Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Thanks for showing up NL

So the American League hasn't lost to the National League in the All-Star game in 11 years. As an American League aficionado, that's pretty sweet. The AL is just a better brand of baseball. We have the best pitchers and the best hitters. What more do you want from me? The NL is great and all, if you like lots of pitching changes, lots of sacrifice bunts, lots of pitchers striking out on three pitches, and lots of not scoring. Oh yeah, and add lots of not having home field advantage of the World Series to that list.

I don't like it when people take offense to the All Star game deciding home field advantage. Sure, it's an exhibition game, but is the outcome of an exhibition game any worse a way to decide than an alternating year? Are there really people out there who go, "You know what is really important to be held constant in my life? The alternating league home field advantage rule that MLB used to employ."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As Patttttt says, NL ineptitude has slathered the All-Star game and him with its taint.