All-Star Rosters

Snapolit1 · #1 07-08-2025, 04:51 AM

Giving people �honorary� spots only going to lead to problems. Claims of favoritism, favoring big market teams, etc. Not a good idea at all. Nothing against Kershaw who has always seemed to be a very good guy.

SAllen2556 · #2 07-08-2025, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Giving people �honorary� spots only going to lead to problems. Claims of favoritism, favoring big market teams, etc. Not a good idea at all. Nothing against Kershaw who has always seemed to be a very good guy.

Oh c'mon, it's an all-star game, an exhibition! No one cares if Clayton Kershaw gets invited. And there's a very long history of inviting "super veterans" if you will: Willie Mays, Johnny Bench, Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline, Yaz, Cal Ripken - the list is practically endless - were all named in their last year of playing just as a token of appreciation. This is nothing new.

The all-star game is not what it was, mainly because of inter-league play. There's no mystique anymore about which league is better and how they match up. I think it'd be fun to somehow have divisional all-star teams and match them up. I think the AL central guys would love to whip the AL East guys more than they care about beating the National League.

Beercan collector · #3 07-08-2025, 08:17 AM

With every sport when the All-Star game comes around I�m simply waiting impatiently for the regular season to start up again . When I was a kid I didn�t think anything was better than the NFL All-Star game (with all the Rams helmets out there) but now I think they should just cancel all of them

packs · #4 07-08-2025, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Giving people �honorary� spots only going to lead to problems. Claims of favoritism, favoring big market teams, etc. Not a good idea at all. Nothing against Kershaw who has always seemed to be a very good guy.

You'd have to be against voting too then. Every year guys get voted onto the team by popular vote and not because they're playing well.

Snapolit1 · #5 07-08-2025, 08:22 PM

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You'd have to be against voting too then. Every year guys get voted onto the team by popular vote and not because they're playing well.

Even Kershaw said it was weird. But if you think it�s ok that�s all that counts!!

packs · #6 07-08-2025, 10:08 PM

Do you think fans should vote on the All Stars?

Snapolit1 · #7 07-09-2025, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by packs

Do you think fans should vote on the All Stars?

Yes.

D. Bergin · #8 07-09-2025, 10:14 AM

Kershaws on a 1 year contract and just hit 3K K�s, and may possibly be the last one to do it for a very long time, depending on how Sale and Cole finish out their careers. Maybe they�re making an educated guess this is the end of the line for him.

D. Bergin · #9 07-09-2025, 10:14 AM

Duplicate post

gonefishin · #10 07-09-2025, 01:59 PM

Giving Clayton a free ride is ok with me, but what about Scherzer who has 3,405 Ks and Verlander who has 3,471 Ks.

Maybe because Max and Justin aren't retiring?

rats60 · #11 07-09-2025, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by packs

You'd have to be against voting too then. Every year guys get voted onto the team by popular vote and not because they're playing well.

That has nothing to do with this. Here is the commissioner adding a player for no reason. Kershaw has not announced his retirement. In the past these legend picks have been all-time greats who are playing in their last season. Does Manfred pick Kershaw for the All-Star Game every year until he retires now?

packs · #12 07-09-2025, 03:10 PM

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That has nothing to do with this. Here is the commissioner adding a player for no reason. Kershaw has not announced his retirement. In the past these legend picks have been all-time greats who are playing in their last season. Does Manfred pick Kershaw for the All-Star Game every year until he retires now?

His beef was with favoritism and players from large market teams getting the pick. That concern is no different than a concern you would have with fan voting.

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