For years, the All-Star Game has been little more than an exhibition built around a voting process for baseball fans that often leads to favorite players making the teams instead of the best ones. Looking past the tie game of 2002, arguably the most vivid memory in recent All-Star Game history is that of the late Ted Williams surrounded by the modern-day all-stars on the grass of Boston's Fenway Park before the 1999 Midsummer Classic. Yet, this fan-friendly spectacle, which had become so forgettable that few could recall the results by the time the World Series rolled around, now decides which league has home-field advantage in the Fall Classic. As long as that is the case, MLB should do away with fan voting and requiring a player from each team be on the rosters. Too much is at stake. Since 1982, the team with home-field advantage has won 19 of 23 World Series. The only clubs to overcome home-field advantage in this stretch are the 1984 Tigers, 1992 Jays, 1999 Yankees and 2003 Marlins. Clinching a World Series title on the road in a sixth or seventh game has been nearly impossible, with the home team posting an 18-3 record in Games 6 and 7 since 1982. No home team has lost a Game 7 since PIttsburgh came back from a 3-1 deficit and won the final two games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium to claim the 1979 Fall Classic. Since then, the home team is 8-0 in Game 7. Visiting clubs don't fare much better in Game 6, going 3-10. An exhibition game in July shouldn't play a role in deciding who wins the last game of the season deep in October. The team with the best regular-season record deserves a better fate.