Dream Teammate? Worst Organization? It's Our Anonymous MLB All-Star Poll!
The best stadium to play at? The worst? What about this whole automated ball-strike system? MLB's All-Stars had some thoughts.
We anonymously polled 20 of the game's best players at All-Star Weekend on these topics, and more. Here's what they had to say:
Winner: For
Just don't call it "robo-umps." The ABS technology has been used in the minors to challenge certain calls on balls and strikes. It was actually used in this year's All-Star Game. But how what in regular season games?
"I don’t want full ABS. Being able to go down and pitch in Triple-A and rehab and other things, I’ve gotten experience with it. So, I think there is a use to it, but I don’t want to take the human element out of the game. I don’t want umpires to be completely out of it." — NL All-Star pitcher
"I’m for the challenge system. I think having umpires and then the human element, they’ve got the hardest job on earth, man. They’re trying to dictate pitches coming in at 100 mph on the corners, trying to determine is this ball truly on the plate or not? I don’t envy their job at all. But I do think there is a human element, and if they miss one, having a team have the opportunity to say, ‘Hey, can we take a look at that? I don’t think that’s the worst thing, either." — AL pitcher
"I don’t want to get rid of the umpire, but having some checks and balances would be cool." — AL All-Star pitcher
Winner: New York Yankees
Opened in 2009 next to the original "House That Ruth Built," Yankee Stadium is certainly one of the great cathedrals in sports. Some of the other iconic parks got multiple votes, but there is something about playing in the Bronx that appeals:
Winner: Detroit Tigers
With a whopping six All-Stars this season and running away with


