{"id":607,"date":"2010-07-14T12:20:31","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T17:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=607"},"modified":"2010-07-14T12:20:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T17:20:31","slug":"c%e2%80%99mon-bud-let%e2%80%99s-bring-the-fun-back-to-the-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/607","title":{"rendered":"C\u2019mon Bud, Let\u2019s Bring the Fun Back to the All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bud-selig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-608\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"bud-selig\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bud-selig-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bud-selig-300x280.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bud-selig.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Chicago\u2019s Comiskey Park in 1933; organized in conjunction with the city\u2019s World\u2019s Fair by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward. The American League won 4-2 behind the stellar play of Babe Ruth, who not only hit the first home run in an All-Star Game history but also robbed the NL\u2019s chances of a comeback in the eighth inning by pulling back Chick Hafey\u2019s otherwise certain yard ball from over the fence, a la a young Ken Griffey, Jr. The game was intended to be a one-off event, held alongside other historic displays of America\u2019s industrial progress, such as Cadillac\u2019s first V-16 limousine and incubators containing live babies. However, the showcase was such a smashing success that the MLB, ever-capitalizing on potential revenue, decided to make it an annual affair.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Midsummer Classic has grown to include such other cash-generating spectacles as the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game, the Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game, Gatorade Workout Day and the State Farm Home Run Derby, among various other corporately branded proceedings. The five day celebration concludes with what is supposed to be the exhibition of baseball\u2019s greatest current talents, the All-Star Game itself. The only problem is that Major League Baseball has tried to turn what was once a relaxed, fun-filled atmosphere for players and fans alike into a crucial must-win match-up by granting the winning league home-field advantage in the World Series. This dubious decision was made by Commissioner Bud Selig following his almost equally inexplicable judgment to end the 2002 All-Star Game in a tie following eleven innings of paired play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youbeenblinded.com\/c%E2%80%99mon-bud-let%E2%80%99s-bring-the-fun-back-to-the-all-star-game\/7858\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading &#8220;C&#8217;Mon Bud, Let&#8217;s Bring the Fun Back to the All-Star Game&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Chicago\u2019s Comiskey Park in 1933; organized in conjunction with the city\u2019s World\u2019s Fair by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward. The American League won 4-2 behind the stellar play of Babe Ruth, who not only hit the first home run in an All-Star Game history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,292,6,11],"tags":[592,373,461,600,506,505,455,377,601],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}