The All-Star rosters were released for both the National League and the American League today. Both teams are pretty solid and very different from my earlier predictions which were 5 people short for each team and really sloppy. (My bad.) However, as was mentioned a couple days ago, there was one noticable omission from the starting lineup. At first base is New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira. This should be Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau. I've already mentioned why Morneau should be starting, but I'm going to take another shot. I hate fan voting.
We all know that the fans have to be involved in some way for a celebration. This is not it. We have to realize just who we are giving this power to. A whole bunch of uneducated idiots in most cases who don't know Nick Markakis from Nick Punto. My examples?
I once attended a Brewers game with some friends of mine. A foul ball was hit into the stands. A little kid was about to catch this foul ball, until a really big, nasty, lady came in front of him and caught the ball. For the entire inning the crowd got on this woman until she eventually and regretably, showed her breasts...(excuse me while I gag). These are the people we are letting vote for the starters in the All-Star game.
There are celebrities who are fans such as rapper Fat Joe who a couple years ago did an opening segment for a Yankees/Red Sox game on...you guessed it! ESPN. Fat Joe said something like "JOEY CRACK YA DONE UHHHHH!!! NEW YORK YANKEES!!! YEAH!!! WE GONNA END OUR FIVE YEAR CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT!!!" This not only looks like a really bad Twitter post, but it also shows his stupidity as Fat Joe might be the only guy to read from a phone book as he's rapping. "YO, Raul Rodrigui! Mama Georgio's pizza! LEAN BACK!!" These are the people we are letting vote for the all-star game.
Even the international vote is ridiculous. There are about 4 billion people in Asia and understandably, they love their athletes. There is no sport in which this is more obvious in basketball where Yao Ming has been voted into the All-Star game every year. However, the people nearly voted in Yi Jinlian, who is NOT Yao Ming, into the All-Star game.
I know what you're thinking. Why would you want to take the enjoyment away from the fans? Well, I don't think that taking the fan voting away would take the enjoyment away from the fans. I think that it would actually increase the interest in the All-Star game because they would truly see the best from each league starting the game in front of everyone.
This will never happen because no sport wants that PR nightmare and that's a shame. So until then we'll have to see who the east coast people will vote for and watch the All-Star game presented by the Eastern Sports Propaganda Network.
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