All-Star Game

It was good to see DW5 and K-Rod do good last night during the All-Star game, and while I like watching the game, I am more focused on the 2nd half of the season and the Mets getting back on track.
I do want to vent a little about the All-Star game and the format of the winner gets home field advantage for the World Series.
The whole idea of the All-Star game is really to entertain the baseball fan. Games have always been fun and competitive and continue to be. Why they had to add the whole "This Time It Counts" motto is just riduculous to me. This all goes back to the tie game because they ran out of players. Big freaking deal...so it was a tie, who cares. I believe MLB came up with this whole new approach way to fast, instead of thinking about ideas that would have made more sense.
Here are a couple of ideas:
1. Add 6 more players on each team. While you want everyone to play, it is still an honor to be invited. Those 6 players...make them 3 pitchers and 3 position players if you want, can just add depth and we wouldn't always have to hear about the snub of some players, since all teams need to have at least one player
2. Stop having an overload at one position, that is just insane. Based on the fan vote, the top 3 players from each position and 9 outfield positions should get the automatic invite, with the highest vote getter get the starting nod. If you do that, you have a total of 24 position players. Then add 10 pitchers...5 starters and 5 relievers...now we are at 34 players. Then the manager can add 6 more players, with possibly 1 or 2 of those players getting the nod based on career stats. Someone like a Ken Griffey Jr should have been on the team last night because we don't know how long he will be around. I think it is nice to let these future Hall of Famers have one more go around.
3. World Series home field advantage should either go to the team with the best record or it should alternate NL and AL. While the last 6 World Series are split 3-3 as far as home field advantage goes, but a team that has the best record in baseball has earned that right to host the 1st game of the World Series.
So these are just a couple of thoughts...my 2 cents.