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Re: O/T All Star game
I posted this in the watercooler section of the board
yesterday and got a couple of responses. I guess I'll chime in here as well. Every year around this time I get a bit conflicted about the All-Star break. With a 4-day Fanfest and the Home Run Derby, the All-Star Game itself is now just a backdrop to baseball seasons' half-way point. The baseball establishment says the game is an exhibition for the fans, but as a purist, I'm almost sickened by the entire spectacle. My 11 year old son is captivated by All-Star week and as a way to bond with him, I watched the start of the Home Run Derby yesterday. The ESPN pre-contest show focused on the homerun in baseball. In interviewing former players like Johnny Bench and Joe Torre these former stars commented how back in their playing days one wouldn't dare admire watching a homerun or strut around the bases after hitting a homerun. In essence, former players would be showing up the pitcher by doing this. All of this has changed. Now, with a sense of entitlement, homeruns are hit and you have to watch players egos blow up until they're done celebrating. I think that's why Barry Bonds was so hated. Ozzie Guillen summed up today's view pretty well during the pre-contest by saying each player who hits a homerun should be able to watch "their" homerun without consequence. Long forgotten are the days when players would take great pride playing in an All-Star Game. Now, players such as Derek Jeter refused to play in the All-Star Game so he could give himself extra time to recover from his recent stint in the disabled list! Due to the All-Star Game getting out of just being a just a big game of graba$$, the Commissioner had to act a few years back and put some incentive back into the game, so the All-Star Games "really counts." I don't really care anymore who wins the All-Star Game, nor who plays in it. I think the whole thing is redicilious and the joke is on the fans. Thanks for letting me vent. ErikV |
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