Comments on: How To Fix Baseball’s All-Star Mess

By: MJenks

MJenks — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:39:07 +0000

Really? This game is for the fans? You honestly think that?

The only reason these players show up at the game is so they can exercise that “if I get elected to the all-star team, I get X amount of dollars out of it” clause that was written into their contracts. Otherwise, these guys would be taking a three-day break while a bunch of scrubs played the game.

Fan voting is a joke. I like the notion that you get voted by your peers and those with some form of baseball acumen (managers, coaches).

I’m also not a fan of the home run derby idea to finish it. I say we nominate celebrity ball girls to mudwrestle each other for three rounds if the game ends in a tie after the nine innings.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:22:19 +0000

Wow, I’m surprised by the backlash on removing fan voting. Everyone says that you need it to keep the fans interest. Seriously? If there isn’t fan voting, no one will watch? That sounds pretty ridiculous to me. I really don’t see the ratings drop much without fan voting – people watch the ASG to see the best players play, not to see people they voted for.

Ideas 1 and 3 are pretty obvious and hard to disagree with. As for 4, I agree that we need some sort of shoot-out style ending. I think the Mini HR derby would be fun, but I can understand why people would hate it. But still, you gotta have something to keep the game from dragging on.

By: BakersPapi

BakersPapi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:51:34 +0000

Heath Bell on the hook for the L. Figures… Padres traysh

By: Keller

Keller — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:25:23 +0000

Let the fans vote, but just don’t count it. They will never know.

The players are all wimps today. You would have never saw Pete Rose pull out of the game because of “injury”. Hell no, he (and all other players from that era) was there to WIN. Check out Rose’s home plate collision in 1970. Most players today wouldn’t do that in a regular season game…

There is no pride anymore that “your league” won, because players bounce around from league to league and team to team like rubber bands…

Make a single MLB all-star team and then go play Japan or Mexico or PR or DR….

By: will

will — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:00:41 +0000

Why not have the ASG determine DH rules for interleague play. If the AL wins then all interleague games are DH rules. If the NL wins then all interleague games force the SP to bat.