I can’t watch the other all-star games.

Football’s Pro Bowl, held the week after the Super Bowl, has never interested me. Basketball’s showcase is run-and-gun flash and dash, and playing defense is rarely considered. Not for me.

But baseball ... the original all-star game is fun to watch. It’s the only time of the year I can root for the New York Yankees. So I hope Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera all have career nights.

I’ve always loved the game. I remember listening to the 1967 edition while my family and I were on vacation in the Finger Lakes, outside of Rochester. That was the night Tony Perez of the Cincinnati Reds hit a homer in the 15th inning, and the National League held on to win the longest all-star game in history.

My dislike for Pete Rose began in 1970, when he bowled over Cleveland’s Ray Fosse at the plate during that year’s summer classic. Poor Ray was never the same. And I can still see Reggie Jackson’s monster home run off the top of the right field light tower at Tiger Stadium during the 1971 show.

I guess I like the dramatics the game added in 2003 — the winning league gets home field advantage for the World Series. At least, there’s a more serious atmosphere about the game. Professionals always want to win, and with something to play for, they will treat this like a legitimate game.

I disliked the way Fox Sports promoted these first couple of games, endlessly shilling “This time it counts,” or “This time, it means something,” but I dislike just about everything about Fox Sports. Tonight, I’m sure there will constant promotion for more lousy Fox TV shows. And there will be Fox TV stars in the stands for an inning, mugging for the camera, before the next shift moves into the same seats.

I guess there will be some “Aw, gee” moments as well. A few years ago, when Ted Williams showed up in a golf cart and every player on the field wanted to shake hands with him, that was one genuine terrific moment.

I think Major League Baseball, perhaps with some prodding from the Fox TV people, has been trying to duplicate or imitate that moment ever since. Who knows what “surprises” are in store tonight.

A tribute to Bobby Murcer, the Yankee legend who passed away last week, would be fitting. I hope they do this good man justice.

The big star of the show should be Yankee Stadium. Every baseball fan knows this is the last season for the big house in the Bronx. The stadium, which opened in 1923, will close at the end of the season. The Yanks will move into a new baseball arena for the 2009 season. No doubt there will be bunches of corporate sky boxes, to keep executives from Budweiser and Dunkin’ Donuts happy.

I know the current stands will come down — I hope they auction off the seats — and it sounds like the grounds will be converted to park land. Red Sox fans might be gloating, but I think all baseball fans lose something when one of the old, revered shrines comes down.

For me, the park land project is not the perfect solution. But at least people might be able to walk ... or run ... in the old outfield. Maybe they’ll be able to stand where home plate or first base were once situated.

It’s better than a parking lot or office buildings. And better than the fate of poor Tiger Stadium; Detroit has been out of the building since 1999, and after plans to build apartments, a jail and a Wal-Mart center fell through, demolition started last month.

I wish some smart guy in New York would say, “Hey, let’s keep Yankee Stadium standing! We’ll use it for high school and college baseball games; if amateur teams want to rent it out, we’ll let them. Even softball leagues! Want to play under the lights, that’s extra. During the day, we’ll charge a few bucks for people to come in and see the place, maybe run the bases. Sometimes we’ll have organ music playing; other times we’ll have radio tapes of great Yankee baseball plays on the speakers. We’ll sell hot dogs and beer for a reasonable price, let people sit in the seats, take pictures and have a great time!”

They might not make a fortune, but at least a piece of history would be preserved. Seems in the rush for new development, and so-called fresh uses for old parcels of real estate, these hallowed halls are vanishing. They never tear down old churches, partly for their historic significance. Baseball ... and especially with Yankee Stadium .. should be the same way.

I can’t imagine a new Fenway Park. But if Boston ever becomes dumb enough to sign up for a new stadium, and they bulldoze the old Fenway — now the oldest major league park in use — that will be one sad day.

Except, I guess, for Yankee fans.