I’m going to expand upon some of your comments from my post yesterday and also add some more about the All Star Game last night.

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While I’m a lifelong American League fan and am happy about the current string of victories, I still think it’s utterly wrong to have home field advantage decided by an exhibition game played by a majority of players who won’t even be in the postseason.  You have a sport that is a 162 game grind, with maybe a day off a week, and the team with the best record isn’t guaranteed to have a potential Game 7 played in their stadium.  It defies any kind of logic, but then again I’ve come to expect that from OwnerCommisioner Bud “AssHat” Selig. 

Think about this – the Cubs, who have the chance to break their 100 year curse this year (even though we know they won’t), now won’t have a potential curse-ending game played in their ballpark.  The team they play might have 15 fewer wins but that won’t matter to King Bud.  Last night’s 15 inning affair almost included the need for a position player to take the mound.  Imagine losing home field advantage in the World Series because a second baseman in your league had to pitch for the 16^th inning of an All Star Game?

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New York sports teams always know how to do things in very classy style.  We’ve come to expect that from a place that is legitimately the Media Center of the Universe.  The introductions of some many Hall of Famers at each position they played on the field was truly a treat for any baseball fan.  My only beef with the introductions is that most players appeared to wear the cap that was worn the time they were playing.  For instance, Gary Carter had on the ugly Expos hat but that was cool since that was the style back then.  So why weren’t Robin Yount and Paul Molitor given the cool Brewers hat worn by them back when they played instead of the current, generic, lame hat the Brew Crew wears now?

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Were I a Red Sox fan, I’d be having murder fantasies about the Traitor Known As Wade Boggs.  The guy plays for the Sox the first 11 years of his career, then 5 as a Yankee, and 2 misguided years playing in front of Devil Ray Nation (Population: 210).  He wins a World Series with the Evil Empire, rides a freakin’ police horse and completely ignores his years with the Red Sox when he goes into the Hall as a Yankee (soon to be repeated by Roger Clemens).  Several players had multiple caps last night as they were introduced but Wade Boggs only had the ‘NY’ cap.  One can hope that his obsession with chicken dinners will eventually give him a case of salmonella poisoning where he can shit the Yankee Pride right out of his system.

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Hey Yankees fans, you might not like Jonathon Papelbon because he’s a Red Sox and he also (rightly) said he should be the 9^th inning closer, not Mariano Rivera, but that doesn’t hide the fact that if you’re booing him he is still your best chance to have the American League clinch home field advantage on the slim chance your team gets to the World Series this year.

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Oh, and National League fans?  I don’t feel sorry for you and you won’t ever get any sympathy from me.  While this has been a great winning streak for the American League, I remember being on the flip side of this while growing up when the National League won almost every All Star Game.  Even if the AL wins 30 years in a row, I’ll be mad the 31^st if they lose.  You can keep your stupid pitcher as an automatic out at the bottom of the lineup.