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MLB All-Star Game 2016: Who benefits most from winning?

By Charles Rahrig V

Jul 11, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; A general view during the All Star Game home run derby at PetCo Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 11, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; A general view during the All Star Game home run derby at PetCo Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Who benefits the most from winning the MLB All-Star Game?

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The MLB All-Star Game is a game unlike any other in professional sports. What is usually a novelty event for every other league, this event has real meaning and helps decide a team’s fate in winning the World Series.

This year, the likes of Bryce Harper, Johnny Cueto, David Ortiz, Mark Trumbo and others will battle it out in a battle for league supremacy and a chance to secure home-field advantage in the World Series for their teams potentially.

Yes, having home-field advantage in the World Series gives a team a massive advantage in winning the thing and that’s why some people have a problem that such high stakes are attached to an All-Star Game and an event where fans ultimately decide the teams.

Still, it forces the players to take the event seriously and no one wants to be the guy that ultimately costs their team a chance at starting the World Series at home in the fall.

The MLB All-Star Game might be a summer classic, but it holds all the cards when it comes to determining the fate of the fall classic.

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