who do you have in the all star game?

by gossamer on Jul 1, 2009 2:30 PM CDT Comment 8 comments

AL all star game prediction?

my guess so far...

starters: 1b youkilis

2b pedroia (he'll overtake kinsler)

3b longoria

ss jeter

c mauer

of bay

of ichiro

of hamilton(assuming he's back)

P greinke

bench

1b russell branyan

1b justin morneau

1b miguel cabera (or teixeira???)

2b ben zobrist

2b ian kinsler

3b brandon inge (mike young don't make it)

ss ascrubal cabera

of torii hunter

of jermaine dye

of adam jones

c victor martinez

c kurt suzuki (the a's representative)

p edwin jackson

p felix hernandez

p roy halladay

p justin verlander

p josh becket

p kevin millwood

p joe nathan

p papelbon

p mariano rivera

i got the red sox with 5 reps

tigers with 4 reps

rangers with 3 reps

the a's suzuki makes it so they have a rep

how off am i? who should be in? who should be left out? do i have somebody here that is on the DL? do i even have the correct number of players on here?

sorry this isn't a fanshot, but the spacing is bad in there.

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Yeah

Brandon Inge over A-Rod… not gonna happen.

by chrisR on Jul 1, 2009 5:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You have to take into account how players are going to vote

The starters are voted for by the fans, as everyone knows.

The first set of reserves (and 8 pitchers) are voted on by the players.

Either Young or ARod gets that player vote after Longoria. Given the purported animosity towards ARod, it may go to Young (who seems generally respected around the league). But I don’t think Inge has any shot.

Kinsler will get in by players even if he loses the popular. Same for Pedroia.

I think the players also vote in Teixeira

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Jul 1, 2009 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

does

miguel cabera get snubbed? either he or tex is gonna get “snubbed”

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan was on the same pitching staff with Danny Darwin during the 1986 through 1988 seasons. Both were described by Milo Hamilton as "tall, tough Texans." It was a source of debate amongst Astros players and fans over who would win in a fight, Ryan or Darwin. Though Astros pitcher Bob Knepper attempted to set up a fight between the two during spring training in 1988, manager Hal Lanier stopped it before it could commence. Many experts, including Astros shortstop Rafael Ramirez, felt that Darwin would win because he "looked like someone no man would want to mess with."

by gossamer on Jul 1, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think there's any way MY is an all-star over ARod

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 1, 2009 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you mean by being selected

or deserved?

I think Young’s 73 games at a .861 OPS is probably more deserved and will resonate more than ARod’s 47 games at .896. And since ARod’s BA is .233 (which people tend to look at), I wouldn’t be surprised if people don’t want to vote for him.

Of course, neither particularly has a great case for getting in.

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Jul 1, 2009 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs