It's never too early to cast your first 2007 ALL-STAR BALLOT

You know, Hanley Ramirez is getting to be an entirely reasonable NL SS vote based on '06-07. Defense vs Reyes?

Hanley ain't even in the top 5 of NL SS voting.

First Base: Morneau, J., MIN
Second Base: Upton, B., TB (just cause I want to see him and really there isn't any other great candidate)
Third Base: Rodriguez, A., NYY
Shortstop: Jeter, D., NYY
Catcher: Mauer, J., MIN
Outfielder: Guerrero, V., LAA
Outfielder: Sizemore, G., CLE
Outfielder: Suzuki, I., SEA

First Base: Pujols, A., STL
Second Base: Utley, C., PHI
Third Base: Cabrera, M., FLA
Shortstop: Reyes, J., NYM (hardest pick of the bunch)
Catcher: McCann, B., ATL (second hardest)
Outfielder: Bay, J., PIT
Outfielder: Beltran, C., NYM
Outfielder: Bonds, B., SF

Ramirez' defense is supposed to kind of shaky too.

btw, if cano gets in, i will be a bitter man.

btw, if cano gets in, i will be a bitter man.

Still leading Polanco by 8K. He currently has the seventh highest OPS for an AL 2B.

Well, there are no other perceived "star" AL 2Bs. Since Roberts plays in Balt, and Upton's too new.

First Base: ortiz or youk! or the SHEFF.
Second Base: roberts or upton, but prob roberts (proberts lmbo~)
Third Base: a-rod
Shortstop: uhh peralta? guillen?
Catcher: posada
Outfielder: vlady
Outfielder: ichiro
Outfielder: sizemore (is two center fielders kosher? ah who gives a fuck~)

First Base: prince fizzles
Second Base: chase BUTTley lollll
Third Base: miggy
Shortstop: hanley for the hellofit (tuff one tho, u can make a case for any of the starters in that division alone) (his defense didnt look so hot 2 me when i went to see the marlins last week but i am not an expert i guess!!!)
Catcher: THE FLYIN MOLINA
Outfielder: eric byrnes!!!
Outfielder: bondsy
Outfielder: soriano

Byrnes over Beltran, what a wack hata.

1. Polanco, P. Tigers 572,238
2. Cano, R. Yankees 520,506
3. Pedroia, D. Red Sox 321,324
4. Kinsler, I. Rangers 281,206
5. Upton, B.J. Devil Rays 273,431

That's the most fuckedup result so far in either league

dude byrnes has been amazing, not hating on beltran i promise. he was the only met i didnt hate last year. tbh if i was gonna change that lineup i'd put holliday instead of bonds or soriano.

shit, maybe even griff

Holliday! Don't contribute to having a Rockie take away a non-starting roster slot!

Are you all-star write-in material if you...

- have hit more triples by yourself than 18 teams?
- are on pace to hit 33 triples?
- have 11 more extra base hits than Vladimir Guerrero?
- have the third-highest OPS of AL outfielders?

Perhaps not, but it might be worth mentioning.

Well, given Leyland's managing the AL squad, I'm pretty sure Granderson could find his way on the squad. Maybe.

I've come back to the Joe Sheehan position: DHs are not 1Bs.

By Buster Olney

The Boston Red Sox have asked Major League Baseball to substitute hot-hitting Kevin Youkilis for David Ortiz as the team's first base entrant on the All-Star ballot distributed to other players, a gesture meant to help Youkilis' chances to help make the American League squad.

There are just 15 full days remaining in the fan balloting. In the most recent ballot results announced by MLB, Ortiz is by far the leading vote-getter among AL first basemen, with 1,055,260 votes, more than double the second-leading vote-getter, Minnesota's Justin Morneau.
Because it appears that Ortiz will be the starting first baseman for the AL, based on the fans' voting, the team asked Ortiz if he would be OK with it if Youkilis could be listed on the ballot sent to players.

"He was all for it," said one Major League Baseball source, "and excited about Youkilis' chances."

Major League Baseball does not require that the same players who are listed on the fans' ballot appear on the ballots given to players.

Ortiz is primarily a designated hitter, of course, but because DHs are not listed on the ballot, Ortiz was placed among the first basemen. Youkilis, Boston's regular first baseman, is having a breakout season, hitting .335 with eight homers, 33 RBIs and a .421 on-base percentage.

yah mush

Martinez
Youkilis
Upton
Rodriguez
Guillen
Ordonez
Guerrero
Granderson

Martin
Fielder
Utley
Cabrera
Reyes
Holliday
Rowand
Bonds

another This Year Only vote for Rowand, Fielder, Youk, Holliday etc. The end of history has come to baseball.

btw I hate the Home Run Derby because it's the one day that Baseball turns into Football.

100% OTM

I don't follow.

Can we nominate Russ Martin as the MVP of the game since he managed to both hit a cop with a foul ball and then audibly yell out 'shit' after he was jammed and popped out to second in the same at bat?

I liked Bronx Is Burning! I feel shame

I liked it, too (esp. the Mickey Rivers content). It was just... very weird. And the ears...

MVP = Byrnes' dog!

haha yeah Mickey Rivers ... "my goals for the season are to be injury prone"

and yeah those ears were ridonkulous.

I liked "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" playing on the top 40 station.

btw I hate the Home Run Derby because it's the one day that Baseball turns into Football.

100% OTM

-- Andy K, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:38 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

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i don't hate HATE the derby, it's just kind of crass and a glorified batting practice. mayve it's more NASCAR than Football, perhaps that was unfair.

i don't hate HATE the derby, it's just kind of crass and a glorified batting practice. mayve it's more NASCAR than Football, perhaps that was unfair.

weird x2 post

nice work Ichiro

Pretty great game, actually.

good game after all, at first you did wonder.

LaRussa leaves Pujols on bench and decides the game with Orlando Hudson: DRUNK AGAIN.

happily I slept thru Billy fucking Wagner.

Yeah, that the Ramones were heard anywhere near Yankeeland in '77 is a riot. TBIB reruns twice tonight.

"If he wants to get upset, he can get upset," La Russa said. "Whatever he wants to do, he can do. It's America. That wasn't the most important thing tonight."

Also, the tension between Chris Young and Derrek Lee: palpable!

Yeah, I didn't see the game, but if the game ended w/ Aaron Rowand at the plate w/ the bases loaded and Albert Pujols on the bench, when you're playing for SOMETHING THAT COUNTS, that manager better be shitfaced.

It's America.

AMERICA: THIS TIME IT COUNTS

That should be the slogan for the Iran invasion.

Pujols had said Monday that he would do "whatever (La Russa) wants" as a player chosen not by the fans or the players but by La Russa himself. But when Pujols didn't play Tuesday night, he said, "Go ask the manager. He's the one you should ask. I have no idea. He didn't even talk to me at all.

"This is the All-Star Game. He's the manager. He can do anything he wants.

"But if I wasn't expecting myself to play, I wouldn't have come up here. I'd rather stay home with my family. That's the way it is."

a lot of very happy Freddy Sanchez fans this morning, amirite?

Sitting Pujols defies logic
Rob Neyer
posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 | Feedback | Print Entry

Preposterous. Unconscionable. Indefensible.

[pause while online thesaurus is consulted ...]

Inexcusable. Unjustifiable. Lamebrained.

To continue reading this article you must be an Insider.

HR Derby vs Steroid Outrage = hahahaha

I looked for Pujols in the dugout but I couldn't see him.

Did they show him on TV?

Da Meathook was pretty money.

bflaff (Phila, PA): Surely Pujols comes in to bat for D Lee?

Nate Silver: At least one manager is playing to win.

Uh, pinch hit for DERREK LEE?

Lee went around, amirite?

I was honestly surprised Fielder stayed in as long as he did.

I liked the shot of LaRussa laughing in the dugout after Lee TOTALLY WENT AFTER that pitch but was awarded 1st base.

if la russa wants out next year, fine. but i don't understand how he gains anything from a thinly veiled fuck you to a superstar he is still going to have to manage for three more months.

he wasn't just preserving the integrity of the selection process?

Where's the love for Barry making like he was dropping down to bunt?

also, nice error, Prince.

i know it was ruled as a bad hop but HAY-ROD

how was that not ruled an error?

MAGIC

It wasn't just a bad hop. It had an incredible amount of spin on it.

infield double.

Jose Reyes

bronx is burning = http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E9KJQSS0L._SS500_.jpg

did you guys see ichiro all dressed up like he was going to a flock of seagulls concert

http://bestmessageboardever.com/uploads/monthly_07_2007/post-1452-1185465935.jpg

sup morbz

check out those RATE STATS my niggaz

Uh you do notice that Cabrera is still ahead of Chipper on that list, don't you?

(shhh he's on a roll)

what is VORPr because that shows Chipper even with A-Rod?

Is it VORP per PA?

alex: stfu pussfag

ya the ones with little r's after them are rate versions. CJ has like 60 fewer plate appearances so of course he has accrued less blorp but pps on here made it sound like cabrera was assraping him to death with his golden bat~

Well for the previous three years he has been. . .

CJ's goals for '08: Accrue more BLORP

I thought Cabrera was the guy accruing all the blorp!

what is Larry's BLORPr?

I'm more interested in his FRAAP.

they c me rollin
they h8in~