In today's world, it seems as if technology is running most everything. It's in our everyday personal lives, businesses and nearly everything else. Technology is great. For example, apps like FaceTime and Skype can help you see and communicate with someone across the world. However, when technology is used wrongly or something goes wrong, it can be one of the worst things there is. An example of technology being inconvenient is the recent addition of fan voting for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. This past week, the official rosters for each team were released. As most people know, the Chicago Cubs' entire infield is starting for the National League team, imagine that. And of course, there were some fans who wanted their team's players to make the roster but were let down, like me, being angered that Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz was not originally selected to the team. However, today, the Cardinals' only representative, Matt Carpenter, was placed on the disabled list, and Diaz replaced him in the All-Star Game. Since the rosters were released, I thought of some changes that need to be made for the Mid-Summer Classic.

Fan voting needs to be minimized or completely erased.

I sort of touched on this earlier, but fan voting is honestly a joke. It started with last year, when the fans had seven of the nine starters playing for the Kansas City Royals. Granted, this was not the final roster, but for a very long time it seemed as if the fans wanted to see the Kansas City Royals play the National League All Stars. Now this year, the Chicago Cubs have five of the nine starting players, and that's after the final votes. To make this better, Cubs ace pitcher Jake Arrieta could be named as the starting pitcher for the NL All Stars. That would make six of the nine NL starters members of the Chicago Cubs. In result of this, there's often players who were "snubbed" of a spot on the team (see what I said about Aledmys Diaz earlier).

There needs to be a Home Run Derby for pitchers.

Now, I know this is a hot subject in the world of baseball, and it needs to happen. In today's world of baseball, there's pitchers who "rake," or hit the baseball extremely well, considering their position. Some of these "pitchers who rake" are Madison Bumgarner, Adam Wainwright, Jake Arrieta and Noah Syndergaard. Whether it actually becomes a real thing or not, this needs to happen. Fans of baseball want to see this in real life. Now, whether MLB decides to make a separate derby for pitchers, or integrate them into the real Home Run Derby is another discussion. All I want to see is Madison Bumgarner crush baseballs out of a stadium as a competition.

Players should be selected based on performance rather than their team or name.

This topic is slightly related to what I talked about with fan voting, but there's more to it than that. First, fans only vote for the starting lineups, and the team managers select the reserve players. Too many times in the past couple of years have we seen players be selected as All Stars because of their name while other players miss out because they aren't as popular of a player. For example, possible frontrunner for NL Rookie of the Year and Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story was not listed as a starter or even a reserve. As a quick side note, Story is currently one of the candidates for the final vote, or the last player selected to each team. Trevor Story isn't a huge name in baseball, but he is more than All Star worthy up to this point. Another example of a big time name being almost given a spot on the team is Bryce Harper this year. Granted, Bryce Harper is one of the best hitters in all of baseball, but his statistics for this season so far are not worthy of being a starting outfielder (for all of you baseball fans, bring on the hate for that one).

Whether these things happen soon or really any time isn't up to me or my baseball friends, but there are some things that need to be changed and modified. I have nothing against what MLB does for its All-Star Game festivities, because in my opinion, it's the best experience in each of the major four sports. However, there are always things that can be done to make what's good better. For now, I'll gladly watch the Future's Game, Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game itself, but you can bet I'll be criticizing fan voting, and wishing I could watch those pitchers hit some home runs.