This Time It Still Doesn't Count

No one cares about the Major League Baseball All-Star Game (or the NBA All-Star Game or the Pro Bowl or the NHL), so they should stop trying to pump the thing up. The only times people talk about it anymore are when it is a debacle, the tie in 2002 and this give-up by Tony LaRussa.
If you didn't see it, the NL made a furious comeback and had the bases loaded down a run in the bottom of the 9th, with Aaron Rowand up against Francisco Rodriguez.
LaRussa did not use his own player the Fantabulous Pooh Holes to pinch hit. LaRussa said he was keeping the Brilliant Pooh Holes in reserve in case the game went long because he could play a lot of positions.
First of all, the managers shouldn't try to get every single player and pitcher in. This is what caused the tie game a few years ago, keep some guys back to play in case of extra innings.
Second of all, how long was he going to wait to use him? He could have put Soriano in center and Pooh Holes in left if he took out Rowand. Plus it was already the bottom of the ninth inning, with the bases loaded and 2 outs extra innings are actually somewhat unlikely. A hit wins the game, an out loses it, a walk ties it, but in that spot a walk is unlikely, K-Rod had walked two in a row, I think he was going to just throw something over the middle.
Here's the real point: the All-Star Game is irrelevant, stop with the contrived ways to generate fan interest. Give the best team the home field in the World Series.