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Was that the worst (non-tie) ASG of all time?

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So, the All-Star Game last night was a disappointment. It was a 8-0 drubbing of the AL, led by the NL’s Ryan Braun and the Giants contingent. It had it’s moments: the KC fans giving Chipper Jones a big round of applause, giving Billy Butler the largest applause he ever has and probably ever will be given, Trout and Harper making their debuts, the first bases-loaded triple in All-Star history. But in general, it was something of a bore, one of the least entertaining All-Star Games in memory.

But was it the worst All-Star Game? Well, no, at least it had a clear winner, and it wasn’t cut short by rain.  But what about of the non-ties? Well, looking at other blow-outs…

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The possibly upcoming resurrection of the Home Run Derby

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Perhaps it was because I was still basically a kid, perhaps it was because we had no idea what was really fueling those moonshots, but the Home Run Derby once was a time where the baseball gods came down to earth and took human form, sending balls deep into the night. Over the Green Monster! Into the highest decks of Turner Field! Through the windows of roofed stadiums! Coors Field!

And then, over the years, it has seemed to have been changed into baseball’s version of the Super Bowl: lots of hype, and a good streak of installments here and there, but usually just overhyped. For every year where Josh Hamilton or Bobby Abreu make the night their personal playground, there’s a few years like the one where McCovey Cove shuts out the best hitters who showed up.

Now, however, we might have a lineup and a location to bring the Home Run Derby back to it’s glory.

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