Over time, the importance of the All Star game has shifted greatly. It used to be played for the sole reason that fans could watch the best players in the league compete against each other on the same field. The outcome did not matter because the final score did not affect any team’s season. In 2003 there was a change to a rule in the All Star game. It was decided that the winning team, either the American League or the National League, would be granted home field advantage for the World Series.1 The new rule triggered a lot of controversy and it is still being debated to this day. There are some people that agree with the change and there are some people that disagree. The Major League Baseball season is 162 games long and I believe …show more content…
In previous seasons, home field advantage was alternated every other year.1 Rob Manfred, the current commissioner of Major League Baseball, agrees that there needs to be a motive for the players to want to win. He feels that awarding the winner of the All Star game with home field advantage is the best way to keep it meaningful. He recently stated, “Everything in life is relative. I would say if you had to choose between, let 's alternate every other year and let 's award home-field advantage based on the All-Star Game, we 're moving in the right …show more content…
Home field advantage should be earned by the team with the best overall record. It is not fair to rely on one game during the season because it impacts something so important. In baseball, players go on hot and cold streaks all of the time. Sometimes pitchers have bad games and give up a lot of runs. The All Star game should be a time for everyone to have fun. Whether a player strikes out 3 times or hits 3 homeruns they still deserved to be there. Players should not have to go out on the field knowing that if they don’t perform well they are hurting their chances of home field advantage in the World Series. Another problem with making the All Star game so important is that coaches do not play the game to win. Coaches are constantly making substitutions because it is the goal for every player on the roster to get in the game. In addition, in the MLB, it is a rule that there needs to be at least one player from each team on the roster. The argument with this rule is that some teams may not have a player that deserves to make the All Star team. If a game really means so much, coaches should be able to pick their
...t pool is not adequate to call up enough players to fill two new expansion teams, while maintaining the same level of play in all facets of the game. “The influx of inferior talent filling those new roster spots fundamentally altered the competitive environment: it allowed elite players, especially hitters, to excel” (Bradbury). Up to this point in time, the major league of baseball continued to populate the league with better-quality baseball players through the exploitation of rapid population growth, and racial integration. However, this growth trend was reversed through the implementation of expansion in 1990s. By filling the expansion teams with subpar talent in juxtaposition to the major leagues’ talent level, the dilution of player quality was felt throughout the entire league and throughout all phases of the game including, pitching, hitting, and defense.
The commissioner is in favor of abolishing the DH, but there is one problem. “The problem is that the all-mighty players’ union loves the DH because it creates an extra roster spot and enables good hitters to hang on for several years after their prime.” If the players want the DH rule then we should keep it. Why get rid of something that the players don’t want to get rid of. Japan and the National League are the only two places not using the DH.
R Bholat (): Every upcoming All-Star weekend gives us a few snubs for the big mid-season game that gets fans all over the world ranting to anyone who will listen.
Baseball has been of the longest living sports in our world today. The game started with the idea of a stick and ball and now has become one of the most complex sports known in our society. Several rules and regulations have been added to help enhance the game for everyone. Although baseball has endured several issues during its history and development of the game the game has still been a success throughout the world.
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A salary cap gives all the teams an equal chance to sign players. It also keeps teams with a lot of money not able to acquire every all-star they want , or any player who is a free agent. Some Major League Baseball teams like the Anahiem Angels and the Atlanta Braves are owned by very wealthy people and companies. The Anaheim Angels are owned by Disney.(Worisnop, 128) So with no surprise the Angels can produce a team which can be very competitive, and have several all-star players. Just recently they exercised this advantage by signing Mo Vaughn for ninety million dollars over seven years.(Antonen, 2) There were at least four other teams that wanted to sign this all-star, but the Angels easily had the money, and outbid everyone who wanted to sign him. If there was a salary cap in Major League Baseball then the Angels would have thought twice about giving that much money to one player. With the its roster for one year. So giving one player 12.8 million dollars for one year does not really make sense if the salary cap is fifty million dollars a year. That would leave only 37.2 million dollars for the twenty-four other players, which equals each player getting on average a little less than one and a half million dollars a year.
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...s what players would make the team, and they would receive prizes for the accuracy of their guesses. The excitement of the all-star game and the prize incentives were very appealing to people, even during the Great Depression. As a result, the all-star game, which is still played today, contributed greatly to saving baseball during the Great Depression.
In the last decade, almost all the big cities in the United States, and a few small cities as well, have battled with each other for the right to host big league franchises. Cities spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build new stadiums and offer enticements to private franchise owners. Politicians often push for stadiums and other favors to teams despite not having support from neighborhoods and general opposition across the whole city, especially where these high dollar stadiums would be built.
...ercent grantees that the best teams will face off in the World Series. Baseball has been a game of adaptation, with the end of the dead ball era by putting cork in the ball, the games populatirty grew because the chance of home runs and harder hit balls made the game more entertaining and interactive. By adding steroid testing, the playing field has been leveled so that no one person has a distinct advantage over another. Both are examples of how the game has developed to benefit both the fans and to the players. The whole world is evolving into a time of equality and fairness and baseball is the last of the major sports in America to adapt this rule of reviewing plays that are controversial.
In terms of racial inequality in baseball there have been many eras of integration. Baseball originally is seen as America’s national game belonging to the white men of America. However, throughout history there have been steps taken in recognizing and integrating those groups deemed “less favorable” by the American community. These groups include German immigrants, Irish immigrants, African Americans, Latinos, Native Hawaiians, Native Americans, and Asians. America used the game of baseball as a tool to indoctrinate the American ideals and values of teamwork, working hard, and collaborating for the greater good into the cultures of the “uncivilized world.” These groups used baseball as a medium to gain acceptance into the American community as racially equal counterparts.
At its height the Negro Baseball League teams competed in World Series and the elite had the chance to compete in All-Star games. The East-West All-Star game, hosted by Negro Leagues, soon became a tradition at Chicago's Comiskey Park. The game was played annually, and soon contributed greatly to the ever-growing national popularity of Negro League baseball during the 1930’s. Gus Greenlee conceived the idea of the Negro League All-Star Game in 1933 and the game quickly became black baseball's most popular attraction. The game showed off the Negro Leagues best talent from each region and regularly packed Cominsky Park. In contrast to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the Negro league version made it a tradition to play at the same venue every year, generating camaraderie and a sense of pride.
In conclusion anyone can change the game of baseball coaches, players even fans. The game of baseball never stays the same. It will change along with the times, but its how we adjust as players which makes the good player good and the bad player bad. Baseballs changes have made the game more interesting and enjoyable to watch.
...all. One of the things the game and the players have always done is give back. They’ve never taken for granted what they have. To make a lasting contribution to these communities is really important to these guys”. What can be found intriguing about this quote is that when one keeps in mind that this charity or volunteer work was done during the MLB All-Star game weekend, when MLB players are normally focused on playing well and winning the All-Star game so that their league whether it be the American League or National League wins home field advantage in the World Series. One can thus see that the game of baseball is not just about pleasing its fans based off of the performances of MLB players on the field during games, but it is also about helping out the community in an effort to once again be able to promote the general well-being of others in any way possible.