Alright guys. I'm going to *attempt* to start some kind of discussion here beings that I finally have got something to actually talk about.
To me the baseball All Star game is one of the things that I look forward to the most during the summer. I get like heavily invested into it for some reason especially when it comes to me filling out my All Star Ballot. Unlike most fans I take voting for the All Star game to another level. It goes beyond just voting for the 9 players online per league... I literally attempt to play manager for both leagues and try to construct the entire roster of teams from who I think should make it.
This year, however, has been tough as hell to decide. It seems that there is a lot of grey area into who I think is the best player in their position for this year and who deserves to be on the team.
For example... The 1B position is stacked in the AL with guys like Miggy, Albert, and Jose Daniel Abreau have all had great years to this point. Derek Jeter is probably going to get the nod at SS... but is this the right choice? His year hasn't been the greatest year and I don't think he deserves the starting job over someone like Alexi Ramirez. The third base position is loaded too in the AL with Beltre, Encarnasion, and Josh Donaldson. Edwin has had an amazing May, but his April was so aweful. In the National League, you have guys such as Votto, Morneau, Adrian Gonzalez, and Goldschmidt at 1B, and guys like Harper, CarGo, Carlos Gomez, McCutchen, Ryan Braun, Puig all crowding the outfield spots... Dee Gordon, Chase Utley, or Brandon Phillips...
So I guess my question is what is your strategy to voting for the All Star game? I don't actually vote until the later part of June / early July, but if you guys have voted already, who have you picked and why? Who do you think deserves to start and who do you think doesn't? Anything shock you about how the fans are voting and who is getting left out?