It’s All-Star Tuesday once again, and that means, like last year and the previous, it is time to talk about stupid stuff regarding this game. Will it be different from last year’s rants? Prolly not. But hey, it’s something to do, so whatever.
First, the winner getting home-field in the WS undermines the entire season’s goal– to get the best record. If you are going to sell the retardedly long season as necessary, let’s have it mean something, eh? Also, since the first 19 rounds of the playoffs are all predicated on the better team having home field, how do you defend the biggest series (I believe it is a WORLD series, in fact) being determined by the likes of Hong-Chih Kuo and Omar Infante?
Second, let’s get to the game: it is not supposed to mean anything. It is a fan’s exhibition. Making it determine the outcome of the World Series is as dumb as allowing coaches to pick idiots like Infante. Take the top vote getters at the positions you need and be done with it. As for unbalanced representation, deal with it. If a bunch of Red Sox and Yanks get in, that’s because their fans vote. I don’t want to hear from small market teams’ fans: Twin Joe Mauer, with crappy numbers, is the top vote getter this year. Small markets who care vote their guys in.
Third, the home run derby is played. Like the slam dunk competition in the NBA, there ain’t nothin new to see. Pare it down or nix it.
Finally, for the love of god, sports stations– BUY THE FUCKING GAMES SO THAT WE CAN GET RID OF MCCARVER-BUCK!!!!!! EVERY YEAR WITH THIS SHIT. dammit.
So I was watching a Fox game a couple weeks ago, Reds against somebody, and they had Kevin Millar in for McCarver. I don’t know who’s worse. Millar hasn’t been at it very long, but good god, he’s really terrible. At one point he actually said about some guy (probably David Eckstein), “This guy tries really hard.”
nice. millar-buck the new standard?