A very productive one-third of an inning for Rios

If nothing else, his fielding percentage in All-Star games is 1.000.

Was it wrong that we started rooting for the NL to tie it up so that Alex could get a shot?

And to think, we had a bilious rant half-written, with in-depth plans to start a We Hate Jim Leyland blog until he managed to slip Rios in for the last out.

Now we know why Orioles fans booed Cito Gaston for years.