The booing of beleaguered Home Run Derby captain Robinson Cano finally had faded by Tuesday afternoon. But the aftermath could cause Major League Baseball to consider a new rule to include at least one hometown slugger in future Home Run Derbies, commissioner Bud Selig said Tuesday.The booing of Cano was inspired by his failure to pick Kansas City All-Star Billy Butler for the Derby after pledging earlier this month to include a Royal. Last year's National League captain, Prince Fielder, received similar treatment in Phoenix for not picking Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton.So Selig conceded those displays of "hometown loyalty" could spark changes to head off similar outbursts in future Derbies."We'll talk about this (potential rule change)," Selig said during his annual session with the Baseball Writers Association of America. "While I understand (the feelings of fans in) Kansas City ... I felt very badly last night. I felt badly last year for Prince. This was tough." Source: ESPN
Shut the heck up people of Kansas City. No one gives a damn what you guys think. Don't believe me? ask your president to point KC out on a map of the United States. Bet he can't.
It makes sense though... but Butler is a crapty HR Derby pick anyway... and that scoreboard looks so horrible... I thought it was fake at first...
i dont even think every team should be represented in the all star game. if a team doesnt have a player good enough to be on the team then they shouldnt just pick there best player on a team cause every team needs to be represented.you earn to be on an all star team. its not given
I agree to some extent, but last night, 6 starting position players were from the Rangers/Yankees. If each team doesn't have to have a player, in which direction do you think those kind of numbers are gonna go..?
The HR durby/AS game is a joke since fans get the vote. Guys like Harper and Kemp shouldn't have been selected at all.
IMO you can't have it both ways. You can let the fans vote, but don't have it decide home field advantage. Or still let it decide home field advantage but have the players vote. And either way you have it, not all teams should have a rep. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket
THIS! Each team would be full of guys from one team... it's more fun for the fans to see their player up there.
