CHICAGO, IL – MAY 05: Chairman and owner Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox (L) talks with Rob Manfred, commissioner of the baseball, before a game between the White Sox and the Boston Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on May 5, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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While the “Selig Rule” giving World Series home field advantage to the team whose league wins the All-Star Game was abolished in baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement, Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said he wished the new rule gave home field advantage to the team whose league finishes with the better interleague record

Here are Reinsdorf’s thoughts, as tweeted out by CSN Chicago’s Chuck Garfien:

The new agreement gives home field advantage to the team with the better record, regardless of their league — which makes perfect sense.

Reinsdorf’s idea was an interesting one and certainly better than what the league had in place — then again, having a chimpanzee flip a coin might have been better than letting a not-so-serious exhibition game midway through the season determine who would get a decisive Game 7 at home.

Former commissioner Bud Selig put the World Series rule in place, and although he is heading to the Hall of Fame, that will forever be one mind-boggling piece of his legacy.

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Jesse is a writer and editor for The Comeback. He has also worked for SI.com and runs The Catch and Shoot, a college basketball website based in Chicago. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Follow Jesse on Twitter @Jesse_Kramer.

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