The 2010 All-Star festivities kicked off today with the 2010 Futures game where major minor league prospects take each other on where the World Team faced the USA Team. For three consecutive years the World team has taken the contest but this year the USA team came out in a big way where they won by the score of 9-1. Part of the reason team USA finally won one is that there was a bit of age descrepancy between the teams this year. While every player is young and highly talented, team USA seemed to be a little older and higher up in their respective organizations than the World team, so the game was slower for them. The MVP of the game was Conger with his 3-run homer (1-3). He is in the Angel organization and grew up in the area, so it was nice for the hometown crown however team USA also had a player, Hosmer, who was 4-5, with 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B.
However this game isn't about winners and losers, its about the players. The Mets had only one representative this year, Jeurys Familia, on the World Team. Familia made his appearance with two outs and no body on in the bottom of the 8th where team USA was already was leading 7-1. He can throw heat as he was pounding in his fastball at 94, 95 mph. The problem was he was really not accurate and as soon as he started to throw in the zone he got into trouble. First batter: double. Second batter: RBI double. Third batter: RBI double. Fourth batter: ground out, end of inning. So 1/3 innings pitched, 3 hits, 2 runs, no walks and no strikeouts.
The All-Star festivities continue with the celebrity and old timers Softball game tomorrow morning, the Homerun Derby tomorrow night, the All-Star red carpet show (what?) on Tuesday and then finally Tuesday night the actual All-Star game.
