Comments on: Phormula: Victorino is Best Fit for the ASG

By: JW

JW — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:23:50 +0000

C Manuel

Charlie M., what a “homer”. Adding the rest of his outfield when the NL has plenty of OFs. If Werth was so good, why wasn’t Manuel brave enough to pick him as one of the final 5 to vote on? If he really believes a .260 hitter can be better than a .300 hitter, we have some we’ll be happy to trade for Ibanez. As a Giants fan, I’m willing to say OK, Victorino and Sandoval were close, very close, and both deserving. So the “Bran Torino” campaign worked better than our “Vote for Pablo”. His justification for Werth, sounds like so much crap. Yea, he took into account what he saw in the last 2 weeks, but what about the other 15 or so teams x 25 players he DIDNT SEE in the last two weeks? Some complain about the ALG being more than someone having a good year, but a star people want to remember they saw sometime in a (hall of fame) career. (i.e. D. Jeter). Manuel’s taking it the other way…”who’s having A GREAT TWO WEEKS, that I’m happening to see?”. Hey, if we’re lucky he can pull all these ALG fan voted hacks, and all those .300 averages, after the first inning, and replace em with PHILS lineup #2-#6…great opportunity to make history!

By: JW

JW — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:45:06 +0000

Charlie M. would make a gracious N useful call choosin SANDOVAL for Beltran. NL is overloaded with 1st basemen (the Howard choice), but I think has only 2 third basemen. I understand there are more than enough outfielders,esp. now Victorino’s in. Give a nod to how close the “record” vote was- no one’s gonna whine about picking a .330 hitter with 13 HRs. AND in a pinch, Pablo can fill as a CATCHER(?!), he was SF’s #2 catcher early in season. Having another catcher’s a big deal if it goes into extra innings, like holding out an extra inning pitcher…no more TIE game endings!

By: Nationals#1

Nationals#1 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:33:27 +0000

Jeff, Pujols is light years ahead of everyone. i have no problem with ryan howard being 2nd place behind pujols, especially if he’s on my team. i don’t think there’s a more valuable 1b in the league behind pujols or ahead of howard

By: Jason Bintliff

Jason Bintliff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:52:39 +0000

Butter…
I hear ya. My numbers on key board are getting worn out from entering the code so many times.

Corey… Awesome article!!! Couldn’t have made a better argument. the numbers don’t lie.

By: Morris Buttermaker

Morris Buttermaker — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:37:58 +0000

I can’t wait for 4. I am so tired of voting. I have voted at least 500 times. Who knows how many. 3 hours today and probably 2 hours each day since Monday.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:59:25 +0000

*a good

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:56:29 +0000

RBI’s aren’t always good statistic, because it’s dependent on where you’re hitting in the lineup. Shane is hitting behind our #8 hitter, our pitcher and our (until recently) slumping leadoff man, so he’s not going to get a lot of RBI’s compared to say, Howard, who’s hitting behind two guys with .300 batting averages.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:33 +0000

Chuck P, I hope you’re correct on the latest vote count for Victorino. It would be great to see Victorino voted in by the fans rather than chosen by the manager as a substitute for the injured Beltran. I think Victorino would have greater satisfaction knowing he had the support of the fans.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:37:22 +0000

Howard does not deserve to be there. Yes, Howard can get streaky in a month and hit homers. It hasnt happen of yet. He is not the player I would of signed for long term. He does not scare me when coming to bat. Werth has similar numbers with a better batting average. I cant stand watching Howard at the plate. Swings at anything. Albert is light years ahead of him.

By: Chuck P

Chuck P — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:08:12 +0000

William… that comment makes no sense, considering Howard leads the team in RBI’s… he’s actually 3rd in the NL in RBI’s..

By: Chuck P

Chuck P — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:06:01 +0000

Victorino is leading the vote at this point!! Keep voting!!

By: william

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:04:12 +0000

since when should a team ever put RBI’s to the side isn’t that what counts most at the games end RUNS BATTED IN !! yes victorino deserves to be at the ASG it’s howard who should not have been picked over Pablo.

By: CZ

CZ — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:43:50 +0000

Don’t forget that Matt Kemp also plays CF and is pretty deserving for the All-Star game. Just because he might finish 3rd or 4th in the vote doesn’t mean he might not be selected as Beltran’s replacement. Remember, Torre is on Manuel’s coaching staff.

Keep voting for Shane!!!!!!!

By: Joey

Joey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:23:53 +0000

Victirino will make the team anyway with Beltran out- regardless of the results of todays vote. thats why you should vote for sandoval, its like watching a lava lamp play third base. its mesmorizing.

By: philsphan

philsphan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:23:18 +0000

Haha yea Maverick,

I want J-roll to walk more

By: Maverick

Maverick — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:15:38 +0000

“Think of the two things we always clamor for Jimmy Rollins to do – walk less and hit fewer balls in the air.”

I assume you meant strike out less or walk more?

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:21:59 +0000

With Beltran out it should go to Victorino as he is a center fielder. I think what happened last year with Fukidomi who owes his all star appearance to the japanese more than the cubbies faithful might happen again this year but with Sandoval who in addition to Giants fans will collect votes from all of Venezuela (probably under fear of late night visitations by Chavez’s secret police). Eventhough Sandoval deserves the nod, Shane’s #1 ZR rating makes him the more complete player. Remember the All-Star game we lost in the late innings with Chubby Caberara defending 3rd while Scott Rolen, arguably one of the best fielding 3rd basemen of his day sat on the bench watching a ground ball he would have kept in he infield.