How Do You Decide Who Bats Ninth in the All-Star Game?
It’s a simple, yet fraught, question. In a game where every single player is, by definition, one of the best players in the entire league, how do you decide who has to bat last? That was the task this week for Dusty Baker and Rob Thomson, the managers at the 2023 MLB All-Star Game. Of course, somebody has to do…