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MLB All-Star Game will no longer decide WS home-field advantage

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As part of the new collective bargaining agreement, the All-Star game will no long decide home field advantage for the World Series.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/209969472/mlb-owners-players-agree-to-new-labor-deal/

I have to say that I like it like that.  I understand the idea of making the game "mean something",  I have always felt that the All-Star game is an exhibition and that is it's meaning.  You will never have a team naturally collect the greatest players on a roster; they simply could never afford to, so it's fun to see them all play together for one game.  That it doesn't count or mean anything should just make it more fun.

If I had my druthers, the All-Star game would be more like MTV's old Rock-And-Jock softball games than a serious baseball game.

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To me, the MLB All-star game would become a joke like the NBA All-star game.   

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That's great, but more importantly they are going to use the best record for home field, instead of their silly old way of just alternating.

Good move.

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12 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

That's great, but more importantly they are going to use the best record for home field, instead of their silly old way of just alternating.

Yay!

Plus, now a tie will be totally fine. :-)

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krupa Great Member

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26 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

To me, the MLB All-star game would become a joke like the NBA All-star game.   

In which case?  

Personally, I think it should be a joke.  No team with a valid shot at the post-season is going to want to see their star get hurt playing the All-Star game, even if it would give them home-field advantage.

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I was really glad when I saw this this morning.

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I have no problem with that decision. The all star game still has meaning. If not to the fans, then to some of the players. I am sure some players have contracts where getting picked for an all star probably puts more money in their pockets. 

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There is always concerns, if nothing more than from the media, about the stars getting hurt during the All-Star game and not being able to help the team make the playoffs.   When Caberra won the triple crown, there was so much talk in Detroit about him not playing because nobody wanted to see the Tigers miss the playoffs.  

Then you sometimes see a token player make the play-offs.   Brandon Inge in 2009 didn't hit one home run in the home run derby.   Heck, he wasn't even a starter for the Tigers most of the time.  The All-Star game is a joke unless the competition means something.  

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