I won't be watching the Major League Baseball Homerun Derby tonight. I doubt I'll tune in to tomorrow night's MLB All-Star game, and if I do, it might just be to watch Josh Beckett strike out the first batter he faces and then I'll move on to something else. I haven't watched the NBA All-Star game in years, I'd rather watch Girl's JV High School hoops on local access. The NFL's Pro Bowl is a convenient excuse to take a trip to Hawaii, but it is hardly a football game. I'm not even sure if hockey HAS an All Star game anymore. Come to think of it, I'm not sure that there are hockey play-offs these days either, but that's another subject all together.
The fact of the matter is, All-Star games have become irrelevant displays of ego stroking and no longer speak to the fans. In baseball and football, even the players aren't interested enough to attend. The baseball All-Star Game had dwindled so far that MLB sunk to new lows to add meaning to the game. Having homefield advantage for the World Series determined by who wins the Mid-Summer "Classic" makes about as much sense as determing NFL playoff seedings by having the place kickers battle it out in a Madden '07 tourney.
So here's my solution. From now on, all All-Star teams should be picked playground-style. The top vote-getters, as picked by the fans, are all lined up on the field/court/rink and the two coaches take alternate picks and field whatever team they can come up with out of who they get. In fact, lets just have one giant All-Star Game, combining the top athletes from the 4 "major sports" in a massive game of kick-ball. Now THAT would be must-see entertainment.
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