All-Star Player's Thread (who got snubbed?)
 

So, who do you all feel got snubbed from the All-Star game, and who should not be on the All-Star team? Being a Yankee fan, i don't feel Giambi should be on the team, i feel someone like Paul Konerko or Frank Thomas have done more and deserve to be on the team. I also think Pedro Martinez should be on more than Ted Lilly. As for the National League, i feel Bobby Abreau should be on the team. Your thoughts?

I'd rather have Pedro and Foulke rested for the games that matter

Yea I think Pedro should have made it. Giambi was voted on by the fans so thats why he is on there

Glad to see Posada not a starter at catcher...I was figuring it was going to be a COMPLETELY Yankee dominated infield(Except for 2B which a former Yankee is playing) I mean there is still 3 Yankee infielders but I really didn't wanna see 4 Yankee starters

The only Twin who you could even possibly make a case for is Juan Rincon, but I don't think he should have made the team anyway.

Jason Giambi is the reason why the whole voting system doesn't work. He is batting 238 I think, 12 home runs, tied with Jacque Jones. Those are not all star numbers, those aren't anything, its about this season, not the past, David Ortiz got snubbed real bad there.

Hideki Matsui is going to be on the all-star team no doubt, the Japanese fans will vote him in as the last guy or whatever.

WTF is Flash Gordon doing? Is he good or something?

Torrie picked flash, McKeon picked Larkin

If you didn't have A-Rod, Sheffield, Matsui, Giambi, Lofton, or Brown you would have a similar payroll to the Twins. :shifty:

Heres the people that come to mind

lyle overbay
jd drew
bobby abreau

I hate the "every team must br represented" rule. It's retarded because teams like Toronto and Colorado don't have any

Halladay Miz, Halladay.

I do think each team should be represented. And I think the system in place, while flawed, is the best system to use to keep people interested and feeling like they are a part of it.

Abreu
Drew
Dunn
Konerko

The blatant ones were Overbay, Abreu, and Konerko/Thomas

How the fuck Sosa got in is beyond me.

14 HR 33 RBIs, .272

terrible

Same with Giambi, even if I am a fan of his. :o

Yea Sosa doesn't deserve it this season but the NL Starting Outfield is ridiculous

Sosa Griffey Bonds :eek:

Todd Helton doesn't deserve to be an all-star? Riiight...

The Braves got uber-snubbed in that "every team must be represented" rule. At least give each team 2 picks. Seriously. I know that most of the braves haven't been spectacular, but Estrada is not the only Braves All-Star player.

Overbay got uber-screwed.

Ken Harvey?!!? :nono:

What about guys like Lawton, Hafner, and Konerko? The "every team must be represented" rule does suck.

Lawton made the all star team

Johan Santana deserves that shit.

But I'll settle for him getting the Cy Young :mad:

He's batting like .350.

Who, Angel Berroa?

Well i'm a Yankee fan as you know but meh, Giambi shouldn't be there and certainly not starting at 1st, i'd rather have seen Paul Konerko or David Ortiz in there.

You can't argue with the voting, you can however argue with the Tom Gordon

I argue with the voting.

Obviously they have stupid moronic dickheads voting for their favorite player.

It's kids, and it's being able to vote 25 times.

<font color=goldenrod>Al Leiter should have made it, he's got the best ERA in the bigs for starting pitchers.</font> :mad:

I thought Glavine had it?

Sammy Sosa and Jason Giambi are half the problem that Vince Carter and Allen Iverson are.

Why arent they? Its the samething really

Sammy - Junior - Barry = Ratings

Vince Carter = Nothing

What does that have to do with Sammy and Giambi being half the problem AI and Vinsanity are? :?:

<font color=goldenrod>He did but I'm pretty sure Leiter took it over after his last start.

Meh, I'm just glad that more than one Met made it this year.</font> :cool:

Well shock horror Griffey is injured and out of the derby and all-star game.

it's a shame that Griffey won't be able to participate :(

Anyways I think Beltre got snubbed the most

Leiter has a 2.05 era so amongst starters i assume that's the lowest but on mlb.com is has Ben Sheets at the top with 2.26 and no sign of Al :-\

OK, the Indians having four guys was alright, I can live with that, but now they let Westbrook in, I am going to have to become old BCWWF now...

Johan Santana or Juan Rincon clearly deserve it more. Johan leads the league in K's, has had an amazing ERA in the past few weeks, would have a much better record except games like today, he lets a 2 run homer early on and the Twins don't score another run. If these guys for the Indians were really so good they wouldn't be sub 500 in the AL Central. We all know the Twins and White Sox are far from perfect, besides four players the Twins bats have been horrible and have had some major bullpen issues, there's no reason that the Indians have five guys more deserving than Juan Rincon :mad:

5 Indians?:|

Why is Westbrook in there ahead of Pedro?!

Pedro declined I think

Fair enough i guess, that leaves Cleveland (4th in the AL central) with 5 and Boston (2nd in AL east) with 2 now that Schilling is out

Ronnie Belliard, Matt Lawton, Victor Martinez, and C.C. Sabathia were the first four.

All deserve it I think.

Westbrook was the fifth?

I have no problem with the first four from Cleveland, I think they all deserve it. There are many other guys out there who deserve that spot more than Westbrook though. I used those two Twins as an example, but a case could be made for other guys too.

Yeah I dont even know who he is. Heard the name but nothing jumps out at me:$

Come on Dave, give it to me!

I heard Beltran is going to take Griff's spot on the team?

Yep.

lol @ all the hype put into 500 HR outfield but Ken being too much of a pussy to play

First player to ever be chosen to play for one league, but represent the other league. (Beltran)

he's far too frail

He should just got to an AL team and DH...Griffey can't take a full season out in the outfield anymore

That is honestly the only way Griffey will ever play a full season again. He would be accepted on the Twins :wave:

Yeah, but no one with half a brain wants to play in Minnesota :wave:

Big shot there

How will BCWWF respond? The crowd are pissing themselves in anticipation.

.....

Now that Vlad plays in freakin america, I'm at least glad to see he got in as a starter as he should. Best player in the game, fuck yes..most talented player in the game, hell yes to that too.
I could care less who got snubbed. Vlad is all I care about.

Just wait until Randy J waives his clause to play with Joe M :rant:

Joe Montana?

in golf? ;)

LOL @ Griffey.

He needs to give it up and retire already, while he still has SOME semblence of dignity.