All Star Voting is for suckers

by jbox on May 27, 2009 11:08 AM PDT

There isn't one Padre getting any votes for the All Star Game

Don't waste your time trying to get Adrian Gonzalez elected because it's just not going to happen. Nobody outside San Diego County has any idea who he is, let's keep it that way. Players on other teams don't even know who he is, that's why they keep pitching to him. He's our little secret.

A manager will have to pick one Padre anyway to fill out his team so let's just forget about voting. Then he'll take the one player and put him in for one at bat about six hours into the game.

As I was writing this, I remember making the same argument last year. See, there's the proof, we didn't need to vote for Gonzalez but he still got some playing time.

Oh, I also still like my idea here:

You have every manager make an All Star Roster, but don't tell the fans which roster belongs to each manager. Just have the fans vote for which one they want to see. Then the manager that made the winning roster gets to be the All Star Manager.

I was a genius last year, a genius I tell you!

Ok, here's another idea. You get rid of the AL vs NL thing and let the fans pick their dream team from both leagues and then you let somebody that actually knows something about baseball make a dream team out of all the left overs and watch it crush the fan's team year after year just to show them how stupid they are.

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Manny currently in 4th

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-fyi27,0,6892751.story?track=rss

So you know only the most knowledgeable fans are voting

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by Axion on May 27, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions

Great minds, Ax.

by Drama on May 27, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

Voting for a particular line-up is brilliant.

The set-up now is such a joke.

All you need to know about the All Star process is that Manny Ramirez is currently the 4th highest vote getter for OF’s in the National League.

by Drama on May 27, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions

They did have

a Vote Adrian station at Petco this weekend. Fill out 50 and you get a free souvenir. I didn’t want to wait in the line.

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by Axion on May 27, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Wouldn't some managers over-pick from their own teams?

by Dalton on May 27, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions

or under-pick

…injuries

"What in the name of Randy Jones is going on over there..."

by ABY on May 28, 2009 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions

The all-star voting is a joke

KG in the top five? He is hitting .202. Many? Amaris Rameriz?

This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on May 27, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions

I love the fan favorites vs actual talent idea.

But I think it would be hard to market;
“Major League Baseball thinks you have your heads up your collective asses, prove us wrong, vote for your all-star team.”
Then, you would get great quotes from the fan favorite players like;
“Well, really it’s just such an honor. Baseball is all about the fans, so it’s an honor to be chosen to the fan favorites team, and to have our asses handed to us by real, talented players year after year.”
and “Who knew that popping positive for steroids would get me just enough name recognition to make the fan favorites team!”

"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.

by Boilermaker19 on May 27, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions

Can we have a caption game

with that piccy of the 3rd base coach yelling at Max Scherzer ?

Can we? Can we?

"What in the name of Randy Jones is going on over there..."

by ABY on May 27, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

haha rec'd

Rebuild and Restock.

by trademaker on May 27, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Allstar game is a joke.

If LA votes Manny in, I will personally give terrorists uranium so they can bomb that city to the ground.

How arrogant do you have to be as a fan to vote in a player who is currently on suspension? A player that has yet to play a full season for your team and who is going to have to take nine months off when the baby comes…

Epic douchery.

by soulSD on May 27, 2009 12:57 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

hahahahha rec'd

If LA votes Manny in, I will personally give terrorists uranium so they can bomb that city to the ground.

Rebuild and Restock.

by trademaker on May 27, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Rec'd

Will it be a boy or a girl?

by sqrunt on May 27, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I am not sure LA fans know Manny is suspended….they probably think he is on a extended bathroom break between innings.

Hard to notice thing when you only watch the 5th and 6th innings.

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by Ron Mexico on May 27, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Khalil is 5th for shortstops.

by Dalton on May 27, 2009 2:07 PM PDT reply actions

ah, the Pads Hobo made the same point above.

But it’s worth repeating.

by Dalton on May 27, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I almost want to vote like crazy for him

If he made the All-Star team it would just reaffirm what a gigantic waste of time it is.

This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on May 27, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

My favorite

Is Bill Hall. BILL HALL.

There’s some serious hacking/ballot-stuffing going on in Milwaukee, methinks

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 27, 2009 3:41 PM PDT reply actions

Voting

Adrian is my guy, but honestly if I am filling out a All-Star ballot 50 times and I can only vote for one 1B then 50 times it will say Albert Pujols. The system is broken.

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on May 27, 2009 4:10 PM PDT reply actions