Jim Feist

 The All Star game is tonight and finally MLB got smart enough to remove the attachment to the World Series home field advantage. This was a silly thing to pin on a game that is for fun, especially when it can impact a team that has had a great season and deserves home field throughout the playoffs. That being said, this is also the fourth straight game being played at a National League park. The AL will bat last and officially be the home team though. The MLB All Star game is unlike the NBA, NFL or even NHL in that those games usually have little or no defense and are full of scoring. This game though has been a solid under play in recent times. In fact, only the 2015 game in Cincinnati had nine runs. The other 10 of 11 years had eight or less. That's why the oddsmakers have dropped this total all the way down to seven, which is almost unheard of. Last Year's game in Miami resulted in a AL win, 2-1. Again a game dominated by pitching. That's not where I'm going this year, with this line of seven, I'm sticking with the OVER.

 The All Star game is tonight and finally MLB got smart enough to remove the attachment to the World Series home field advantage. This was a silly thing to pin on a game that is for fun, especially when it can impact a team that has had a great season and deserves home field throughout the playoffs. That being said, this is also the fourth straight game being played at a National League park. The AL will bat last and officially be the home team though. The AL has dominated this series, winning five straight, including the last three at NL parks. The NL did have a bit of success in 2012 - 2010 where they won three straight. However, the AL won the previous 12 of 13 games. That means the AL has now won 15 of the last 18 years against the senior circuit. That's a pretty impressive streak for any sport's All-Star game. I'm going to stick with that trend here tonight and take the AL.