Let's show MLB how much of a joke fan voting is...

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 24, 2011 4:46 PM PDT

As we all know and have witnessed across the past several years, fan voting is an absolute joke for the All-Star Game. We've seen the examples. Mark Teixeira ALMOST getting the starting job in 2009 with a .232 AVG near the break. Russell Martin and Derek Jeter leading the voting at their respective positions right now, and Jorge Posada third in DH voting when he wouldn't even be in the top ten in AAA. Yet, because they're Yankees, they get consideration. But what if one of the worst players in all of baseball to NOT be a Yankee were to suddenly get mass amounts of votes?

What I'm about to suggest may be sacrilege to some and a crime to others. It's a radical idea, but to prove to Major League Baseball that fan opinion is an absolute joke, we must do it. There is just about a week left of fan voting, and that's enough time to band together for this task.

We must vote Jeff Mathis into the All-Star Game.

It pains me to even say that, but it must be done to prove a point. We banded together to give Game 6 of the 2002 World Series the overwhelming majority of online votes for MLB Network's 20 Greatest Games series (even if it didn't appear in the 20 that got named). We can certainly turn the 2011 All-Star Game into...a premium affair.

Create multiple emails to submit max votes, do whatever is necessary. But to prove once and for all that Yankees and Red Sox fans are not the only groups capable of block voting for invalids at their positions, we need to unite and do this horrendous task.

Will it work? Maybe, maybe not, since there are just about six days left of fan voting, and it's limited to online voting. But let's GET THIS DONE! If we can even get him into the top five catchers by the end of voting, we'll have achieved our mission. Sure, it'll give Lyle Spencer wet dreams for an entire year about how Mathis was almost an All-Star. But it's worth the sacrifice. If we can prove to Bud Selig and the rest of the league cronies that fan opinion is damn near incompetent, then we've accomplished the mission at hand.

So let's do this, folks. Get serious. Get crazy. And GET PREMIUM.

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so youre saying you would like Sosh to play Mathis indefinitely?

Imagine the ego boost this would Sosh.

by homercles on Jun 24, 2011 4:56 PM PDT reply actions

Sosh isn't THAT stupid.

Well, maybe he is. But an ASG nod doesn’t mask a .189 batting average.

"Erstad says he's got it, Erstad...MAKES THE CATCH! The Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!" - Rory Markas, October 27, 2002

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 24, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

so far no ASG nod has masked a .189 avg

by homercles on Jun 24, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly what I'm saying.

I mean, if batting sub-Mendoza propelled Jorge Posada to third in DH voting…

"Erstad says he's got it, Erstad...MAKES THE CATCH! The Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!" - Rory Markas, October 27, 2002

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 24, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions

My point: If Sosh is believes in Mathis powers and and that he hits the ball hard

even at .189, imagine how much out of control his infatuation with Mathis if Jeffy makes an ASG

by homercles on Jun 24, 2011 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Nothing will change Soth's infatuation with Premium.

Robb Quinlan had a 20-game hitting streak in 2004, and Soth loved him until he left in 2010. I mean, he was even benching K-Mo to play Quinlan on some days.

"Erstad says he's got it, Erstad...MAKES THE CATCH! The Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!" - Rory Markas, October 27, 2002

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 24, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess i'm willing to burn down the village in order to save it.

But it won’t change anything. When the so called experts still drool over Derek Jeter, and refer to him as one of the games best SS, can we really fault brain dead no-nothing casual fans for continually voting him into the ASG?

YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....

by halofolife on Jun 24, 2011 5:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

It isn't as much "brain dead no-nothing casual fans"...

As it is “bandwagon Yankee fans using 35 email addresses to vote the entire Yankees lineup into the All-Star Game.”

"Erstad says he's got it, Erstad...MAKES THE CATCH! The Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!" - Rory Markas, October 27, 2002

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 26, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I think it is way too close to the ASG

For this to possibly work

Jeff Mathis Batting Average Watch: .189

by ryanfea on Jun 24, 2011 5:09 PM PDT reply actions

Why not give it a shot, though?

Hence why I said: Even if it were only to get him into the top five…

Or even if not. The sudden voting surge would force SOMEONE to take notice.

"Erstad says he's got it, Erstad...MAKES THE CATCH! The Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!" - Rory Markas, October 27, 2002

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 24, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Not going to work

When it comes to grassroots campaigns, always bet on the movement with the larger proportion of unemployed twenty-somethings with lots of time and little to do with it. In this case, it means you bet on New Jersey.

by Suboptimal on Jun 24, 2011 5:55 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

But again, why not give it a shot?

It can’t hurt to try.

"Erstad says he's got it, Erstad...MAKES THE CATCH! The Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!" - Rory Markas, October 27, 2002

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 24, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I would prefer we try voting in Jered Weaver as Catcher than Jeff mathis.

by Balls and Strikes on Jun 24, 2011 6:03 PM PDT reply actions

I'd vote mathis in merely to screw with the other players

I'm an Angels fan

by ladybug on Jun 24, 2011 6:08 PM PDT reply actions

Exactly why I'm doing it.

That, and to finally remove the wool from Selig’s eyes.

"Erstad says he's got it, Erstad...MAKES THE CATCH! The Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!" - Rory Markas, October 27, 2002

by Of Maicer and Men on Jun 24, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions

"These guys have worms in their living rooms. I don't think theyll get the message."

by homercles on Jun 24, 2011 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions

dumb & dumber

"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some douche named DFA from AN

by 2pintsofbooze on Jun 27, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions

correct, I was referring to Selig

by homercles on Jun 29, 2011 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Methinks this is where all you would do...

…is gather numerical evidence that reveals how MLB edits the fan “voting”.

Suppose you could construct a scripting engine that could vote Mathis 2,000,000 times. So you KNOW that Mathis received enough votes to appear on the results list. But that outcome would be so embarrassing that MLB would “filter out” those votes altogether. And their reasoning is that the only person who would know, would be you.

Besides, if we cannot get enough interest from fellow Halo fans to put Howie into the mix, what makes you think you will find enough to do this for Mathis?

"...the error of age is to believe that experience is a substitute for intelligence." - Lymon Bryson (1888-1959) pulling a Nostradomus on Torii Hunter's baserunning ass.

by Stirrups on Jun 24, 2011 7:18 PM PDT reply actions