For us it's probably better he gets the days off but I'd have liked to see him in just to get it out of the way and keep his image rebuild going in the right direction. I knew Arod was playing well but I hadn't seen his stats in a while. Very impressed, somehow I find myself rooting for recovering PED guys to prove themselves as I think the media hype around it all is a joke. I find it ridiculous they don't put the best players in when they're playing for home field advantage, and when they are in they take the best players out of the game and have it come down to backups and sometimes undeserving guys that are only there because their team needed a rep. Especially love the hypocrisy of having Peralta and Cruz in but not Arod and/or Braun. I'm generally a supporter of the changes Selig has made over the years but making the ASG count is his worst move. Especially since it didn't solve the problem that led to the tie game, as it can still happen again. This was another dumb thing pushed by the media and caused an overreaction, acting like it was embarrassment to the game that an exhibition game ended in a tie. I mean, regular season NFL games end in ties, NHL games at the time ended in ties, Soccer games end in ties all the time. Who cares about an exhibition game.