As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I‘ve been asked to make my All-Star selections. The All-Star Game used to be a real big deal a long time ago but now unless it’s played in your city and you are involved in the FanFest and stuff like that, it’s a rather ho-hum three days with out Major League Baseball. I’ve always felt instead of an All Star Game, baseball should make it a 3 Day Festival of Baseball.
You could have a day of an Old Timers Day celebrations at all the ball parks, with each team honoring its history and players of the past by bringing as many former players in for autograph and picture sessions with the fans. Another day could be a triple header of baseball where the organizations top three farm teams could compete in the big league ball parks. Here in NYC we could have Buffalo-Scranton/Wilkes Barre, Binghamton-Trenton, St. Lucie-Tampa play. Start the first game at 10AM and go from there. It would be a big baseball Block Party. On the third day bring the big league team for a Fan Appreciation Day to let the fans and players mingle together.
I’d much rather have a three day event like that than to see some superstar get one at bat, then climb in his limo for a ride to the airport to get out of town as fast as possible.
Oh well, here are my All-Star sections:
1st base
NL Albert Pujols
AL Kevin Youkilis
2nd base
NL Chase Utley
AL Robinson Cano
3rd base
NL David Wight
AL Evan Longoria
SS
NL Hanley Ramirez
AL Marco Scutaro
LF
NL Ryan Braun
AL Josh Hamilton
CF
NL Angel Pagan
AL Torri Hunter
RF
NL Andre Eithier
AL Jose Bautista
C
NL Miguel Olivo
AL Joe Mauer
P
NL Ubaldo Jimenez
AL David Price
For some reason, the local cable system here in St Pete carried the Buffalo at Gwinnett (Braves) AAA Teams last night. Buffalo lost 7 – 2 and looked like the ’75 to ’79 Mets.
Did you purposely leave out a DH?
Scutaro my ass!
Scutaro? Bautista? Pagan?
Andrus or Jeter over Scutaro
Rios over Bautista
Heyward or Chris Young over Pagan
I still applaud the guts it takes to post your own all-star team list. No one will agree 100%.
Mary I made a boo-boo on the DH I guess it was the fact that I despise the DH but I should have voted for Vlad Guerrero for DH
Rhino,
It was very close between Andrus and Scutaro as I take defense into consideration, hence no Jeter. Bautista is having a career year that’s why he got my vote. As for Pagan, the guy has been sooooo good with the bat and is outstanding defensively. I also went by true positions Young and Heyward will both make the team but Pagan gets my starters vote.
Michael, maybe next year for Jeets when he’s a DH. By the way that commercial for Resuce Me where they compare Jeter to a NYC Firefighter is obscene. Next they film an episode outside my building in TriBeca I will hunt down Denis Leary and kick his ass.
I wonder what kind of endorsements Santana is going to get?????????/
I wonder what kind of endorsements Santana is going to get?????????/
Big Bertha ?