“At some level, you have to rethink the all-star game in its entirety. If you think about its origins when barely any games were televised and you could only see American League or National League games if your local team was in that league. The all-star game was the only time you got to see players from the other league.” – Adi Wyner
This time is different states that things are different when the rules change. The covid vaccine is different because the rules for vaccines changed. The 2010s technology boom was different because of accessible technology like AWS. But rules changes accumulate in ‘looser’ domains as well.
All-star games are different because the economic, social, and technological rules have changed. Major League Baseball held its first all-star game in 1933! How things have changed indeed.
Now, Wyner wonders, how can we get players to care? – or the equivalent. The home run derby is fun, but the game is less so. The three-point contest is fun, but the game is not. We’ve always done it this way. So what! This time is different
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