All-Star Game and Championships:

The major league All-Star game used to be of great interest to me.  I'd really get excited about it.  Lately though, it seems to have lost some of its luster.  Maybe that's because I wonder if the managers are really trying to win the game, or just use all their players.  Maybe it's because the National League hasn't won in ten years.  (They came so close last night, and then blew it.)  And even since that tie several years ago, it just hasn't been quite the same.

 

The lords of baseball came up with the bright idea of declaring the winner of the All-Star game the league that would get home field advantage for the World Series.  That's a bad idea--no better then the alternating home field advantage we had for years.

 

To my mind, the team with the best regular-season record ought to get home field advantage for the World Series--just like in the NBA or NHL.  Fact is, I don't see why that wouldn't work for the Super Bowl, too.  Sure, some years, one league has more talent than the other; and the team with the best record might have been playing weaker teams.  But the balance is not a constant.  Besides, that can happen in any league, any sport.  Nope, as far as I'm concerned, if you've got the best regular-season record, you get home field advantage for as far as you can go in the play-offs, including World Series and Super Bowl!  For now: Straight ahead!