Ok, nobody saw this type of success from Carlos Quentin. I don't blame MLB for not putting him on the All-Star ballot, but Jerry Owens?
Wonder how many other minor-leaguers are on the All-Star ballot? It's fun sometimes to look at ballots a month or so into a season.
If you want to give Quentin a write-in vote, go here.
There's no question Quentin will get picked as a reserve by the manager, but he deserves some fan votes.
I started a poll asking which of Chicago's two left fielders is better. Quentin's beating Soriano. Go vote.
Roman Modrowski is an assistant sports editor for the 
Who?
Roman responds: C'mon. A baseball fan like you must have heard of Carlos Quentin. He's the guy who leads the AL in home runs, is second in RBI and fourth in on-base percentage. He's the guy the Cubs would love to have play left field.
Owens deserves to be on it as much as Ozuna...maybe Selig came up with the names.
Roman responds: Felix Pie is on the ballot, too.
MLB does stupid things. Why print the ballots before the season starts? Do it after the first month.
If Quentin keeps this up he is sure to be part of the final fan in vote that MLB loves because it draws millions to the web sites & hypes up the game itself.
So it's a minor slight in the grander scheme of things.
If Cabrera is indeed about to break out of his slump & ascend to the .300 hitter we know he can be the WSox might find it easier to win games soon. With Swish failing at leadoff, Cabby's our biggest hope.
who on the Sox belongs on the Ballot anyway????? A throw away from tha national league (The Diamondbacks are a terrible hitting club), doesn't deserve to be on the ballot just because he can hit in the 'mighty' American league. You're argument is weak, the Sox are weak, you are all weak. Felix Pie can at least play defense, Mr. Owens' supporter.
first-time poster, long-time basher.
Roman responds: Welcome.
I know who they are. If you could have seen my face and heard the inflection in my voice you would have at least seen it was a bad attempt at the Northsiders "Is there another team in Chicago?" riff.
Print is hard Roman my hat is off to you and your kind!
Fun to be in Hollywierd right now dude, lots of sad Dodger fans! It's fun to see Joe and Lou match wits.
GO CUBS!
Quentin is 2nd in the AL in Equivalent Average (behind Milton Bradley) and 2nd in the AL in VORP (behind Josh Hamilton, mostly because Hamilton plays center field instead of left, where the offensive standards are higher). It's very arguable that Carlos Quentin has been the best hitter in the American League this season.
Also, Quentin vs Soriano is no question. Soriano doesn't deserve most of the abuse he gets, but his .319 OBP is nearly 100 points below that of Quentin.
As for Jerry Owens being on the ballot, I'm sure Juan will still be voting for him. After all, he can go from 1st to 3rd on a single. ::sigh::
C'mon Roman, not fair. Everbody knows Chicago loves an underdog. Of course they will vote for Carlos. Soriano is better hands down. However, I will not wait for you guys to admit that. Instead, I am waiting to see if anyone will give Kenny Williams credit for getting Quentin. I remember how badly he is bashed, but never recognized.
-Holy Cow!!! Sox moved all the way up to 4th from 14th on the espn power rankings, meanwhile Cubs finally moved ahead of the D'backs for the #1 spot...only 3 weeks after they swept them too.
Roman responds: What are you reading? We've been praising Williams for the Quentin move all season.
Roman responds: What are you reading? We've been praising Williams for the Quentin move all season.
uh, ......where???
Roman responds: I don't have time to go through the archives for you Stuck. I do remember Joe Cowley equated it to Williams wearing a mask and robbing the Diamondbacks. Uh .. .there!!!
I think that the All Star Games in NLB and the NBA, along with the NFL's Pro Bowl, are a big friggin' joke.
In baseball, it comes down to this:
"You've had a few good months at the beginning of a single season, so therefore the fans should anoint you as THE BEST player on any team at your particular position?"
Ridiculous!
To me that's like Tiger Woods coming in second or third at the beginning of the PGA tournament season, and being left off the team because some guy with a horse shoe up his a$$ happened to win the Masters.
Gimmie a break.
It is hilarious in this day and age that the MLB, with its literally BILLIONS of dollars, can't figure out the logistics of printing and distributing all of these ballots until after a few weeks of the season have passed. I know it's not an easy task, but with their resources it should be very doable.
Noles has resurfaced from his place amongst the molemen. Glad to see you again.
Since it means so much to you I will tell you my 3 picks for AL OF:
M Ordonez, J Hamilton, & C Quentin.
There's no button for Quentin but I can still write him in.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/ballot.html
I smell some Cub fans in here you have a blog why don't you morons go to it, but I do agree the ballots are way to soon and makes for bad picks just like someone who is injured and has very few at bats should not be on the ballot or even eligible to play. And there is no comparison between Soriano and Quentin they are two different types of players, both appear to be good for their ballclubs. This is just goofy.
Getting voted to an all star team is no big deal.
As a matter of fact the only thing more worthless in baseball is the whiny Cub fans going into their little attendance rant or worrying about what idiot is going to sing in the 7th inning.
By the way.... Harry Carry was singing during the 7th inning stretch at Comiskey Park long before he went to the Cubs. That is when he actually had something to say other than tying to pronounce a players name backwards and earning a statue before Ernie Banks.
Who says Cub fans are clueless about the game?
Since we are ranting on the Cubs, DYK they went from 1945 (the yr they lost to the Tigers in the WS) to 1984 w/out even winning their division?
It's funny. As a Sox fan my understanding of 1969 came from Mets fans. It's their treasured year. I knew the Cubs blew it but I didn't know how badly. When I called my Dad about it he said coming out of Aug, that Cubs team was far & away the favorite to win the World Series that year. Then for some bizarro reason they couldn't win a game in Sept. I was in awe.
The Cubs really are cursed.
Philtration sez: "Who says Cub fans are clueless about the game?
*Raising hand*
"I smell some Cub fans in here you have a blog why don't you morons go to it" djssr
I want you to understand this clearly the first time. This whole paper and website belong to the Cub Fans. Now, why don't you go find a paper who cares about you and your pessimistic irrelevant rantings. You have been bashed.
Juan,
Well done. That is vastly different from whom I thought you were going to vote for, namely Owens, Reggie Willits, and Rickey Henderson.
Big Basher or Vashir (the man with the Michael Jackson interview).
Shut your 100 year waiting to win a world series, only having 3 titles in about 150 year a$$ up!! Go bash a certain part of your anatomy in the pillow like you always do!
And my best friend is named Quintin, so it's Q-time!!
Cubs suck, their fans suck, and you ran with your tails in your behind last time you made the playoffs!!
Go White Sox!!
Get JO off the ballot, and sit Thome.
Chuck:
Stop beating around the bush, and tell us how you really feel ;)
Next time I'll try to be more to the point! :^)
*I want you to understand this clearly the first time. This whole paper and website belong to the Cub Fans. Now, why don't you go find a paper who cares about you and your pessimistic irrelevant rantings. You have been bashed*
The cubs owner doesnt own the sun times they own the tribune once again showing the cub fans stupidity of their own team