Mauer, Morneau and Nathan are All-Stars!

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:15:08 -0700, "brink" <brinknospam RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

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>> Three of the Twins are on the All-Star roster for this season!
>>
>> Mauer is the starting catcher, Nathan is on the pitching roster and
>> Morneau is the reserve at 1B for Youkliss.
>>
>> Way to go, Twins! Being on a winning team this season helps,
>> I'm sure.
>>
>> How many Tigers players in the All-Star game? One...Guillen as
>> a reserve at 3B. Being on a losing team this season certainly
>> didn't help the chances for any of the Tigers players....and I'm actually
>> surprised Guillen made it. I think Crede or Beltre would have been
>> much better choices at third.
>
>A Tiger had to make it per MLB rules.

That's a joke, right?

I can't believe the league would have a rule that certain teams
MUST be represented.

Then again, it WOULD explain why Guillen made it over Crede,
Longoria or Beltre.



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> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:15:08 -0700, "brink" <brinknospam.DeleteThis@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>"Scott Smith" <scott.smith.DeleteThis@iphouse.com> wrote in message
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>>> Three of the Twins are on the All-Star roster for this season!
>>>
>>> Mauer is the starting catcher, Nathan is on the pitching roster and
>>> Morneau is the reserve at 1B for Youkliss.
>>>
>>> Way to go, Twins! Being on a winning team this season helps,
>>> I'm sure.
>>>
>>> How many Tigers players in the All-Star game? One...Guillen as
>>> a reserve at 3B. Being on a losing team this season certainly
>>> didn't help the chances for any of the Tigers players....and I'm
>>> actually
>>> surprised Guillen made it. I think Crede or Beltre would have been
>>> much better choices at third.
>>
>>A Tiger had to make it per MLB rules.
>
> That's a joke, right?
>
> I can't believe the league would have a rule that certain teams
> MUST be represented.
>
> Then again, it WOULD explain why Guillen made it over Crede,
> Longoria or Beltre.

Longoria's got the biggest beef and yes it is too bad he got left off for an
inferior player. Exhibition game or not, All-Star is a pretty big feather
in one's cap. It happens every year, we're always discussing the injustices
of the selections - it's unavoidable.

brink
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Scott Smith <scott.smith.TakeThisOut@iphouse.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:15:08 -0700, "brink" <brinknospam.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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> >
> >"Scott Smith" <scott.smith.TakeThisOut@iphouse.com> wrote in message
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> >> Three of the Twins are on the All-Star roster for this season!
> >>
> >> Mauer is the starting catcher, Nathan is on the pitching roster and
> >> Morneau is the reserve at 1B for Youkliss.
> >>
> >> Way to go, Twins! Being on a winning team this season helps,
> >> I'm sure.
> >>
> >> How many Tigers players in the All-Star game? One...Guillen as
> >> a reserve at 3B. Being on a losing team this season certainly
> >> didn't help the chances for any of the Tigers players....and I'm
actually
> >> surprised Guillen made it. I think Crede or Beltre would have been
> >> much better choices at third.
> >
> >A Tiger had to make it per MLB rules.
>
> That's a joke, right?
>
> I can't believe the league would have a rule that certain teams
> MUST be represented.
>
> Then again, it WOULD explain why Guillen made it over Crede,
> Longoria or Beltre.
>
>
>

I believe the every-team-represented rule is in there at the behest of
television and the sponsors, who don't want to see a single major league
market left without a local player on the roster, to, theoretically at
least, maximize the viewership in each market.

But there's no explanation for Jason Varitek's being on the team at the
expense of A.J. Pierzyski, or Kurt Suzuki for that matter, is there? Oh,
that's right, it was a "players' vote" selection. I just had no idea that
the players were supposed to ignore performance entirely and vote for the
"best clubhouse presence."

Howard, the Rock Cats fan
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