Which 2005 All-Star selection will look silliest 5 years from now?
| Danys Baez |  14 (8.19%) |
| Jason Bay | 0 (0.00%) |
| Justin Duchscherer | 33 (19.30%) |
| David Eckstein | 11 (6.43%) |
| Brian Fuentes | 38 (22.22%) |
| Jon Garland | 9 (5.26%) |
| Shea Hillenbrand | 17 (9.94%) |
| Cesar Izturis | 38 (22.22%) |
| Brian Roberts | 9 (5.26%) |
| Other | 2 (1.17%) |
171 votes | 8 featured comments
Keep in mind the context of the player's inclusion - while Hillenbrand or Eckstein may have a better case than Duchscherer for being on the team in the abstract, Duchscherer's inclusion is somewhat justified by the every-team-represented rule as Chavez and Zito are not having very good years thus far. Meanwhile, Hillenbrand has nothing on non-All-Star Travis Hafner, while Eckstein should be held to a higher standard coming from a powerful team and voted on rather than picked to the team.
See, I think the fans voting gets more of a free pass from me, in terms of looking silly in the future. At least then there is an explanation (St. Louis fans voted him in). I went with Izturis...Wasn't Izturis voted in by the players? That will make an explanation harder...
"Yes, he had an 660 OPS, but it was his second best hitting year ever at that point. They overlooked his .105 average in June because he's good with the glove. Maybe the players all voted by the end of May...but hey, it's was a new system...still working out the kinks."
"Yes, he had an 660 OPS, but it was his second best hitting year ever at that point. They overlooked his .105 average in June because he's good with the glove. Maybe the players all voted by the end of May...but hey, it's was a new system...still working out the kinks."
Nothing against Shea, but he got my vote, if only because it makes him a two-time All-Star. I guess he's at least a bit better than Scott Cooper...?
Fuentes is having a really good year, one per team rule or not.
I voted for Mr. April, Cesar Izturis. After Dodging the bullet of him being voted in, he gets named anyway. For shame.
I voted for Mr. April, Cesar Izturis. After Dodging the bullet of him being voted in, he gets named anyway. For shame.
I'd love to hear the reasoning of those who voted for Brian Roberts. Perhaps they feel he's a one year flash-in-the-pan...
I voted for Brian Roberts. To be honest, I think he's the second coming of Brady Anderson--one amazing year, and then he'll settle back down into mediocrity.
Poor Brady Anderson ... he gets the rest of a really fine, All-Star career dismissed pretty frequently because he had one monster freak year.
In the four years prior to and four years following the 50-homer outlier, Anderson had 140 homers and 225 steals, or 18 homers and 28 steals a year for almost a decade. He made three, not just the one, total All-Star teams.
I do think Brian Roberts would be quite thrilled with a "Brady Anderson of the middle infield" label come 'round 2016.
In the four years prior to and four years following the 50-homer outlier, Anderson had 140 homers and 225 steals, or 18 homers and 28 steals a year for almost a decade. He made three, not just the one, total All-Star teams.
I do think Brian Roberts would be quite thrilled with a "Brady Anderson of the middle infield" label come 'round 2016.
I think Baez looks funny even today on that roster!