Home Field Advantage

The Cardinals are running away from the rest of baseball, just like last season. Now is the time to keep a close eye on the wild card race. I'd hate to face Houston again in the playoffs. Although they had a horrible start to the season, they have actually had a better record than the Cards over most of the season. And as good as the Cardinals rotation has been, I'd hate to face Clemens and Oswalt in the postseason.

Unfortunately, even if they play the most dominating baseball in the major leagues, they will not have the home field advantage again this year in the World Series. I appreciate the effort to make the All-Star game more competitive, but give me a break. With the current system, a wild card team could get to the Series and have home field advantage over the best team of the regular season, just because their league won the All-Star game. Not fair. Here's the way it should be. The players who win the All-Star game should get a bunch of money. Millionaire athletes always love more money. Just ask Drew Rosenhaus. The team in the Series who has the most regular season wins should get home field advantage, period.