Back to the Arizona Diamondbacks Newsfeed

An ideal of fairness: MLB All-Star selection process and the democratic process

Let's call a Constitutional Convention and fix the All-Star Game voting process.

It is a truth universally held that All-Star Game selections for every sport is awful. The event has no real meaning, yet real adults, largely, will not only spend real hours voting to boost their slate of players, but will also spend real hours being mad about the process.

It's a no-win situation, really. Let the fans pick and you get teams that are all Kansas City Royals and some bum. Let the writers or some other version of Calvinist Elect, and you're putting your trust in a group, coaches or writers, that have little motivation to take it seriously.