This is why the All Star game shouldnt count for something.
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An Oriole just drove in the go ahead run off of a Padre.
Orioles - 11th best of 14 AL teams
Padres - 15th best of 16 NL teams
Of course you and I are whiny NL boys who haven't won this game since MSU went to the Final Four.
Orioles - 11th best of 14 AL teams
Padres - 15th best of 16 NL teams
Of course you and I are whiny NL boys who haven't won this game since MSU went to the Final Four.
because it's a motherloving all-star game. Maybe next year, the team with the best preseason record in the NFL will get home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Or maybe the team represented by the winner of the 3-point shootout gets an automatic playoff bid.
Bud Selig = epic fail. At everything.
Bud Selig = epic fail. At everything.
Except for this isnt preseason or the home run derby that is deciding it. I don't mind this game deciding the home field advantage, but I can definitely see why people would. It does make the game interesting thoughMSUCostanza said:
All-Star Games are about as important as preseason games or 3-point shooting contests. In other words, they aren't. They are all exhibitions, and exhibitions should not decide anything having to do with the actual season. Period. Like was said above, the AL now has home-field advantage in the World Freaking Series because an Oriole got a hit off a Padre. Two of the worst teams in baseball.
I think next season, a preseason game between the Grizzlies and Bobcats should determine who gets home-court advantage in the NBA Finals.
I think next season, a preseason game between the Grizzlies and Bobcats should determine who gets home-court advantage in the NBA Finals.
While you're at it, ask them if home field in the World Series should be decided by who wins this game. I read an article where Michael Young, who has two game winning hits in the last few years for the AL, said that it was ridiculous he decided home field advantage in the World Series when his team didn't even make the playoffs.
does count for something was because the players were treating it like an exhibition game. You had guys on the NL high fiving guys on the AL team for hitting a double.
Of course, if I were the commissioner, and I had unlimited money, I would have it so that the only people that got paid for going to the All-Star Game were the guys who won. If you lose, you get nothing. Even if the winners got a million dollars a piece, with say, the MVP getting 3 million, I think that would be a little bit better than giving the homefield advantage thing.
And yes, I know these players get paid millions already, but even so, I'm pretty sure they would love to have some extra cash for that vacation home.
Of course, if I were the commissioner, and I had unlimited money, I would have it so that the only people that got paid for going to the All-Star Game were the guys who won. If you lose, you get nothing. Even if the winners got a million dollars a piece, with say, the MVP getting 3 million, I think that would be a little bit better than giving the homefield advantage thing.
And yes, I know these players get paid millions already, but even so, I'm pretty sure they would love to have some extra cash for that vacation home.
But its still called an exhibition game just like preseason games are so technically they are the same. Sure the players care more about one than the other, but they're both still exhibition games. Giving the winner of the All Star Game home field advantage makes as much sense as giving home field advantage to whoever has the best record coming out of spring training.
The National League lost the All-Star Game, and it actually set things up nicely for the Cardinals to win the World Series in St. Louis.
The fact of the matter is, if you split the first two games of a seven game series, you flip homefield advantage back to you.
So, I'm not exactly sure how significant winning the All-Star Game is if getting homefield advantage is the prize either.
The fact of the matter is, if you split the first two games of a seven game series, you flip homefield advantage back to you.
So, I'm not exactly sure how significant winning the All-Star Game is if getting homefield advantage is the prize either.
Bud Selig overcompensated for the tie; I think he got humiliated because the game was in his backyard at Miller Park, and he was the first owner to make the transition from owner to commish, and both sides ran out of pitchers. I'm guessing he was scared shitless his game would turn into the NFL Pro Bowl (for which even the most die-hard NFL fan cannot honestly give a **** about).
And it's sure as hell the most interesting all-star game that's out there and there's not even a close second. Can someone name who won the pro bowl and NBA all-star game? Those games are awful and the players treat it likes it's a joke. In my opinion behind the new steroid policy this is the best move selig has made.
and that means a wildcard team from one division with a better record than a division winner should get homefield.
All Star game IS AN EXHIBITION so I don't mind them TREATING IT LIKE AN EXHIBITION. It's all ******** now anyway, as is every other all star event.
If they put it at the end of the season like the Pro Bowl, it would get equal ratings.
All that being said, I went to all the events in 2000 when it was in ATL. I had a blast. The HR derby might be the coolest thing you can attend in sports. I can't stand it on TV though. The celebrity softball game was even a lot of fun. Got to meet a lot of people and not just at autograph sessions. It is a great event for a fan to attend but sucks on TV
All Star game IS AN EXHIBITION so I don't mind them TREATING IT LIKE AN EXHIBITION. It's all ******** now anyway, as is every other all star event.
If they put it at the end of the season like the Pro Bowl, it would get equal ratings.
All that being said, I went to all the events in 2000 when it was in ATL. I had a blast. The HR derby might be the coolest thing you can attend in sports. I can't stand it on TV though. The celebrity softball game was even a lot of fun. Got to meet a lot of people and not just at autograph sessions. It is a great event for a fan to attend but sucks on TV
Or you could say they won because a Tampa bay outfielder robbed a player of a home run thrown by a Boston pitcher. That is 2 teams that very well could end up in the World SeriesMSUCostanza said:
the All-Star game deciding HFA in the Series. In the past 6 years, the AL has won all the all-star games and in that same time period the world series has spilt between the two leagues 3-3. It ovbiously doesn't mean that much. It was just a way for Selig to get the players into the game more. Before it meant homefield advantage in, what 2003, none of the players cared about the game. If they even came to the damn thing, they would all leave before the game was even close to being over.
Giving homefield advantage to the person with the best record might not be the best idea. You could possibly have a situation where, hypothetically, the dodgers can get awarded homefield advantage for beating up a very ****** NL west. And then you have a Red Sox team that doesn't have the best record, but has a winning record against much much better teams that year.
Giving homefield advantage to the person with the best record might not be the best idea. You could possibly have a situation where, hypothetically, the dodgers can get awarded homefield advantage for beating up a very ****** NL west. And then you have a Red Sox team that doesn't have the best record, but has a winning record against much much better teams that year.
to some degree at least. The MLB all-star game and the World Series have essentially had the same rating over the past 5 years or so.
No other sport can claim anything like that.
I'm still not sold on it myself, but I do find myself upset more when the NL loses....
No other sport can claim anything like that.
I'm still not sold on it myself, but I do find myself upset more when the NL loses....