Some Constructive Criticism for Major League Baseball

The past few years, I have always been so excited about the MLB All-Star game.  The best pitching against the best hitting - how can you go wrong?  Unfortunately, the same scenario has been unfolding for the past 5 years or so.  Said scenario unfolds something like this:

1) Roy Halladay or some other ace starts for their respective team.
2) All-star hitters not wanting to strike out or drag out their at bat swing at the first pitch remotely near the strike zone.
3) These defensive and non-selective swings early in the count result in many quick, scoreless innings of boring baseball.
4) After two plate appearances, the all stars are replaced by subs, while the premier pitchers continue to mow them down.
5) By the end of the game, any potential excitement is limited by the fact that only the most low-profile subs are remaining in the game (ie. last night top of the 9th: Carlos Quentin (replaced Bautista); Matt Joyce (replaced Hamilton); Michael Cuddyer (replaced both Gonzalez AND Cabrera); and Paul Konerko (replaced Ortiz).  How in the world did Cuddyer even make the all-star game???  Give me one statistic of his that stands out.  And yes, I'm sure as the announcers said many times that he's "a good baseball guy."  Having Quentin/Joyce/Cuddyer/Konerko playing the last half of the game instead of Bautista/Hamilton/Gonzalez/Ortiz is stupid.  I thought "this time it counts" and that the managers were trying to win this game.

Major League Baseball needs to limit the amount of "token" players who make the all-star teams.  Guys like Cuddyer, Joyce, Brandon League(???!!!), and many others that were in this game should not be playing, while all the best, most popular players play the first four innings and are then removed.  We want to see the best players in the key situations.  If you need to put Cuddyer in the game then have him start.  Put him in the cleanup spot and let him have a quick pop up to get it out of the way and then put in Adrian Gonzalez or Miguel Cabrera to try and win the game and give the fans the best show.  If you need to put in Carlos Quentin, get it over with quickly, then put in Jose Bautista (who is the best player in the world) to try and win the game and make things more entertaining too.

I understand why Major League Baseball does what they do with respect to roster size.  They want all teams represented so that the most fans will watch.  I also understand why managers put as many players into the game as possible.  But they have to understand that seeing Michael Cuddyer and Matt Joyce trying to win the game for the American League is not what fans want to see.