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I'm not going political here; I'm really just talking about one of the most overrated things in the whole, wide, wonderful world of Sports. Surely, if you think about it, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the "July" Classic or as you and I know it. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
But it's Sentimental!
Yeah, and so are romantic comedies. I get the whole last game in Old Yankee Stadium, though I am more bothered by the fact that we are referring already to "Old" Yankee Stadium. You can't have a "New" and an "Old" Yankee stadium. History is history and to quote the Highlander; "There can only be ONE!"
I also get the whole sentimentality thing, the lore of baseball history, the glamour and the nostalgia of the game. What I don't get is the "It's Baseball's best players". It isn't. It's baseballs most popula...
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