Some people have a problem with the all-star game deciding home field advantage for the World Series. Not me. I don't care if a Pirate hits a home run off a Mariner to give the National League game seven of the fall classic, even though neither of those teams will be involved in the game.
No, what I have a problem with is 14 year old girls deciding who STARTS a game that decides who gets home field advantage for the World Series. For years the All-Star game was "for the fans," meaning it was an exhibition put on strictly for the fans so they could see how Greg Maddux would do against Cal Ripken Jr. But thanks to interleague play, we DO get to see National league players and American league players on the same field, ALL THE TIME. Then the fans started electing the starters. Again, FINE, until it started "to count!" Unfortunately because "it counts," now, the system needs to be tweaked. With all due respect to the 14 year old girls that go to Wrigley Field everyday and vote for Mark DeRosa because he is cute or that the young ladies of the Red Sox Nation ACTUALLY ELECTED Dustin Pedroia to the game. I don't think the fate of the World Series should rest in the hands of people who couldn't vote in a real election.
I know this game is for the fans. FINE. Let the fans still get to put 18 players on the team. BUT let it be up to the manager to decide who starts the game. This way the BEST and MOST DESERVING players play and you don't have one of the best hitting catchers in the game (Brian McCann) not even get an at-bat because a rookie that trails McCann in EVERY statistical hitting category get to the plate twice out of the 9 hole.
Keep the game with the fans and let it count, but don't let the 14 year old girls decide the starters in a game that gives out the last at-bat of the season. Please leave that call to a baseball person.
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