Majoniak's Blog - Operation Sports

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Posted on July 5, 2009 at 03:10 PM.

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As I'm watching the All-Star selection show on TBS, I have a realization. A lot these guys should not be all-stars. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, it's just the truth. I heard that MLB was expanding the All-Star roster earlier in the week, and I didn't think much of it. But as I'm watching them go through the names of the bench players for each league, it just seemed to keep going and going. That's where the problem is, it's fine to have 13 pitchers because that's what most teams will have active on any given day, but to have 12 players on the bench? And the fans still get to vote in 2 more players this week?! Is there something wrong with that having the roster at 25 like a normal game? I mean, this game "counts" right? In this "everybody gets a trophy so no ones feelings get hurt" generation, we have to have a player from every team. Is it so wrong just to pick the 25 best ballplayers in each league and play a baseball game? A baseball game that is supposed to matter.