Baseball, it seems, has decided to do what many other sports have done (with varied results) in recent years- make some changes to create more fan interest. All-Star games, in general, don’t mean as much as they used to. No player is going full Pete Rose and knocking over Ray Fosse to score a run.
NBA All-Star games are glorified dunk contests in a full-court setting complete with a “don’t pick me last” draft to decide teams. Dunk contests don’t even feature Lebron James or “The Greek Freak,” Giannis Antetokounmpo. Pro-Bowls in the NFL has become must-not-see TV.