MLB All-Star Game: Five events that should be added

3. Farthest Throw

Another potentially entertaining event that should be added to the MLB All-Star Game is a farthest throw contest among position players. Everybody loves to see players show off their arms by gunning down players on the base paths. It would be interesting to see who would win between catchers and outfielders.

Players would be allowed to get a running start and throw the ball as far as they can. To make it somewhat challenging, the ball must land in a certain area. Distance would be measured from how far the ball goes in the air. For more fun, the speed of each throw could be measured and a separate award could be given to the player with the fastest throw.

Pitchers could participate in this event, though they might need their own category just to make things fair. They would likely have an unfair advantage over other players.

So who would win this competition? Most likely Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets or Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers. There are a number of outfielders who could give them a great challenge and perhaps even beat them. It would be fun to see how far Ichiro Suzuki can throw it. In his prime, perhaps no one threw further with such precision.

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