All-Star Game or Selig’s Folly
Posted in Professional Sports on July 3rd, 2011 by Ian Paregol
On Sunday July 3rd, roster selections were announced for the Major League All-Star Game which will be played in Phoenix on June 12th. The Process: Fan Balloting establishes the 8 positional starters for both the American League and the National League teams, including the DH on the AL squad. Player voting accounts for an additional 16 players on each team (5 starting pitchers, 3 relievers and 8 positional back-ups). World Series Managers, Ron Washington and Bruce Bochy, fill out their respective 34-man rosters with an additional 8 position players ensuring that each team in the league has at least one representative on the All-Star Team. Finally, the fans vote on one additional player, the 34th, from a list of five nominations from each league.
Until 2002, the All-Star Game had no impact on the MLB post-season. It was purely an exhibition game where fans could simply enjoy a game that featured the league’s best players all on the same field, but in 2003 current baseball Commissioner, Bud Selig, mutated the Mid-summer Classic from Read more »
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