All-Star Mets 2008

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

It seems like the 25-vote per person rule doesn't apply for the last-man slot...it let me keep voting and voting and voting like I was in Chicago.

If D-Wright doesn't make it, it won't be my fault.

[soupcan]

Do you guys really care that much?

I haven't given two craps about the All-Star game since I was 17.

Sure I'll watch it but other than that...

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't.

I hope Wright wins, but whether he does or not, I'm still not voting or watching. (I guess I give fewer craps about the All Star Game than soupcan does.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wright really oughta go. Wagner really oughta be traded to Seattle.

[Vic Sage]

i would think that, whichever of those players (maybe all?) have A-S bonus clauses in their contracts would have their agents set it up so they have 24/7 voting for their clients.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I love the All-Star Game. It's one of my favorite days of the year. Might be a carry over from when I was growing up and the NL beat the snot out of the AL year after year. With the Mets in the dumpster in those years, it was my only chance to get one over on the Yankee fans.

I was able to attend the Home Run Derby in Cleveland before it was a Big Hairy Deal -- it was lumped in with the celebrity softball game and the workout day.

And I've been able to get to the FanFests in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit. They're a lot of fun.

[Benjamin Grimm]

When I was a kid I liked the All Star Game because it was a chance to root for guys like Johnny Bench and Willie Stargell and Juan Marichal instead of against them.

And when we got into the mid-80's, it was fun to see so many Mets in the starting lineup, and to root for guys like Strawberry and Gooden do well on the big stage.

By around 1990, though, both of those aspects and worn out for me. And the 1994 strike forever killed my interest in the All Star Game (among other things), and the only thing that will bring it back is if my daughter someday plays in the game, as she seems to think will happen.

[Guest AG/DC]

The All-Star Game predicted the future, in that first the distinction between leagues grew toward meaninglessness, and then the distinction between teams grew toward meaninglessness.

[nymr83]

Vic Sage wrote: i would think that, whichever of those players (maybe all?) have A-S bonus clauses in their contracts would have their agents set it up so they have 24/7 voting for their clients.

i'm picturing a bunch of high school kids out of school for the summer, getting paid $8 an hour to vote non-stop.

[G-Fafif]

I've enjoyed it (save the result) the last few years given the generous Met representation and participation, to say nothing of the lavish Willie Mays tribute last summer. Now it comes to MFY Stadium and all its attendant self-love and there's one Met named (for now) and it's the one Met I'm not exactly in the mood to look at lately. I've never been in the "screw it" camp, but I might be this year.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: It seems like the 25-vote per person rule doesn't apply for the last-man slot...it let me keep voting and voting and voting like I was in Chicago.

Really? After I voted once, I had to shave my beard into a goatee before I could vote again. I suppose I could shave the goatee into a mustache to vote a third time, but I don't want to look like certain jackasses.

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

wondering if the choice of Wagner over Santana due to:

1) Stupidity (inability to comprehend very simple statistics which clearly indicate Santana as one of the top 3 or 4 starting pitchers in the league) or

2) Strategy (a reliever used to working one inning probably better fit than a starting pitcher working in between starts if trying to win one game)

I guess stupidity.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I bet if Santana's record was 10-4 instead of 7-7, everything else being the same, he'd be on the team.

[Guest AG/DC]

Don't criticize the stupidity, so much as exploit it by encouraging your team to buy pitchers whose performances aren't shown justice by unimpressive win-loss records.

[Frayed Knot]

by the way, has anyone heard that the game's going to be in YANKEE STADIUM this year?

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Not that I care that much for the ASG, but Tejada over Reyes is a pretty bad snub.
Reyes, 2008: .297 AVG /.357 OBP /.485 SLG /124 OPS+ /.301 EQA /35.9 VORP /9.5 WARP3 /12 Win Shares

Tejada, 2008: .283 AVG /.324 OBP /.440 SLG /101 OPS+ /.267 EQA /18.6 VORP /6.6 WARP3 /9 Win Shares

No reason behind this at all.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Wright is apparently second in the voting right now, behind Corey Hart.

Needless to say, I've had a productive half-hour trying to get him up there.

The potential for Wright to belt a game-winner in the MYF's home on the big stage is too great to ignore. He seems to do well in All-Star Games.