Stratton

External Since: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 432

I was watching the minor league allstar game, and they showed Rob
Stratton winning the HR contest. He's out of bball, but it seems
that they allow former guys to come and give the HR contest a go.
I'd never seen him before. He's a Big Boy.

It's another little thing I think MLB misses the boat on in trying to
promote the game and add excitement. They should have their best
sluggers compete, not just allstars. It's a different skill. The
lamest of all time was probably last year, where they had to scrape to
find enough foreigners to fill the field. Jason Bay should never ever
take the field in such a contest.

I've thought for years that the HR contest should by law always
include Dunn, Wily Mo, and Richie Sexton. Hafner and Garko would be
exciting current additions as well. Hell of a lot better idea than
Selig's stupid "it counts" bullshit.

Howard was in it this year even though he wasn't an allstar, so do you
think Dunn just turns them down, or they've never asked?

External Since: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 889

"JustTom" <tom.DeleteThis@nomail.please> wrote in message
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>I was watching the minor league allstar game, and they showed Rob
> Stratton winning the HR contest. He's out of bball, but it seems
> that they allow former guys to come and give the HR contest a go.
> I'd never seen him before. He's a Big Boy.
>
> It's another little thing I think MLB misses the boat on in trying to
> promote the game and add excitement. They should have their best
> sluggers compete, not just allstars. It's a different skill. The
> lamest of all time was probably last year, where they had to scrape to
> find enough foreigners to fill the field. Jason Bay should never ever
> take the field in such a contest.
>
> I've thought for years that the HR contest should by law always
> include Dunn, Wily Mo, and Richie Sexton. Hafner and Garko would be
> exciting current additions as well. Hell of a lot better idea than
> Selig's stupid "it counts" bullshit.
>
> Howard was in it this year even though he wasn't an allstar, so do you
> think Dunn just turns them down, or they've never asked?

Howard was there to defend his title. Who wants to watch Dunn swing and
miss in the derby?