Well its that time of year again. The First half is well underway so of course balloting has begun for this years all-star game. I ran across this discussion on ESPN page two about two guys having some fun with how they think ballots should be counted.
Me personally? I think the all star ballot should be canned. Yep, no more voting by the fans, reporters, or even coaches and players for that matter. All stars are not about elections. To me it is simply the numbers. The numbers should be for the second half of the previous season and first half numbers of the current season and post season numbers discounted. That way allstars are chosen on a seasons worth of performance.
Great players having bad years should not be in the allstar game because of career numbers. The AllStar game is about who is on top of the game NOW. While the AllStar game was an exibition with no impact on the season I was perfectly fine with the popularity contest, then mandated representative from each team and making sure everyone played. However, now that it is played for home field advantage in the series I think it is time to turn the game back into a competitive showcase for the best players in the game. Play it like a game, not an exibition, or go back to the meaningless exibition routine where everyone smiles and nobody goes in hard. I also think they should consider a 4 day break after the game in order to remove the issue of overusing starting pitchers creating a case where they may not be able to make their next scheduled start for their team. Otherwise the 2-3 innings per starter is probably better all things considered.
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