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Crash Course
07-04-2004, 11:08 PM
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/all_star/y2004/final_vote.jsp

Who would you take for each league and why?
RascalJones
07-05-2004, 09:28 AM
Hafner, cuz I'm a homer, and Finley becuase I like him. Although it's tough between Finley and Abreu.
Crash Course
07-05-2004, 09:45 AM
Just a hunch - Japan floods the internet vote and Matsui gets the AL nod.
Crash Course
07-05-2004, 09:47 AM
My NL vote would go to Aramis Ramirez.
Funny, I can still hear the whine of the Cubs fans when they acquired him last year..........
Crash Course
07-08-2004, 07:44 AM
Just a hunch - Japan floods the internet vote and Matsui gets the AL nod.

Called it:
http://reds.enquirer.com/2004/07/08/BBnotes708.html
KCBOOMER
07-08-2004, 11:02 AM
Abreu was the clear choice in the NL and the fans got that right.

Matsui is not undeserving but the fans botched the AL choice. Frank Thomas would have been a far superior choice. Of course, if the fans hadn't botched the Jason Giambi selection this wouldn't be near as bad.

Teh again if we would get rid of the goofy "every team" rule (with the exception of the team hosting the ASG) we would all be better off. My Royals, for one, don't deserve a ASG representative.
Makofan
07-08-2004, 12:19 PM
Frank Thomas for sentimental reasons, and Juan Pierre because I love to watch him play :)
mgoettsche
07-08-2004, 03:32 PM
The fans got it right in the NL. Abreu is having an absolute monster year. Quoting Gleeman, "No hitter has ever had the combination of 40+ doubles, 30+ homers, 120+ runs, 100+ RBIs, 120+ walks and 30+ stolen bases -- all of which Abreu is well on pace for right now".

Based on numbers, Thomas should have been the pick in the AL, but I'm not going to quibble when a popular player having a pretty good year is selected instead.