Quote Originally Posted by gilpdawg View Post
Rany Jazayerli and Joe Sheehan were talking about this on their podcast this week. Sheehan thinks a player should have more of a track record before being considered an All Star. Jazayerli thinks the opposite. I'm in the Sheehan camp. It's the All Star game. Not "guys with a hot streak in a small sample" game. Jack Armstrong started the 1990 game for the NL and didn't even make the postseason rotation. He wasn't good. He had one half of a good season. A system that rewards those type of seasons is flawed, IMO.
So is a system that gives spots to 30-something guys with bum knees and batting .220 but are voted in because they're still popular from when they were good five years prior.

I'd rather get some new blood in once in a while and have it merit-based rather than popularity-based.