Thursday , March 28 2024

You Want An Edge to Your All-Star Game?

This will do it:

    Baseball owners unanimously approved commissioner Bud Selig’s proposal to have the league that wins the All-Star game get home-field advantage in the World Series.

    Selig came up with the plan following last year’s All-Star game, which ended in a 7-7, 11-inning tie when both leagues ran out of pitchers.

    “This energizes it. This gives them something to really play for,” Selig said. “People pay a lot of money to see that game. They deserve to see the same intensity they see all year long. Television people pay a lot of money for the game. It was not and should not be a meaningless exhibition game.” [AP]

I think it’s a great idea, although the players may resent having to actually pay attention during the game, but I still think Selig is a prevaricating Wormtongue.

About Eric Olsen

Career media professional and serial entrepreneur Eric Olsen flung himself into the paranormal world in 2012, creating the America's Most Haunted brand and co-authoring the award-winning America's Most Haunted book, published by Berkley/Penguin in Sept, 2014. Olsen is co-host of the nationally syndicated broadcast and Internet radio talk show After Hours AM; his entertaining and informative America's Most Haunted website and social media outlets are must-reads: Twitter@amhaunted, Facebook.com/amhaunted, Pinterest America's Most Haunted. Olsen is also guitarist/singer for popular and wildly eclectic Cleveland cover band The Props.

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