Why do fans outrage over All-Star snubs? Personally, I couldn’t care less whether my favorite players make the All-Star game, it really means nothing to me. As a Yankees fan I certainly want the AL to field a great team to try and get home field for the World Series, but at the expense of getting a guy a few days rest and avoiding potentially long travel? Hell, put the whole Red Sox team in for all I care.

I can understand players getting pissed about snubs, and to an extent I can understand teams getting pissed about snubs (for marketing purposes only), but I just don’t get the backlash from fans. Most fans understand that the process itself is pretty stupid, so why get upset about your favorite players? Should Red Sox fans be upset that David Ortiz was elected as a designated hitter even though Kevin Youkilis is a better designated hitter, he just doesn’t “play” that position during the season? No, they shouldn’t.

But they should be outraged that DH is position up for votes (why not put that up a final vote, any good hitter can you know, hit as designated). They should be outraged that a “utility” player is required, leading to Omar Infante as the worst All-Star choice ever. Seriously, the Braves didn’t need a token rep like several bad All-Star selections of years past. They should be outraged that every team requires a player on the team. I pray that Matt Capps comes into a close game this year, as I am sure the AL will score off him. I actually can see the outrage over the process, especially since the games do count. I just don’t get the outrage of players from your team going. I voted for Nick Swisher because I’m the VP of his fan club, but I’ll be damned if I’m not rooting for Kevin Youkilis with the game on the line for the AL team.

The All-Star game is supposed to be fun, and it’s supposed to count. These really need to be mutally exclusive and it’s not. As big a baseball fan as I am, I rarely watch much more than a few innings of the All-Star game anyway, so that’s probably where some of my apathy towards the game comes from. If it was truly an exhibition game and still featured fun moments like Larry Walker hitting right-handed against Randy Johnson, or Cal Ripken moving over to SS in his last appearance I’d watch it. If it were truly taken seriously and the best 25 man roster (not 57 or however many guys make it now) was put on the field to win the game, I’d watch it. What MLB is doing to the game now? No thanks, I’ll stick to Seinfeld re-runs.