May 02, 2003
World Series Home Field
The MLBPA has approved a two-year trial in which the league winning the All Star game gets home field in the World Series. I agree with Kevin Brown:
"I disagree with it, completely and totally," said Los Angeles pitcher Kevin Brown a five-time All-Star. "I think it just takes away from the whole idea of what the All-Star game is about, which is letting the fans vote and letting it be an exhibition game. Now they're trying to make it into something that it never has been."
Once again, Bud Selig has gone for an easy solution, rather than a creative one, to solve a problem that is in fact rare. I still think a better solution to the All Star game tie problem is to pay a big bonus to the players on the winning team, and no money at all for the loser or a tie.
