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Here's a Better Idea: Just Scrap the NHL All-Star Game Altogether

Here's something you won't hear echoing out of the NHL's offices. Instead of reformatting the annual All-Star game in an effort to give the often non-competitive game a little more intensity, why not throw it in the ol' hockey scrap heap, along with the ultra-wide goalie pads and the banana-style curved stick? Why not...

Head9s: Omar Infante All-Star Edition

While everybody else is busy whining about Omar Infante making the All-Star team, here at Head9s we've decided to embrace it. We've got nothing but love for you Omar, and to prove it, we've dedicated this week's links to you (we'll be back with a fantasy slant next week). Agree or disagree with Infante's selection? Let...

The Dugout: Mistakes Were Made

The All-Star Game rosters were announced Sunday, and both the American League and National League rosters seem to be missing some names. Baseball fans unwittingly exhibited the follies of the democratic process when they failed to vote for guys like Adam Lind, Kevin Millwood, and Adam Dunn.Of course, All-Star snubs are an...

All-Stars Will Love That Dry Heat

Even before their first game in 1998, the Arizona Diamondbacks had tried to land an All-Star Game in Phoenix. They had a nice new park to offer, and Major League Baseball seemed to be awarding All-Star Games to cities with new stadiums.But Arizona kept striking out. The Diamondbacks had to see All-Star Games played in...

Drop the Charade: The Home Run Derby Is Better Than the All-Star Game

I hate pretense. It's something that almost ruins NCAA athletics for me. Everybody carries on like Division I athletes are amateurs, that everyone follows an archaic recruiting guidebook, that no one cheats or slips people a little money here and there. None of it's true, of course, and it's people that argue for the NCAA...

All Star Game News From the Web

05/24/12 MLB All-Star Game: 5 Pitchers Who Could Start the Game... Source: Bleacher Report For a pitcher, being selected to play in the All-Star Game is an honor.
05/24/12 Wickham to Play in USILA/Lax World North-South Senior... Source: PatriotLeague.org Navy senior goalkeeper RJ Wickham (Penn Yan, N.Y.) has been selected to play in the 2012 USILA/Lax World North-South Senior All-Star Game slated for Friday at Harvard Stadium beginning at 5:30 pm.
05/23/12 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field Source: Queens Examiner - Queens NY It might be a good thing the fences were shortened at Citi Field, otherwise the Home Run Derby contest in 2013 might have been a little boring.
05/21/12 Broach Sports Tours Readies For 2012 Major League... Source: PRWeb Charlotte, N.C. (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Broach Sports Tours has turned trips to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game into an annual outing, and it will continue the tradition at this year's All-Star Game in Kansas City on July 10.
05/19/12 A 49-Year All-Star Gap for the Mets Source: Bats - The New York Times The Kansas City Royals will host this year's All-Star Game for the first time in 39 years.

Background on All Star Game

An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league, except in the circumstances of professional sports systems in which a democratic voting system is used.

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