sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/30/2009
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Forget popularity. This is all about production. Tom Verducci selects his AL and NL All-Star rosters, based purely on merit. Five teams were left out -- and so were some familiar names.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 7/1/2009
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
With only three days left before polling closes,
it's time to recognize the players who should be...
going to the All-Star Game, as if Ben Zobrist and Aaron Hill have any chance of catching Dustin Pedroia in the balloting. My All-Star team is based ...
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Joe Mauer, Albert Pujols, Chase Utley head my 2009 ...
firebrandal.com - 7/3/2009
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firebrandal.com —
Since the American League is once again wholly
superior (seriously, one could make the argument that any...
of the top four teams in the East could win four out of the other five divisions, the West being the exception with the Dodgers) and the league I know better than the back of my hand, here's ...
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Zach's 2009 AL All-Star Roster
scoresreport.com - 6/30/2009
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scoresreport.com —
Tom Verducci of SI.com put together his MLB
All-Star team, where he fills out his roster with...
players that deserve to go to the Midsummer Classic based on their production over the first half of the season and not just the popular ones, which seem to make the ASG on name recognition alone. ...
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SI.com’s MLB All-Star Team
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SI.com’s MLB All-Star Team
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
... Tom Verducci of SI.com put together his MLB All-Star team, where he fills out his roster with players that deserve to go to the Midsummer Classic based on their production over the first half of the season and not just the popular ones, which seem to make the ASG on name recognition alone. ...
Odds And Ends: Hinske, Pirates, Astros
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Joel Sherman of the New York Post heard that Eric Hinske cleared waivers two weeks ago.This means the Mets, Yankees or any other team could have had him for the $800k remaining on his salary.
Sherman believes the Pirates won the other trade they made today, acquiring Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan from the Nats.
Tom Verducci of SI.com names his All-Star team and it's heavy on youth.
Astros first rounder Jiovanni Mier told ...
If the All-Star rosters were up to Tom Verducci, the D-Backs’ would send 3 to St. Louis
Fanster.com —
... Tom Verducci of SI is one such person. He’s picked 62 All-Stars for this year’s game (31 for each squad), and there’s a lot of the usual suspects on Verducci’s rosters. Mauer, Morneau, Jeter, Ichiro and Halladay in the American League; Pujols, Utley, Wright and Hoffman in the senior circuit. ...
Rays have that All-Star Look
Rays All Day —
... SI.com’s Tom Verducci came out with his personal choices for the All-Star roster and he’s not waiting for Joe Maddon to make it a Rays party. ...
Billingsley, Marquis Battle For Elusive 10th Win
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Jason Marquis' first attempt at his 10th win was last week in Anaheim, and he was hammered for eight runs in 3.1 ...
Fans Deserve Credit for All-Star Picks
Bats —
... having the best seasons. They’re supposed to vote for the players they want to see. This holds true even though, since 2003, the league that wins the All-Star Game has been rewarded with home-field advantage in the World Series. That’s overrated, at least lately. Teams with home-field advantage are 3-3 in the World Series since the adoption of the new rule. To me, All-Star starters should have equal parts star power and snazzy first-half statistics. With all respect to my friend Tom Verducci , I can’t endorse Jason Bartlett starting at shortstop over Jeter. A far superior ...
The Pleasures of Strand Rate
FanGraphs Baseball —
Name the pitchers:
Pitcher A: 172.2 IP, 17.31% K, 5.85 BB%, 10.1% HR/FB, 67.7% LOB, 5.16 ERA, 4.55 FIP
Player B: 112.2 IP, 14.64% K, 7.88 BB%, 10.8% HR/FB, 85.9% LOB, 2.64 ERA, 4.53 FIP
Pitcher B is Kevin Millwood, benefactor of an unsustainable amount of stranded runners, thus keeping his ERA at a comfortable, and easily overrated, 2.64. Pitcher A is also Kevin Millwood, two seasons ago. The differences between the two seasons are minimal. This Millwood walks a few more, strikes out a few less, and has a vastly superior defense behind him, otherwise, they’re the same pitcher – literally and figuratively.
Millwood’s spiffy ERA has some placing ...
Roundup: All-Stars, Trade Market, Singleton, Mariano
The Yankee Universe —
... Tom Verducci picked his All-Stars, and he only has two Yankees (Jeter and Rivera). I think Teixeira and Sabathia both have a decent shot as well, but his team is fairly reasonable. I will have more on the ASG once the actual teams are released. ...
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American League All-Star voting–who is leading and who should be
scoresreport.com 6/27/2009 — It’s always funny how the voting for the Major League Baseball All-Star game shakes out, and it’s generally more of a popularity contest than anything. That, or the more familiar names like Derek Jeter, David Wright and Manny Ramirez always generate lots of attention. Well, since we’re about 75 ...
Fans Deserve Credit for All-Star Picks
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 7/1/2009 — Voters are saying that a far superior resume and a strong first half counts for more than a limited resume and a better first three months.
Selecting the 2009 All-Star squads
seamheads.com 7/2/2009 — Kevin Wheeler offers his take on how the All-Star rosters should shape up this year…
Every year I go through this exercise of selecting the All-Star rosters knowing full-well that things never go the way they should go. I’ve noted the starting lineups based on the latest ...
Calling Out for Help
blueworkhorse.com 7/2/2009 — I’ll just get straight to this — Major League Baseball’s All-Star voting system sucks! The deadline for voting is today and some deserving players are getting screwed.
In a game that is supposed to have implications on the World Series, fans are given the right to select the ...
New York Yankees Acquire Eric Hinske… —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/30/2009
Today the New York Yankees acquired Eric Hinske from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Eric Freyer and Casey Erickson.
Hinske, who won the American League Rookie of the Year with the Toronto Blue Jays back in 2002 is now more a utility player than ...
Day 81: Andy Shalbrack —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/30/2009
Andy Shalbrack deserves your attention (CREDIT: Columbia Athletics) I like to finish off these lists of 10 notable Columbia players at every position with a current Lion. And I also always like to give as much recognition to Andy Shalbrack ...
