Well, that’s finally over. And I’m not talking about the game itself, I’d have been happy to see that go 20 innings even with the MFY fans booing every player not named Rivera. I’m just glad this whole event is done. No more Fox commercials heralding the beauty of Yankee Stadium. No more pictures of A-Rod as godzilla on top of the Empire State Building.

I really don’t think I’ve ever seen such a clueless crowd as the one last night. Tito, in a very classy move, removes A-Rod and Jeter for defensive replacements. This earns a weak round of applause. But when Papelbon enters the game, thunderous booing. When JD Drew hits a game tying 2-run homer with two down in the 7th (you know, since those MFY all-stars couldn’t get the job done), more booing. About the only thing they could agree on to cheer for was Rivera…who almost blew the game.

Watching the Sox wear their home whites at the Toilet was, for lack of a better term, bizarre. In fact, it was strange seeing any white jerseys that weren’t pinstriped in that stadium. But the weirdest thing might have been Tito sitting in the dugout wearing a jersey. We’ve watched him manage the Sox for 4.5 years, 2 World Series Championships and now 2 All-Star games, and I bet you couldn’t find 5 Sox fans who could tell you that Tito’s jersey’ number was 47.

But even despite the boos and the MFY fans who made the AL All Stars not in pinstripes feel like they were being welcomed to the 5th circle of hell, it was the best All Star Game I can remember. You want extras? Sure, how about 6 of them? How do plays at the plate sound? Great pitching? Two AL comebacks in 2 innings? And to top it off, how about a Sox player being named AL MVP in the House that Ruth built? (The outcome was never a question since this man gave his ASG pre-game speech.)

I just wish that instead of a trophy JD got to light the match to burn the Toilet to the ground…with the great Yankee ghosts still inside.