I boycotted All Star voting for a while because I wanted to make a point about the whole World-Series-home-field-advantage thing, but then I saw who was leading the voting and realized the world is insane and can’t be trusted to choose , because if given the chance it will choose endless Red Sox. (Incidentally, we have the Giants PR partially to blame for that, because of their extremely odd “vote Giants/Red Sox campaign.) So I got mad and voted. Opinion seems to be divided on whether people should share who/what they vote for in general, but I figure this is just the All Star Game (yes, Bud, I said just) so I’m sharing my ballot (which, yes, I submitted 25 times).
You all need to go vote. And I wouldn’t object to you copying my ballot or anything. The only one I’m not sure about now is Michael Young, because every time my father sees him he says to me, “Good thing Jon Daniels didn’t mess that up!” and you can just imagine (or read here) how I feel about that. So if he makes it into the ASG, I’ll be hearing that comment a lot. JD and Michael never aired their dirty laundry in public, but I have to wonder what their conversations go like when they run into each other in the tunnels or something. I imagine something like this:
JD: Michael! Nice batting average you got there. (JD probably adds something here about siddin’ down and talking about it, because his One Phrase is always “sidown and talk about it”.
MY: (Gives dirty look) Thanks. (Mutters) I still want to be traded…
JD: Mmmmhhhhmmm. Well, I gotta get going. See you around!
MY: (Mutters) I still want to be traded…
JD: Bye!
Anyway. My All Star ballot.
American League:
1B – Moreland, Mitch
2B – Kinsler, Ian
SS – Andrus, Elvis
3B – Rodriguez, Alex
C – Torrealba, Yorvit
DH – Young, Michael
OF – Crisp, Coco
OF – Cruz, Nelson
OF – Hamilton, Josh
Write-in – N/A
National League:
1B – Pujols, Albert
2B – Sanchez, Freddy
SS – Reyes, Jose
3B – Sandoval, Pablo
C – Molina, Yadier
OF – Braun, Ryan
OF – Huff, Aubrey
OF – Torres, Andres
Write-in – N/A
Go vote, now. It’s your moral/legal/something else obligation.
Diamond Girl
