I went to the fan voting today to submit my votes. I intended to vote Bay (homer vote), Torii Hunter, and Ben Zobrist (he of 184 OPS+, 3.4 WAR on fangraphs).
Except one tiny problem...he's not on the ballot and I had to write Zobrist in.
It's just sad to me that some players never get a fair crack at this because the media doesn't give them the attention they deserve as players. Pretty much a lock these days that you have to play in Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Chicago, or Milwaukee oddly enough, to sniff the fan vote.
I'm a Sox fan, too, if you couldn't tell, I fully agree.
I'm more peeved with some other things.
Like how Josh effin Hamilton is currently an AL Starter, Soriano is an NL starter, Ibanez and Mike Cameron aren't (Milwaukee fans really seem to suck at allocating their fandom, 134 OPS+ from a top defensive CF is more valuable than a 159 OPS+ from a LF, even though that's still pretty awesome).
Jeter over Bartlett and Scutaro in the AL.
It's a mess.
I know the game is about the fans, but there should be at least some form of meritocracy involved. Center fielders constantly get screwed due to all OF's being categorized the same.
Except one tiny problem...he's not on the ballot and I had to write Zobrist in.
It's just sad to me that some players never get a fair crack at this because the media doesn't give them the attention they deserve as players. Pretty much a lock these days that you have to play in Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Chicago, or Milwaukee oddly enough, to sniff the fan vote.
I'm a Sox fan, too, if you couldn't tell, I fully agree.
I'm more peeved with some other things.
Like how Josh effin Hamilton is currently an AL Starter, Soriano is an NL starter, Ibanez and Mike Cameron aren't (Milwaukee fans really seem to suck at allocating their fandom, 134 OPS+ from a top defensive CF is more valuable than a 159 OPS+ from a LF, even though that's still pretty awesome).
Jeter over Bartlett and Scutaro in the AL.
It's a mess.
I know the game is about the fans, but there should be at least some form of meritocracy involved. Center fielders constantly get screwed due to all OF's being categorized the same.