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For the 100 year anniversary of Wrigley. I can't foresee any reason why they would not get it.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=4608426

The AL/NL rotation currently has the AL hosting the ASG in 2014...

 

This should qualify for a special exception. To make it up to the AL we will give them the Brewers back.

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For the 100 year anniversary of Wrigley. I can't foresee any reason why they would not get it.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=4608426

The AL/NL rotation currently has the AL hosting the ASG in 2014...

 

This should qualify for a special exception. To make it up to the AL we will give them the Brewers back.

Screw the AL over twice? :)

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For the 100 year anniversary of Wrigley. I can't foresee any reason why they would not get it.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=4608426

The AL/NL rotation currently has the AL hosting the ASG in 2014...

 

This should qualify for a special exception. To make it up to the AL we will give them the Brewers back.

Screw the AL over twice? :)

 

It should be more than that for letting them have the stupid "DH".

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From what I've read online, the competition for 2014 is the new Twins stadium. But I can't see MLB not giving the game to Wrigley since they gave it to Fenway to celebrate its 100th and to Yankee Stadium to celebrate its closing.
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For the 100 year anniversary of Wrigley. I can't foresee any reason why they would not get it.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=4608426

The AL/NL rotation currently has the AL hosting the ASG in 2014...

 

They doubled up the NL a few years back cause the NL was opening new taxpayer funded stadiums faster than the AL was.

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From what I've read online, the competition for 2014 is the new Twins stadium. But I can't see MLB not giving the game to Wrigley since they gave it to Fenway to celebrate its 100th and to Yankee Stadium to celebrate its closing.

 

The ASG in Fenway was in 1999...not the 100th anniversary. And when they gave that game to Boston, it had been 38 years in between All Star games at Fenway. It was 31 years in between ASGs at Yankee Stadium when they had it last year. It will only have been 24 years in between ASGs for Wrigley.

 

I hope they get it, but I'm not holding my breath. If Ricketts/Kenny can sell Selig on this "Wrigley 2014" project with the ASG being the centerpiece/showcase for the plan, maybe they'd have a decent shot.

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Selig is a douche.

 

I'm sure the spirit of competitive balance is what is keeping him from making that decision. It didn't seem to bother him in 2006 and 2007 when the game was played in NL parks.

 

He should really think about what he says before he says it because his statement is a walking contradiction. And seriously, he's worried about HFA for the All Star game? Who cares. I know it "counts", but no small/mid market team is planning it's rebuilding plan around a year when their league has HFA for the All Star game so they have a .00000001% better chance of getting an extra World Series game at their stadium. With interleague play, everyone has pretty much played in every ballpark so is there really an advantage?

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I don't really care if the Cubs get it or not, but the Cubs last hosted an All-Star game in 1990. The Cardinals hosted in 2009 for the first time since 1966. Yankee Stadium hosted in 2008, for the first time since 1977.

 

The Last time each team has hosted an All-Star Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_venues#Ballparks_that_have_hosted_more_than_one_All-Star_Game

 

I'm not saying you guys shouldn't get the All-Star game, but unless the owners plan to build a new stadium (like Steinbrenner did), the Cubs may not jump ahead of anybody.

 

Teams that have waited the longest

# New York Mets, 1964

# Kansas City Royals, 1973

# Los Angeles Dodgers, 1980

# Washington Nationals, 1982 (as Montreal Expos – the last All-Star Game held in Washington, DC was in 1969, hosted by the present-day Texas Rangers franchise)

# Minnesota Twins, 1985

# Oakland Athletics, 1987

# Cincinnati Reds, 1988

# Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 1989 (scheduled to host in 2010)

# Chicago Cubs, 1990

 

And Chicago is second in number of All-Star games hosted all time. And the White Sox hosted the All-Star game in 2003. The Mets are hosting it in 2013.

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2009/07/new_york_mets_citi_field_to_ho.html

And the Royals in 2012

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/1439/k-c-set-to-host-2012-all-star-game

 

That leaves the Dodgers, Nationals, Twins, A's, Reds, and Angels ahead of you (as far as when they last hosted the All-Star Game). 2014 will probably be an AL year anyway. And the Twins have bid for 2014.

http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2008/09/08/daily27.html

 

I'd say let go of the idea for 2014 because a) the Twins are opening a new ballpark and b) it will be an AL year, unless the Cubs do something drastic (like plan to build a new stadium.

 

I'm just saying, I wouldn't print the All-Star game tickets yet. There's a few teams that could be ahead of the Cubs.

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I don't really care if the Cubs get it or not *long post full of reasons the Cubs shouldn't get the All Star game*

 

How about the Cubs should get the All Star game because Chicago is the greatest city ever? There, that's reason enough for me.

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Selig is a douche.

 

I'm sure the spirit of competitive balance is what is keeping him from making that decision. It didn't seem to bother him in 2006 and 2007 when the game was played in NL parks.

Is it really too much to ask for the commissioner of the league to realize that one league has two more teams than the other? I can understand fans not grasping this, but the supposed leader of MLB should know this by now.

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