Talk:Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Some things that need work on this page:
- How is the venue for the game chosen?
- Who gets home-field advantage at the All-Star game?
- History of the All-Star Game: when was it first played, whose idea was it, has it gone on continually.
- Interesting games: some notable games, such as 2002's 11-inning tie game
- Controversial All-Star Games: apparently Pete Rose ruined someone's career at the 1970 All-Star game.
-- ESP 19:55 17 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Also needing some revision: Lineups have not always been chosen by fan voting; in discussing the various methods of selection over the years, there should probably be some mention of the Cincinnati ballot-stuffing in 1961(?) as well as the recent changes involving selections of reserves by the players.
And at some point, lineups of each game will be most useful (a big project for someone out there).
The 1970 incident was Ray Fosse, BTW.
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[edit] months and days?
If someone has the data, we need to add the months and days of each game. Kingturtle 00:24, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
all the dates can be found here, if someone wants to add them: http://baseball-almanac.com/asgmenu.shtml 69.19.14.23 21:55, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 1957 All-Star Game
There is some inconsistency in the article regarding the 1957 game. The parts of the article regarding ballot box stuffing say that the fans of the host Cincinnati Reds stuffed the ballot box. However, the list of All-Star Games later in the article, as well as MLB.com, state that the 1957 game was held in St. Louis. I have been bold and corrected these mistakes. Also, lineups for all the All-Star Games throughout history can be found at MLB.com, as well as at Retrosheet. - Gujuguy 04:15, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hearsay
I think the bolded part of this line ...
- Manager selection (second): After the final vote, the manager and the Commissioner's Office will replace players who are injured or declined to participate. Each major league team is guaranteed to have at least one player selected to participate, though single players from poor teams are occasionally not used (Detroit's Carlos Guillen, in 2004, was the last to be selected and not be put into the game by the manager)."
is hearsay and s/b removed. Anyone agree? -- CPAScott 01:41, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Maybe. They've got this new "last to be selected" gimmick, however, where fans can vote online for the last addition to the roster, so they can actually prove who the last to be selected is (which is a pretty dubious honour, if you think about it). In terms of managers not playing players they deem unworthy, that probably is conjecture, as most managers want to make sure everybody gets to play (although they can't promise!). Wencer 00:41, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 2008 and Beyond
This entire section is awful. An encyclopedia is not a place for unfounded speculation, which is *exactly* what this entire section is. I'm tempted to delete the whole thing; however, before I do, does anyone want to give it some effort? Cites for speculation would be a good start... -- Tmassey 16:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
