Kirk Wessler Asks Pertinent Questions About the All-Star Game

Like..."Why does the NL have to drag the aging carcass of Giant Moises Alou as a ninth outfielder instead of Marlin Carlos Delgado as a backup first baseman?...Why should the NL have to start washed-up Mets catcher Mike Piazza when the Marlins' Paul Lo Duca is the best backstop in the league?"...and, ultimately, "(I)f the All-Star Game is to matter, why does Commissioner Bud continue to treat it as an all-comers game at the family-reunion picnic?" (PeoriaJournalStar)