All-Star thread

[OleMissCub]

Snubs? Obviously Joey Votto has been mentioned, but what about Miguel Olivo, catcher for the Rockies? .308/.365/.540/.905, 132 OPS+, 11 HR, 39 RBI, 6 2B, 5 3B and has caught 51% of would be base stealers. Instead, the NL gets Molina and his paltry .616 OPS.

 

 

AL Starters

 

C Joe Mauer, MIN

1B Justin Morneau, MIN

2B Robinson Cano, NYY

SS Derek Jeter, NYY

3B Evan Longoria, TB

OF Josh Hamilton, TEX

OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA

OF Carl Crawford, TB

DH Vladimir Guerrero, TEX

 

Reserves

 

P Clay Buchholz, BOS

P Trevor Cahill, OAK

P Fausto Carmona, CLE

P Neftali Feliz, TEX

P Phil Hughes, NYY

P Cliff Lee, SEA

P Jon Lester, BOS

P David Price, TB

P Mariano Rivera, NYY

P CC Sabathia, NYY

P Joakim Soria, KC

P Matt Thornton, CWS

P Jose Valverde, DET

C John Buck, TOR**

C Victor Martinez, BOS*

1B Miguel Cabrera, DET

2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS*

2B Ian Kinsler, TEX***

2B Ty Wigginton, BAL

SS Elvis Andrus, TEX

3B Adrian Beltre, BOS

3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY

OF Jose Bautista, TOR

OF Torii Hunter, LAA

OF Vernon Wells, TOR

DH David Ortiz, BOS

 

NL Starters

 

C Yadier Molina, STL

1B Albert Pujols, STL

2B Chase Utley, PHI+

SS Hanley Ramirez, FLA

3B David Wright, NYM

OF Ryan Braun, MIL

OF Andre Ethier, LAD

OF Jason Heyward, ATL

 

Reserves

 

P Jonathan Broxton, LAD

P Matt Capps, WAS

P Chris Carpenter, STL

P Yovani Gallardo, MIL

P Roy Halladay, PHI

P Tim Hudson, ATL

P Ubaldo Jimenez, COL

P Josh Johnson, FLA

P Tim Lincecum, SF

P Evan Meek, PIT

P Arthur Rhodes, CIN

P Adam Wainwright, STL

P Brian Wilson, SF

C Brian McCann, ATL

1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD

1B Ryan Howard, PHI

2B Brandon Phillips, CIN

2B Martin Prado, ATL++

SS Jose Reyes, NYM+++

SS Troy Tulowitzki, COL*

3B Omar Infante, ATL

3B Scott Rolen, CIN

OF Michael Bourn, HOU

OF Marlon Byrd, CHC

OF Corey Hart, MIL

OF Matt Holliday, STL

OF Chris Young, ARI

[Formerly Snayke]

The overweight and uneducated contingent of Cardinals fans are going to take offense to that comment about Molina.

[The Logan]

Despite it being absolutely idiotic, Molina gets in based on his name and his defensive reputation. I'm not surprised by that, even though he deserves 0% of it. But the Omar Infante nod is a [expletive] joke. If Atlanta fans stuffed the box for his name, they all should be taken out back and shot. The NL is really over the top now that they got a guy with 164AB who has started 35 games this season to his name on their roster. Nice work, Atlanta fans. Real nice work. Way to give the NL the best possible odds of winning.

[rocket]

Despite it being absolutely idiotic, Molina gets in based on his name and his defensive reputation. I'm not surprised by that, even though he deserves 0% of it. But the Omar Infante nod is a [expletive] joke. If Atlanta fans stuffed the box for his name, they all should be taken out back and shot. The NL is really over the top now that they got a guy with 164AB who has started 35 games this season to his name on their roster. Nice work, Atlanta fans. Real nice work. Way to give the NL the best possible odds of winning.

 

the managers pick the reserves, right?

[UMFan83]

Geovany Soto

[NonProfitCow]

Olivo, McCann and Soto should have been a no brainer.

 

And I do not understand Infante in any way. Manuel either lost a bet and had to select him or won a bet by selecting him. That's got to be the only explanation.

[Derwood]

Evan Meek must feel like an a-hole

[OleMissCub]

I definitely think the NL has the better pitchers this year. Throwing Jiminez, Johnson, and Halladay out there to start it off is pretty dope.

[The Logan]

Despite it being absolutely idiotic, Molina gets in based on his name and his defensive reputation. I'm not surprised by that, even though he deserves 0% of it. But the Omar Infante nod is a [expletive] joke. If Atlanta fans stuffed the box for his name, they all should be taken out back and shot. The NL is really over the top now that they got a guy with 164AB who has started 35 games this season to his name on their roster. Nice work, Atlanta fans. Real nice work. Way to give the NL the best possible odds of winning.

 

the managers pick the reserves, right?

 

So that's Charlie Manuel's doing? WTF is he thinking?!?!?!?!?!

 

I thought reserves were the runners up to the first place vote getters.

[Tryptamine]

This ASG will be more of a joke this year than most. Votto has got to be one o the biggest snubs I've ever seen. Alex Rios and Konerko got snubbed pretty hard too, along with Youkilis and Mat Latos. Lots of really bad decisions this year.

[erik316wttn]

This ASG will be more of a joke this year than most. Votto has got to be one o the biggest snubs I've ever seen. Alex Rios and Konerko got snubbed pretty hard too, along with Youkilis and Mat Latos. Lots of really bad decisions this year.

 

I'm sure Votto will get in eventually. There are always guys who bow out of the ASG to heal some nagging injuries or whatnot.

[Little Slide Rooter]

not that I care about the White Sox, but Im very surprised that Matt Thornton was their lone All Star while Paul Konerko with his 20 HR, .297 .avg and .950 OPS is stuck waiting for the final vote.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Geovany Soto

 

We all know that even if Geo was on the All Star team, Lou would find some way to have Koyie Hill replace him.

[ELCABALLO45]

Evan Meek must feel like an a-hole

 

He deserved it

[imb]

not that I care about the White Sox, but Im very surprised that Matt Thornton was their lone All Star while Paul Konerko with his 20 HR, .297 .avg and .950 OPS is stuck waiting for the final vote.

 

what the [expletive], paul konerko has 20 hr? i hate this season

[Derwood]

Evan Meek must feel like an a-hole

 

He deserved it

 

oh crap, I had no idea.....crazy numbers

[UMFan83]

I remember Evan Meek. He was the rule 5 guy that the Cubs teed off on in the 17th inning or something of a game in April 08.

[17 Seconds]

joey votto didn't make it?

 

hahahhahahahahahahhahahaha

[17 Seconds]

omar infante- .311/.343/.378

 

joey votto- .313/.414/.574

 

[expletive] charlie manuel

[OleMissCub]

I still think Olivo is the greater snub than Votto considering his position and his competition. The NL is only carrying 2 catchers but the AL has 3.

 

From a team standpoint, it makes more sense to have three catchers than to have four 1st basemen. Instead of carrying three 3rd basemen he should have just had two (Rolen and Wright) and therefore been able to add Olivo as 3rd catcher. There really isn't much sense in bitching about Molina since he was a fan vote and not Manuel's. Still...

 

Olivo vs. Molina

 

.308/.365/.540

.231/.310/.306

[Formerly Snayke]

I'm not too upset Votto didn't make it. He's still rounding the bases from a home run he hit last week, so I'm not sure if he'd even have the time.

[Tryptamine]

I didn't even notice Jered Weaver got snubbed too. 2.82 era, 8-3 record, 1.06 WHIP and he leads all of baseball in SO. There's just no way Bud can be seeing this and thinking the current system is successful. If they're going to allow this to continue then the game needs to be played as an exhibition with nothing on the line.

[erik316wttn]

I didn't even notice Jered Weaver got snubbed too. 2.82 era, 8-3 record, 1.06 WHIP and he leads all of baseball in SO. There's just no way Bud can be seeing this and thinking the current system is successful. If they're going to allow this to continue then the game needs to be played as an exhibition with nothing on the line.

 

That would require Bud to (a) admit he was wrong, and (b) grow a sack. Neither is likely to happen anytime soon.

[imb]

im sure this has been mentioned a million times, but it would simplify this process so much if they just made sure the host team had a representative instead of all teams.

[17 Seconds]

I'm not too upset Votto didn't make it. He's still rounding the bases from a home run he hit last week, so I'm not sure if he'd even have the time.

 

yeah, none of the all-stars ever admire home runs