The All Star Game. We pay tribute to the history of a game that reflects the history of a country. Home runs rain down like a meteor shower. Old timers chew the fat and run the drills with kids. Stories and statistics fly with fervor across the ballpark. There's a smile on every person's face and memories are made that last for many a year to come.
I demand this game be played on the 4th of July. I want red, white and blue everywhere. I want a fireworks show that makes Washington and New York fireworks look like pop guns I want an armada of aircraft in a military flyover. I want a singing of the national anthem sung with such vim and vigor that Mars can hear it. I want a week's celebration that includes: World Baseball Classic finals (an amateur only tourney - stay tuned for more); the Little League World Series; some college baseball tourney (College World Series ideally, but the college calendar doesn't coincide); a women's tourney (softball or baseball, again stay tuned). I want free hotdogs, for EVERYONE, paid for by major league baseball who, incidentally, will be supplementing the cost of tickets and other fan-friendly activities so that it's financially reasonable that anyone can enjoy the myriad of events. Oh yes, Mr. Selig. MLB makes enough money that you can pick up the tab to help everyone celebrate this game we love.
People! It's a no brainer! The greatest single game of the regular season of the greatest sport the world has ever seen MUST be played on the greatest day on the calendar of the greatest country the world has ever seen. Period.
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