Wake Up With Reggie Jackson's Towering Home Run In The 1971 All Star Game
Once upon a time, the MLB All Star Game was played for pride. Then, the MLB decided to “make this one count” in an effort to draw more interest to the game, while also attempting to increase the competitiveness within the game by rewarding the victorious league with home field advantage in the World Series. This has been going on since 2003. At the time, it was exciting because it was new, and it was something that no other league had done before. And then we found out why no other league had ever done it before — it’s fucking stupid. How are you going to ask a player on a team that’s 20 games out of first place to come in and bust their ass so that some other dudes can have an advantage in a playoff series that they won’t even sniff? Go back to these days. Go back to playing for pride.