All-Star Proposal By Mark Feigenbaum
I have an alternative plan for making Baseball’s All-Star game more meaningful.
Instead of having the potential of penalizing the team with the best over all record because their league lost the game, why not give the league that wins the game an extra Wild Card team?
This would not only bring meaning to the All-Star game but would increase the competition in the league during the second half of the season.
The All-Star Wild Card would be either a second place team with the second best record or could be the third place team from the division that has the Wild Card team.
There would be a one game playoff at the end of the season to determine that leagues Wild Card team.
This system would be rewarding the league that wins the All-Star game without penalizing the team that loses.
Imagine how much more the All-Star game would become if the All-Star Wild Card team makes it to the World Series or even won it all. It would also give the league an additional playoff gate.
Considering that every other major sport gives the team with the best overall record home field advantage, I feel that this alternative keeps that tradition for Major League Baseball.
It also will most certainly create excitement by giving teams an additional shot at making the playoffs.
I can’t think of any baseball fan who would be opposed to this proposal.
Mark Feigenbaum
Marlboro, New Jersey
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Hey Mark!
Definitely an interesting and creative idea, thanks for bringing it up. I think I’d be leery of it though. As an A’s fan, think what this would have meant in 2001. The AL won, so instead of the A’s getting the only Wild Card, they would have had to face a one game playoff against Boston, which of course would have meant Pedro. It’s true, that would have been a heckuva game to watch, but I don’t think that one game playoffs suit baseball very much. There’s too much chance in a single game, and result very well may not reflect the true strength of the teams.
Cheers!
Dave
Mark Feigenbaum, are you a baseball fan or, lawyer/debt collector/legal type bloodhound or what???
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