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The dumbest idea in sports history

By Tim Keown
Page 2

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

During baseball's noncompetitive interlude of conviviality and frolic, when players take time out to lie on the grass and marvel at their abilities, it's important to note one fact: The idea of placing postseason meaning on a midseason exhibition game is perhaps the worst and most incomprehensible decision in sports. Actually, that is incorrect. Not just sports -- sports history. If you consider that statement hyperbolic, here's a challenge: Come up with a worse decision. It can't be a spur-of ...

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