Comments on: The American Idol-ization of MLB’s All-Star Voting http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Tuffy http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94364 Tuffy Fri, 29 May 2009 00:50:13 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94364 I guess that's hard to argue with, Mark, and I'm not sure I want to.   I guess that's hard to argue with, Mark, and I'm not sure I want to.  

]]> By: Mark http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94309 Mark Thu, 28 May 2009 16:51:13 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94309 "where your vote counts increasingly less each year in a game that supposedly counts more than ever" and I'm ok with that...for all the reasons you just mentioned. "where your vote counts increasingly less each year in a game that supposedly counts more than ever"

and I'm ok with that…for all the reasons you just mentioned.

]]> By: Tuffy http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94303 Tuffy Thu, 28 May 2009 15:44:49 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94303 Chase Field does both; you get the usher handoff for one ballot and the wad of ballots on the concourse from the... dance team?  Cheerleaders?  Pep squad?  Whatever that group of kids is that a lot of teams have. Chase Field does both; you get the usher handoff for one ballot and the wad of ballots on the concourse from the… dance team?  Cheerleaders?  Pep squad?  Whatever that group of kids is that a lot of teams have.

]]> By: Mad Dog http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94302 Mad Dog Thu, 28 May 2009 15:42:32 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/the-american-idol-ization-of-mlbs-all-star-voting-24092#comment-94302 "the teenage girl in the short shorts and platinum blonde smile holds out a handful and asks, “Would you like one?" What sort of utopian ballpark do you go to?  I get all-star ballots handed to me by an usher in his mid-70s, likely missing teeth, who is way too keen on wiping my seat. "the teenage girl in the short shorts and platinum blonde smile holds out a handful and asks, “Would you like one?"

What sort of utopian ballpark do you go to?  I get all-star ballots handed to me by an usher in his mid-70s, likely missing teeth, who is way too keen on wiping my seat.

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