If the major league owners and the union believe the All Star Game should continue I would propose to change the purpose, the selection process and the number of players allowed on each team.
Purpose: The current rule of the winning league obtaining home team advantage in the World Series is absurd and would be eliminated The purpose would be to show case the best players in baseball
Selection Process: Currently players are selected by popular vote of the fans. This would continue but it would be structured similar to the Presidential Election. The voting would be divided into 7 voting blocks one for the players, one for the baseball media and five for the fans broken down geographically across the country. The players wining a voting block would receive 10 points, second place 5 and third place 3 with one bonus point awarded to the players with the highest popular vote at each position. The players with highest total points from the seven voting blocks would be chosen. If there is a tie the players with the highest popular vote would be selected.
Roster: There would no requirement for each team to be represented. The roster would be limited to 14 position players and 11 pitchers. Extra inning games will be limited to 12 innings and two players for each team would be allowed to re-enter the game. A player who declines the invitation to play in the game would be replaced by the player with the next highest votes at his position and would be eliminated from all star voting for five years and automatically placed on the DL for seven games.
Homer Sweeney
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