Commissioner
Major League Baseball
Dear Mr. Selig:
As the All-Star Game, Major League Baseball's mid-summer classic, approaches again, I have been thinking about your decision to award home field advantage in the World Series to the winning league. On that topic, I have one quick question I would like for you to address:
ARE YOU RETARDED????
How do I think your decision is absurd? Let me count the ways:
1. THIS is am EXHIBITION. You know--GAMES THAT DON'T COUNT!
2. Rosters are in large part selected by fans. Yup, there's a sure guarantee of getting the best lineups. Add in that every team has to be represented and "all-star" becomes a rather loose concept.
3. The availability of the top pitchers may be compromised because of their work the week before the game, and top players always find convenient "injuries."
4. Think a Devil Ray outfielder is going to run into the wall to make a game-saving catch just so there can be an extra game in the Bronx or in Anaheim?
5. The pressure to win could place managers in a difficult position with regard to using players from division rivals by squeezing an extra inning or two out of a pitcher.
The All-Star game is fine for what it is, an exhibition. Bud, here's a tip. How about awarding home field advantage in the World Series to, oh, I don't know...THE TEAM THAT WON THE MOST GAMES???????????????????
How do I think your decision is absurd? Let me count the ways:
1. THIS is am EXHIBITION. You know--GAMES THAT DON'T COUNT!
2. Rosters are in large part selected by fans. Yup, there's a sure guarantee of getting the best lineups. Add in that every team has to be represented and "all-star" becomes a rather loose concept.
3. The availability of the top pitchers may be compromised because of their work the week before the game, and top players always find convenient "injuries."
4. Think a Devil Ray outfielder is going to run into the wall to make a game-saving catch just so there can be an extra game in the Bronx or in Anaheim?
5. The pressure to win could place managers in a difficult position with regard to using players from division rivals by squeezing an extra inning or two out of a pitcher.
The All-Star game is fine for what it is, an exhibition. Bud, here's a tip. How about awarding home field advantage in the World Series to, oh, I don't know...THE TEAM THAT WON THE MOST GAMES???????????????????
of you have sat, and perhaps thought, with us!
1 comment:
Bravo! Could not have said it better myself.
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