very important period in baseball s history. los angeles dodgers outfielder matt kempf accepted the 2011 major player of the year award and talked about it with us today on studio b. just going there for the first time and seeing some of the history of the negro leagues and where they came from and what they represent them paving the way for us as african-american athletes was just unbelievable. shepard: a live look at kaufman stadium tonight. you may notice it s all in red, white, and blue. and in just well, after the top of the hour on the pregame show, they are going to have a blimp shot that will show at the time it s going to look like an enormous american flag. every seat got one of these t-shirts, 2012 all star pregame and i guess a bit of a souvenir. only thing you will get free here at kaufman stadium tonight. more on tonight s big game coming up including details on one of the league s youngest all-stars ever.
accidents happen. and it s impossible to guarantee they won t in the future. how is that is that explanation enough? i think it reflects what hbo truly how they feel. they took a lot of steps to do this safely. i think you re working with very demanding directs, creditatorcr. the ambition of the show was to get inside horse racing. this is not the blimp shot. the cameras were right inside the racing. i think they discovered it s dangerous to do. they can t make the show they want to make and protect the horses in the way they like to. this has to be a pr nightmare. you cannot have come back from something like this and have success on a show and people know that horses are dying in the process. the theme was the nobility of