MLB 2011 Season Thread

**Evil Vito** · 06-18-2011, 05:58 PM

McCarver just said that Russell Martin is leading the votes for AL catchers for the All Star Game. I know Yankees always get a ton of votes due to their fans stuffing the ballot box - but I needed to see it to believe it. It's true. Not only is Martin leading, but in 2nd place is Joe Mauer who just returned after missing 50+ games. Meanwhile Alex Avila, easily the most deserving catcher in the AL, is a distant 3rd.

Jeter is also leading his position, shock of shocks. Asdrubal Cabrera isn't far behind, and I gotta figure he gets the start if Jeter elects not to play due to injury/admitting he's been awful this year. Teix is leading the 1B ballot despite Gonzalez having an MVP year. On top of all that, Ichiro's 4th in AL OF voting, not far from getting in. Despite this being the first year he genuinely doesn't deserve to be there, I'm sure Japan will unite to get him into the game anyway.

I'd like to think this winds up finally being the year when the fan vote goes away due to it being obvious most fans don't vote based on numbers. But I'm sure Selig will once again say "it's the fan's game!!!" even though "the fans" refers to like 2 fanbases.

06-18-2011, 05:58 PM	#11
Evil Vito President of Freedonia Posts: 58,329	McCarver just said that Russell Martin is leading the votes for AL catchers for the All Star Game. I know Yankees always get a ton of votes due to their fans stuffing the ballot box - but I needed to see it to believe it. It's true. Not only is Martin leading, but in 2nd place is Joe Mauer who just returned after missing 50+ games. Meanwhile Alex Avila, easily the most deserving catcher in the AL, is a distant 3rd. Jeter is also leading his position, shock of shocks. Asdrubal Cabrera isn't far behind, and I gotta figure he gets the start if Jeter elects not to play due to injury/admitting he's been awful this year. Teix is leading the 1B ballot despite Gonzalez having an MVP year. On top of all that, Ichiro's 4th in AL OF voting, not far from getting in. Despite this being the first year he genuinely doesn't deserve to be there, I'm sure Japan will unite to get him into the game anyway. I'd like to think this winds up finally being the year when the fan vote goes away due to it being obvious most fans don't vote based on numbers. But I'm sure Selig will once again say "it's the fan's game!!!" even though "the fans" refers to like 2 fanbases.