New York and Boston and Chicago are hideously under-respresented in nationally-broadcast regular season games, and we seldom see them in the post-season. Please, please, let’s stack the All-Star game so we only see New York and Boston and Chicago uniforms too!

I agree with Mariotii that not every team should be represented in the All Star game. It does seem that the All Star game has become more of a Parade rather than a game. But I have to draw the line at the suggestion that Soria was undeserving. 25 saves and a 1.47 ERA from a .440 team is the definition of an All Star. Suck it Mariotti

I get it, we hate Jay Mariotti. I’m guessing though that the point he was making was that you could have added a couple of more starters to each squad and we wouldn’t have had the nail biting, will-they-or-won’t-they-finish-the-game drama. Maybe the managers should think about that a little more when making their selections, Greinke would have been as worthy as Soria and would have provided Francona a lot more flexibility.

I still think each team should have a representative, even if only so that teams like the Royals get embarrassed by having Mark Redman selected and hire a competent General Manager and start spending some of that money. My guess is that is when the light went on for the Glass family.

And I mean NO ONE likes Jay Mariotti. Not even in Chicago. Not anywhere. He’s a joke of a writer at a joke of a paper in a great town.

Carmen DeFalco, Jonathan Hood, Jeff Dickerson, who were filling in on the Mac, Jurko, and Harry show, admitted to now knowing much about Soria prior to the game. But, they admitted that they were thoroughly impressed by him.