Changing Love

I used to love the All Star game. As a kid, I looked forward to seeing at least one Cub play along side the other, really good players inthe league. It was the one day of the year that I felt my guy was on par with the other guys' guys. Now people are trying to mess up the one All Star game that gets it right. It's already miles better than any of the other league's all star games. It's still a fun game, but people need to shut up and leave it alone.

- Baseball's game is the only one where every fan gets someone to cheer for. How fun is it to watch the NBA All Star game here in Chicago? It probably gets a TV rating of about 0.5 since Michael Jordan retired. Hell, until Brian Urlacher showed up, there was no local reason to watch the NFL's Pro Bowl for nearly 10 years. Baseball is different. Every city gets a reason to watcy. Little Bobby in Seattle needs to be able to cheer and Ichiro now just as Little Chuck loved watching Bruce Sutter get a save and a win in consecutive games back then. Each team should have one representative.

- Who cares that the game ended in a tie two years ago? IT'S JUST FOR FUN!!!! That Eddie Guardado could be on the mound tonight and could throw a fat pitch to Mike Lowell just to piss off the Yankees is crazy. The game should count for nothing.

- If it's an exhibition for the fans, shouldn't the fans choose who the want to see? Of course they should. The fans should vote for the starters.

Hey all you pundits, talk show hosts looking to drive up emotions, and Bud Selig (the Neville Chaimberlin of sports when it comes to TV execs). The game is fine. Leave it alone.