I think there are just as many if not less MLB teams than NBA teams and baseball requires almost twice as many players on the field than players on the court and that doesn't even account for situational pitching and DH. So yeah, there are some less than spectacular players in the MLB All-Star game, but you can't tell me those guys don't want to be there. They are playing the sport they love and have been voted best of the bunch by their piers and by the fans. Not to mention the outcome actually has some importance now (home field advantage for the WS.) It sounds like you don't watch much baseball. Because the game is actually quite spectacular. Most people don't appreciate it because they don't understand all the nuances within the game itself. I'm not saying that is bad, it is what it is. But most people don't get it unless they've really become students of the game. It is almost like a mini chess game within an athletic event. My wife used to not like baseball much, but now she watches a lot of Twins games on TV with me in the summer. She first started watching just Mauer because she thinks he's hot, but then started asking questions and now understands the strategy of the game enough that she gets pretty into it now and then. Not bad for somebody who didn't know what the DH was just a couple of years ago.
