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.