Gregory Chandler-Major League Baseball 2011 All-Star Game

Major League Baseball will hold its annual All-Star Game on July 12, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. In my humble opinion, the Major League All-Star is better than the events put on by the National Football League, National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League.


The Major League Baseball All-Star game has the advantage of being a summertime event. The other professional sports play their events in the dead of the winter. Even hardcore football fans, like myself, view the National Football League Pro Bowl as an afterthought to be ignored. The National Football League Pro Bowl is usually played on the Sunday after the Super Bowl. This fact, by itself, makes the Pro Bowl a game that is ignored by the sporting public.


The Major League Baseball All-Star game also differs from the events in the other leagues because I have memories of past games. I still have childhood memories of Pete Rose crashing into Ray Fosse at the 1970 Major League All-Star game. I have, for example, no memories of a play in a National Basketball Association All-Star game.


ENJOY THE GAME!!!




Gregory Chandler