I find it pretty amusing that Manny Ramirez is doing well in the voting for the National League All-Star team. Ramirez, currently serving a 50 game suspension for failing a drug test, sits in 4th place in the standings. As of right now, that won't get him in the game, cause they only take the top 3 vote-getters as starters and then players and managers vote in the rest. Obviously, Manny won't be getting in that way. But, there is still time for fans to unite, vote him in and show major league baseball just how broken the system is.
You could make the case that it's not that big a deal, because this is just an exhibition. However, Ramirez will have just gotten back off of suspension and manager Joe Torre has said he'll start in the minor leagues until he gets his timing back. Essentially Manny Ramirez will make the All-Star team and effect who has home field advantage for the World Series, having played in 27 total games. Clearly, this shows just how stupid the voting system is for major league baseball. The fact that voting started about a week into the season is just another factor in this mess that baseball now has to deal with.
I'll be honest with you: my main issue here is that I hate fan voting. I've had a problem with fans voting players as starters ever since Kobe Bryant was named as a starter to on the NBA's All-Star team before he was even a starter on his own team. Too many knuckleheads out there don't take the time to do 5 minutes of research and actually see what kind of season a guy is having. I know, the game is supposed to be strictly for the fans and thus who plays and who doesn't won't mean that much in the grand scheme of things. However, whenever a player retires and we start to talk about whether or not that player is a Hall of Famer, the number of All-Star appearances they have is always thrown out as a consideration. If being an All-Star carries weight when it comes to the Hall of Fame, shouldn't the voting for it be taken a little more seriously?
Basically, I want fans to show how stupid this system is and therefore maybe they will change it so that fan voting isn't the only factor of who starts. I've never understood why you can't just name the team (two players at each position) and then fans pick from those guys. That way the team won't just be dominated by guys from St. Louis, New York and Boston.
I don't know; I'm getting off my soapbox. Now, in keeping with video week, here's a clip about Manny that also includes my favorite Dropkick Murphy song rolled into one.
You could make the case that it's not that big a deal, because this is just an exhibition. However, Ramirez will have just gotten back off of suspension and manager Joe Torre has said he'll start in the minor leagues until he gets his timing back. Essentially Manny Ramirez will make the All-Star team and effect who has home field advantage for the World Series, having played in 27 total games. Clearly, this shows just how stupid the voting system is for major league baseball. The fact that voting started about a week into the season is just another factor in this mess that baseball now has to deal with.
I'll be honest with you: my main issue here is that I hate fan voting. I've had a problem with fans voting players as starters ever since Kobe Bryant was named as a starter to on the NBA's All-Star team before he was even a starter on his own team. Too many knuckleheads out there don't take the time to do 5 minutes of research and actually see what kind of season a guy is having. I know, the game is supposed to be strictly for the fans and thus who plays and who doesn't won't mean that much in the grand scheme of things. However, whenever a player retires and we start to talk about whether or not that player is a Hall of Famer, the number of All-Star appearances they have is always thrown out as a consideration. If being an All-Star carries weight when it comes to the Hall of Fame, shouldn't the voting for it be taken a little more seriously?
Basically, I want fans to show how stupid this system is and therefore maybe they will change it so that fan voting isn't the only factor of who starts. I've never understood why you can't just name the team (two players at each position) and then fans pick from those guys. That way the team won't just be dominated by guys from St. Louis, New York and Boston.
I don't know; I'm getting off my soapbox. Now, in keeping with video week, here's a clip about Manny that also includes my favorite Dropkick Murphy song rolled into one.
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