After further consideration, I would like to nominate Bud Selig as the new COI Idiot of the Moment. I understand I was a little hopped-up last night on the Vodka drink and other forms of mind-altering substances so it seemed that of course Dan Uggla should be the one to blame for my anger.
But waking up this morning and being semi-clear headed I was able to think about my reaction last night. And as many of the sports blogs and papers this morning, I have come to a similar conclusion:. the All Star game should not count. Sure we were all outraged when the game ended in a tie a couple years back (were we really, I don't remember swearing off baseball because of it) but the knee-jerk reaction of Bud Selig not being able to handle Fox Sports "disappointment" went too far. And the game last night finally proved this.
Between the steroid hearings, baseball's entire lack of a salary cap leading to some teams paying more for one player than other team's entire payrolls (yes, I know the Cubs are guilty of this), the stupidity of not being able to solve the DH, and the great "Hall of Fame" game debacle, Selig has proven he is a certifiable Idiot. In what other sport do we have to worry every four years that the players might strike and there won't be any games? But last night's errant disregard for the fans and players by Selig might as well be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
I highly doubt many fans were still watching in the 15th inning, especially on the East Coast, where the time was 2 in the morning. I could barely make it through the whole thing, and I live in the Pacific Mountain Standard (it's an AZ thing, we don't change our clocks) time zone. And how many managers were freaking out about their pitchers being placed in situations in which they seriously injure themselves just because "This Time It Counts". You could see Lou wasn't too pleased when Dempster came in to pitch the 9th after he just pitched on Sunday.
Hey Selig, there is a time when you just bite your lip, take the "backlash" from half-hearted baseball fans and call the fucking game a tie. But who will get home field advantage? How about that old rule that worked for over 90 years and is used by every other sport league, it should go to the team that has the better record. Isn't that what makes sports interesting: The underdog being disadvantaged? Actually the home field advantage used to alternate. This also seems stupid.
So I express my disingenuous apology to Dan Uggla. Even though you are fucking Idiot that couldn't be a ball boy for the Joliet Jackhammers, and couldn't hit a fly ball if Gil Renard was holding your child hostage. It's not your fault that if the Cubs go to the World Series they won't have home field advantage.
The All-Star game shouldn't count for shit except being fun (someone forgot to tell Big Z the game counts when he feigned throwing at Manny's head), showing fans match-ups of great players that probably wouldn't happen otherwise, and giving props to those players that have stood out for half a season and a break for the rest of them. I'm sorry if I came off as the same type of Cubs fan that still blames Bartman for losing game six in '03. Sometimes it's easier to blame a hapless asshole that doesn't know any better than to blame to source of the problem: the man in charge of the show.
So Bud Selig, it's amazing how in the course of 2 days you have proven that between Josh Hamilton not winning the Home Run Derby and a 15-inning, 4:50 "exhibition" game that you sir are a true Idiot. And now everyone else knows it too.
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