http://www.gothamist.com/2004/07/13/starting_lineups_announced_for_allstar_game.php All comments for Starting Lineups Announced for All-Star Game en-us 2007 arts_jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:33:04 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jencarlson@gothamist.com jencarlson@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/07/13/starting_lineups_announced_for_allstar_game.php#comment-26846 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/07/13/starting_lineups_announced_for_allstar_game.php#comment-26846 Comments Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:33:45 -0500 <p>well, two years ago, the game ended in a tie after both sides ran out of pitchers. so this was the solution they came up with. the game "counts" now. but the problem is that a fair amount of players are on crap teams (every team has a player) and they probably don't care about home field. but this year, there are a lot of teams left in the race for the playoffs, so maybe more do care. it's a strange and not entirely good system. but what can you do? it puts some meaning into the game, which is pretty much an exhibition game in my mind.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2004/07/13/starting_lineups_announced_for_allstar_game.php#comment-26845 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/07/13/starting_lineups_announced_for_allstar_game.php#comment-26845 Comments Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:09:24 -0500 <p>This is stupid, playing for home field. Is this a way for MLB to get the players to really play?</p>