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Infante's still bringing a monstrous .700 OPS to the dish though.
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Infante's selection kinda set off a chain reaction of shitty selections when you look at it.
His spot could have gone to Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Dunn, or Josh Willingham. This would allow them to not put Matt Capps on the team, and instead bring Roy Oswalt. Having Oswalt would then mean shitty Michael Bourn doesn't get in, and his spot could go to any number of qualified guys *cough*VOTTO*cough* ![]() |
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Miguel Olivo's 2010 statistics:
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And McCann has been terrible with throwing out baserunners this year. He's basically the catcher from Major League 2. |
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and Olivo has thrown out a higher percentage of runners
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If Omar Infante is an allstar, i'm an allstar
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Pettitte replaces Buccholz. Apparently Girardi named Sabathia to the team knowing he'd pitch Sunday and therefore would have to be replaced, so he was going to add Andy one way or another to get all of his guys there.
So somebody still has to replace Sabathia. It has to be Weaver, right? How he's not there to begin with is baffling. He's leading the league in K's and his ERA is a full run lower than Phil Hughes, who DID make the team. |
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Infante's only an all-star because Manuel was pressured by MLB to add a utility guy. Same in the AL for Wigginton.
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I dunno about that. The O's had to have a rep, and I'm really not sure who else they'd have taken. Markakis seems to be the only other choice, and the AL OF was quite crowded as is.
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So happy for Santana right now. He's been waiting to hit a HR for awhile now, looked like a kid running around the bases.
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Most of the Home Run Derby contestants were announced today.
AL: David Ortiz, Vernon Wells, Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera. NL: Corey Hart, Matt Holliday, ?, ?. Don't know how big the field is. But I think 4 from each side is enough. Make this short and sweet. |
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I have to think Howard will be in, he usually is.
They usually don't double up on teams so probably no Pujols. I think they may be waiting to see if Votto makes the team so he can be in it. |
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Howard declined to be in it.
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Votto and A-Gon then I suppose.
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I think they should pick the 8 best HR hitters from each league regardless of All-Star status...
I mean, who wouldn't want to see Mark Reynolds, Adam Dunn et al. in the Derby? |
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Seriously. They had fucking Hee Seop Choi in the derby one year. Who really gives a shit
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I don't even know who that is.
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lol Hee Seop Choi
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![]() It was a WBC preview with a rep from each country in the derby. And he was the Korean player. Yeah, mad gay. That was the Derby that fucked up Bobby Abreu's swing. |
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I remember poor Jason Bay represented Canada and didn't get a single homer. And it was at his home park.
THINK that was the same derby, I may be off by a year though. |
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FUCK Hee Seop Choi. Definitely ended the Mark Grace era in Chicago.
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Hmm, it was 2005. Bay DID represent Canada, but yeah I was off by a year. It was in Detroit.
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Rivera withdrew from the ASG apparently.
Guessing he'll be replaced with Soriano. |
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The one in Pittsburgh was the one where David Wright kept cursing on live tv.
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And that's also the one where Ryan Howard just took shit over.
Because that's what he does. |
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I'll always remember Wright wrecking shit in that first round. Got hella gassed though. Messed up his swing the rest of the season.
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Johan
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Santana's been ridiculous this year, but it's gone under the radar due to his W-L record and a couple of bad innings.
Was reading that if you take out the disaster inning he had in Philly, and a couple 4 run innings where he surrendered grand slams, his ERA would be like under 2, or close to it. |
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So fucking sick to my stomach. Did not want Miguel Cabrera to do the Home Run derby
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Weaver gets Sabathia's spot, but it's only ceremonial as he too is pitching Sunday. So they'll have to find yet another replacement.
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Rockies win with a reasonable 9 run 9th
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That's pretty cool. And it was against St. Louis which is even neater. Way to go, Rox.
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I agree with that
just comparing the manager/player decision instead of the fan one |
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Damn @ that guy in Texas who fell off the second deck
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Crazy night in baseball. Rockies with the big comeback in the 9th, fan takes a swan dive in Texas going after a foul ball, another Red Sock goes down, and A-Rod finally showed up this season.
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Youkilis took over the AL lead in the final vote after two days. Votto still leads the NL.
Seeing the success of the Vote Red campaign that Boston and Cincinnati have accomplished in teaming up their players, the Rangers and Nationals are trying the same thing for Michael Young and Ryan Zimmerman. The Third Base Ticket. |
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posers
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"You look at the guys that are going to the All-Star Game and the years that they've had, they did that from opening day. I haven't been here since opening day. They deserve it. Hopefully someday I'll deserve it, too."
- Stephen Strasburg on not making the All Star team Good answer, kid. This makes me like him a lot more. |
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Lost 12 of their last 15. WTF
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