July 4, 201015 yr Congrats to Matt. It is beyond me however how Alex Rios and Paul Konerko don't make the all-star team.
July 4, 201015 yr Author QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 11:45 AM) What a travesty that David Ortiz made it over Konerko. And over his own teammate in Youkilis. I would guess Paulie, Rios and Youk are on the final vote.
July 4, 201015 yr The All Star game is such a joke, lol at some of the selections to this game including ours. I literally would not watch or pay attention to any of it if it weren't so f***ing stupid and decided home field advantage in the World Series. Even there though, the only reason i'll have any interest is we're back in the race now. Edited July 4, 201015 yr by whitesoxfan101
July 4, 201015 yr Even with home field at stake, I couldn't care less about the All-Star Game. Ortiz is having a good first half, Konerko is having a better one.
July 4, 201015 yr They even got the Thornton part wrong IMO, I think Putz is more deserving if you're going to go that route and somehow not put Paulie or Rios in. Edited July 4, 201015 yr by whitesoxfan101
July 4, 201015 yr Vote Paulie in. This is embarrassing. Thornton deserves it, but not picking Rios just makes this seem extremely stupid.
July 4, 201015 yr Wait a minute! I hate the Red Sox. But no Adrian Beltre? He's only been one of the 10 best players in baseball this year. And I'm not surprised at all that Rios/Konerko didn't make it.
July 4, 201015 yr QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) Final Vote Konerko Swisher Delmon Young Michael Young Youk Rios not even on the final vote list? What a joke. Ortiz has no business being on the team. Though Votto didn't make the team in the NL, either, which is similarly ridiculous.
July 4, 201015 yr Author QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) Wait a minute! I hate the Red Sox. But no Adrian Beltre? He's only been one of the 10 best players in baseball this year. And I'm not surprised at all that Rios/Konerko didn't make it. Beltre did make it
July 4, 201015 yr QUOTE (asmithxc @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 11:55 AM) Rios not even on the final vote list? What a joke. Ortiz has no business being on the team. Though Votto didn't make the team in the NL, either, which is similarly ridiculous. But we get Ty Wigginton and Jose Bautista! When the f*** will MLB abolish the ridiculous rule of every team requiring at least 1 player?
July 4, 201015 yr The home field advantage and every team gets a player rules are just mind numbingly stupid. But MLB seems to think they both lead to more people watching on tv, which is why they probably aren't going anywhere.
July 4, 201015 yr There's a reason why this game really means nothing to a large portion of the fans. It's just real hard to care about something as poorly conceived as the f***ing All-Star game.
July 4, 201015 yr Author QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 11:59 AM) You sure? I don't see his name here -http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100704&content_id=11909888&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb I could have sworn they announced his name during the show. Maybe MLB made a mistake on that list?
July 4, 201015 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) There's a reason why this game really means nothing to a large portion of the fans. It's just real hard to care about something as poorly conceived as the f***ing All-Star game. It's really a game that in most ways is targeting the less intelligent fans when you look at how it's selected and who generally makes it. I'd have no problem with that and would simply ignore the entire thing but for the fact that it somehow decides who has home field in the f***ing World Series. Ridiculous.
July 4, 201015 yr QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 01:08 PM) Red Sox Nation will vote in Youk, no chance Paulie makes it. Podsednik beat out Jeter in 2005. I won't give up yet.
July 4, 201015 yr It gets even worse every year... And did I read correctly, Votto didn't make the NL squad? Thats one of the biggest jokes I've ever seen.
July 4, 201015 yr QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 12:11 PM) It gets even worse every year... And did I read correctly, Votto didn't make the NL squad? Thats one of the biggest jokes I've ever seen. Yeah I can't think of a worse snub recently than that.
July 4, 201015 yr QUOTE (asmithxc @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 12:10 PM) Podsednik beat out Jeter in 2005. I won't give up yet. Yeah, but back in 05, the excitement about the White Sox was insane and I suspect we got a lot of help from the anti Yankees crowd in voting as well.
July 4, 201015 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 12:12 PM) Yeah I can't think of a worse snub recently than that. Beltre not making it is just as bad, IMO. That dude has been spectacular.
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