It could have ended like a Hollywood movie.
Yonder Alonso could have scored the winning run and been named Most Valuable Player in his first All-Star Game, a game played in his hometown in front of 60 family members and friends who cheered him on loudly inside Marlins Park.
All the former University of Miami and Coral Gables High standout needed after leading off the ninth inning with a single off Kenley Jansen and an unexpected stolen base off Yadier Molina was for somebody to bring him home.
But the hit never came.
“If he scores the winning run, can you imagine?