So What?

The thing is, baseball is only now realizing what kinds of problems it has been having. Attendance was down in the early 90's and 00's and baseball was looking to do anything to raise their ratings. When the first All-Star game was held, it introduced a new idea into baseball, paying the best more to show off. MLB had only begun handing out their league MVP in 1931, two years previous. Once the best were recognized, everyone wanted to do whatever it took to be the best. Being the best was where the money was at. One fan says, "Barry Bonds, Mark Maguire, Jose Canseco. These are the biggest names in the game, and more importantly the richest players in the game. These guys quickly learned that the more steroids they do, the more homers they belt, and the more money they make. But if we take this to the natural conclusion, if baseball is going to reward the most serious steroid users, it only follows that one day, every baseball player would be a steroid user. And this, obviously, we cannot tolerate." He sees what's happening, just like most fans do. Since 1967, the average salary has increased from $19,000 to $1,383,578! Here's a chart showing what the Hell is going on! If we want to talk about how the first MLB All-Star game affected baseball and sports: It ruined them! Players began realizing that money was where it was at, not the fans. Though the fans pay the players' salaries (in effect), the players still don't realize this. Bonds has claimed that the fans and media were out to get him. Palmeiro wagged his finger at Congress saying he never used steroids, then was busted within two years! Baseball has fallen apart. Without a salary cap, an intelligent commissioner or a good drug testing program, baseball has drifted into a sport of unknowns. We don't know how many guys are juiced. We don't know who's records are legit. The MLB All-Star Game was an amazingly bad idea in retrospect, being that all it provides now is questions about integrity, and arguments over its value!