http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/...2008&fext=.jsp
It's not even MAY - baseball really needs to change this to make it an actual All-Star game
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/...2008&fext=.jsp
It's not even MAY - baseball really needs to change this to make it an actual All-Star game
It is too early, as they should not do it until at least June. Still, I have done my first All-Star vote this year.
Last edited by AmarilloRed; 04-29-2008 at 07:12 PM. Reason: Improved post
It's largely a popularity contest anyhow, so it doesn't bother me when they start the voting.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
Can we please turn this into the official "lets get Paul Bako into the ASG as a write in" campaign?
25 votes per email address. I have quite a few email addresses
Lots of people on here, lets make something happen!
I already cast my first write in for Bako; I would be willing to do it 24 more times.Originally Posted by HumnHilghtFreel
Can we please turn this into the official "lets get Paul Bako into the ASG as a write in" campaign?
25 votes per email address. I have quite a few email addresses
Lots of people on here, lets make something happen!
I just can't help but think it would be awesome to get a career journeyman catcher having a good year into the game somehow.
Abolish this silly game.
Go Gators!
It got silly when it moved to the internet. Make it voting at parks only, starting on June 1.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
I would think that advanced technology such as Web voting would allow them to start voting later than ever.
On the radio, they were saying the best tickets at Yankee stadium were about $700 for the All star game. Whether we think it's silly or not, that's a lot of cash for an exhibition game.
The prices for home run derby and the futures game were also pretty outrageous.. In particular for the futures game, when I can see most of these guys in a regular minor league game if I plan correctly (As can anyone willing/able to go to a AAA park)..
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
I need WOY's newspaper clippings from 1957 about right here.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
The game's became as hollow as the GG award.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
It's always been a popularity contest. It's why Jason Varitek continues to be the starting American League catcher despite putrid defense and just slightly above average offense.
I think fans should start showing their support by showing up to GABP dressed in costume. How about starting a fan club called the Bako Bits. Maybe they could dress up as bacon. Or maybe sheep wrapped in bacon (Baaaah-ko Bits, get it).
Wear gaudy colors, or avoid display. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one. The fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live. Be like your ancestors or be different. We must repeat!
George Grande?
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