Wagner blows it again

Billy Wagner's All-Star appearance must have looked awfully familiar to Mets fans. The veteran closer, tabbed to pitch in the Midsummer Classic at Yankee Stadium despite blowing a whopping six saves in the season's first half, let another lead slip away last night.

Wagner didn't waste any time, either, blowing a 3-2 advantage for the National League (who suffered a 4-3, 15-inning loss) in the span of the first two hitters he faced. After replacing the Giants ' Brian Wilson with two out and nobody on, Wagner promptly gave up a line-drive single to the Indians' Grady Sizemore on a 1-1 fastball right over the plate. After Sizemore easily stole second, Wagner gave up a ground-rule RBI double by Evan Longoria of the Rays on a 2-2 slider. Continue