Ratings, at least for national games that include marquee events like the World Series and All-Star Game, have been flat for years.
In 2006 Fox inked a new deal with MLB which allowed the newtork to maintain its exclusive rights to the World Series and All-Star game through 2013.
Interleague play, begun in 1995, has already watered down the excitement of the World Series and the All-Star Game.
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During his baseball career, Schilling was a six-time All-Star selection, three-time World Series champion and 2001 World Series MVP.
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By age 26, Larkin was already a world champion, three-time All Star and recipient of three Silver Slugger awards.
Last year he became the first player to win the MVP award in both the all-star game and the World Series.
He remains the lone player to have a two-homer performance in an All-Star game and a World Series game.
Fox will retain the rights to one of two LCS matchups and the World Series each year, along with the All-Star Game.
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This weekend, NBA fans from across the world gathered in Houston, TX to celebrate NBA All-Star Weekend.
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Akide is one of four African players selected for the All-Star squad that will play against world champions Germany in the Fifa centennial match in Paris on 20 May.
"We're going to try and shock the world and become the first team to win a championship without an All-Star, " he said.
After all, he enjoyed the adoration of women all over the world, had a pop star girlfriend and soon-to-be wife, and had to fend off advertisers who clamored for his endorsement services.
Using the All-Star game to determine home-field for the World Series was a cheap stunt with short-term vision.
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But Rodriguez has also won two MVP awards with New York, been selected to seven All-Star teams and practically carried the club to its most recent World Series title in 2009.
Travellers from all over the world guard what is left of the ancient cities from the invasion of modern five-star accommodation.
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