Several hours before the All-Star game, Commissioner Bud Selig said that linking the outcome of the game to home field advantage for the World Series created “something dramatic and exciting.”

As the game wore on, however, inning after inning, hour after hour, the only drama I saw was the growing possibility of a repeat of the most dismal event in All-Star history. The game was threatening to become the second tie in seven years.

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Sometimes it pays to be lucky. Here I am making my Web site debut and just in time for the All-Star game. I couldn’t have planned it any better.

I would’ve been distraught had I not made it before the game was played because it has become my favorite game of the entire year. Opening day? World Series? They don’t compare.

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