Victorino's suspicious route to NL starting CF

[Upton]

Shane Victorino, the same man who finished 7th in the fan voting, wasn't named as a reserve, then trailed the Giants' Pablo Sandoval in the Final Vote for 3 days before mysteriously overcoming that lead on the final day, has now been named the NL's starting CF by his manager on the Phillies Charlie Manuel.:thumbsdown:

The whole thing is just way, waay too convenient for me..and lends even more credence to the charge that the Final Vote was most likely rigged.

[JonLP24]

1. It's an exhibition game

Who cares? :shrug:

[Upton]

3. To quote MLK..

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

[JonLP24]

5. That is a quote in the context from being in a jail from a non-violent protest

He wasn't talking about not voted onto a roster of an exhibition game. I mean every all star game someone is less deserving then the other for example Favre made the Pro Bowl over Philip Rivers despite Favre leading the league in interceptions.

[Forkboy]

7. LMAo...you guys are something else.

:rofl:

[cboy4]

11. One of my favorites!

[Onceuponalife]

26. How dare you invoke the Rev. Dr. King, one of my heroes, for something so trivial

as sports. Compared to what Dr. King had to go through and all his compatriots just to get basic civil rights, it is unbelievable that you would bring up that quote in this context. You are disgusting. I am now 100% certain that you are white because no person of color would ever be so disrespectful and bourgeouis.

GET THE FUCK OVER IT YOU WHINY BABY!

[cboy4]

34. And the Oscar goes to ....... Onceuponalife!!

[Onceuponalife]

39. nice all-white crowd you racist

[PVnRT]

36. Jesus, that is fucking pathetic

Par for the course from you two dipshits.

[Forkboy]

38. All Star Game votes....civil rights. Same thing.

[cboy4]

2. Gee, I never saw this coming

:eyes:

[Upton]

4. Looks like we've been proven correct again

unfortunately Pablo is the victim in all this.

[Forkboy]

8. I think you should work on the Kennedy assassination now.

Find out who the guy on the grassy knoll was. :crazy:

[JonLP24]

9. Them boys on the grassy knoll

they were dead within three hours, buried in the damned desert, unmarked graves out past Terlingua.

[KamaAina]

6. CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!1!

:sarcasm:

[inthebrain]

10. WHO FUCKING CARES!!!!

This is the whiniest shit I've seen on a sports forum in a long time.

Who really gives a flying fuck about an all star snub.

Really?

Who gives a shit?

Nobody really cares about the boring ass fucking all star game. REAL baseball fans can't wait for this ridiculous specatacle to be over with so we can get back to playing some games. The All Star break is the shittiest three days of the summer as there are no real sports on TV at that time. Coming home from work I wanna watch some ball not some overpaid flubs playing in front of a bunch of CEOs and their bratty little kids.

Or so we can hear about afterwards how much Coke and Pepsi paid for ad space. The MLB All Star Game is nothing but corporate gluttony gone awry.

Who fucking gives a shit.

And yeah, my guys have four players voted in. That how much I really give a shit about it.

Whiners.

[trumad]

12. All that stuffing and you got beat by the guy on the Grassy knoll.

[Forkboy]

13. Cboy's friends really came through for him.

:rofl:

[Upton]

16. You obviously must care somewhat about the game

or you wouldn't be trumpeting that 4 of your "guys" (also known as Chokers) made the team.

Which, BTW, is another example of East Coast Bias...because while the 3 games under .500 Chokers have 4 All Stars the 10 games over Giants have but 2.

[inthebrain]

17. Nope

I'm using it as an example to show you how much of a priority I put on this game.

ZILCH!!!!

I more than likely am not going to watch. I have better things to do on a nice July night.


Loser.

[Forkboy]

18. I've come around to your theory, Upton.

It's clear to me now that this conspiracy has reached the highest levels of our government.

"Albert Pujols will catch President Obama’s first pitch."

Quick! Somebody quote MLK!!11!

[rep the dems]

14. Grow a pair. nt

[MrSlayer]

15. I can't imagine how you'd react if something important happened.

This endless whining over what literally amounts to nothing is unseemly. I like Victorino as much as the next Philadelphian but I didn't bother to vote for him on the internet because it's stupid. The whole concept is stupid. Even dumber than the regular all star voting which is simply a popularity contest.

Are you this Sandoval guy's agent or something? Did you lose out on his $100K All-Star escalator or what? I don't know anyone who seriously gives a fuck about this crap.

[Auggie]

19. Let it go. It's a meaningless game. Sandoval won't risk injury.

Remember Ray Fosse and Pete Rose? Ray never played quite the same afterward.
(another moment brought to you by the sad sack Cleveland Indians)

[Chal]

20. Did you know that there was a big campaign to vote for Victorino?

Shane and Mayor Nutter went door to door on the local news. Chan Ho Park came in for relief wearing a sandwich board saying "Vote for Victorino." And since there was unlimited internet voting on the last day, the world champions won a popularity contest. It didn't need to be rigged.

[cboy4]

21. Oh good God, another Philly fan on the board

Now all we need is another Boston fan.

[Chal]

22. That was my first post, I'm glad you liked it.

There's plenty of room on the bandwagon if you want to jump on. :evilgrin:

[JonLP24]

23. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Chal]

25. Thanks!

[Strong Atheist]

24. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[El Supremo]

27. Welcome to DU

But I don't like the Phillies. In the National League only the Rockies and the Cubs.

[Chal]

28. I was cheering for the Rockies in the World Series

when they swept Phils two years ago.

[bigwillq]

37. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Upton]

29. There was also a big 'Vote for Pablo' campaign

and he led most of the first 3 days..then on the final day it was announced that Manuel's pet, Victorino, had suddenly come out of nowhere and won....the whole thing is very suspicious and to Giants' fans smells of voter fraud.

[rep the dems]

30. He didn't come out of nowhere!

When Victorino wasn't in the lead, he was right behind Sandoval in votes. It's not like Sandoval was heavily favored from the start or anything. Your arguments here are so fucking stupid it's unbelievable.

[Upton]

31. What a surprise...a Phillie fan doesn't agree

well consider this: For the first time since 1972 an NL team, the Phillies, is sending it's entire outfield to the All Star game. This despite the fact that only one, Ibanez, was on the original roster.

Boy, having Manuel managing the NL has it's advantages doesn't it?

[rep the dems]

35. Yep, Ibanez was on the original roster.

And Victorino was voted in as the final all star by the fans.
And Werth was put in as a reserve because Carlos Beltran is hurt.
That's it. It's not a god damn conspiracy.

And with regards to my being a Phillies fan and not agreeing...have you noticed that the ONLY person here who agrees with you is...wait for it...a GIANTS fan?

[Onceuponalife]

32. Man, I'm gonna love it

if the NL wins on a game winning homer by Victorino!

[cboy4]

33. It would definitely be the icing on the crooked All-Star game cake.