The ball always finds the new guy," somebody might say, but there are too many new guys, and the ball cannot find all of them at once. I'm surprised the ball didn't hang up in the air, indecisive.

The NL didn't score despite a Yadier Molina double off the top of the left field fence. Hometown favorite Justin Upton got a chance to drive him in, but Upton lined out instead. Prince Fielder - who these fans serenaded with boos yesterday and today - has so far hit the decisive blast. Upton - whose exclusion from the home run derby made these fans so upset - is 0-for-1. Based on the Rocky IV example, Prince Fielder is the new hometown favorite.