I posted this same rant on myspace. So you may have already seen it.
Okay, I'm mad. "All Star" voting is the worst scam in the world!! It just went across the bottom of the screen on ESPN and I'm TICKED OFF.
Catcher- 1. Jason Varitek 2. Jorge Posada 3. Ivan Rodriguez
W-T-F? Mauer should be in 1st. Shall we look at some stats?
Mauer: .352 BA (T-1st MLB), 4 HR, 23 RBI, 4 SB, (58 hits, 24 runs, 9 2B, 79 total bases, 20 BB, 21 K, OBP: .415 Slg: .479) 0 E, 11 of 24 thrown out
Varitek: .240 BA 5 HR, 24 RBI, 1 SB, (35 hits, 23 runs, 6 2B, 58 total bases, 22 BB, 21 K, OBP: .337, Slg: .397), 1 E, 5 of 16 thrown out
Posada: .308 BA, 7 HR, 28 RBI, 0 SB, (40 hits, 19 runs, 6 2B, 67 total bases, 23 BB, 23 K, OBP: .418, Slg: .515), 0 E, 7 of 24 thrown out
Pudge: .307 BA, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 2 SB, (58 hits, 25 runs, 9 2B, 85 total bases, 9 BB, 22 K, OBP: .342, Slg: .450), 0 E, 7 of 15 thrown out
Mauer is the CLEAR choice. Varitek does NOT deserve this AT ALL. COME ON, VOTE MAUER! The stats CLEARLY show he should win the spot!! If he played for the Yankees or Red Sox, he would be leading by a zillion.
1B. You know how very little of the time I will stick up for Paul Konerko (lol, sorry Sarah), but COME ON! There's NO WAY Giambi should be ahead of him. Plus, keep in mind...Konerko is the ONLY regular first baseman of the bunch.
Ortiz: .267 BA, 14 HR, 47 RBI, 0 SB, (51 hits, 32 runs, 11 2B, 104 total bases, 28 BB, 37 K, OBP: .362, Slg: 545), no E stats, no games at 1st in 2006
Giambi: .259 BA, 13 HR, 39 RBI, 1 SB, (38 hits, 33 runs, 7 2B, 84 total bases, 45 BB, 37 K, OBP: .448, Slg: 571), 4 E
Konerko: .297 BA, 15 HR, 41 RBI, 0 SB, (57 hits, 36 runs, 11 2B, 113 total bases, 24 BB, 36 K, OBP: .375, Slg: .589), 3 E
Giambi has played 34 games at 1st base compared to Konerko's 51 and still made one more error.
2B. Cano? My ass. I'm okay with Loretta though, but Castillo should be higher up than fricking Cano.
Cano: .299 BA, 2 HR, 19 RBI, 0 SB, (55 hits, 26 runs, 11 2B, 72 total bases, 7 BB, 18 K, OBP: .352, Slg: .391), 5 E
Loretta: .317 BA, 1 HR, 25 RBI, 2 SB, (65 hits, 26 runs, 12 2B, 80 total bases, 15 BB, 13 K, OBP: .369, Slg: .390), 2 E
Castillo: .312 BA, 2 HR, 20 RBI, 4 SB, (54 hits, 28 runs, 8 2B, 70 total bases, 17 BB, 11 K, OBP: .377, Slg: .405), 6 E
These are my main objections, but I'll list everyone else who is in the lead just to show how east coast prejudiced this "all star" voting is:
3B: Alex Rodriguez
SS: Derek Jeter
OF: Manny Ramirez, Johnny Damon, Vladimir Guerrero (I AM VERY UPSET that Sheffs and Matsui are 6th and 7th. Have they even played in the last month? NO! STUPID!!)
Anyway, if you're not an east coast "baseball fan" (which I say in quotes because there are very few yankee and red sox fans who are real baseball fans), PLEASE join me in voting for the players who BELONG in the All Star Game so we can make this an ACTUAL ALL STAR game.
I wish the manager had the power to veto selections. I'm pretty sure Ozzie has more sense than to think some of these people deserve to make the team. Uuugh.
In other news...I love Torii Hunter. He said he wants to cancel out the 2007 option on his contract and sign a multi- year deal with the Twins. He wants to be with us in the new ballpark!!
Scott Baker. If the Twins send him down, they will NOT want to deal with me. Silva is NOT ready to be back in the ro. He's an automatic loss every 5th day. And judging Baker's future when he's had 10 days of rest and they tell the media that he'll be sent down if he doesn't do well. Sometimes the Twins management ticks me off x733.
OMG, and the UMPS last night, WTF? Mauer threw out Figgins by 3 feet. Castro was safe at 1st by approx 6.7 miles. There is no way that could have been a foul tip strike 3 on Cuddyer since he didn't SWING. And Morneau's "strikeout" in the 9th was BOGUS. It was 5" off the plate. Uuugh.
So I went to a game since I last updated. We lost. It sucked.
Since my last update, it was also brought up by Steph and agreed on by several people (including my own parents) that Scott Baker and I look a lot alike, LMAO. It cracks me up.
Oh, and to conclude, American Idol finale. The final 2 both sucked, IMO. I love that the biggest topic from the finale had NOTHING to do with the finalists, it was Clay Aiken's new hair. He's hotter than you. I love that man SO much. Be jealous of him. I think Sarah is right when he says that Chris is going to pull a Clay and outsell Taylor. Sarah speaks the truth. And Chris is better than Taylor. And Katharine. Combined.
