The All-Star Game has been leaning to the right
While enjoying the National League’s 3-1 victory over the American League last night, I found myself thinking back to some of the AL’s dramatic (and sometimes heartbreaking) victories over the past few years and one thing kept coming up: In my memory, all the hits went to right field.
Year | Winner | Score | Batter | Inn. | Hit |
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2010 | Brian McCann* | 7th | 3-run 2B to RF | ||
2009 | Adam Jones | 8th | SF to RF | ||
2008 | Michael Young | 15th | SF to RF | ||
2007 | Ichiro Suzuki* | 5th | 2-run ITP HR to RF | ||
2006 | Michael Young* | 9th | 2-run 3B to RCF | ||
2005 | Miguel Tejada* | 2nd | 1-run HR to LCF | ||
2004 | Ivan Rodriguez | 1st | 1-run 3B to RF | ||
2003 | Hank Blalock | 8th | 2-run HR to RCF |