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Lowest rated All-Star game ever
jdip9
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Think that is enough for Bud to remove "it means something" aspect off the result of this game?
FACE IT BUD, NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS F'N GAME ANYMORE! The fans have spoken with the ratings, the managers have spoken with the moves they make during the game (could Girardi have managed worse?), and 80% of the players in the game, who know they aren't going to the World Series, don't care either. Why should the baseball all-star game mean something when every other all-star game means LESS than nothing?
Of course Bud is too f'n stubborn to admit this mistake and will continue to influence the outcome of his league's championship on an EXHIBITION GAME! Such a joke.
Rant over....I feel better now.
Think that is enough for Bud to remove "it means something" aspect off the result of this game?
FACE IT BUD, NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS F'N GAME ANYMORE! The fans have spoken with the ratings, the managers have spoken with the moves they make during the game (could Girardi have managed worse?), and 80% of the players in the game, who know they aren't going to the World Series, don't care either. Why should the baseball all-star game mean something when every other all-star game means LESS than nothing?
Of course Bud is too f'n stubborn to admit this mistake and will continue to influence the outcome of his league's championship on an EXHIBITION GAME! Such a joke.
Rant over....I feel better now.
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<< <i>Of course Bud is too f'n stubborn to admit this mistake and will continue to influence the outcome of his league's championship on an EXHIBITION GAME! >>
Yup. Unfortunately, all of the players and fans just have to accept it until he retires. As a side note, all things considered, Bud will go down as the worst commish in the history of sports.
Anyway, home field for the world series should either flip flop between the AL and NL every year or go to best record.
Huh? The NBA and NHL all-star games are not even reasonable facsimiles to how the game is normally played. True hockey fans don't like how the AS game is played because there is no defense and no checking.
<<<At least the baseball AS game actually means a little something. >>>
That's the whole point - an All-Star game shouldn't mean anything - it's an exhibition.
I think home field goes to the best record, you should be rewarded for that accomplishment.
<< <i>The All-Star game started sucking when they started testing for steroids. >>
The Home Run Derby started sucking when they started testing for steroids
"If I ever decided to do a book, I've already got the title-The Bases Were Loaded and So Was I"-Jim Fregosi
What it all boils down to is this: Once the game was special. The AL players were AL players and the NL players were NL players and they took pride in it. Now, they go from league to league and they play against each other all the time. There's nothing special about it anymore.
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Plus, outside of a couple of players, there are just not the number of iconic players like there used to be. In the past, when you had a lot of the biggest names playing every year - such as Ripken, Schmidt, Gwynn, Brett, Carew, Rose, Griffey, Bonds, etc.... the game seemed like a bigger event. Take away Jeter, Pujols, and A-Rod, and it seems like a bunch of nobodies.
<< <i>As a side note, all things considered, Bud will go down as the worst commish in the history of sports.. >>
Not even close. Clearly, you've never heard of Gary Bettman.
Tabe
That's when you had real all star games. Guys like Boggs, Sandberg, Ripken, Ozzie Smith, etc played primarily with one team for their entire career. The all star game was the only way to see all of them together. And it was an event. A baseball event, outside of normal regular season games.
But it's been diluted. Sort of like in wrestling, how the belts don't mean as much as they use to. Back in the day if you were a heavyweight champion or intercontinental champ, it meant something. I havent watched an NBA all star game since Jordan, really. My favorite baseball all star game was back when Al Michaels was doing them on ABC. Something like "inter league" play wasn't even thought of.
Mixing up NL and AL teams is almost like mixing up the white and black pieces on a chess board. Or mixing up the US Open and Wimbledon, and playing a game in Canada. You have to maintain space between the two.
Erik