The All Star Game Problem

What the MLB All Star Game has become and what it is not producing for the sport

The Problem

The MLB All Star Game has experienced the specific viewership decline that the major network sports events have experienced in the fragmented media environment, combined with the specific issue that the game itself has become: a showcase event whose competitive stakes were eliminated by the removal of the home field advantage that the 2003-2016 format provided, and whose entertainment value has not been replaced by an alternative framework that produces genuine competitive interest.

The Alternative Frameworks

The alternative frameworks that the Commissioner's office has considered and partially implemented: the Home Run Derby, which consistently outperforms the All Star Game in viewership; the skills competitions; and the specific format changes that have been introduced and reverted. The specific challenge of making a game between self-selected players who have no particular incentive to compete at maximum intensity competitively compelling has not been resolved.

On Deck News Coverage

The On Deck News covers the All Star Game problem because the accountability journalism of baseball's showcase event requires examining whether the event is producing the promotional value for the sport that it is designed to produce, and because the viewership decline is the accountability data that the format requires addressing.

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