We are nearing the MLB All Star break and we get into the time honored tradition of whining about who is on the team. One of my main gripes is when people say "they shouldn't have at least one person from every franchise in the game. Put the best players on it instead."
Um. No.
To me, that's part of baseball. The entire league and all its teams should be represented. I don't care if a 7th Yankee doesn't get on the team because you had to put a Royal on there. All the bad teams should have someone on their league's squad.
And spare me "the game counts now" crap. If that was the guide for the game, than the National League would start Ubaldo Jimenez and make him pitch six, seven innings. The starters (or the best players) would play the entire game and never sit. I mean, what other game during the season sees teams intentionally try to get guys rest and feature as many players on their expanded roster as possible? That's the entire reason the leagues expanded their rosters ... to get more players on the team (and allow those players to receive contracted bonuses). Why would we need more players on the team if the starters played all or most of the game?
See, the line of reasoning is stupid. Oh, and what if no Kansas City Royal deserved to get on the team and none were voted to it? What if those Royals turn it around and win the AL Central? Say they take that momentum and win the American League pennant. So the World Series ... which home field advantage is determined by the All Star Game ... will feature a team that wasn't allowed to have a player on it to help determine who gets the advantage.
To me, the fact that the home field advantage is on the line even solidifies the fact that every team should be represented. Don't feature just the best players on the best teams -- bring on a rep from all teams since that is the true "power" of league. Take the good with the bad.
(By the way, I think home field advantage in the World Series should be determined by who wins the interleague war).
So bring on the Royal, the Oriole, the Indian, the Mariner, the Pirate, the Astro and the Diamondback. They all should have at least one guy flipping their cap in Anaheim.
Um. No.
To me, that's part of baseball. The entire league and all its teams should be represented. I don't care if a 7th Yankee doesn't get on the team because you had to put a Royal on there. All the bad teams should have someone on their league's squad.
And spare me "the game counts now" crap. If that was the guide for the game, than the National League would start Ubaldo Jimenez and make him pitch six, seven innings. The starters (or the best players) would play the entire game and never sit. I mean, what other game during the season sees teams intentionally try to get guys rest and feature as many players on their expanded roster as possible? That's the entire reason the leagues expanded their rosters ... to get more players on the team (and allow those players to receive contracted bonuses). Why would we need more players on the team if the starters played all or most of the game?
See, the line of reasoning is stupid. Oh, and what if no Kansas City Royal deserved to get on the team and none were voted to it? What if those Royals turn it around and win the AL Central? Say they take that momentum and win the American League pennant. So the World Series ... which home field advantage is determined by the All Star Game ... will feature a team that wasn't allowed to have a player on it to help determine who gets the advantage.
To me, the fact that the home field advantage is on the line even solidifies the fact that every team should be represented. Don't feature just the best players on the best teams -- bring on a rep from all teams since that is the true "power" of league. Take the good with the bad.
(By the way, I think home field advantage in the World Series should be determined by who wins the interleague war).
So bring on the Royal, the Oriole, the Indian, the Mariner, the Pirate, the Astro and the Diamondback. They all should have at least one guy flipping their cap in Anaheim.
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