I dont even want the All-Star Game anymore. MLB has jerked us around about it for far too long, and it's not like any St Louisians are going to get tickets unless they work for an MLB sponsor.

I work in sports info at my college.

in baseball, the press box is open air.

do you know how cold it is when COLLEGE BASEBALL starts up?!?

man, they really have to stop complaining

won't need a heater for a mid-July game in St. Louis.  Prima donnas.

How does the MLB writer's assn have any say?  Isn't it up to MLB where the game is played?  Seems to me the writers have no choice and can just watch at home like the rest of us if they prefer.

I too don't understand why the Baseball Writer's Association has any bearing on whether the Cards host the All-Star Game or not.  Why does MLB need to kiss their asses?  

Since the last time the "Baseball City", Saint Louis, hosted an All-Star game in 1966:

-Houston has gotten 3 all-star games

-Pittsburgh has gotten 3 all-star games

-Anaheim, San Francisco, Detroit, Atlanta, Cinci, Milwaulkee, Seattle, Cleveland, San Diego, and Philly have all gotten 2 all-star games

-The Country of Canada has combined for 2 all-star games

So after getting screwed out of it for all of those years, and then building a beautiful new stadium for the partial purpose of getting an all-star game, we might not get one because the baseball writers demand AC?

Keep your stupid all-star game Selig. Try not to end it in a tie.

Could hte writers be lazier?

Pittsburgh's pressbox is almost identical to ours, no AC,heating,open air. And they got the All-Star game this year.

I'm pretty sure the BBWA doesn't have any say in the decision of where the all star game is held. They are just saying that St. Louis shouldn't get it until the fix their press box. I don't think the climate control is that big of deal. I've heard the amount of space and the view from the second row is a bigger deal.  I'm sure we'll still get the all star game in 09.