SI:AM | More Microphones on Players, Please

Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. There’s no question what my favorite part of the MLB All-Star Game is.

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This is the best part of the All-Star Game

The concept of the all-star game has lost much of its luster since its invention in 1933. At a time when the only way to see a sport’s best players was to wait for them to come to town, the all-star game gave fans a chance to see all the guys worth seeing all at once. But in the era of national television, Youtube highlights, NFL Red Zone and social media, we can watch the best players in the world whenever…