Monday, July 02, 2007
Barry Bonds Conspiracy Theory?
We all remember the all-star game blunder in 2002 when Commish Selig decided a tie was good enough. Selig was and still is harshly yet deservedly criticized for allowing the Midsummer Classic to end without an ending. Since then Selig has tried to provide fans with exciting, controversy free all-star games. He has been successful on that front, until this year:
The San Francisco Giants star overcame a 119,000-vote deficit in the final days of balloting and finished 123,000 ahead of the Chicago Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano yesterday to claim the third and final starting outfield spot for the National League.
I'm calling conspiracy theory on this one. Either that is the greatest all-star voting comeback in the history of the game or more likely Selig realized that the 2007 all-star game, hosted in San Francisco, needed Barry Bonds in the starting lineup. Sure Selig and Bonds have had their differences however perhaps Selig felt if he did not make Bonds a starter than Bonds might not have been the lone Giants representative (instead Matt Morris or Matt Cain). The last thing Selig wants is to upset the host city fans and be criticized for having another all-star game blunder. Did he tinker with the votes in an attempt to prevent such a slip up?
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And also interesting that in an ESPN poll of almost 200,000 votes, over 50% say he shouldn't even be an all-star.
I have to agree with you.
I don't know if Selig tinkered with the votes himself, but I said all along that this ASG wouldn't happen without Bonds at least on the team, if not in the lineup. It's his last season (please, spare us another), the game is hosted in his home park, and he is on the cusp of breaking the game's most hallowed record. How could the game go on without him?
Give me a break. Do you Barry-haters ever get an original idea? Are you ever going to get tired of simply regugitating the words and ideas of the Barry-hating Media?
If, you're sick of the Barry-bashing, like me, check out my website
www.screweverybody.com
and start a new Mantra -
"Screw Everybody - I love Bonds"
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