Hope you all had a good 4th. I know I did!

• Full report in the next day or two, but the Elsinore-High Desert game was a classic. Ben Howard was dominant again.
• Ryan Klesko and Phil Nevin were named to the All-Star team. I really didn’t expect the Padres to have two representatives there. Congrats, guys.
• How about that Sterling Hitchcock! First big-league game in 14 months and he allows only three runs on five hits and no walks over seven innings, with five strikeouts. Man, I’m gonna miss him.

Okay, I really need to get some sleep. I’ll have a more complete report on the game (including why there are no pictures) by Saturday…