Gibson settling in, but he won't be out there much longer. Already at 88 pitches.

It's always been invalid. Hopefully this will get it changed. Players and a panel should vote on players, not fans.

hee hee

LMAO

Bad baseball team right there.

Yes. Not anymore. Too much riding on it now.

I'll take that run!

Whoops. Lol, I'll take it

Keep on Twinning Twins

Gipson's two seamer has some serious bite to it.

HILARITY!

You were saying?

Liking this game

He should be out of the inning. Defense not only screwed him out of a dp, but also allowed a run in.

Damnit hos

LOL. I'm just ****ing. I ****!

Bad hop on the botch though, IMO.

That run is obviously unearned

I'm liking this.

That will not happen. Period.

The best they can do is bring back paper ballots in stadiums. Making the voting online-only directly led to this possibility.

Why not Al? Honest question.

Fan voting for the baseball AS game is way too much of a tradition--and marketing opportunity--for them to eliminate it. They could have fans vote for the reserves instead of the starters. I bet they end up not messing with it too much.

haha it's all good!
Indeed.

I didn't say it would happen but it surely should. Home field advantage depends on it. Shouldn't be left to uneducated fans, which let's be honest, most are.

I'm not passing judgment on whether or not they should remove the vote from fans. I am just confidently and firmly predicting that they will not ever do that again.

The paper ballots had to just be a drop in the bucket as far as overall votes once there was an online option. I bet the return rate on those was pretty low, and most people are only going to fill out one. Online, you can do 35 votes in 5 minutes and repeat all night if you wanted to do so.

There are literally millions of casual voters who are willing to fill out a ballot handed to them by an usher, who have no desire to vote 35 times online.

Its not a coincidence that the very same year that they made it online-only, that suddenly the Royals and Cardinals are both getting a huge number of starters.

The votes from each of the other 28 stadiums would have balanced things a bit more.

Fine then do half fans and half panel on who makes it. I don't care but it shouldn't just be the fans. But when a turd like Omar and over half the Royals make it, the system is clearly flawed and ridiculous.

You could make a case for everyone but Infante and Rios

I think in 15 years each or most seats will have some kind of ipad-like device built into it, where fans at the game can conveniently vote for all-stars, as well as play around with other in-stadium features. We're in the awkward in-between period of technology where internet-only votes empower hyper-motivated fan bases.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Royals fans should stop expending energy on the All Star voting and open a Kickstarter campaign to finance the dads on all road trips.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/608812989139943424">June 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
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That.... might be a plausible option. I don't think it'll happen, but if I went forward 5 years in a time machine, I wouldn't be completely shocked if I looked around and saw that MLB had put in something like that.

Ned's managing the AS game right?

Si

1. Who cares about the all star game?

2. Make paper ballots at games worth 10 online votes.

I'm still getting used to the idea that Draftkings is seen as legitimate enough to the point where professional sports leagues allow them to advertise.

Give it another decade, and we'll be able to gamble online.

He's also already picked his coaches: the managers for the Rangers and the Mariners

No doubt he'll be drinking in the dugout during the game as well.

Are they Gil Meche'ing this kid???

Rios is going full Infante.

Shukran Sadiqi

Actually the Astros not the Rangers

Winning Ned has truly been an entertaining sight to behold, so why not

He's been taking the victory lap of the poor, often-criticized guy who suddenly makes it big and can yell out "suck it!"

Well I hope so. As a fan of baseball, it's pretty stupid that 7 members of the Royals could be starting, even if that is my team it's absurd.

When is Omar going to be held accountable? He's sucked for two years, and we have a suitable replacement in Colon

His Royal starters will know what to do. :)

Ned Yost the person, I would hangout with even if he wasn't winning. He's very laid back and I know he likes to drink. He'd be fun to chill with, no doubt.

Oh, thats right. Bah, Texas people all look alike.

Its ****ing bullshit. Draft Kings IS gambling, just in a different form. Yet legal in most states, yet poker, blackjack, craps whatever tickles your fancy is not

Former Royals catcher AJ Hinch.

come on..stop walking people..shit you got a 4 run lead

You were saying this about Guthrie two weeks ago. You're kind of like the less intelligent petegeezuz

You said they should bring back paper ballots instead of online-only. I assume that meant having both. Having both would still lead to the vote being overwhelmingly dominated by the internet.

figures, dreaded 6th inning and volquez has lost command

I thought he said in an interview once he quit drinking. I must be wrong.

EDIT: Yeah, I don't know where that came from. Probably not him.

Still maintain that Duffy should be in Guthrie's spot. Guthrie has one of tbe worst ERAs in the AL. As with any pitcher, theres ups and downs. But his downs are really terrible and id rather go with Duffy due to his upside alone.

Well a few years ago at Spring Training he talked about breaking into a bottle of Tennessee Honey Whiskey. Maybe he's quit since then?

The paper ballot vote would be more than enough to exert a moderating influence. Infante wouldn't be close, and Morales would not be leading at DH, at the very least.

that's mr. petegeezuz to you, thank you kindly

Moose.....

get someone stretching ...**** Moose, damn...this is gonna cost us..a walk and an error, 0 outs

That ball was on fire!

Found it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Q: &quot;How do you avoid a hangover after --&quot;

Ned Yost: &quot;Don&#39;t drink.&quot;

The man won&#39;t be managing the All Star Game by accident, folks.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/597881266877374464">May 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Must have quit

If there is one thing you're forgetting it's that the new commissioner isn't stuck with never changing things in the game like Selig was. For better or worse.

Well that sounds just like a smart ass answer, not saying he never drinks. I do highly doubt that.

Guthrie has THE worst ERA of qualified AL starters. The worst one

Someone needs to start warming up. I'd like Volquez to go 6, but we need to plan for disaster

edit: and Morales is warming up. cool

but very playable..typically when moose makes an error it leads to multiple runs

Hey, how's the spreadsheet looking?

that leadoff walk is going to score...

He is not going to remove the vote from fans. That is just not going to happen.

What I said initially was based entirely on my poor memory of that original tweet. So I couldn't tell ya one way or the other :shrug:

I know this, I just don't expect it to stay 100% fan vote very long after a year like this.

tonight would be a breakout game if we hang on

I would let Volquez have one more baserunner. If he can get the 2nd and 3rd outs, great

Well that was huge

Nice.

Great turn there.

That'll do, Moose.

That'll do.

Never change pete

or not...good play moose..way to redeem

SUCK MY DICK PETE

/SIGNED MOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE