You're forgiven if you think the commissioner is full of horse manure when he says that they couldn't give the World Series advantage to the team with the better record. I agree with you. However, I also think that the All-Star Game is so much better as a result of this switch.
We used to see players fleeing for the exits, and look, not everyone sticks around. Alex Rodriguez took off. Nevertheless, the majority of the guys stuck around, and stood on the top step of their respective dugouts, and took this all in.
And that's a great development for this game, great enough that we can tolerate the illogical equation that puts the AL in the driver's seat for the championship once more today.