Just so I have something on the front page of my new MoveableType weblog:
Baseball players agreed to a two-year experiment Thursday to give home-field advantage in the World Series to the league that wins the All-Star Game. …
“I disagree with it, completely and totally,” said Los Angeles pitcher Kevin Brown a five-time All-Star. “I think it just takes away from the whole idea of what the All-Star game is about, which is letting the fans vote and letting it be an exhibition game. Now they’re trying to make it into something that it never has been.” …
The team hosting Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the World Series has won 15 of the last 17 titles.