MLB All Star Game - No longer determines Home Field for World Series.

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https://apnews.com/331d6e369c2147709dde04ae7f0507b1

 

 

 

The league that wins baseball's All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record.

The change was included in Major League Baseball's tentative new collective bargaining agreement and disclosed early Thursday to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the deal, reached Wednesday evening in Irving, Texas, had not been announced.

In addition, players and management agreed the minimum stay on the disabled list will be reduced from 15 days to 10.

Home-field advantage in the World Series generally rotated between the leagues through 2002. Baseball, led by then-Commissioner Bud Selig, and Fox television promoted the "This Time It Counts" innovation after the 2002 All-Star Game in Milwaukee ended in a 7-7, 11-inning tie when both teams ran out of pitchers. Selig was booed in his own Milwaukee backyard.

"This energizes it. This gives them something to really play for," Selig said after owners approved the change by a 30-0 vote in January 2003. "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."

What began as a two-year experiment was extended. The American League won 11 of 14 All-Star Games played under the rule, and the AL representative won eight World Series in those years.

"It will put back a little of the sizzle," San Francisco Giants executive Larry Baer said in 2003.

As part of the changes for next year, players in the All-Star Game will have the incentive to play for a pool of money.

The DL change will allow teams to make quicker decisions on whether to bring up a roster replacement rather than wait to see whether the injured player would be ready to return to action in less than two weeks.

An international play plan is part of the new agreement that includes a payment schedule for potential games in Asia, Mexico (and elsewhere in Latin America) and Britain, plus U.S.-based special events such as this year's July 3 game between Atlanta and Miami in a specially built ballpark on a military base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

 

 

 

[Mungwater 596]

I'm glad, but do have to admit, I don't think the Cubs win the series if they had homefield.

[Cruzer 1,995]

About damn time - that stupid AS method was moronic.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,179]

Good. How come MLB is getting everything right and the NFL is getting it all wrong? As a true blue NYG fan and hate consumed Cowboy basher, I will be the first to admit Dallas is saving the NFL this year. They may be the only truly interesting thing going on. Go Vikings

[Kanil 520]

IMO it should be whichever league won more interleague games. That's the only way to really tell which league was harder and thus, who had the hard road to get there.

[dain11279 968]

Good news. Get rid of the stupid 1 game wild card playoff next

[cmh6476 1,022]

Does anyone think they should make the damn thing relevant again somehow?

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3 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

Does anyone think they should make the damn thing relevant again somehow?

impossible, no one cares, been made ad irrelevant as the HOF

[jerryskids 6,688]

5 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

Does anyone think they should make the damn thing relevant again somehow?

Nah.  The MLB already has the best all star game IMO.  It's hard to mail in baseball.  Pitchers will pitch, not throw BP and look bad.  Hitters will hit, they want to look good.  Fielders will field.  

I mean, it's not a real game, and most subs will be made to get everyone in vs actual strategy, but it's a lot closer than football or basketball which are jokes.

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6 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

Does anyone think they should make the damn thing relevant again somehow?

Nope…. It’s the best all-star game already…