MLB's exhibit at the Moscone Center in SF was something I would have loved when I was growing up. This is the first year that I lived in a MLB city hosting an All-Star Game since they started doing that. So I can see where the host city and fans get excited over an exhibition game. (Positive)
Home Run Derby - Shorten it. ESPN listed for 2 hours, but it ran 2:40 w/ one (I think)Overtime Session in the middle round. I don't know why they have 10 outs. Baseball doesn't have 10 of anything... check that, the AL plays 10 men w/ the DH. Make it 9 outs to correspond w/ innings, and shorten it from 3 rounds to 2.
All Star Game - the thing didn't start until almost 9 PM ET! How many little leaguers watched it on DVR instead of live? Either start the pagentry at 7:30 ET or streamline it to have a first pitch by 8:25. And if FOX needs to run that many commercials, it's time for 20 second spots. If we can have 7 second abs, we certainly can have 20 second ads!
LaRussa not hitting his BEST hitter at ALL, saving him for extra innings? He must have listened to Joe Buck do a few football games last fall, suggesting that the Chargers shouldn't hand the ball to LaDamian Tomlinson until the game gets into OVERTIME! (Just to clarify, Buck only does that w/ QB's, somehow thinking that they are like starting pitchers. The similiarities end with throwing the ball. There is no equivalent to Mariano Rivera or Trevor Hoffman in the annals of backup QB's. Those guys become STARTING QB'S).
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