The 2008 All Star game at Yankee Stadium was tied 3-3 in the 9th. Terry Francona went to the mound and signaled for Mariano Rivera. The Fox Sports camera went to the bullpen door. Before it opened, they went to commercial.

Rivera's 2008 entrance was kindly posted to You Tube otherwise the moment would've been lost forever. 2008 All Star Game at Yankee Stadium, July 16, 2008. The Fox Sports camera went to the bullpen door. Before it opened, they went to commercial. Terry Francona was waiting on the mound to hand the ball to Rivera. You Tube page poster mentions this:

"Uploaded on Aug 26, 2010

@ Old Yankee Stadium
Rivera entering to "Enter Sandman"... Fox went to commerical so was not seen on TV." by 4vrNYYfan

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Rivera got 5 outs. He entered in the 9th with score tied 3-3, 1 out, 1 on. He came back in the 10th, score still tied 3-3, got 3 outs, score at the end of the 10th still tied 3-3. The game went 15 innings, final 5-4 AL. Rivera didn't figure in the decision but that was a minor point in the game.

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Here's another view of Rivera's 2008 Yankee Stadium All Star Game entrance kindly posted to You Tube and not seen on the Fox telecast:

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P.S. I watched this game in 2008 and noticed they didn't show Rivera coming in from the bullpen in his own stadium for a 3-3 tie game. I mentioned it in a post on this blog but the post seems to have disappeared.

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Chazz Palminteri (WFAN caller) to narrate ESPN Yankee Stadium retrospective

Chazz Palminteri comments to Newsday's Ken Davidoff on this week's All Star game:

• "It's really going to be special," said Palminteri, who not only starred in but also wrote "A Bronx Tale," and is narrating an ESPN retrospective on the Stadium. "If I was a player and I played my first All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, it's something I wouldn't forget.""...

Davidoff adds his own notes:

• "Alex Rodriguez doesn't want to participate in the Home Run Derby?
• Who cares?
• Bud Selig and the Major League Baseball people do, understandably. But the rest of us?
• Whatever. The Derby is an over-hyped, underwhelming event, no matter who's competing,
• that functions best as a lead-in to a night on the town."...

From Newsday, 7/11/08

• Posts on this blog re: Chazz Palminteri's calls to WFAN:

• 1. Chazz Palminteri to email Arod, 7/24/06

• 2. "Give Mo Whatever He Wants," 2/16/07, and Yanks' treatment of Mariano Rivera 'a disgrace,', 2/16/07

• 3. Chazz Palminteri on with Mike and Chris, 10/4/07, 'has TV in his dressing room and will be watching the Yankee game'...

• 4. Chazz Palminteri on Joe Torre: Deal was 'a slap in the face,' 10/18/07

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