KC is making MLB all star a bigger joke

[yanks12025]

The Kansas City Royals and most of their fans are making this all-star game a even bigger joke than it already is. First off like most people agree, fans shouldn't decide who goes to the game.

But how in the world are these players so far leading the votes at their position.

Mike Moustakas batting .318, 5 homers and 20 RBI. While Josh donaldson is batting .315 with 17 homers and 45 RBI.

Lorenzo Cain batting .284 with 4 homers

Omar Infante batting .204 with ZERO homers

Alcides escobar batting .255

[Econteachert205]

Maybe now they'll fix this terrible system.

[Jim65]

The Commissioner should step in, it really is ridiculous.

[bnorth]

It is no bigger joke than when(insert you favorite players name) played in several towards the end of their HOF career that did not belong there.

[packs]

Yeah I don't see the issue. Plenty of HOFers were placed on all star teams at the twilight of their careers just to be there.

[bn2cardz]

There is a huge difference between HOF players playing after their prime vs what is happening here. Those HOF players had a career and fan base to make it more of an honor towards a veteran's career. These are young players that don't even career numbers to warrant their inclusion.

I really don't have a huge problem with Mike Moustakas as he is having a good season with the same OBP as Donaldson. And someone that can be in the same conversation as their counterpart isn't a big deal to me.

Yet when you look at Infante he has a 14 year career that isn't a HOF career and this season's numbers aren't even good enough for KC to avoid looking for a replacement and has a negative WAR number thus far this season.

[Beatles Guy]

While I agree that the voting is a joke and there are several Royals that do not deserve it, would your opinion be the same if it were all Yankees? This is similar to the complaints we hear from both coasts when there are teams from middle of the country playing in the World Series (boring, nobody will watch, etc). Was Jeter playing last year a problem even though he clearly didn't deserve it?

[Runscott]

This kc and toronto crap will have mlb taking a look at fan 'voting'

[packs]

What's wrong with Toronto's voting? Donaldson was the only one to start and he's the best third baseman in the AL in my opinion.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by packs

What's wrong with Toronto's voting? Donaldson was the only one to start and he's the best third baseman in the AL in my opinion.

Look at the rest of the voting - not just the starters.

[packs]

The reserves are chosen by the players, right?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by packs

The reserves are chosen by the players, right?

Right, which is why the reserves selected did not reflect the votes garnered by the non-starters.

Packs, I'm guessing you have not seen the voting other than the results for the winners. The 4-deep results were published in our local paper and it was clear that something funny was going on in KC and Toronto. I have no idea what sort of publicity stunt they had going on in those two cities that skewed the results, but even if it was just that KC and Toronto have over-exuberant voters, it still isn't working having the fans voting under the current system. Altuve and Cruz were almost beaten, and I'm thinking the only reason they weren't is that fans in other cities saw the weird KC/Toronto thing and put the kibosh to it.

[clydepepper]

The players should choose the starters, the managers the pitchers, and the fans the reserve position players.

See: Problem solved!
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[Runscott]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

The players should choose the starters, the managers the pitchers, and the fans the reserve position players.

See: Problem solved!
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Haha. The collective unconscious of the U.S.A. disagrees with you.

[steve B]

There's an outside chance that it's not even local fans messing with the voting.

In 2012 A rapper who goes by the name pitbull had a deal to visit a Wal-Mart that the fans voted for by liking the store on facebook. A writer from the Boston Phoenix started a campaign to send him to the farthest Wal-Mart they could. They got to around 70,000 likes, for a town with around 6000 people.

I must say I developed some respect for him when he took it really well and went to the Kodiak Wal-Mart. Pretty cool, and apparently the locals were very happy since nobody plays Kodiak.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/exilepitbull

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROoLGbqvLbM

Steve B