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MLB.com thinks you should already know your All-Star ballot

April 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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MLB.com has released it’s All Star ballot, and if you have an official MLB account you received an email today with a suggestive image of who you should vote for.

For the most part, all of the guys pictured above will be in the midsummer’s classic. But there are a few sneaky characters in that shot, one particularly sneaky dread-locked man.

Are you telling me that in two calendar months plus that Coco Crisp is still going to have All-Star numbers? I know that Oakland is the king of claiming prized junk from the impound lot of baseball, but I don’t think Crisp gets there. He’s just hot.

I also don’t like Carlos Santan’s odds of being there – he’s from Cleveland so you can forget about him getting any type of fan vote to earn a ticket to the game. He can OPS .950 all he wants, he’s still from Cleveland and Cleveland players get snubbed.

The rest of these guys shouldn’t make any plans for that mid-July weekend. They’ll be occupied with exhibition. Except Cano. He’ll probably be suspended by then.

You can pretty much vote an unlimited amount of times each day. You want to see Alcides Escobar in this game? Knock yourself out. Stay up all night and experiment to see if you can make it happen.

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Cincinnati to host 2015 All-Star Game?

January 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment

There is a report out of a local Cincinnati affiliate that the Reds have a good shot to host the All-Star game – the first since 1988.  If true, it would be great for the city.  As a historic baseball town with a great fan base (for the most part) Cincinnati will be a great host to the game of baseball.

I may start checking out flights in early July 2015 soon.

This is where the Reds played last time they hosted an All-Star game

UPDATE 9:45 PM ET: Hardball Talk is acting like it’s a done deal. Rejoice!

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How I Showed Up To The All Star Game Last Minute And Scored a “Cheap” Ticket From Matt Cain’s Agent

July 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The following was written by David Franco over at Next Level Ballplayer. David is a former teammate of mine and is nice enough to write for Diamond Hoggers from time to time. You can follow him on twitter here. The following is an excerpt from his adventures of getting into the All Star Game and watching the game with Matt Cain’s agent. The full story is at MLBeef.

3:55pm-ish:  It’s now officially decided that I’m getting dropped off at Kauffman.  Now starts probably the most ridiculous part of the evening…  The drop-off.

The drop-off scenario is kind of tricky when the car you’re in doesn’t want to park in the stadium.  The goal becomes to get as close to the stadium as possible without getting into a point of no return.  Luckily time is on our side, with 3 hours until first pitch.  The road that you turn off to head into the stadium has no stopped traffic.  There are plenty of cars on the road, but traffic is moving.

We are driving down the street with the stadium on our left, approaching the left turn that we would take into the parking lot if we were planning on parking.

Me: Just pull off on the right side of the road up here and I’ll walk.  This is as close as we’re going to get… right here is good…  right where those two cars just pulled off…

M-in-Law zooms past my desired drop off.

M-in-Law:  I want to get you closer than that.

It’s too late to argue. Now our lane now looks like we’re about to get back on the freeway if we continue straight.

Wife:  Mom, you gotta make a U-Turn here!

M-in-Law:  I can’t!

Wife:  Yes you can!!

M-In-Law and Wife as the car is making a fast-and-furious-type U-turn that may or may not have been legal: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

We aren’t close to hitting any other cars, but both of them are literally screaming until we are straight again… I consider opening my door and jumping out.

Me: Okay, just pull over and let me out here… Don’t turn right up there into the stadium… Once you go in, you won’t be able to get back out… Seriously, you don’t want to turn in here…  Don’t go in here!

M-In-Law (As if I had specifically asked her to turn into the stadium):  I’ll just pull in and then turn around.

Me:  There’s no turn around!  All lanes are one way coming into the stadium!

She turns in.

Now we’re in those 50 yards of road before cars have to pay for parking.  She goes down half way and stops.  I can’t get out of the car soon enough.  I want to explain why this was such a horrible decision, but it’s no use now.  I say goodbye and close my door with absolutely no idea how they are going to get out.

I feel like a middle school kid whose mom drops him off at the movie theater to meet his friends, only she pulls down the wrong way of the one-way drop off lane, then hops two wheels up on the curve as she comes to a stop.  All the while, she stops traffic and causes a scene… I’m debating whether I’d rather be that middle school kid… back to the moment.

Other people are watching now.  There are six lanes, all with sporadic cars coming in each.  The first attempt to turn around results in a horn honk from a car and a my M-in-Law slamming on her breaks.  Then she gets across 2 lanes and has to stop horizontal to let a few cars in Lane 3 get by. Meanwhile she’s holding up cars in Lane 1 and 2…

I feel like turning away and never looking back, but I can’t help but watch.  She almost side swipes someone in Lane 5 before getting to the empty Lane 6 which she must have assumed was her safe lane out… wrong.  As she’s picking up speed and coming up to the street, a Ford truck turns in, both hit their breaks, and then they come to a full stop facing each other.

4:15pm:  At this point I’ve seen enough.  I can’t stinking watch any more of this.  I turn towards the stadium, take a deep breath.  Not sure where to go, so I just start walking.

4:17pm:  I’m wearing a Miami of Ohio baseball hat.  Practically the first tailgate I walk by has Miami of Ohio corn hole boards set up.

4:22pm:  Sipping on a silver bullet and eating baseball-shaped cookies with my new best friends who (like me) graduated from Miami.  The fact that I’d never met them before had no bearing on their hospitality… The “drop-off catastrophe” is a distant memory.

4:27pm: PrimeTime calls.

PrimeTime: Hey dude. I have good news and bad news. Good news is that I found you a ticket. Bad news is that it’s $270 (Matt knows that’s a lot of money to me).

Me: Cool man. Where are the seats?

PrimeTime: Actually you’d be sitting with Matt Cain’s agent (yes the Matt Cain who was the starting pitcher for the National League All Star Team) in the Field Box section.  I don’t know where they exactly are, but I’m sure their good.

Me: So the $270 is face value?

PrimeTime: Yep.

I think about it for a second, but at the end of the day there is no way I’m saying no to this deal. A last minute Field Box ticket for face value from the agent for the NL’s starting pitcher tonight…  Seems too good to be true.  I call Landon Williams (Matt Cain’s agent) and he answers.  This is really happening.  In less than 20 minutes after being dropped off I have a ticket locked up and am good to go.

4:41pm:  Landon is on his way to the stadium from his hotel. I have some time to kill and want to check things out. I say goodbye to my Miami friends and head towards the fan fun area.

4:46pm:  I see a “Hit a Homerun for the Troops” deal where they have five batting tees set up and for every wiffle ball you hit over the fence they donate a buck to a charity. I notice that a few older kids are hitting and feel that it’s safe for my 29 year-old self to take a few hacks.  Plus the line is short.

Now by the time I get to the front of the line the average age of the five kids hitting on the tees can’t be more than 10.  I look behind me and notice that I’m about twice the size of everyone else waiting to hit.  It’s like I’ve found myself at Disneyland in a line to hug Daffy Duck.  The kid right behind me makes it worse when he taps me on the mid back (about as high as he could reach) to ask, “Are you in line?”

What a punk.  Calm down little man.  Yes I’m in line…  I’m feeling awkward.

The lady calls me up to tee #2 and I promptly hit my first ball for a home run. I don’t even feel good about it. Check out the kid on the tee behind me in the video.  That’s what I was surrounded by.  And worst of all, I was flying solo.  At least if I was with a buddy, we could wager $5 on whoever could hit the most homers.  If needed, the tiebreaker could be that each of us randomly picks an unknowing kid to compete in the homer off (I’ve thought through this too much).  Anyways, I line out and ground out to end my three swings and quickly move on… I definitely should have left $2 to make up for my last two lame swings.  I feel like I’ve personally let down the troops.

5:07pm:  I make my way to the front of the stadium and Landon calls.  He just parked and is on his way.  He’ll call me when he gets to the stadium.  When I hang up I look down and notice that my phone battery is blinking.  Crap.  I quickly write down Landon’s phone number just in case and pray that my phone holds on long enough to meet up and get my ticket.

5:15pm: Landon calls.

Me: Hey man… hello… hello?

Phone is dead. Not good timing.  Never met Landon before in my life and have no idea what he looks like.  On top of that I don’t want to keep Matt Cain’s agent on a wild goose chase trying to find some random guy who wants a ticket.  After all I’ve been through to get to this point, is this seriously going to happen now?!?!  I’m kind of panicking.

I need to borrow a phone.  In this day and age that shouldn’t be hard right?

Wrong.

Continue and read the full story at MLBeef

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2012 MLB All-Star Game

July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

[Box Score]

[HBT] [ESPN Diary]

-It wasn’t a banner All Star debut for Bryce Harper. Still, the gold cleats and a couple mighty hacks off Jered Weaver and company was good to see. VIDEO

-Chipper Jones walked off into the sunset with his single and his win. His pre-game speech was a memorable one, the NL clearly dominated for Chipper.

-Mike Trout singled, walked, stole a couple of bags in his AS Game debut. He’s unbelievable. Good read from the OC Register if you have time. Great read from Baseball Prospectus about Trout v. Harper debate that you might as well give a whirl to. Video of the pre-game presser available too.

-Quiet night for all Cincinnati Reds involved in the game.

-Even quieter night for Adam Dunn, the only regular not to appear in the game. When I read this, I realized possible reasons why.

Baseball is doing something right:


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It’s Midsummer Classic Time

July 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

In my entire life, even as a kid; I’ve never looked forward to an MLB All-Star Game like the 2012 version that takes place tonight.

It’s a ‘who’s-who’, a ‘gang’s all here’ shot of some of my favorite figures of the past and present in the game of baseball. One of my childhood favorites Chipper Jones to Adam Dunn, into Josh Hamilton and Jay Bruce. Joey Votto, Aroldis Chapman, Mike Trout and the cherry on top was Bryce Harper. There’s never been so many of my favorite players involved in this game before. The closest I can remember was around the time in my life that I was still cutting the league batting leaders out of the Sunday paper and pinning them to a wall in my room. My mother hated that. It was tacky.

Baseball has a way of quietly bridging time and eras perhaps more than any other sport. Maybe tonight when there’s some down time in the dugout, Larry Wayne Jones will find some time to talk to Bryce (Aron) Max Harper. They could talk about Chipper’s first All-Star Game in 1996. He was the game’s young buck then, as opposed to being the game’s artifact that he is now. With all the big names that were involved in that game (and its virtually every slugger you can remember from the era) the game’s artifact that night might have been Ozzie Smith. He was 41 years old and playing in his final season. Ozzie played back in the late 70′s.

Baseball is amazing in that; I imagine if these guys sat around as a group and shot the shit long enough they would know someone who knew someone who played against Babe Ruth.

Take Adam Dunn for instance. Dating back to my high school years when I was still worried about proms and such (scary to think about that a ballplayer could bridge the gap from that era to fatherhood) I thought Dunn would pile up the All-Star selections. That’s what I read in a few different magazines when scouts talked about Dunn. He made his first All Star Game in 2002 in Milwaukee because he hit .300 on the nose the first half of that season. I don’t know how he did it, but I remember back then that Adam Dunn was a complete hitter. People thought he would hit .300 for the next decade and end up a Hall of Fame player. Dunn flew out to the track that night, barely missing a home run that would have saved Bud Selig from a lifetime gaffe. Dunn couldn’t leave the hero that night, but no matter. He would have a run of All Star appearances and MVP trophies awaiting him.

Fast forward to now. Tonight’s game is just the second of The Big Donkey’s career. We’re both on the wrong side of our prime now, Adam. But I’m still thrilled to see that he made it back. Maybe Jay Bruce ends up being that Reds outfielder who piles up the All Star selections. If you had told me when Joey Votto broke into the big leagues that he would end up the perennial MVP and guy who lead the league in votes and not Dunner, I would have laughed. Dunn, Bruce, and Votto all appeared in the same lineup in a different space and time. Oh and they shared time being a teammate of Ken Griffey Jr., tell me those guys don’t already have some great stories to tell.

It really all goes back to the youth infusion involved in this game. That’s what excites me. I love greatness, particularly at a young age. For Trout and Harper to each be part of this storied ballgame, it’s just really special. While interleague play has taken away from some of the mystique, you can’t tell me that the possibility of Harper going toe to toe with Chris Sale or Felix Hernandez for one AB doesn’t sound exciting. How about Mike Trout against Aroldis Chapman?

People who want to pretend this is a meaningless exhibition game need to know that it’s the finest All-Star game of any of the professional leagues. It’s a time honored tradition. One that takes you back to those summers in your yard with the neighborhood crew when you spent an entire day playing backyard ball and arguing about how Junior or Jay Buhner would fare against Hideo Nomo or Greg Maddux. The characters of the story are different now and we can’t have those old memorable times back.

The bottom line is we’re likely to learn which side of the league the World Series Winner comes from (21 of the last 28 World Champions have had home-field advantage in October) and we’re likely to see something memorable.

Plus you may want to someday tell your unborn son that you were watching the night that Chipper and Harper sat in the same dugout together. He won’t believe you.

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Bryce Harper is the youngest position player in All Star Game history

July 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Harper posted .282/.354/.472 for his first tour of duty in the big leagues.

The accolades continue to pile up, and when Bryce Harper replaced Giancarlo Stanton on the National League’s All Star roster over the weekend, he became the youngest position player in Major League history to be selected to the midsummer classic.

That was the news, and now we’ll give you our take on Harper being selected to the game.

On the way into work today, ESPN radio had Hall of Famer George Brett on the air as well as future Hall of Famer Pudge Rodriguez. When both were asked which player around baseball they most enjoyed watching, they both responded by saying none other than Bryce Harper.

They, like the ham and eggers, get it. The people who care most where the game is headed take the most interest in Bryce Harper. You root or him. You respect what he stands for.

He’s an ambassador of the product I care deeply about. Had he not shown up and been the real deal, baseball might be in a completely different place in 20 years. Now, we have to worry less about it. Harper has us covered much in the same way that Jordan had the NBA covered.

For him to be an All Star in his rookie year is not so much about the numbers but a symbolic passing of the torch from one generation to the next. It’s good for baseball. And there’s no debate for those that ‘get it’.

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#BryceIn12

July 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Fans of the game, young and old; you have a job to do.

Send Bryce Harper to the All-Star Game in Kansas City via the Final Vote. DO IT. And don’t slack. It’s good for the game.

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2011 Major League Baseball All Star Game

July 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

[Box Score]

There is one thing that came clear to me during yesterday’s All-Star Game, of which I watched the entire thing.

First off, the game was boring. It didn’t do a lot to showcase the sport’s midsummer classic. But there’s a reason for that. I felt the same way about this year’s game as I did about last year’s game. Pitching and arms are nastier and deeper than they’ve ever been before and on a lot of nights that equates to some really bland baseball.

Gone are the days where you have a Danny Darwin type arm sneak into the game or a guy who throws nothing but 86 and gets by on guile. You’ll never see that again. Baseball has a plethora of flamethrowers to choose from who have succeeded enough with their dynamite stuff in the first half of the season that you’ll virtually never watch another inning of All Star Game baseball that doesn’t feature a guy on the mound absolutely pumping 97 to 100 MPH.

Power arm after power arm last night trotted out and did their thing–and if you want to say Cliff Lee wasn’t throwing that hard–go ahead and notice that he got a bomb hit off him to allow the AL’s only run.

Prince Fielder hit the big majestic 3-run blast that salted the game away. The memorable plays I remember in the field were Hunter Pence’s assist at home plate that seemed to swing the momentum, along with Jordan Walden’s barehand play and Jose Bautista’s sliding catch against the right field wall.

But for nine innings, the display for all to see was the incredible arm that this league features. And the All Star Game was really a 9 inning sample of what we have going on all around baseball. Pitching is dominating everywhere you look and offense is down to 1992 levels for the second season in a row.

It’s neither good, bad or indifferent. It’s just how the game is today.

Click below for a few shots of the Reds.

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Thoughts on the 2011 Major League Baseball All Star Game

July 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

I’ve never heard so much complaining in my life about something that should be fun and about something that should be a break from the traditional stresses of following a sport.

I’ve never heard so many calls to change or ratify the All-Star Game.

Honestly, leave it the Hell alone and if you don’t like it; don’t watch it. If you feel it’s a silly exhibition game, you’re not a true fan anyways. If you are a player who doesn’t want to attend, good. We don’t want to watch you waste at-bats in a game that definitely has something riding on it. For every player who opted out for this reason or that, there’s a Jay Bruce who is really genuinely excited to get in the game tonight and make something happen.

And for all of the fans and media types who will try and play it off like this game means nothing; there’s a ton of players who will lace it up tonight and play hard to do their thing against the best in the world. They’ll try and return to their city with the All Star Game MVP trophy like it’s a prized scalp to show off to other members of their tribe. Don’t think that these guys don’t want to be the best player on display tonight–because they definitely do. They’ve reached a place that around 90% of guys in this league will never even have a chance at. They’re going to play hard and they’re going to try to do something big.

Look at the names of the guys who have won the All Star Game MVP in the last two decades. Taking something like that home is pretty synonymous with greatness in baseball. Especially from about 1989 to 2001. Wow.

If you’re a fan of baseball–the kind of fan that MLB should aim to appeal to and keep–then you’ll tune in tonight.

You’ll tune in to see the National League try and start a streak of their own. You’ll watch because of all of the midsummer’s tradition and memories this game means to you.

My first All-Star game was 1992. I watched in our living room as Ken Griffey Jr. stole the show just like Ken Griffey Jr. was supposed to. Back in those days, you heard about Ken Griffey Jr. but you didn’t see him play on television where I lived. Except for that night or randomly on FOX Saturday Baseball once or twice a year. Just look at some of the names in that box score. Legends of this game.

The guys who say the players don’t try in this game obviously didn’t grow up or have a memory long enough to remember that July 12th night back in 1994 at Three Rivers Stadium. I remember it. Tony Gwynn was heroic. And that would be the last time the National League would win until last year.

It’s a crazy notion to think that people out there want something changed about this great tradition that is the All Star Game. But I can tell you that if they do, they’re not the grass roots fans of the game of baseball. They’re definitely not the type that understand history and that this was the very same game in which Bobby Clemente took his spot in the same outfield as Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.

You must not sit and realize that you’re seeing a gathering of future legends and Hall of Famers all in one spot tonight. The same people who don’t care about this game and call it an exhibition game will never care about it. It’s the same game that our fathers and grandfathers and uncles grew up watching in the dead heat of the July all those summers ago. It’s just as great as it always was. I’ll be tuned in, and I’ll be hoping that Brandon Phillips, Joey Votto, Scott Rolen or Bruce bring that prized scalp back to the Queen City and the NL is victorious.

It’s a lot of fun to watch, and it’s the best All-Star Game in the business. Better than the NFL, NHL, or NBA could ever assemble.

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Jay Bruce, 2011 All-Star

July 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment

In the end, it was Jay Bruce’s peers who decided that he was an All-Star. Bruce won the player vote, and will be headed to Arizona in two weeks for the All-Star game. He’s finally made it.

“Mainly I just want to be respected by the players because everybody up here has talent,” he said. “The way you go about your business and the professionalism you exude is a big part of how players and coaches see you and there is a respect level there. And that’s my goal. At the end of your career, other players won’t remember how many All-Star teams you made or how many home runs you hit, they’ll remember what type of guy you are. I want to be well-respected and well-liked.”

Congratulations, Jay. Also a side congratulations to Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto!

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Diamond Hoggers 2011 NL & AL All Stars

June 15, 2011 by 1 Comment

For being a member of the BBA (Baseball Bloggers Alliance), we were asked to vote on this year’s MLB All-Stars by our chapter president.

Here are my votes as follows:

 

American League

Catcher: Alex Avila, Detroit (.296, 9 HR, 36 RBI)
First Base: Adrian Gonzalez, Boston (.347, 13 HR, 60 RBI)
Second Base: Robinson Cano, NYY (.281, 12 HR, 41 RBI)
Third Base: Alex Rodriguez, NYY (.288, 13 HR, 42 RBI)
Shortstop: Asdrubal Cabrera, Cleveland (.297, 12 HR, 43 RBI)
Outfield: Jose Bautista, Toronto (.338, 21 HR, 42 RBI) Curtis Granderson, NYY (.282, 21 HR, 51 RBI), Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox (.269, 17 HR, 47 RBI)
Designated Hitter: David Ortiz, Boston (17 HR, 43 RBI, .321)
Starting Pitcher: Jered Weaver, Anaheim (8-4, 2.06 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 96 K, 26 BB)
Reliever: Mariano Rivera, NYY (16 saves, 1.85 ERA, 1.07 WHIP)

National League

Catcher: Brian McCann, Atlanta (.301, 9 HR, 37 RBI)
First Base: Prince Fielder, Milwaukee (.300, 19 HR, 58 RBI, 1.032 OPS)
Second Base: Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati (.284, 5 HR, 36 RBI)
Third Base: Placido Polanco, Philadelphia (.305, 4 HR, 38 RBI)
Shortstop: Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado (.273, 13 HR, 45 RBI)
Outfield: Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers (.332, 20 HR, 56 RBI) Jay Bruce, Cincinnati (.283, 17 HR, 48 RBI) Ryan Braun, Milwaukee (.308, 14 HR, 49 RBI, 16 SB)
Starting Pitcher: Cole Hamels (9-2, 2.49 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 97 K, 19 BB)
Reliever: Johnny Venters, Atlanta (o.44 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, 3 saves, 14 holds)

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2011 All-Star Voting v. 1

May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The primary voting results are in, and while Albert Pujols leads all National League vote getters, it’s a story of the good, the bad and the ugly if you ask me.

First, the good. Brandon Phillips leads all National League second baseman in votes, almost doubling Rickie Weeks and Chase Utley. One would assume that his participation on twitter along with a steady season that has him around the .300 mark probably have a lot to do with that.

The bad (yet predictable) is that Albert Pujols leads all NL vote-getters and is ahead of more deserving candidates to start the game in Joey Votto, Prince Fielder, and Ryan Howard.

The ugly? Jay Bruce is 13th in Outfield vote-getters behind the likes of Ryan Braun (971,809), Matt Holliday (927,778), Lance Berkman (872,434), Andre Ethier (776,971), and Matt Kemp (549,215) among a bunch of other guys who come nowhere close to deserving it as much as Bruce does.

I know the fans are supposed to get who they want, but I think Major League Baseball should select the starters and the fans should select a few reserves or something so that this collection of shit doesn’t happen.

If Bruce isn’t present at the All-Star game in Arizona, I’ll never waste my time with another vote, and I’ll probably never watch another All-Star game. I can’t deal with the politics that happen in Major League Baseball. It’s unbelievable. That said, I have a ton of faith in Bruce Bochy to make good decisions on the reserves, but still. I plead to the fans of baseball: how can you not vote for the best guys when it’s so painfully obvious?

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All-Star Voting is in Session

April 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Somehow we didn’t see this anywhere, but we feel it’s newsworthy.

All-Star Voting has opened up at MLB.com, and you’ve got the chance to send the big leaguer of your choice to Arizona’s Chase Field for the mid-summer’s classic in July.

So today on the clock at work, we pushed across about 10 odd votes for our favorite guys. It’s all in vain, but it’s neat to think that we could account for 1,000 or so odd votes for guys like Heyward, Brandon Phillips, and Joey Votto if we do this right by the time voting closes.

So vote early, vote often. Because every vote counts. And we don’t want the Cardinals fans sending any turds like Nick Punto to the All-Star Game. So vote with your head and not your heart.

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Citi Field will host the 2013 MLB All Star game

January 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Big news tonight if you’ve been wondering where the 2013 All-Star game will be held–it’s going to be Citi Field. I’ve got a bone to pick with the selection committee.

Where the Hell is the Cincinnati All-Star game? They built the new park in 2003 and there’s nothing but shit in sight for my poor franchise. It’s going to be at least a decade plus out when we finally get our All-Star game. And let’s be honest–they’ll let the Yankees have another one and then the Phillies and then they’ll rebuild old Yankee Stadium so they can have it there again and blow Babe Ruth and the Yankee Clipper one more time and then they’ll probably have it overseas in the Netherlands before they remember that the Reds have a pretty sweet ass park.

And anywhere but Citi Field for shit sakes. It is the Devil! That’s where the Godfather got hurt you know. I’ll forever hate that place.

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