Quick MLB All-Star Game Recap

Who had the best lede to get in a dig at the Pirates and/or Pittsburgh last night? Oddly, I could only find two in a quick sampling of most of the on-line sports pages.

Even more oddly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pirate beat writer Dejan Kovacevic's hometown wrap-up on the AL's win is our first contestant with:

For one fleeting but fantastic evening, Major League Baseball was back in Pittsburgh.

Here is how Larry Stone of the Seattle Times begins his story from Pittsburgh:

In this historic baseball city, home of Honus Wagner and Roberto Clemente — not to mention the Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985, and the wretched Pirates of (fill in any year since Barry Bonds left) — the National League fell again.

The rest begin with some version of American dominance.