2002 MLB All-Star Game Ends in a Tie
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Baseball kisses it's sister. The All-Star game is played on a day sandwiched between the only two days on the calendar that a major American sport does not play games. Baseball had the stage to itself. They played into extra innings. They depleted their rosters. They still remained tied after 11 innings at 7-7. After NL coach (surprise, surprise...) Bob Brenly used all of his pitchers, he begged for mercy. And Commissioner Bud Selig (in his "former" team's home stadium) decided to not decide anything. Go home folks, thanks for your money...
What could they have done? Made position players pitch. Bring out the BP pitchers and have a HR derby between the two lineups. Play a round of pepper. Bust out a whiffle ball set, ANYTHING! Flip a coin. Don't have a coin? Take your cheesy rug off and flip that bad boy.
Bud's ultimate plan was to "make the exhibition game matter! This time it counts!". So he peed on tradition (alternating home field advantage in the World Series between leagues) to make a game that never mattered slightly more relevant.
Worst part, they didn't select a game MVP (who was to recieve the FIRST annual Ted Williams Memorial All-Star MVP award" - remember the big presentation of the award named after the recently deceased HoF player before the game?
Of course, promptly the next season, the Home field advantage was decided by players that wouldn't sniff the World Series...
