From The Department Of Ridiculous Statistics

Does the fact that the National League hasn't won an all-star game since 1996 actually mean anything?

From The Washington Post:

ST. LOUIS, July 14 -- The fatal flaw in baseball's much-dissected decision to award home-field advantage in the World Series to the winner of the all-star game-- a rule that was instituted in a fit of frustration over the infamous tie game of 2002 and kept because, well, some powerful people liked it -- was revealed yet again on a pleasant summer night at Busch Stadium. It would be easier to convince folks of the inherent fairness of the midsummer classic's World Series tie-in if it weren't for this minor problem:

The National League is not allowed to win.

And so, come the end of October, the World Series will begin yet again in the home park of the American League representative -- and at this point, they might as well just make the policy permanent -- following the AL's 4-3 win Tuesday night, its 12th in the last 13 all-star games, including the tie.