Braun IS All-Star starter, Sheets in as well

[rluzinski]

Can someone explain to me what Burrell did to make everyone willing to pretend that he's not having a great year?

[BrewCrewForever]

Can someone explain to me what Burrell did to make everyone willing to pretend that he's not having a great year?

I think Burrell is having a great year. He was one of the guys I was voting for every time for the NL OF. Very happy Braun made it, I was at the game today when the announced he made it we all stood up and gave Braun a standing O. Also sweet that Sheets is in and Hart has a chance in the final vote.

 

[owbc]

Final Vote Totals

[pitchleague]

wow, those vote totals, for Brewers, are amazing! We had a top 3 guy at most every position. That either means we truly have a team that fans (not just our own) have a high opinion on or the entire NL is way down this year.

[RU Rah Rah]

Varitek? When I heard it on the radio, I thought it was an error. That's just atrocious. Maybe the players don't look at the stats when they vote?

 

And the Rays only get two players, with the best record in baseball.

[bullox]

I can't believe that Weeks came in ahead of Uggla. That is nuts.

[brewers19]

I'm sorry, but Bill Hall came in at number four for third base? That's just sad.

[logan82]

Wow, all the Brewers players under perform and we are close to the top of every list. Well at least we know that the Brewers must have a pretty strong fan base.

[Invader3K]

Yes, it's a popularity contest, and the Brewers are doing well in it now, after years of sending only one token player we might be lucky to see play in the mid-summer classic. Good for the franchise, says I.

[razzzorsharp]

So far, there are four partipants in the HR derby (Uggla, Berkman, Hamilton, someone else I forgot). It will be intersting to see if Braun makes it as he already said he wants in.

[T B0NE 10]

Well I thought Hardy, Parra, and Kendall had a shot. Little disappointed to not see them in.

 

Lets get Corey in!

 

btw look at those vote tallys and where brewers are! AWESOME JOB Brew Crew fans!

[razzzorsharp]

I think if they campaigned for Hardy like they did for Braun he would be in, although this way gives the NL a better chance to win.

[tigerbrew]

Congrats to Braun and Sheets, well deserved all stars.

[TooLiveBrew]

I'm sorry, but Bill Hall came in at number four for third base? That's just sad.

 

To be fair, there were so many votes for Russell Branyan that the couter rolled back over to 0. Clearly his 943,654 votes (note that keeps him off the top 5 leaderboard by one vote http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif ) correctly tallied would have been 5,943,654, crushing runner-up Chipper Jones.

 

 

Also, I agree that Burrell not being on the roster is an absolute joke. Soriano & Fukudome are total jokes as starters, production-wise (but I don't think Braun was top-3, either, a topic discussed inside & out).

[LouisEly]

Well, of the three OF starters, Braun is most deserving so take that for what it is worth.

 

Hardy's offensive push came about two weeks too late. Personally, I think Hardy is more deserving than Tejada. Hardy is smoking Tejada in OPS. Can't argue so much with Guzman, but I would have selected WAS's closer and went with Hardy (and not selected Cook of Colorado).

 

It'll take some work to get Hart in there instead of Burrell or Wright. Let's get crackin'.

[pitchleague]

JJ could theoretically get put on the team if somebody gets hurt during the week. Not that I wish harm on any players.

[razzzorsharp]

Vlad is now in the HR derby.

[Patrick425]

Um...when is the starting pitcher going to be announced? How hard of a decision is it? Did I miss it?

[crewcrazy]

Probably sometime later tonight or tomorrow -- NL manager Clint Hurdle is still managing the Rockies for a few more innings tonight, so I imagine he hasn't had a lot of time to look over his options for starting pitchers. By process of elimination, though (looking at when pitchers on the staff last pitched), it appears to be between Ben Sheets and Carlos Zambrano for the NL.