Vote for Mark Teixeira over Kevin Youkilis for the All-Star Game. Let's give John Henry something to Twitter about. Let's help good defeat evil. Well, maybe Kevin Youkilis isn't evil - just terminally annoying - but I still don't want to see him start at first base at the All-Star Game!Youk is leading Tex by 40,000 votes with just one day to go. This cannot happen. So go to MLB.com and vote on the mark. Send a Tex message to the All-Star Game! You can vote up to 25 times - the ballot saves your picks, so it's easy to keep on resubmitting your choices.
In addition to voting for Teixeira, this Squawker has a few other suggestions for the All-Star ballot:
The good folks at VoteSwisher.com wanted to remind Yankee fans to write in Nick Swisher for an outfield spot.
Dustin Pedroia is less than 7,000 votes behind Ian Kinsler for second base. Why should a Red Sox player who left the field when there were only two outs be rewarded with an All-Star spot? Hope this survey says no!
As I have done every time I've voted on an All-Star ballot since the 2006 NLCS, I voted for the Cardinals' Yadier Molina, just to tweak Squawker Jon. And this year, Jose Molina's brother is actually leading the NL All-Star ballot at catcher. Are there that many Met-haters out there?
I also used the NL ballot to vote for the best second baseman out there. The pop-up king! Yes, I went there - I voted 25 times for the Mets' Luis Castillo!
Speaking of the Mets, I just went to Mets.com to see who they were promoting on their site for the All-Star Game. Each team is promoting one or more players: the Yanks are pushing Teixeira, while the Red Sox are asking fans to vote for Youkilis and Pedroia. The Mets? Well, they're pushing somebody who won't be able to play in the All-Star Game - the injured Carlos Beltran! Granted, he did have an All-Star caliber year until getting hurt, but it's still funny that they're promoting him over their supposed franchise player, David Wright.
Voting for the All-Star Game ends at 11:59 tonight. Get your votes in!
Who are you voting for? Leave us a comment!
The deadline has passed but I used all my votes to get Teixeira in there as the starting first baseman. I can't be objective about my decision, obviously, but Tex has got the offensive and defensive talent to earn him a spot.
ReplyDeleteAnd as long as the ASG remains an exhibition game, I'd much rather watch Tex than Youk. Heck, I'd rather watch Giambi again.
I too voted for Castillo. After all, with the field advantage on the line for the World Series, there's no one I'd rather have the AL pop-up to than the Mets first baseman. I was almost tempted to vote for Bonifacio at third for even more pop-up hits. *g*