All-Star Game or Small-Star Game?

"Introducing your 2011 All-Stars, some other good players, a few guys that you may have heard of, and

David Robertson!". That is going to be the announcers call tonight when he introduces the two teams or

at least it should be.

“Who the bleep is David Robertson?”

“Isn't he the star of the Twilight movies?”...No, that's Robert Pattinson.

“Didn't he use to play center for the Spurs, isn't his nickname the Admiral?” ...No, that's David

Robinson.

The truth is I have no clue who David Robertson is. But if you guessed he is one of the 16 runner ups

that made it into this year's All-Star game then you win. Personally, I'm glad we get to watch Robertson

play tonight. At least he is overlooking that hang nail in favor of tradition and the chance to represent

his team and entertain his fans. Which is more then I can say for Derek Jeter.

The apathy among the players to participate in the All-Star game is pathetic. The MLB has a way of

taking all their built in advantages with fans, as our nation's pastime, and squandering it at every turn. If

MLB had any competition from another league, like other big companies do, they would have been out

of business years ago. Can you imagine Pepsi or Taco Bell treating their customers the way MLB does?

If 32 million people voted for Pepsi to do something you can be guaranteed they would, because if they

piss off the customers, those customers will start drinking Coke. MLB doesn't have to worry about that.

They'll trot out a subpar All-Star lineup, attach season changing importance to an exhibition game that

their players obviously don't care about, throw in the worst officials in professional sports to call the

game, and all that while basically ignoring all technological advances that would make the game better.

That's how MLB rolls!

I'm starting to suspect that Bud Selig is also behind college football's BCS system and the Oscar voting.

Seriously, could the league find a way to screw up anything else that is so easy? It's simple, you setup

your All-Star game so that your best players can play and your fans can see them all playing against

each other at the same time. That's what an All-Star game is Bud.

The pure stupidity that is rampant in baseball is mind boggling. Forget comparing their ineptitude to

other big business. Just comparing them to the other major sports is enough. Do you see the NBA

setting up games on Sunday and then saying that if their best players play on Sunday they can't play in

the All-Star game? Oh, sorry basketball fans hope you like the All-Star game without Lebron and

Kobe...they played the other day so they're not even going to the game...enjoy! Are you kidding?

Sidenote, the NBA doesn't play their All-Star game on a freaking Tuesday! And for all of you giving

the injured guys a break, I'm pretty sure any player in the NHL would take 100 mile-an-hour slapshot to

the face and be at the All-Star game the next day.

I guess the silver lining is that none of these apathetic players have to work a real job that makes a

difference. I would hate to call 9-1-1 and find out that EMT's aren't coming cause they are saving their

energy for a more important call. And at least Bud Selig isn't in charge of our whole country, we would

probably be in the worst economic situation since the Great Depression...well, you get my point.