Bay NOT an All-Star

by 0157H7 on Jul 1, 2009 9:28 PM EDT Comment 63 comments

[Stop. Please read this before proceeding. Done? Now you may proceed.]

Once again Boston fans are packing the ballot boxes with hometown favories instead of the most deserving. Personally I hate those favories, don't you? Look at the numbers of some non-favory individuals:

Manny Ramirez is batting .348!

Juan Pierre is batting .322!

Carlos Quentin is on my fantasy team!

Alfonso Soriano, Matt Holliday

Those guys are like a MILLION times more better than Jason Bay. Jason Bay is such an offensive force that I have him on the BENCH of my fantasy team

I'm in a two league. Now tell me, which of these guys would you sit for Bay:

Holliday, DiMaggio, Pujols, Maris, Saberhagen, Chara, Federer, Bumblebee

Bay has numbers that are more comparable to Luke Scott. That would be fine if we were talking about Luke Scott in his prime. After all, this is Bay peaking and Scott plumbing the depths of the seedy streets of Baltimore like a cast-off from "The Wire." As far as career goes, Scott's going to get better acting roles than Bay.

So I ask,... who will teach me punctuation and the use of ellipsis? I mean, how does a player who I arbitrarily disqualify without actually looking at his numbers or anything beyond AVG and HR total get to be an All-Star periodnotquestionmark The so-called knowledgeable so-called fans of so-called Boston is so-called how. Or so I called. Your sports opinions can't be taken seriously with such antics; at least not by such esteemed connoiseurs of Fantasy Baseball as myself. Did I mention that I play Fantasy Baseball? Cower in fear of my judgment!

You want to talk about defense periodnotquestionmark Go ahead, I won't stop you. I don't know RZR from "Frasier." I don't know OOZ from "OZ." I hear UZR I think "Loser!" But I will make blanket judgments unsupported by evidence. Jason Bay is better than some, but not most. I'll tell you something else. Some of those guys are better than they think you think as well as you think they think they are,... I think.

Be sure to tune in tomorrow for my live FanPost-cast where I invite special guest Johan Santana to not be an All-Star.

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Only read the title so far...

[grabs popcorn, settles into chair]

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 1, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Okay, this might be in the Top 10.

E.Coli, you need to start an FJM tribute site or somthing.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 1, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

[slow clap]

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Jul 1, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd

Well done, sir.

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Jul 1, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn, 3 recs in under a half hour.

New record?

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 1, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

?De Veras?

And we are actually listening to this clown? If I know my facts then Jason Bay plays in the A.L. Four of the five play in the N.L. True the one A.L. player is an outfielder, but there are three bloody spots. Recommend you shut your c&$k holster and talk about something relevant!!!

by J P on Jul 1, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Epic fail.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 1, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The ENTIRE post was a sarcastic spoof of the post he linked to at the bottom, if you'd like to redeem yourself.

Hence everyone else’s approval.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 1, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Something Relevant

Agreed! Let’s talk about Bumblebee’s no-hitter! I can’t believe he hasn’t had TJ surgery with those mechanics of his!

by South Coast Ghost on Jul 1, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Autobot HOMER!!!

That’s just because ESPN has a Cyberton bias.

by RevMegatronFan

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Jul 1, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be fair...

It’s easy to stretch a double into a triple when you can turn into a motorcycle. Buncha showboaters.

by South Coast Ghost on Jul 2, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he's on TGH!!!

The Autobots ’004 and ’007 titles are tainted!

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Jul 2, 2009 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ouch.

Rev’s got a radio show now, IIRC.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 2, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That nutter?

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

by Ben Buchanan on Jul 2, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here:

http://www.halosheaven.com/2009/6/30/927272/halos-heaven-on-the-angels-radio
Not a show, just an appearance, I guess.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 2, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh thank GOD

I was gonna have to go track down the folks who run Awful Announcing and demand a spinoff site.

by Ben Buchanan on Jul 3, 2009 5:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A spinoff?

Wasn’t Awful Announcing started as a coping mechanism for losing FJM? Or was that something else?

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 6, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha. Genius.

Can someone un-ban 5percenter so we can see what he has to say?

"Ninety percent [of my salary] I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
-Tug McGraw

by BTLove on Jul 1, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Or we can just wait for him to make another account.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 1, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jay Bay

Rather Not have him as an All-Star – Actually don’t want any of them to make the team -

and NONE and I mean Frigging NONE to take part in that HR derby. AKA how to ruin your career.

by www.SoxTherapy.Net on Jul 1, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Man Ram

AH – Man Ram is batting – 000. over that last 50 days.

by www.SoxTherapy.Net on Jul 1, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ya but he has zero strikeouts over that time

by Schulz on Jul 3, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And his On-Bench Percentage

was 1.000, which is amazing!

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Jul 3, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yup

And Eva Longoria Parker, Jr. is participating…

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Jul 2, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd much rather be watch senior. :)

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 2, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well done, sir.

by Ben Buchanan on Jul 1, 2009 11:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“Manny Ramirez is batting .348!”

Very true! He is batting .348 in a whopping 27 games. Or did your fantasy team forget about that little 50 game sit down?

by Dr Zoidberg on Jul 2, 2009 1:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

E.Coli, you might need to post a huge sarcasm heading on this.

Some people aren’t getting it.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 2, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well done

You da man!

"Hey we got a lot in common here... I'm gonna rape you"

by MerryGoByeBye on Jul 2, 2009 2:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

haha

Couldn’t get any better. rec’d

[eats some of bs.uf15’s popcorn]

by Brad West on Jul 2, 2009 4:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dammit, now it's tainted by Lane Kitten fur.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 2, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You would like it if it was tainted with his wifey's fur

She’s smokin!

by Brad West on Jul 3, 2009 6:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh.

If her face was that thin when she was about to burst, I’d hate to see her now. Plus, she’s a traitor.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 6, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apple Pie NOT tasty

I just waived it from my All-Pie fantasy team.

Quod erat demonstratum, bitches…

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Jul 2, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh...kay.

I get the QED bit, but pie?

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 2, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Felix Pie

…Um…

…

Coco Pie Crisp?

by Ben Buchanan on Jul 2, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good work. That made my day, 100%

by amkcaps on Jul 3, 2009 12:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hahahaha

Epic rec.

And E.Coli, I would put the last line at the beginning, because it would ruin the joke if you read the whole thing, THEN read “Youkilis not an all-star”.

Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!

by BoSox415 on Jul 3, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Changed.

Let it never be said that I don’t give the fans what they want.

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Jul 3, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait.

Am I reading this correctly to imply that you all think Bay SHOULD be an all-star?

by Terminator X on Jul 4, 2009 4:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And yes, I read the original post, and understand this is supposed to be satire.

But I don’t get it. Why did you pick someone who could be an all-star based on fantasy baseball stats only (mainly R/HR/RBI), but not in reality (Bay should not be even in the discussion for All-Star OF)? I seriously don’t get the point of this at all, other than to make fun of that other guy (who deserves it), but it’s really not terribly effective when you use Bay as your example. Just please tell me that I’m taking this entirely too seriously and you don’t actually think Bay should be an all-star. Please.

by Terminator X on Jul 4, 2009 4:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was satirizing the reasoning behind another poster’s assertion that Youk and Wake should not be All-Stars. whether he thinks Bay should be one is not really important.

But Bay is 5th among AL OF’ers in OPS (and the leader is not even on the AS ballot) and is second in the entire AL in WPA for the best team in the AL. So he definitely he has a solid case. Also, remember that he has slumped hard for the last month (.701 OPS in June), but was great in April and May. The voting has been going on for a while now, so at the time that many of the votes were cast, he was a very, very clear All-star.

"Ninety percent [of my salary] I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
-Tug McGraw

by BTLove on Jul 4, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, even when this was written, he was a great candidate.

June has killed some of his legitimacy, but eh.

by Ben Buchanan on Jul 4, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You are taking this too seriously.

The point of the All-Star game is to sell ads for a meaningless exhibition game… I mean, to entertain the fans. Which players are selected or not doesn’t make a huge difference one way or another to me. It’s nice to see talent recognized, but the voting fans and players / managers aren’t the best judges of that. Often it’s about popularity.

That said, I think Jason Bay has a legit case as a candidate for the game. BTLove outlined many of the reasons for this above. I think most of the SABR crowd would agree that he’s been a great hitter, probably the best on the team over the course of the season thus far. What are your reasons for not voting him in as an All-Star?

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Jul 4, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the criteria that you all (successfully) argued that Youk should be an all-star, Bay should not.

Which is why I’m so confused. 18th in WAR among AL OF, poor defense, and while he’s 8th in batting runs (per Fangraphs), all 7 ahead of him have better UZR’s. According to the same metrics that say Youk should be an all-star, Bay should not be an all-star, which is why I’m confused why he was chosen as the example here. Presumably that guy (5percent/louie/whatever else he goes by) would actually find Bay a worthy all-star due to his AL OF leading 70 RBIs and his tied-for-AL-OF-leading 19 HR, while upon looking at advanced stats (UZR, WAR, wOBA) he does not fare as well. Completely opposite of Youk, which is why this satire is rather innefective, imo.

by Terminator X on Jul 4, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Again, Bay's decline has been rather dramatic.

It wasn’t long ago that he was a no-doubt lock for good reason.

by Ben Buchanan on Jul 5, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, no, see, E.Coli didn't include the word "deserves" in the title for a reason.

Youk DESERVES to be one, based on stats, while Bay IS one, based on popularity and now, fan votes.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 6, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Last line made absolutely no sense.

Bay deserves it, and E.Coli used him because it was the most ironic choice to use in a snarky spoof post.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 6, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

bench Bumblebee!

that clown cannot hit a breaking ball!

by RickD on Jul 5, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The guy nwho started this names 4 NL’s that he thinks should be there in front of Bay. Hello! There are two teams. Bay 20 HR’s and leads the AL in RBI’s on a team with Lowell, Youk, Drew and Ortiz. He deserves the All Star nod.

by Bibaud on Jul 11, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let us not forget Manny’s 50 game vaca!

by Bibaud on Jul 11, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Why do you think this was rec'd so many times?

IT WAS SARCASTIC.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 12, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Click the link at the bottom of the post to see what he was semi-responding to.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 12, 2009 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

it’s at the top now.

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Jul 12, 2009 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently not helping.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 12, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what.

after carefully reviewing the title and bold type print I feel free to point out to you that Luke Scott is a DH and that your argument is illogical

by kpaticus on Jul 12, 2009 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think he might have been sarcasm, not quite sure though.

Since he said he only read the title and bold type, which seems to be all that the other angry commenters are reading.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jul 13, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes I was joking

in the spirit of this blog

notice also the periodnotquestionmark after what

by kpaticus on Jul 13, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ahhhh....

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Jul 13, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your stuck in Fantasy land !!

Most of these people said what I would have.. You need to check your facts and who you compare.. I know you do fantasy but did you mean fantasy land ?? Actually just cause your in what 100 fantasy leagues doen’t mean your any good at it. With the comments you made I’m guessing last place in all !!

by freddy_nh on Jul 13, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs