Baseball Pet Peeves

[BT]

<!--quoteo(post=48519:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:28 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 7 2009, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48514:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:12 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jul 7 2009, 01:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->-I hate it when people complain about the All Star game determining home field advantage when the previous determination was made by RANDOMLY ALTERNATING. It's a crappy system, but it's certainly no worse than what it replaced.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just because the previous system sucked, doesn't mean this one is any better. I think it's perfectly acceptable to complain when there are viable alternatives not being used.

Here are a couple of ideas that would be far better than the current one:

- the league with the better overall interleague record
- the team with the better overall record
- the team with the better playoff record up to that point (if one team sweeps their way to the World Series, they get home field advantage)

Just something that makes it meaningful. Winner of the All Star game makes very little sense.
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all of those are unworkable, according to Selig. It makes no sense to me either, but there you have it.