Which New Events Would you Like to See during All-Star Weekend?

[GiambiJuice]

These will never happen but I can dream can't I?...

Fastest Around the Bases
Contestants - Mike Trout, Brett Gardner, Michael Bourn, Dee Gordon, Jose Reyes?

Outfield Canons (players would have to catch and throw from all three outfield positions to a target at home plate and would be judged on distance, accuracy, and quickness to the plate.)
Contestants - Ichiro? Bautista? Harper? Ankiel? Francoeur? (I'm not sure who's known for having great OF arms right now...)

What would be some other contests you'd like to see?

[ol' aches and pains]

I'd like to see a cupcake baking competition, although I suppose the National League would win...

[GiambiJuice]

I'd like to see a cupcake baking competition, although I suppose the National League would win...

I suppose either Jeff Baker or John Baker would win that one...

[Tadasimha]

Id like to see some sort of "Five Tool Player" skills competition. A baseball pentathalon, if you will. The entrants could have ten pitches to try to hit home runs, then ten pitches to put as many balls in play as they can. Then a timed 1st to 3rd race for the speed aspects. A throwing accuracy contest similar to what you mentioned above: two distances - one from outfield distance, one from 3rd to 1st. Some kind of defensive glove work drill, how many balls can you field in the shortest period of time. Highest combined score wins.

[Captain Cold Nose]

These will never happen but I can dream can't I?...

Fastest Around the Bases
Contestants - Mike Trout, Brett Gardner, Michael Bourn, Dee Gordon, Jose Reyes?

Outfield Canons (players would have to catch and throw from all three outfield positions to a target at home plate and would be judged on distance, accuracy, and quickness to the plate.)
Contestants - Ichiro? Bautista? Harper? Ankiel? Francoeur? (I'm not sure who's known for having great OF arms right now...)

What would be some other contests you'd like to see?

Like the NHL has with hardest shot and fastest skater, etc. Not bad.

That bubblegum bubble blowing contest Kurt Bevacqua won in the 70's needs to come back.

[Dude Paskert]

I'd like to see ten players handed notices that they tested positive for PEDs and have been suspended and then see which one whips out his cell and calls the union AND his lawyer the fastest.
Bonus points for setting up a conference call involving the two without requiring external help.

[ipitch]

The HR Derby is 2.5 to 3 hours. Shorten it to 1.5 hours and use the other 1.5 hours for stuff like this:

-fastest from home to 1st base
-bunting for accuracy - bunt the ball into a 1' square down the 3rd base line
-longest HR contest - throw the ball into the air and hit it yourself
-fastest turn of a 6-4-3 double play
-most accurate OF arm - knock over a target on home plate in the fewest tries
-biggest curveball

[Captain Cold Nose]

I'd like to see ten players handed notices that they tested positive for PEDs and have been suspended and then see which one whips out his cell and calls the union AND his lawyer the fastest.
Bonus points for setting up a conference call involving the two without requiring external help.

You sure you like baseball, Mr. Kutcher?

[DownUnderDodger]

A real game of baseball!!

[GiambiJuice]

The HR Derby is 2.5 to 3 hours. Shorten it to 1.5 hours and use the other 1.5 hours for stuff like this:

-fastest from home to 1st base
-bunting for accuracy - bunt the ball into a 1' square down the 3rd base line
-longest HR contest - throw the ball into the air and hit it yourself
-fastest turn of a 6-4-3 double play
-most accurate OF arm - knock over a target on home plate in the fewest tries
-biggest curveball

The bunting thing sounds incredibly boring to watch, but I love the other ideas!

[Mr. Laser Beam]

- Plunk the Hawk: Ken Harrelson stands on home plate and every pitcher in the game gets to hit him with a pitch. Repeat, but this time every fan in the stands gets to do it. At the same time. Then they all yell "HE GONE!"

- See who can laugh the loudest and longest at Jonathan Papelbon's stupid 'stare' that he does right before a pitch.

- Live action version of Angry Birds.

These don't really have anything to do with the ASG as such, I just thought they were good ideas...

[Bothrops Atrox]

A skills competition would be great. Fastest fastball, speed around the bases, etc. For one, the NBA skills competition is the only annual sporting event I can get my wife to watch with me each year and I bet a MLB skills competition would be the second.

[Blue387]

I want to see an all you can eat contest.

But seriously, the Baseball Today podcast had a brief discussion for ideas like this.

[Dude Paskert]

You sure you like baseball, Mr. Kutcher?

Love baseball...still play at my advanced age, with wood bats even...hate what PEDs have done to the ML game.

I'd like to see a team of blindfolded ML stars play a game of beep baseball against a really good team of visually impaired players.
I'd also like to see a fastpitch exhibition with ML stars playing against top notch female players, with the men having to pitch windmill. Even better if Jennie Finch shows up.

[Dude Paskert]

- Plunk the Hawk: Ken Harrelson stands on home plate and every pitcher in the game gets to hit him with a pitch. Repeat, but this time every fan in the stands gets to do it. At the same time. Then they all yell "HE GONE!"

- See who can laugh the loudest and longest at Jonathan Papelbon's stupid 'stare' that he does right before a pitch.

- Live action version of Angry Birds.

These don't really have anything to do with the ASG as such, I just thought they were good ideas...

I like the Paps idea a lot, but would also like to see Pettitte dressed up in a cape saying, "Good Eeeevening" while he does his Dracula stare over the tip of his glove.
I always thinks guys like that look silly on TV, but Tom House did confess that Pete Rose once gave him such a terrifying stare from third base while he was pitching that it totally knocked him off his game. Tom said he really thought Pete looked like he was going run over and tear him limb from limb.