MLB labor deal ends World Series home-field advantage for All-Star Game winner

[kidd]

They haven't crossed the T's or dotted the I's, but MLB has removed the capital W from its All-Star Game.

Instead, under baseball's tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement, the pennant winner with the best regular-season record will have the home-field advantage in the World Series, The Associated Press reported, citing an unidentified person familiar with the tentative CBA. That edge used to go to the team from the league that won the All-Star Game.

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[kidd]

A good move, but not the best move.
The All Star Game For-Players-Who-Are-Not-Injured-And-Have-No-Interest-In-Playing-Hard-Enough-To-Risk-An-Injury is a mostly pointless game that shouldn't determine who is the World Champion.

Using the best record to determine home field advantage is a start. I would like to have the best head-to-head matchup be the first determining factor, IF the two teams played each other in interleague play during the regular season...then best record.