I usually hate All Star games and all festivities, including the NBA (to put things in perspective, I didn't watch last year's NBA All Star game or Pierce in the three point contest). However, this year, I watched Papi (albeit with it on mute when he wasn't on with a book in my hand).
Does winning this prove anything? Not really. But after watching people give up on him, it was nice to see him bounce back make the All Star team and now win this.
It's nice to see him back. In my opinion (despite being a bigger Celtic fan than a Sox fan by a very slight margin), he's probably the most important Boston athlete of the past 10 years. Brady was very special, so was Pierce, but Ortiz was most responsible for breaking the Yankees and breaking the Curse. Nothing trumps that, particularly in Boston.
Still probably won't watch the actual game tomorrow.