All-Star Game Opening Ceremony Highlights for the ADD-Addled
Did the sweeping music of the All-Star game's opening ceremonies lull you to sleep? Did the "All-Stars Among Us" video bore you to tears, or just cause you to change the channel? Did all that talking by MC Joe Buck aggravate you? If so -- but you still want to catch up on a bit o' baseball history that happened right here in St. Louis tonight -- here's your rundown, courtesy of a television that's older than the American League's winning streak.
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| Ryan Franklin and his beard are introduced. |
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| A beaming Pujols. |
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| Albert Pujols is introduced! |
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| There's Yadier Molina! |
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| Some of the "All-Stars Among Us." |
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| President Obama -- who narrowly lost Missouri in the 2008 general election. |
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| There's W. |
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| ...And Bill. |
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| The First Bush. |
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| ...And Jimmy. |
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| There's the President. What jacket will he be wearing during the first pitch? |
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| Sheryl Crow sings the national anthem... |
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| A sweet jet. |
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| The Delmar Loop, and Stan Musial's star gets a cameo. |
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| Five Cardinal Hall-of-Famers. |
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| Stan Musial rides out in a customized Mercedes-Benz golf cart and shakes a baseball at the cheering fans. |
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| Out comes the President to about half-boos, half-cheers. Maybe it's for political reasons, or the fact he's wearing a White Sox jacket. |
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| Obama shakes hands with Musial. |
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| Obama lines up to throw out the first pitch. |
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| He kicks up his leg... |
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| Rocks forward... |
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| He releases... |
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| Obama hugs Pujols after what's generally considered to be decent, as first pitches go, toss to home plate. |
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| The president greets Cardinal Hall-of-Famer Ozzie Smith. |
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| A replay of Obama's first pitch wraps it up. And we're onto the game! |
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