Hey now, you're an all star
By Karlsie
Heaven forgive me - but I voted 25 times for the All Star team.
I don't why I did it, beyond the fact that it always feels good to beat the Yankees. I remember when I was a kid I took my balloting seriously. I would weigh the choices and check the backs of the cards for stats. My friends and I would have discussions with deep moral implications: such as, what if the player from the Yankees was better than the player from the Sox? Do you go for the All Star or does team loyalty trump talent?
These days, a player making the team seems to have more to do with incentive clauses in contracts and lining up endorsement deals. As an adult, it appears to be a grand publicity stunt and the luster of my youth has been rubbed off only to reveal a cynical luster underneath it all.
In the end, I guess I'm hoping the campaign to get Damon on the team wins. Not because of anything beyond he's a solid player who you expect to see in the line up. Unfortunately, because of the structure of these things, it means that he won't be shoulder-to-shoulder with Matsui - which would be the right thing to have happen. He'll have to climb over him to break through.
