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Omar Infante over Ryan Zimmerman is the most ridiculous All-star choice I think i've ever seen.

Posted by musubi Jul 4 '10, 13:13

Omar Infante? W. T. F?

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And Joey Votto has a higher AVG, OBP, SLG, and HR, and RBI totals than either of them. -- nm - Ender Jul 4, 14:53 3
- If Votto doesn't make it in the final vote he'll be the first NL player in the top 5 in AVG, HR, and RBI not to make the team since 1952. -- nm - Ender Jul 4, 14:56 2
  - Howard over Votto is almost as bad as Infante over Zim. - musubi Jul 4, 15:09
  - I voted for him a few times today. He deserves to go. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 15:08
Ian Kinsler got picked. If there's only 3 2nd basemen in the American league, he still shouldn't get picked. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:58 1
- Ha, agreed. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 13:59
And the major league leader in strikeouts can't find his way on to the AL roster? Liriano? - musubi Jul 4, 13:29 12
- Hughes deserves the selection. C.C. won't actually pitch either. He's slated to pitch on the Sunday before the game so he's not allowed to pitch. - Krusty Jul 4, 13:34 11
  - Wait, he didn't pick Pettitte up front? What the hell is that? - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:51 6
    - He chose C.C. knowing that he couldn't pitch and he plans to replace him with Pettite. Thus rewarding C.C. and Pettite. - Krusty Jul 4, 13:53 5
      - Just another joke. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:54 4
        
        I agree but this happens every year. The managers reward their own guys instead of taking more deserving players from other teams. - Krusty Jul 4, 13:56 3
        
        Just cause it happens every year doesn't make it any more palatable. (nm) - musubi Jul 4, 14:31 1
        
        Very true. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 15:09
        
        *rationale* -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 13:57
  - Weavers scheduled for the Sunday before the game too, he should have taken Weaver. (nm) - musubi Jul 4, 13:37 3
    - Hughes is on his team and if the choice is close you go with your own guy. - Krusty Jul 4, 13:41 2
      - So why choose CC? He's not even been close to Weaver. Neither choice would pitch, so it's not like Girardi can say that Weaver couldn't pitch anyway - musubi Jul 4, 13:46 1
        
        They way it was explain earlier is this... - Krusty Jul 4, 13:51
I agree that Zimmerman deserves it more but in an article I read they tried - Krusty Jul 4, 13:21 13
- WTF? A player can re-enter the game?! -- nm - nubby Jul 4, 13:22 12
  - The DH is also permanent, regardless of site, starting this year. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 4, 13:24
  - I know!!! I just found out today too and I couldn't hate it more. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 13:23 10
    - That is Bud Selig for ya. he is such a puss -- nm - Bacon Jul 4, 13:27 1
      - At least it's a meaningless game though. Not like it determines home field advantage in the World Series or anything. - Bacon Jul 4, 13:28
    - Might as well let the pitcher not hit and designate a hitter for his spot. -- nm - nubby Jul 4, 13:24 7
      - MLB has their heads up their a**es. - Krusty Jul 4, 13:30 6
        
        As long as we are tweaking the game. I always thought a game based hugely on stats and all the parks having different dimensions was stupid. -- nm - Bacon Jul 4, 13:35 5
        
        "Based hugely on stats"? I don't even know what that means. - musubi Jul 4, 13:39 2
        
        Stats are used by fans to compare players. 60 home runs is better than 50. If the guy hitting 60 has an outfield 10 feel shorter than the other guy. - Bacon Jul 4, 13:44 1
        
        You can look at home/road splits, and there are park factors that adjust. - musubi Jul 4, 13:49
        
        Heh. I'm not trying to tweek the game, I'm trying to bring it back to they way it used to be. - Krusty Jul 4, 13:38 1
        
        *tweak* -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 13:42
It sounds like a Bobby Cox retirement gift. -- nm - David Jul 4, 13:20 2
- Then why not Wags? (nm) - musubi Jul 4, 13:22 1
  - He didn't ask for Wags, probably because he thought Wags was in. - David Jul 4, 13:28
Arhur Rhosde over Billy Wagner is pretty nonsensical too. - musubi Jul 4, 13:17 22
- Arthur Rhodes went 98% of the season to date without giving up a run or something. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:46 6
  - His ERA until June 26th was 0.28. He was as lights out as an reliever at any point you'll likely ever find. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:48 5
    - On June 26th Luke Gregerson had a 1.64 ERA, 0.53 (!) WHIP, 49 K: 4(!) BB in more innings than Rhodes. - musubi Jul 4, 13:53 4
      - Rhodes ERA was 0.28.....the entire goal is not to give up runs. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:57 3
        
        You know that relievers pitch so few innings that ERA is a very rough measure. The difference between Gregerson's ERA and Rhodes is 4 total runs. - musubi Jul 4, 14:29 2
        
        Rhodes is *best-ever* territory. Gregerson is once a year territory. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 14:56 1
        
        He's not Infante-level bad selection, but there are other, better choices. (nm) - musubi Jul 4, 15:15
- Rhodes has been lights out all season and his numbers are very good. Wagner is also having a good season but I don't think it's a big mistake. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 13:22 13
  - Rhodes has been a very good reliever. Wags is an elite pitcher, it's not even close. - musubi Jul 4, 13:26 12
    - I agree that Wagner deserves to go but I don't think it's nonsense to choose Rhodes. *shrug* -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 13:31 11
      - The other thing, if you're gonna select a non-closing reliever, it makes no sense to not choose Luke Gregerson. (nm) - musubi Jul 4, 13:40 10
        
        Rhodes era until last week was 0.28. He'd given up 1 run all season. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:54 8
        
        No. Even if he hadn't allow a run all year it's not historic. He's pitched 33 innings. That's not historic at all. - musubi Jul 4, 14:34 7
        
        Actually, it is. 33 straight appearances without a run allowed tied the record. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 14:59 6
        
        Again 33 innings. It's absolutely a great accomplishment, and he's been wonderful. But Gregerson by almost every significant measure has been better - musubi Jul 4, 15:13 5
        
        Becuase the entire goal of a reliever is not to let the other guys score. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 15:20 4
        
        Gregerson right now has the lowest WHIP a reliever (min 40 innings) has EVER put up. Better than Eck in 89 and 90. - musubi Jul 4, 15:27 3
        
        Other than letting guys score which again, Rhodes was historic as recently as last Tuesday. - Will Hunting Jul 4, 15:30 1
        
        Rhodes is good. To be fair, yes, he's deserving of an AS nod. But more than Wagner or Gregerson? - musubi Jul 4, 15:32
        
        That's including his bad innings, not just a lucky streak. (nm) - musubi Jul 4, 15:29
        
        I'm not joking, I have no clue who he is. :-) He might be having a great year but I've never heard of him. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 13:46
- Agreed on both. -- nm - nubby Jul 4, 13:19

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