Past Triumphs, Deep Loyalties Determine All-Stars

Since 2002, the MLB All-Star Game has determined home field advantage for the Fall Classic, making logical player selections ever more crucial. Since 1988, the team that played Game 1 at home would go on to win fifteen out of twenty times. Incorporating the fans vote is a tried and true business method on the part of the MLB, giving people a say in the lineups, but with repercussions extending from July into October, it is not necessarily the most accurate way to determine All-Stars. Expectedly, fans most often get caught up in past triumphant years and team loyalties.