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• #MLB ALL STAR GAME NO LONGER HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE SERIES#

#MLB ALL STAR GAME NO LONGER HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE SERIES#

On Thursday, the MLB announced the pennant winner with the better regular-season record would instead take the home-field advantage, according to MLB.com. World Series home-field advantage is now decided by winning percentage and no longer by the result of the All-Star Game. It was not and should not be a meaningless exhibition game. The Major League Baseball All-Star game will no longer determine hone-field advantage in the World Series. Television people pay a lot of money for the game. They deserve to see the same intensity they see all year long. "People pay a lot of money to see that game. This gives them something to really play for," Selig said after owners approved the change by a 30-0 vote in January 2003. It was decided that the winning team, either the American League or the National League, would be. Selig was booed in his own Milwaukee backyard. In 2003 there was a change to a rule in the All Star game. Baseball, led by then-Commissioner Bud Selig, and Fox television promoted the "This Time It Counts" innovation after the 2002 All-Star Game in Milwaukee ended in a 7-7, 11-inning tie when both teams ran out of pitchers. Home-field advantage in the World Series generally rotated between the leagues through 2002. In addition, players and management agreed the minimum stay on the disabled list will be reduced from 15 days to 10. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the deal, reached Wednesday evening in Irving, Texas, had not been announced. The change was included in Major League Baseball's tentative new collective bargaining agreement and disclosed early Thursday to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the agreement. NEW YORK (AP) - The league that wins baseball's All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record.