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Club Record: 6 Mets to the All-Star Game

Gwreck Jul 02 2006 07:18 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 02 2006 08:06 PM

Mets Starters C - Paul LoDuca SS - Jose Reyes 3B - David Wright OF - Carlos Beltran Other NL Starters 1B - Albert Pujols 2B - Chase Utley OF - Alfonso Soriano OF - Jason Bay Mets Pitchers Pedro Martinez Tom Glavine Other NL Pitchers Bronson Arroyo Chris Carpenter Brad Penny Jason Schmidt Carlos Zambrano Brian Fuentes Tom Gordon Trevor Hoffman Derrick Turnbow AL Starters Pudge David Ortiz Mark Loretta Cap'n Intangibles Slappy Manny Vlad Guererro Ichiro

The Big O Jul 02 2006 07:56 PM

Davey's in the HR derby.

SteveJRogers Jul 02 2006 08:03 PM

4 Starters part of a log jam for 2nd all time in the current configuration (and this includes the Final Man voting as well). Reds in 76 lead with 5

SteveJRogers Jul 02 2006 08:08 PM

Couple of Ex-s as well as an ex-prospect, all in the AL Kazmir The Roaster and Gary Matthews Jr

Gwreck Jul 02 2006 08:30 PM

Former Mets who are All-Stars also include Kenny Rogers and former Met property Jason Bay.

SteveJRogers Jul 02 2006 08:34 PM

Gwreck wrote: Former Mets who are All-Stars also include Kenny Rogers and former Met property Jason Bay. Kenny Rogers=The Roaster (The Entertainer of the same name lent his name to a chain of CA chicken restaurants, now owned by Nathan's Famous, also featured in a Seinfeld episode) Damn I forgot Bay as well... Not thinking, too much consternation over Kazmir over the years I guess

RealityChuck Jul 02 2006 09:03 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: 4 Starters part of a log jam for 2nd all time in the current configuration (and this includes the Final Man voting as well). Reds in 76 lead with 5 Nope. Reds in 1957, with seven starters (later marked down to five). This was fan voting, by the way. Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot box, voting for all the Reds' starters. Stan Musial was the only non-Red on the starting team. The commissioner of baseball replaced Wally Post and Gus Bell with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.

SteveJRogers Jul 02 2006 09:32 PM

="RealityChuck"] ="SteveJRogers"]4 Starters part of a log jam for 2nd all time in the current configuration (and this includes the Final Man voting as well). Reds in 76 lead with 5 Nope. Reds in 1957, with seven starters (later marked down to five). This was fan voting, by the way. Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot box, voting for all the Reds' starters. Stan Musial was the only non-Red on the starting team. The commissioner of baseball replaced Wally Post and Gus Bell with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. I said current configuration which meant since 1970 That of course, as well as the year before the Reds had another instance of heavy ballot stuffing (with no internet or foreign country votes to contend with either) was why the vote was taken away untill 1970

cleonjones11 Jul 02 2006 11:33 PM

="SteveJRogers"] ="RealityChuck"] ="SteveJRogers"]4 Starters part of a log jam for 2nd all time in the current configuration (and this includes the Final Man voting as well). Reds in 76 lead with 5 Nope. Reds in 1957, with seven starters (later marked down to five). This was fan voting, by the way. Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot box, voting for all the Reds' starters. Stan Musial was the only non-Red on the starting team. The commissioner of baseball replaced Wally Post and Gus Bell with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. I said current configuration which meant since 1970 That of course, as well as the year before the Reds had another instance of heavy ballot stuffing (with no internet or foreign country votes to contend with either) was why the vote was taken away untill 1970 Excuse us

Elster88 Jul 02 2006 11:34 PM

6 White Sox made the AL team.

Gwreck Jul 02 2006 11:51 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: ="Gwreck"]Former Mets who are All-Stars also include Kenny Rogers and former Met property Jason Bay. Kenny Rogers=The Roaster (The Entertainer of the same name lent his name to a chain of CA chicken restaurants Needed a comma there. I couldn't figure out what "Kazmir the Roaster" was. Also, I might have my country music wrong, but I thought he was "The Gambler" [??]

SteveJRogers Jul 02 2006 11:53 PM

Gwreck wrote: ="SteveJRogers"] Gwreck wrote: Former Mets who are All-Stars also include Kenny Rogers and former Met property Jason Bay. Kenny Rogers=The Roaster (The Entertainer of the same name lent his name to a chain of CA chicken restaurants Needed a comma there. I couldn't figure out what "Kazmir the Roaster" was. Also, I might have my country music wrong, but I thought he was "The Gambler" [??] Yeah, but Kenny Rogers, the pitcher, is nicknamed The Roaster because of Kenny's, The Gambler, restaurants and his hot temper

SteveJRogers Jul 02 2006 11:55 PM

="cleonjones11"] ="SteveJRogers"] ="RealityChuck"] ="SteveJRogers"]4 Starters part of a log jam for 2nd all time in the current configuration (and this includes the Final Man voting as well). Reds in 76 lead with 5 Nope. Reds in 1957, with seven starters (later marked down to five). This was fan voting, by the way. Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot box, voting for all the Reds' starters. Stan Musial was the only non-Red on the starting team. The commissioner of baseball replaced Wally Post and Gus Bell with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. I said current configuration which meant since 1970 That of course, as well as the year before the Reds had another instance of heavy ballot stuffing (with no internet or foreign country votes to contend with either) was why the vote was taken away untill 1970 Excuse us ??? Chuck thought I made an error, I was clarifying that I was not in error, or I didn't intend for the error, any way to do that without highlighting the words in my OP?

SteveJRogers Jul 08 2006 07:17 PM

The old record: The new record

metirish Jul 08 2006 09:36 PM

I missed both games today but was wondering if Reyes will go to the All-Star game?

SteveJRogers Jul 08 2006 09:59 PM

metirish wrote: I missed both games today but was wondering if Reyes will go to the All-Star game? Haven't gotten any word yet, probably Sunday it will be determined

metirish Jul 10 2006 02:35 PM

Pedro is resting up back in the Dominican Republic . ] Pedro Martinez is the only one of the six who is not attending the game, and he left the team for his home in the Dominican Republic after being placed on the disabled list Friday. General manager Omar Minaya expected Martinez to work out there during the All-Star break and rejoin the team for Thursday's workout in Chicago. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spmnotes104812712jul10,0,3582746.story?coll=ny-baseball-headlines

OlerudOwned Jul 10 2006 03:02 PM

Eckstein will take over Reyes' roster spot.

metirish Jul 10 2006 03:54 PM

Kenny Rogers and Brad Penny are the All-Star starters. Phil Garner will go with this line up. Sorinao- LF Beltran - CF Pujols - 1b Bay - RF Renteria - SS Wright - 3B Utley - 2B Lo Duca - C The AL team is. Suzuki - RF Jeter - SS Ortiz - 1B Rodriguez - 3B Guerrero - LF I Rodriguez - C Wells - CF Loretta - 2B

Elster88 Jul 10 2006 04:49 PM

And why shouldn't the Yankee fans boo the cleanup hitter on the All-Star team? None of the merits that put him in that spot were achieved in BIG spots.

MFS62 Jul 10 2006 06:33 PM

Elster88 wrote: 6 White Sox made the AL team. I would guess the fact that the ChiSox manager named the subs might have had something to do with it. The Mets didn't have that advantage. Good for them. I remember many years ago when one NL All Star team had seven Reds as starters. They were nice enough to name Stan Musial as the other starter. After that, they changed it so the players and managers voted. Then, in the spirit of fan friendliness they changed it back to fans voting. Just in time for computerized voting. SC= 77 Later

Elster88 Jul 11 2006 09:30 AM

]Glavine, voted onto the staff by players, was replaced because his Sunday start rendered him unavailable for the Tuesday night game. (Martinez, also chosen by players, recently went on the disabled list with a sore hip.) Just saw this snippet in an article. Are players voting for reserves now, and not just the All-Star team manager? I can't remember.

Frayed Knot Jul 11 2006 09:40 AM

The reserves are chosen by a combination of player votes and manager/league picks.

SteveJRogers Jul 11 2006 11:43 AM

Elster88 wrote: ]Glavine, voted onto the staff by players, was replaced because his Sunday start rendered him unavailable for the Tuesday night game. (Martinez, also chosen by players, recently went on the disabled list with a sore hip.) Just saw this snippet in an article. Are players voting for reserves now, and not just the All-Star team manager? I can't remember. Yup. If its the same as the fans it goes to the second guy

Elster88 Jul 11 2006 11:56 AM

You're not helping.

SteveJRogers Jul 11 2006 12:10 PM

Elster88 wrote: You're not helping. Fans vote for the starters Then the players vote including 5 starting pitchers and 3 relievers. If its a tie with the fan vote the player's runner up gets the nod (thats how the entire player chosen NL squad got picked this year actually) The rest are chosen by the manager's discretion with input from officials (other managers, the commissioner office, ect) including whom to replace injured selections Then the fans vote for that 32nd "Final Man" on the roster

SteveJRogers Jul 11 2006 12:16 PM

MFS62 wrote: ="Elster88"]6 White Sox made the AL team. I would guess the fact that the ChiSox manager named the subs might have had something to do with it. The Mets didn't have that advantage. Good for them. I remember many years ago when one NL All Star team had seven Reds as starters. They were nice enough to name Stan Musial as the other starter. After that, they changed it so the players and managers voted. Then, in the spirit of fan friendliness they changed it back to fans voting. Just in time for computerized voting. SC= 77 Later All but Dye and Contreras were Manager picks. Surprisingly only two Astros were selected, Berkman as a Garner pick, and Oswalt replaces Pedro

SteveJRogers Jul 11 2006 01:53 PM

FYI The following is the ASG Players Vote selection for 2006: AL INF 1B P Jim Thome White Sox INF 2B P Robinson Cano Yankees INF 3B P Troy Glaus Blue Jays INF SS P Michael Young Rangers OF P Jermaine Dye White Sox OF P Alexis Rios Blue Jays OF P Vernon Wells Blue Jays C P Joe Mauer Twins SP P Jose Contreras White Sox SP P Roy Halladay Blue Jays SP P Scott Kazmir Devil Rays SP P Kenny Rogers Tigers SP P Johan Santana Twins RP P Jonathan Papelbon Red Sox RP P BJ Ryan Orioles RP P Mariano Rivera Yankees NL (All position players are runners up, the only AL I know was 3B, because ARod failed to finish 2nd behind Glaus and Chavez) INF 1B P Ryan Howard Phillies INF 2B P Dan Uggla Marlins INF 3B P Miguel Cabrera Marlins INF SS P Edgar Renteria Braves OF P Andruw Jones Braves OF P Matt Holliday Rockies OF P Carlos Lee Brewers C P Brian McCann Braves SP P Bronson Arroyo Reds SP P Chris Carpenter Cardinals SP P Tom Glavine Mets SP P Pedro Martinez Mets SP P Brandon Webb Diamondbacks RP P Trevor Hoffman Padres RP P Tom Gordon Phillies RP P Derrick Turnbow Brewers As you can see, the Players, like the fans generally go with whom they think are the best that given year with no regard for "everyone needs a rep" though the Rockies and Brewers may be questionable