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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Mon Jun 8, 2015, 04:35 PM Jun 2015

An all-Royal All-Star team?

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An all-Royal All-Star team? (Original Post) El Supremo Jun 2015 OP

How can a small-market team rack up that many votes?! KamaAina Jun 2015 #1

I am guessing that voting is heavily promoted & Royals have seen a massive tickets sales increase LonePirate Jun 2015 #2

I believe it was 1953 or thereabouts... malthaussen Jun 2015 #3

It's not what MLB wants, though it serves them right ... Auggie Jun 2015 #4

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. How can a small-market team rack up that many votes?!

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 04:38 PM

Jun 2015

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)

2. I am guessing that voting is heavily promoted & Royals have seen a massive tickets sales increase

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 04:57 PM

Jun 2015

They could end up with more starters voted in this year than they have during the past 20 years combined.

malthaussen

(17,202 posts)

3. I believe it was 1953 or thereabouts...

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 05:02 PM

Jun 2015

... the NL All-Star team included practically the entire Cincinnati Reds lineup.

There is no regulation to all-star voting, so a competant publicist can rouse ballot-box stuffing for any candidates he wishes. Voting is national, so Joe Blow from KC can receive votes from New York to San Diego. Bill James discussed this in the first edition of the Historical Baseball Abstract.

-- Mal

Auggie

(31,173 posts)

4. It's not what MLB wants, though it serves them right ...

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 07:49 PM

Jun 2015

they screwed-up All-Star voting big-time.

When I'm Emperor players, ex-players, coaches and ex-coaches will be the only voters.

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