A Long View Towards The All-Star Game

Well, that was fast. Major League Baseball, just a little over two weeks into its 2010 regular season and nearly 3 months until the actual All-Star Game, has released its All-Star 2010 ballot. VOTE NOW!!!

Releasing the All-Star ballot this early is ridiculous. Of course, in the interest of maintaining perspective, the MLB All-Star game itself is ridiculous. It's nothing more than a popularity contest, much like all of the other All-Star games. If I could put money down in Vegas on something like "David Ortiz will make the 2010 All-Star Game", I would, because fans are stupid like that. Only the best pitchers get to go to the All-Star Game, because they are selected by the managers of each All-Star team.

Funny enough, I don't mind the unwritten rule that each team must have at least one representative. I'm a baseball geek, so I'm excited to see Andrew McCutchen, Billy Butler, Nick Markakis, Ryan Zimmerman and Joey Votto out there. I'd much rather see them than David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis (The Greek God of Walks Lame Batting Stances).

This is all a lead-in to mentioning a new Facebook group whose aim is to expose the hypocrisy of fan voting in the MLB All-Star Game by urging people to vote for Craig Counsell as the National League's starting second baseman. Go forth and vote, or join the group, if you like.

I hate Craig Counsell.