MLB All-Star Game
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CycloneErik
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NL parks last year, this year, and the next two years, so the AL is going to have to be the home team a few times in there.
That stadium will be lit up with Musco LED lights when the sun goes down. First All-Star game ever under LEDs. Hell yeah Iowa.
Yost is doing it right... One pitcher each inning going all out. Collins should of pulled Cueto after the homer to Hos.
It's dumb that fans vote in starters. Let the fans vote in one player for each position, but let the mangers determine starters.
Why? I'd rather they stopped the insanity that the All Star Game determines who gets home field in the World Series rather than change the aspect that the ASG is supposed to be about the fans.
I imagine Paul Goldschmidt getting dressed in the NL locker room watching his teammates putting on their classic looking road grays while he puts on that dark gray, XFL-like road DBacks jersey and sighing softly to himself.
The all star game should be about the players and celebrating the greatest players in each league. If you get that right, no fan is going to complain.
I'm OK with it determining home field advantage since each team does not play the same interleague schedule. The 2002 all star game was a disaster, and most fans hated it.
CycloneErik
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I still think the home field should just go to the team with the best record. Simple and effective solution.
Yeah, but "Vote for the starting lineup" vs "Vote for players that may start or may show up in the 9th inning" - kind of devalues the worth of the fan vote. Not that I'm saying there's much worth when, if someone's motivated, they can stuff 50+ ballots at a ballpark or vote unlimited online, but I would think if you degrade the value of the fan vote by taking away the guarantee of voting for the starting lineup the participation goes way down. And if you think MLB isn't making a killing off of click traffic with advertisements off the fan vote, well, why do you think there's unlimited voting in the first place?