Royals Halladay Named AL Starter - Page 5

CaliforniaChief · 07-13-2009, 09:40 AM

Screw Joe Maddon. He has chosen Roy Halladay to start for the American League and not Zack Greinke as the starter for tomorrow night's AS Game.

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 12:35 AM

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Some argue incorrectly, then.

There is no incorrect answer to the question. It's an opinion.

Another question, though... do we just take out the 2nd half of last season when deciding this shit, then? Does that never become part of the equation for determining an "All-Star?"

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 12:35 AM

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Now erin andrews is interviewing roy

And asking him questions about being traded. Yeah, that was so enjoyable for Jays fans.

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 12:37 AM

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You were all Expos fans despite Toronto winning back-to-back championships in the early nineties? Odd.

Many people in Canada outside Toronto don't like Toronto.

**Reaper16** · 07-14-2009, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

There is no incorrect answer to the question. It's an opinion.

Another question, though... do we just take out the 2nd half of last season when deciding this shit, then? Does that never become part of the equation for determining an "All-Star?"

Um. Yeah, duh.

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 12:47 AM

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Um. Yeah, duh.

Uhh...you do realize that Maddon made his decision on something more than the 1st half of this season, right?

**Reaper16** · 07-14-2009, 12:00 PM

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Uhh...you do realize that Maddon made his decision on something more than the 1st half of this season, right?

Yes, I do. He's dead wrong about it, too.

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 07:42 PM

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Yes, I do. He's dead wrong about it, too.

He isn't, because there is no such thing as right and wrong in this case.

Is there really a reason to whine about such a meaningless thing, anyway? Nobody remembers who starts these games.

**Reaper16** · 07-14-2009, 07:45 PM

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He isn't, because there is no such thing as right and wrong in this case.

Is there really a reason to whine about such a meaningless thing, anyway? Nobody remembers who starts these games.

I do, for the most part.

But there is a right way... its the way that every manager for the last bunch of years has done it. The best pitcher for the first half of the season gets the start. That's why Cliff Lee got the start last year, its why Dan Haren got the start two years ago, etc.

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 07:47 PM

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I do, for the most part.

Really? I honestly had no idea David Wells was the last Jay to start one when I read it the other day. And then I got to thinking that I couldn't really remember any of the All-Star starters over the last 10 years...it's really the Cy Young award winners each year that are in my consciousness.

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But there is a right way... its the way that every manager for the last bunch of years has done it. The best pitcher for the first half of the season gets the start. That's why Cliff Lee got the start last year, its why Dan Haren got the start two years ago, etc.

That isn't the right way. It's just the way that some managers have done it.

irishjayhawk · 07-14-2009, 07:55 PM

And it backfires. 1-2-3 for Grienke in rare form. And Halladay gives up 3.

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 08:00 PM

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And it backfires. 1-2-3 for Grienke in rare form. And Halladay gives up 3.

And by next year's All-Star game, nobody will even remember or care.

**Reaper16** · 07-14-2009, 08:03 PM

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And by next year's All-Star game, nobody will even remember or care.

Well, you won't. But you're a bad baseball fan.

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 08:11 PM

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Well, you won't. But you're a bad baseball fan.

Yeah, because I'm sure you can name all the All-Star starters over the past 5 years without cheating. They don't remain in our consciousness for a reason (that reason being obvious, it's meaningless what somebody's stats are at the halfway point of a season).

**Reaper16** · 07-14-2009, 08:15 PM

I can name the AL ones for sure:
Halladay, Lee, Haren, Rogers, Buehrle

The NL ones, I think were:
Lincecum, Sheets, Peavey, Webb, Carpenter

KC_Connection · 07-14-2009, 08:21 PM

Man, you could have looked that shit up so easily. I had totally forgotten about Kenny Rogers starting that game after Halladay got hit by the line drive. And the NL starters? ****, I had no idea Sheets even started last year.

Cy Young awards actually mean something, people remember them (even though the BBWAA is a ****ed up organization that decides it primarily on wins).

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