Edge of your seat ending.

Yesterday on Sports Center there daily online question was whether the All Star was an Instant Classic or Boring, and showing that the rules should be changed. Now since I have nothing else to do this summer I actually watched the whole thing, even after 1 am. My personal opinion is that after the 11th something should have been changed about the outcome, it became embarrassing. Both managers had a pitcher that they were not supposed to use but eventually had to, and the reserve players (the all star "scrubs") played 9 or 10 innings (twice as long as the real all stars). After 15 innings and a couple closers pitching 3 innings, home field advantage in the World Series was given to the AL. I hope that comes to be important come October so smug Bud Selig realizes how stupid this is. Home field to determine the champion of the sport should not be determined in the 15th inning of a 5 hour game in which closers and players from teams that suck (Rockies, Padres, Orioles, Royals to name a few) are the ones affecting the outcome. When players from the teams who will be playing in October (Red Sox, Brewers, Cubs, Phillies, Angels) are all on the bench. I mean Sheets, Zambrano, and Cliff Lee were pitching their best stuff but were only allowed to pitch 2 innings so all the scrubs could get a chance. If the outcome really mattered Sheets and Lee would have pitched into the 7th or 8th.

Here are my proposals:

• Home field is determined by overall inter-league record, that way every team and every player is affecting who gets home field.
  
• In the All Star game, if it goes into the 9th inning, players can come back into the game once every player has played at least an inning.
• For pitchers 4 starters and 3 closers are chosen as active players for the game (that way they don't have 12 pitchers to try to get into the game) and one extra starter and closer are chosen that will only pitch if it goes to extra innings.
• After the 12th inning, it goes into something different, like a home run derby or a three-legged race. The game is for the fans, and I bet very few were watching after the 11th. The last 2 1/2 hours were pretty boring. There was one inning in which Cook pitched out of a bases loaded 0 outs jam and Martin had a couple great plays at home plate, but that was it. If the outcome doesn't matter (like it shouldn't) lets just entertain the fans at that point.
  

As a side note shame on Yankees fans for harassing Pappelbon's wife because he was misquoted in the paper. We get it you hate the Red Sox. Sports rivalries are fun to a point, then they are mean. I thought it was funny when you cheered when Manny Ramirez struck out, even though he was on your team. But harassing an innocent lady, that's low.