Baltimore’s own Adam Jones held his own with the plethora of All-Stars as he drove in the winning run to lead the American League over the National League, in yet another close Midsummer Classic, 4-3. He carried himself like a true pro on Tuesday, and although he didn’t get a hit, he made quite the showing. Watching a little bit of the replay on mlb.tv, although the announcers — Tim McCarver and 
Joe Buck — didn’t go too much into detail about Jones, they gave the young man his props.
The American League has won their 12th contest in a row, and Carl Crawford from Tampa Bay was chosen as the game’s MVP after robbing Colorado’s Brad Hawpe of a sure home run (which would put the NL in the lead) to center in the seventh inning of the game.
I don’t know if Adam Jones or we fans should feel disrespected, but why was he not given an interview of some sort after the game? For some people who root for the Orioles, the All-Star game must have ever that much sweeter as ‘Baltimore’ was on the road uniform for the first time in nearly four decades. In addition, on the sports talk radio shows, his Facebook page, and on TV, he spoke about loving the city and having the name of it adorned on his chest — which was nice to hear, whether it was a PR move, or straight from his heart.
There’s no doubt he likes playing for the Orioles, and hopefully he can stay with the organization for the duration of his playing career.
I have not done this in a while, but here’s a roundup of what the other blogs and websites are saying about the Orioles…
- Dave Trembley has a video blog on MASN Sports and chats about Jones and Uehara.
- Kevin Hess notes that the O’s rebuilding plan is starting to pay off…
- Amber Theoharis thinks fans should stay tuned with the Orioles throughout the summer.
- James Baker of Oriole Magic goes over his expectations for the second half with the Birds.
- Stan Charles of Pressbox thinks the Orioles need a ‘horse’, ‘stopper’ or ‘go-to-guy’ in the rotation that will take the team to the next level.
- Oriole Central looks at young and highly touted Dominican shortstop, Miguel Sano.
- Heath from Dempsey’s Army looks at some of the greatest pitchers in Baltimore history.
- Pete Kerzel looks at the biggest Orioles disapointments of the first half as well as a piece on Robert Andino
- The Orioles are still looking for a Spring Training home in Florida.
- Stacey from Camden Chat consider Adam Jones the real MVP of the Midsummer Classic.
- The Loss Column took a look at some of the Baby Birds during the Futures Game in St. Louis.
- Drew Forrester from WNST is glad that Adam Jones finally had “Baltimore” on his chest during the All-Star Game.
- Rex Snider of WNST believes that the Orioles should diversify their front office in more ways than one…
- MASN’S Steve Melewski has a Q&A with David Stockstill — O’s Director of Player Development.
