All-Star Game as part of the transition to the Live Ball Era?

Interest in baseball had been waning somewhat during the second decade of the 20th century, given the rising dominance of pitchers, and thus low scoring games. In 1920, commissioner Landis instituted rules requiring much more frequent introduction of new balls into play (e.g., foul balls going into the stands were not returned; balls become deformed or discolored were removed from play). Notably, batting improved and so did interest in the game.

Let's suppose that some unnamed genius of a sportswriter (say, Hugh Fullerton of the Chicago Daily Examiner) came up with the idea. It seems reasonable people would heed his suggestion given that he broke the story of the Black Sox just shortly before. What might the All Star Games of the 1920s look like, with players like George Sisler, Babe Ruth, an aging Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, and so forth? Would it still survive today, and what if any might its impact on the game as a whole be?
 
Why not early All Star Game since the begin of the world series? like part of it...if we could get early Home Run Derby Too.
 
Why not early All Star Game since the begin of the world series? like part of it...if we could get early Home Run Derby Too.
Not likely: don't forget in 1904 there was no Series since the New York Giants, the NL champions, flatly refused to play the Boston Pilgrims (as the Red Sox were known then). Enough seasons and World Series have to be played to establish the equality of both leagues beyond any doubt before a concept like the All-Star Game could be viable.
 
Not likely: don't forget in 1904 there was no Series since the New York Giants, the NL champions, flatly refused to play the Boston Pilgrims (as the Red Sox were known then). Enough seasons and World Series have to be played to establish the equality of both leagues beyond any doubt before a concept like the All-Star Game could be viable.
I knew that maybe they make sure they did play both ASG and WS as the butterflie(or POD itself) so we could count the ASG since 1903, again a tall order but wasn't the WS itself one? so maybe.

The issue is an early Home Run Derby but maybe later on, babe ruth popularity can push for an early one?
 
No. Don't forget that for most of the 1920s, Babe Ruth stood alone in terms of home run production. Indeed, there were many years when he alone hit more that some entire teams (e.g., the Chicago White Sox or the Washington Senators). And there were other years when he doubled, if not nearly tripled the production of his closest competitor (consider 1920: Ruth hit 54 when George Sisler, who finished second, hit 19). There would have been no competition, so the stunt would quickly have paled.

And the All-Star Game is a stunt in its own right: it's an entirely artificial game played by two teams thrown together for a single event. That's why I suggest it might have come about as part of the change to the live ball era as something to help reverse waning interest in the game that itself was a function of the low scoring, pitcher / defense dominated games until World War I. Therefore, it wouldn't have been needed in the earliest years of the 20th century. On the other hand, the World Series was genuine competition to yield a world champion on the playing field. Trying to tie the two together is comparing apples and grapefruit: not valid.

Sure, it's interesting as an intellectual exercise to think about what an All Star Game in Theodore Roosevelt's day might have been like (say, Christy Mathewson squaring off against Chief Bender) but when one thinks past the names involved, one realizes it probably would have been a dull 1-0 or 2-1 affair with lone runs scratched out on singles, bunts, stolen bases, and sacrifices--and a lot of ground ball outs. It probably would have taken maybe 90 minutes start to finish: hardly worth the effort. And one shudders to think about what might have happened had Ty Cobb gone into second with his spikes high against the National League double play combination of Tinker and Evers: you're looking at an all-out brawl in the middle of the diamond, which itself might have squelched the game for years to come.
 
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