2014 ASG Selection Thread

[2002_halos_II]

I don't see Harper anywhere

[martinpa25]

I'd love to see them call aybar and Richards and tell them they have been selected to replace players...and have them respond with "**** no..up yours assholes"

[Spirit]

Who runs the AngelsWin Twitter account?  I'm at a loss trying to figure out what their last Tweet to me is supposed to mean.    I said Boston had to have a representative, and that's why they took Lester, and they seem to be arguing against that in their response.

 

"If you follow me on twitter ..."

[jsnpritchett]

"If you follow me on twitter ..."

 

Ok.  So what was your response supposed to mean?    It didn't make sense.

[Ohtaniland]

OF Jose Bautista, Blue Jays (leading vote-getter overall)

 

There are more people in California than the entire country of Canada. How does Jose Bautista get more votes than Mike Trout? 

[TroutCron]

At this point I would rather have Richards ready to start the first game after the break. That is much more important the ASG.

[Don]

I would have loved to see Aybar make it, but Alexei Ramirez is having a solid year. You could make a pretty compelling argument for either one of them, so I'm not really bothered by Aybar being the odd man out. Richards, on the other hand, got screwed. He's pretty easily been a top five starter in the AL this year, and none of the other SPs that made it deserve the "Respect the Career" treatment.

[Spirit]

Ok.  So what was your response supposed to mean?    It didn't make sense.

 

 

No, I was wrong.  I thought they did away with the "every team needs a rep" a couple years ago.  Checked the rules.  Apparently we're back to making sure everyone's included.

 

Orange slices all around! 

[tdawg87]

Kazmir making it over Richards is pretty cute.

[Turd Ferguson]

Honest question, are the Angels that unpopular around the league?

[Ohtaniland]

No, I was wrong.  I thought they did away with the "every team needs a rep" a couple years ago.  Checked the rules.  Apparently we're back to making sure everyone's included.

 

Orange slices all around! 

 

Don't tell me our representative Tony Reagins arrived late to the All Star selection.

[Lou]

Meanwhile, in the National League, someone named Josh Harrison was selected.  I'd honestly never heard of him until about 2 minutes ago.

You're kidding, right? You've never heard of Josh Harrison? Have you been living under a rock?

He's on The Deadliest Catch

[stormngt]

Just curious. If a player is selected to play in the all star game . Can the player decline or are they contractually obligated to participate?

[martinpa25]

Most of the angel fans are "casual"....people that need scoreboard signs to tell them when to cheer....

[Ohtaniland]

Honest question, are the Angels that unpopular around the league?

 

There it is.

[Homebrewer]

Honest question, are the Angels that unpopular around the league?

Just Scioscia..

[Lou]

Dodgers get 4 players.

I hope 5 of them gwt injured

[Ohtaniland]

Most of the angel fans are "casual"....people that need scoreboard signs to tell them when to cheer....

 

Casual fans don't vote. They show up in the 2nd inning and leave after 7th to beat traffic. We have the best player in baseball and he didn't get the most votes. Shame on us.

[Turd Ferguson]

Casual fans don't vote. They show up in the 2nd inning and leave after 7th to beat traffic. We have the best player in baseball and he didn't get the most votes. Shame on us.

There it is.

[jshep]

Just curious. If a player is selected to play in the all star game . Can the player decline or are they contractually obligated to participate?

 

They can decline. Darvish has already said he won't pitch in it.

[jsnpritchett]

You're kidding, right? You've never heard of Josh Harrison? Have you been living under a rock?

He's on The Deadliest Catch

 

But, seriously, it's weird.  Maybe Matheny just wanted someone who could play multiple positions?  

[jshep]

But, seriously, it's weird.  Maybe Matheny just wanted someone who could play multiple positions?  

 

Probably yeah. Like when Omar Infante was an All-Star.

[mancini79]

Just curious. If a player is selected to play in the all star game . Can the player decline or are they contractually obligated to participate?

 

A couple years ago Jeter skipped out of the ASG because of "fatigue". I think after that excuse, MLB put in rules to make it more difficult to skip out of the game. But that could have been all talk.

[laagamer]

Perv

 

Called it 

[Don]

Honest question, are the Angels that unpopular around the league?

It's really just a function of population dynamics, geography, and time zones. If you live anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains, over half of the Angels' games end around midnight or 1AM (I'm factoring in the away games in Oakland and Seattle too). If you factor in the large population of Florida, along with the "Megalopolis" of the D.C. to Boston portion of the east coast, there's just a huge chunk of the population that are in bed before most of the Angels' games end. Exposure creates popularity, and the Angels, simply because of geography and not because of intentional bias, don't get enough of it.

Edited July 7, 2014 by Don Tomlinson