I thought of this one,  and yet,  the mmemory of Jose Canseco blowing out his arm pitching one inning probably lingers,  and then the suggestions about Bonds giving up a Homerun to Jeter bypass all the rules that made it “more than an exhibition” anyway (since Bonds had already exited from the game…….and then what does having position players pitch do other than make a kind of joke out of it,  and in that case,  why even do it?  My suggestion is to keep a small “reserve list” who know going in that they will be called on in player shortage situations….if only for the pitchers.   In previous years (1967 went 15 and I got to see my favorite player, Tony Perez, win it with a homerun in Anaheim)

Ted Williams, Bud Selig and baseball’s very bad week. Ted Williams transcended the game; Bud Selig took the fun out of it. The clueless commish should have used position players to pitch in the All-Star Game. [Salon.com]