The Giants just hosted the MLB All Star game. Some observations about the extravaganza:
- The "fanfest" was at the Moscone Center. Fans waited in long lines to pay money to wait in long lines to stand in a batting cage for a couple minutes. Good times.
- Justin Herman Plaza hosted a mini version of fanfest, with a fungo batting experience, a pitching activity, and a bunch of corporate giveaways in exchange for personal info so you can be harassed by annoying salespeople.
- People paid hundreds of dollars for tickets to a glorified batting practice. To top it off, some of the biggest names (Bonds, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriquez, etc) didn't participate. But hey, who wouldn't want to pay $600 to watch Alex Rios take three rounds of bp? I wonder how many Giants fans saw "A. Rios" in the Derby lineup and wondered what Armando Rios was doing at the All Star game.
- I heard there was a "futures" game featuring top prospects. I'm not sure if this was just a rumor, as no one under age 35 is allowed in the home dugout in San Francisco.
- The main event itself, the All Star game. People forked over huge sums of money to attend an exhibition game where the main objective is to not injure any players' bodies and egos. Everyone plays. No one tries. Most have some fun with it and few care about the outcome. It's like the MLB equivalent of a 6 year old's Little League game, minus the effort and the orange slices. Oh, except for the whole home field advantage in the World Series being decided by an exhibition game featuring a bunch of players who have no shot at making the World Series.
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