2011 All Star Game: 5 Things the MLB Needs to Do to Increase Interest
I can’t configuration out which of these two numbers is worse, 84 or 8.7 million. 84 is the number of MLB players selected to this year’s MLB All-Superstar Game. At the start of this season, there were 750 active major-leaguers (25 per team, 30 teams) import that 11.2% of baseball players are considered “all-stars” this year. The 8.7 million, in casket you’re wondering, is the number of households that tuned in to watch last year’s game.
These 84 players are by far the most ever named to the crew. The roster modifications got so bad that as late as Sunday afternoon the NL and AL each added four new players. To further the drama six selected starting pitchers have bashful from the game because they pitched Sunday and are therefore ineligible, nine other players (including marquee names like Jeter, Rodriguez and Rivera) are demise on the festivities due to injury, and some guys (specifically Chicago Cubs third basemen Aramis Ramirez) would rather put off home for a few days as opposed to representing his team,
