All-Star Game = No World Series Effect
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by user Wrightsmyboy
First of all the game shouldn't have [ish] to do with the World Series. Besides the fact the the managers don't really do whatever they can to win the game, even if they did let's talk the concept of doing that anyway. Though the All-Star is the best of each league it doesn't not mean that league is better and should get home-field advantage. In one league all the races could be close because they have overall better players while in another league it could not even be close but because the ones who made it for that one are better than the ones who made it in the league with close races they may win while they don't have better players. And that's assuming better players mean better league...which is not true. And that's assuming you play to win the game...which you don't.
Secondly, still assuming you play to win the game (which you don't) just because you have better players does not mean you have a better league. You can have better players in general in one league but the other league could have better teams. And in the end you don't bring the team leading the divisions to play each other for home-field advantage and see which league won the series (though that's an idea). And that's still assuming you play to win the game...which you don't.
Now lets get to the fact that even all the other stuff I mentioned were fair (which is impossible) the managers don't play to win the game. They try to get everyone in, and evidence of that was the all-star game tie in 2002 after 12 innings which they overtaxed closers to get that far. The game is supposed the very best players playing to have fun that's why everyone watches, the fact that it decides the World Series doesn't't really draw anymore interest. So on top of everything else it was a bad business ploy.
All and all this was a horrible idea on so many levels, you can only use only one thing I mentioned just to throw the idea away. As just proven this was a bad idea on literally so many levels.
But then again that's Bud Selig for you.
Date
Wed 06/21/06, 11:49 am EST
