Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 15, 2003
Seen Stars

I've been thinking about why the All-Star game isn't that popular anymore, and I believe the reason is that we see these players all the time now. I have MLB extra innings, and can pretty much watch any game I want on any night. Shows like Baseball Tonight bring the best players into our houses each evening. Instead of reading about or hearing about the great players, everyone gets to see them nearly every day. Twenty years ago this wasn't true. NBC and ABC had a game of the week, but if someone was did not play in your home town, you saw them a few game a year or not at all. The All-Star game was a treat, because we got to see all these tremendous players in one spot.

Now, if there's a no-hitter or a possible 4-HR game, we are taken there live. Everyone got to see Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds break HR records. We get to see Randy Johnson set strikeout records and Roger Clemens win his 300th game. In other words, we've all seen these great players be great; the All-Star game is just another game.

I will be watching, however, and since I'm on vacation, I can stay up late and watch the end. :-) Enjoy.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:38 PM | All-Star Game | TrackBack (1)