Mets All Star Voting Update 2007

[Gwreck]

Update #1 Released May 29

All Mets players listed are leading voting except as noted.
Beltran and Reyes are #1 and #2 in overall voting.

Catcher

Update #	LoDuca	McCann	Difference
1	339,529	288,491	+51,036

First Base

Update #	Pujols	Delgado	Difference
1	339,706	218,647	-121,059

Delgado is 5th, with Fielder 2nd, Lee 3rd and Garciaparra 4th.


Third Base

Update #	Wright	Jones	Difference
1	409,338	301,393	+107,945

Shortstop

Update #	Reyes	Hardy	Difference
1	439,792	284,621	+155,171

Outfield

Update #	Beltran	4th Place	Difference
1	586,815	347,330	+239,485

Beltran is 1st, with Bonds 2nd, Soriano 3rd, and Griffey 4th.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I thought I heard the ESPN guys yesterday say that Delgado was first.

That surprised me. I guess I was right to be surprised, since I obviously heard it wrong. I often don't listen to the announcers as closely as I used to.

I think I listen along with Gary, Keith, and Ron, but are more likely to tune them out when some other crew is doing the games.

"Jones" is Chipper, I assume?

I'm not sure who Hardy is. Is he with Milwaukee?

[metirish]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I'm not sure who Hardy is. Is he with Milwaukee?

Yes J.J. Hardy of the Brewers,

any guesses what J.J. stands for.....don't go to BR then act like you guessed...

[Guest iramets]

James Jesus?

[seawolf17]

They said during one of the broadcasts against the Brewers that his parents wanted to name him JJ, but his middle name was almost "Jeter," after an uncle or something. That would have been weird, looking back now.

The kid's having a great year (.301 / .350 / .574 with 15 HR).

[Gwreck]

Update #1 Released May 29
Update #2 Released June 4

All Mets players listed are leading voting.
Beltran, Reyes and Wright are #1, 2 and 3 in overall NL vote totals.

Catcher

Update #	LoDuca	McCann	Difference
1	339,529	288,491	+51,036
2	447,153	357,659	+84,494

Third Base

Update #	Wright	2nd Place	Difference
1	409,338	301,393	+107,945
2	550,862	401,169	+149,693

Cabrera has moved into second place, with Jones falling to 3rd.
Shortstop

Update #	Reyes	Hardy	Difference
1	439,792	284,621	+155,171
1	563,944	380,772	+183,172

Outfield

Update #	Beltran	4th Place	Difference
1	586,815	347,330	+239,485
2	758,457	486,032	+272,425

Beltran is 1st, with Griffey now second, Bonds 3rd and Soriano 4th.

[nymr83]

Delgado is so far behind Pujols and Howard that its not even worth putting up i assume?

as far as pitchers go it looks like Maine has got to make it right now. Wagner would certainly be a candidate but they'll likely feel there are already enough Mets.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Mets might not place a pitcher on the staff. If they do, Perez might be a possibility as well as Maine and Wagner.

[Gwreck]

Don't forget that there will also be a "Final man" vote after reserves and pitchers are selected. Wagner was one of the 5 candidates last year but did not win.

I didn't bother putting up Delgado or Valentin because they're pretty far behind and probably shouldn't be at the all-star game regardless.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Bazooka Joe, baby.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's an underpublicized part of the problem with the All-Star selection process: Since every team must be represented, and hitters are the only ones voted in, pitchers from teams whose hitters are getting voted in are disadvantaged.

[metirish]

iramets wrote: James Jesus?

James Jerry Hardy

[Gwreck]

Update #1 Released May 29
Update #2 Released June 4
Update #3 Released June 11

Beltran, Wright and Reyes are #1, 3 and 4 in overall NL vote totals. (Griffey is #2).

Catcher

Update #	LoDuca	McCann	Difference
1	339,529	288,491	+51,036
2	447,153	357,659	+84,494

Update #	Martin	LoDuca	Difference
3	615,406	602,629	-12,777

Third Base

Update #	Wright	2nd Place	Difference
1	409,338	301,393	+107,945
2	550,862	401,169	+149,693
3	757,164	581,840	+175,324

Cabrera has moved into second place, with Jones falling to 3rd.

Shortstop

Update #	Reyes	Hardy	Difference
1	439,792	284,621	+155,171
1	563,944	380,772	+183,172
3	752,923	547,802	+205,121

Outfield

Update #	Beltran	4th Place	Difference
1	586,815	347,330	+239,485
2	758,457	486,032	+272,425
3	1,017,795	651,246	+366,549

Beltran is 1st, with Griffey 2nd, Soriano now 3rd, and Bonds 4th.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Unintentionally funny headline from the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Is the All-Star voting process flawed?

[Gwreck]

Update #1 Released May 29
Update #2 Released June 4
Update #3 Released June 11
Update #4 Released June 18

Beltran, Wright and Reyes are #1, 3 and 4 in overall NL vote totals. (Griffey is #2).

Catcher

Update #	LoDuca	McCann	Difference
1	339,529	288,491	+51,036
2	447,153	357,659	+84,494

Update #	Martin	LoDuca	Difference
3	615,406	602,629	-12,777
4	936,712	814,870	-121,842

Third Base

Update #	Wright	2nd Place	Difference
1	409,338	301,393	+107,945
2	550,862	401,169	+149,693
3	757,164	581,840	+175,324	4	1,055,723	822,435	+233,288

Cabrera has moved into second place, with Jones falling to 3rd.

Shortstop

Update #	Reyes	Hardy	Difference
1	439,792	284,621	+155,171
1	563,944	380,772	+183,172
3	752,923	547,802	+205,121
4	1,017,893	761,471	+310,442

Outfield

Update #	Beltran	4th Place	Difference
1	586,815	347,330	+239,485
2	758,457	486,032	+272,425
3	1,017,795	651,246	+366,549
4	1,343,727	893,195	+450,532

Beltran is 1st, with Griffey 2nd, Soriano now 3rd, and Bonds 4th.

[metirish]

I'm so bored at work that I am voting .

[metirish]

From the News...

] Willie Randolph, a six-time selection as a player, is headed back to the All-Star Game after an 18-year absence. NL skipper Tony La Russa invited Randolph to be one of his coaches at the July 10 exhibition in San Francisco. Randolph played for La Russa in Oakland in 1990. The two also were teammates in the minors one season in Charleston, W.Va.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Not for nothing but I don't see what good it does for baseball, the Mets, their fans or Paul LoDuca to be the center of a "get out the vote" campaign.

I mean I could see it if a player were a write-in candidate and, importanly, HAD A GOOD CASE to beat the guy in front of him, who by the way has earned his lead by playing better than every other guy at his position and has never been to the All-Star Game before.

This pasrtisan, unsportsmanlike bullshit is one reason (of many) I could give two shits about the All-Star game anymore.

[Frayed Knot]

New York used to consider itself above that kind of petty homerism.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm grouchy too. But I'm most grouchy about the centralization of MLB websites and promotion. You just know there's a shillbot protocol released into the grand code of MLB.com sites, sorting out who is closest to first place for each team without actually being in first, and generating the same online article/mass e-mail for each of these guys.

If the same shillbot is pushing one group to put Cabrera ahead of David Wright and pushing another to put Chipper Jones ahead, why should anyone care?

[m.e.t.b.o.t.]

would human poster edgy dc happen to know where a certain underutilized spring-wound contraption might be able to send his resume to apply for said shillbot position?

m.e.t.b.o.t. feels like there is perhaps more in the world that can accomplished by an enterprising mechanism, in addition to the primary duty of schaefer vote tabulation.

and of course, the opportunity to earn some cash on the side, with which perhaps to purchase some 'bling' would be rather welcome. everybody needs a little bling. even robots.

[Guest Edgy DC]

m.e.t.b.o.t. wouldn't compromise his nominal loyalty to the Mets by shiling for players from every other MLB team, would m.e.t.b.o.t.?

[Guest vtmet]

The only Mets that deserve to be in the A/S game are: Reyes and Wright; no other offensive player belongs there; no starter belongs there and although Wags has been pretty solid, there are a bunch of NL closers that have been even more impressive...

[m.e.t.b.o.t.]

the financial reward would have to be significant. m.e.t.b.o.t. would likely need a new paint job, and a new acronym, at a minimum.

good acronyms are a very rare commodity, and command top dollar.

if shillbot is not a well-paying enough vocation, then there would be no benefit to taking the position.

m.e.t.b.o.t. is merely exploring the opportunities that might exist out there.

[seawolf17]

Might as well add this metsblog post to the thread for posterity.

]Carlos Delgado, on the relentless announcements, while talking to reporters after the game… “(Hahaha) I did it online, during the fifth inning. Well, they’re asking for five times, during the game, so if everyone voted five times today he was going to overcome Martin, so I did it five times in the fifth inning.” Lo Duca, on whether he noticed the solicitation, and whether he voted for himself, when talking to reporters after the win… “No I did not, and how could you not notice it. It was a little overboard (hahaha). Umm, it was fine, it’s pretty fun. I had a couple of the Twins hitters come up and say they voted for me before they came up at-bat, so, it was pretty funny.”

[stevejrogers]

Is it wrong for me to wish Barry Bonds, Griffey and Soriano all have an avalanche of votes in the next week to knock Beltran OUT of the ASG?

[metsmarathon]

yes, especially in the case of barry bonds.

[stevejrogers]

Randolph, and Gardenhire named coaches

Along with Bruce Bochy (Giants) and Ron Washington (A's)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Last I checked, Ron Washington was under fire with Texas.