KC is making MLB all star a bigger joke

[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