July 8, 200817 yr QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 07:49 PM) I strongly disagree with all of you. Dye has been very good for us this year, but he does not deserve to get voted in over Longoria. The all star game is made so worthless by all the fan voting. Because the players who are more well liked (usually due to what team they're on) are the ones who become all stars, not the ones who deserve it per their performance on the year. Vote Longoria. If you vote a player in just because he plays for your team than you are just as bad as all those people who voted for the Boston/Yankee players like crazy. The all star game should be a matter of performance, not popularity. Now some could make an argument that Dye is more deserving than Longoria, if you really feel that way than vote for him. But considering that Evan started the year after Dye, and has played GG caliber defense, you gotta put him in there over JD. You must be a Flubs fan in men's clothes.
July 8, 200817 yr no better cure for a hangover than mindlessly typing in 5 number codes all day.. go JD!
July 8, 200817 yr Just got this e-mail from the Sox: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 WHITE SOX EXTEND SPECIAL AUTOGRAPHED JERSEY OFFER TO FANS WHO VOTE ON-LINE FOR JERMAINE DYE CHICAGO - In a special offer, fans who vote on-line for Jermaine Dye for the 2008 All-Star Final Vote from today through the end of the voting period on Thursday afternoon will automatically be entered to win an autographed jersey by the White Sox outfielder. A total of six winners will receive one Dye autographed jersey after the All-Star Final Vote. Official Sweepstakes rules can be found at Whitesox.com. As of Monday afternoon, Dye ranked second in the Monster All-Star Final Vote ballot, a mere percentage points behind Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria. San Francisco Giants outfielder Aaron Rowand was fourth in the National League vote, trailing Milwaukee's Corey Hart, New York's David Wright and Philadelphia's Pat Burrell. Fans may vote an unlimited number of times for Dye and Rowand by visiting whitesox.com or mlb.com and also via mobile phone by texting the word "VOTE" to the number 36197. A Final Vote ballot will then be sent to the mobile phone. Please note: fans who vote via text messaging are not eligible to win the signed jersey. Final Vote will close at 4 p.m. CT, Thursday July 10. It is the sixth time in seven years that a member of the White Sox has been part the Final Vote, with Scott Podsednik (2005) and A.J. Pierzynski (2006) winning the balloting. Joe Crede and Carlos Quentin were named to the AL All-Star Team on Sunday. The 79th All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday, July 15 at New York's Yankee Stadium.
July 8, 200817 yr According to MLB.com, Dye remains a close second behind Longoria after 48 hours of balloting. Let's go people, let's vote more and more, no way in hell a Ray is gonna beat someone from Chicago.
July 8, 200817 yr Okay, I put something up on the site temporarily. It obviously makes the site a little more ugly, but if it helps Dye get into the game than its well worth it. Props to Mhizzle for it (stolen from his signature).
July 8, 200817 yr I think it makes the site more beautiful Thanx JG. Edited July 8, 200817 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
July 9, 200817 yr QUOTE (FranktheTank35 @ Jul 8, 2008 -> 07:21 PM) What is the point of the widget, besides opening the voting page? So you can vote for Dye ?
July 9, 200817 yr How could a Ray beat out Dye?? Do the Rays have fans?? It's rigged if Longoria is leading.
July 9, 200817 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 02:12 AM) How could a Ray beat out Dye?? Do the Rays have fans?? It's rigged if Longoria is leading. The way I look at it, is most fans that have a guy on the NL ballot is voting for Longoria as their AL guy. Most baseball fans love the Rays story.
July 9, 200817 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 01:12 AM) How could a Ray beat out Dye?? Do the Rays have fans?? It's rigged if Longoria is leading. no but being in the same division as ESPNs two favorite teams, the exposure to a natl audience is substantial
July 9, 200817 yr Well slow day at work so I have been voting all day, but MLB just pisses me off with the damn check boxes. I don't want the damn junk mail but you know you're going to forget to unclick them on of the 25+ times voting. I have to make random email address so I dont get that crap in my good one.
July 9, 200817 yr I was thinking....if Giambi had the moustache in the final vote picture....he would def win
July 9, 200817 yr QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 03:29 PM) Well slow day at work so I have been voting all day, but MLB just pisses me off with the damn check boxes. I don't want the damn junk mail but you know you're going to forget to unclick them on of the 25+ times voting. I have to make random email address so I dont get that crap in my good one. you use a fake address, keep the boxes checked, then plow away, doesn't seem to affect the vote going through, they're not checking the email address it seems
July 10, 200817 yr To all those people who have unlimited text messaging- a poster at WSI posted this: I'm not sure if anyone has done this yet, but to get more votes in less time by texting, if you can put multiple recipients for each text, put all the recipients as 36197. Then, just keep resending that text to all recipients. I've been able to send 5 votes at a time, and each time it only takes about 5 seconds. All factions of Sox fandom must unite here. The league wants Longoria in the game. The Rays' message board thinks they have this won: Well guys it looks like we will have 3 ALL STARS this year due to excellent fan support!...The Rays send a Rookie to the all star game you gotta love it!!! E-LO for ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BABY!!! Let's pull a JFK and steal this one in the middle of the Chicago night.
July 10, 200817 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 10, 2008 -> 08:53 AM) Dye 0 for 10 since we put up the voting widget on this site. We need to take the bastard down, then.
July 10, 200817 yr With the text message method of setting the number as every recipient I have been able to send quite the number of votes. I can set 10 recipients at onces, so I can send 10 votes at a time, and just keep resending it. I can do about 100 votes per minute until the barrage of confirmation responses come rolling on in. Some times it takes a bit for the confirmations so I can get 500-1000 votes before my phone is a slave to the 500-1000 texts back from MLB saying I have voted for DYE. At that point I just have to let my phone sit for 15 minutes but its a nice break. Make sure you have unlimited texting like I do before you go this route unless you want the largest phone bill of all time.
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