Jim Caple:Feeling Cheated? Get used to it

I can't take it anymore–I have to break my silence over the All Star Game fiasco.

In twenty years, when we look back and ask,”At what point did Major League Baseball really die?”, we'll be able to answer with some reliable certainty that the All-Star Game Tie was at least a forewarning, if not a death rattle. Bud Selig, owner/commissioner/lord high team executioner, has proven that it's really all about money, and not about the fans. It's just a matter of time before he buys Ted Williams' DNA and starts manufacturing players.

If there's a player's strike, that will be the end. But the All-Star Game was the warm-up.

Update: Dave Winer correctly points out the designated hitter rule and interleague play as milestones in baseball's decline. The last baseball strike didn't help, either. And yes, the All-Star game is a bullshit exhibition game, with no meaning other than to promote the sport. But when they can't even get the bullshit promotion right…