Scott Podsednik

[Boris]

Can someone please explain why this guy is on the final all-star ballot? I just read an article that says he's actually the leading vote getter. Why? Matsui seems like the obvious choice with Jeter close behind.

[Josh W]

SBs are 'sexier' than OBP.

[Uston]

Because people think stolen bases are cool?

I'm also trying to figure out how he even made the final ballot.

[Voltron87]

if he gets in over matsui that will just be wrong.

matsui really should be an AS.

[pryor15]

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Can someone please explain why this guy is on the final all-star ballot?

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because they play baseball in places other than the east coast.

[kyro]

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Can someone please explain why this guy is on the final all-star ballot?

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because they play baseball in places other than the east coast.

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That's an awesome argument. I guess we could use that argument as to why Matt Stairs should be an allstar. Come on, you can do better than this.

[nolanfan34]

Because he is the leadoff hitter for the best team in baseball.

He does the little things well, like bunting, and baserunning.

Check out those stolen bases!

He's "gritty", and "looks like a ballplayer".

Oh, and fans are dumb.

[pryor15]

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Can someone please explain why this guy is on the final all-star ballot?

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because they play baseball in places other than the east coast.

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That's an awesome argument. I guess we could use that argument as to why Matt Stairs should be an allstar. Come on, you can do better than this.

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are you kidding? matt stairs can't run nearly as fast. well, his OBP puts him just outside the top 20 in the AL he's got nearly 2x as many SB as the next player in the AL and is given quite a bit of credit for the white sox having the best record in baseball. don't tell jack (b/c i think it'd kill him), but all-star games aren't all about stats, you've gotta factor in some intangibles somewhere, just like in MVP voting.

full disclosure: i don't think he should be in the game, but i've been asked to back up my sarcasm, so i tried.

[mrbaseball]

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Because he is the leadoff hitter for the best team in baseball.

He does the little things well, like bunting, and baserunning.

Check out those stolen bases!

He's "gritty", and "looks like a ballplayer".


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These are all excellent reasons. If you watch this team play at all you will understand it better. He is easily the team MVP and they wouldn't be where they are without him. Baseball doesn't always boil down into some tidy little Bill James metric.

But also there is a huge campaign here in Chicago to get him voted in. It is getting a lot of local media play on sports radio and gamecasts here.

[Phoenix1010]

What a joke.