Innovative American All-Star Game Tradition Should Make Its Way to the Premier League, Believes Chelsea Owner Todd Boehly

Every year, to mark the symbolic halfway mark of the running MLB season, two teams, one from the National League and one from the American League, play an All-Star game. The fans, players, and team managers select the players for this game. Today, with its glorified history, the MLB All-Star game is a celebrated tradition across North America in the second and third week of July. Along these lines, Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly has a suggestion for the Premier League.

Markedly, the Dodgers hosted the 2022 All-Star game at the Dodger Stadium. The AL all-star team won the game, 3-2, while Yank Giancarlo Stanton won the MVP award.

Todd Boehly proposes a new idea for the future of the Premier League

Todd Boehly, who also chairs Premier League team Chelsea, suggested a new implementation for the Premier League. Boehly said, “Ultimately I hope the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports,” said Boehly. “And really starts to figure out, why don’t we do a tournament with the bottom four sports teams, why isn’t there an All-Star game? He adds, “People are talking about more money for the pyramid, in the MLB All-Star game this year we made 200m dollars from a Monday and a Tuesday.”

Jürgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool, while opposing this thought of the Dodgers owner, said, “He forgets in American sports these players have four-month breaks so they are quite happy they can do a little bit of sport in these breaks. It’s completely different in football.” He adds, “I’m not sure people want to see that. Imagine that, [Manchester] United, Liverpool, Everton, Newcastle players all on one team that’s not the national team, just a north team. Interesting game.”

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All in all, the idea of further Westernizing or Americanizing ‘football’ may or may not sit well with a traditional English-based soccer fan. But only time can tell that. But Todd’s recent purchase of the Dodgers franchise fashions his decision in a way that one can say might take away the originality of the Premier League. 

Who holds the record for most All-Star appearances in the MLB?

Henry Aaron holds the record for most All-Star appearances at 25. Hank Aaron made his MLB debut in 1954 and played till 1976. Throughout his 23-season career, he made 25 consecutive All-Star appearances in essentially every season he played. This record is bound to go down in history as unbeatable. Amongst players who are yet to play the game for a long time, Mike Trout leads the list with 10 All-Star appearances.

Which modern-day MLB star will end with the most All-Star appearances? Or rather, will any modern-day MLB player be able to match the talents of their predecessors?

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