Comments on: Adrian Gonzalez: Fifth in All-Star Voting?

By: Baseball's Winter Meetings Making the Rumor Mill Spin | Upper Deck Blog

Baseball's Winter Meetings Making the Rumor Mill Spin | Upper Deck Blog — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:06:58 +0000

[...] staying home? It made all the sense in the world for the Padres to trade Adrian Gonzalez this past summer. When it didn’t happen, the common perception was that he’d be dealt come winter. [...]

By: Pujols Should Play Nine Tonight | Upper Deck Blog

Pujols Should Play Nine Tonight | Upper Deck Blog — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:54:26 +0000

[...] the National League lineup has a bench filled with star first basemen, including Prince Fielder, Adrian Gonzalez, and most importantly, Manuel’s own Ryan Howard. Manuel has implied that he’ll be [...]

By: Window Shopping the Trade Deadline: National League | Upper Deck Blog

Window Shopping the Trade Deadline: National League | Upper Deck Blog — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:48:55 +0000

[...] sounds like the team is looking into trading Adrian Gonzalez as well, but that isn’t likely to happen until the winter. Between these two moves, the team [...]

By: Kraig

Kraig — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:45:43 +0000

I feel your pain with this one. I like to refer to this as the “Cal Ripken Jr” effect. Ripken was a great player but there were years when he was not the best at his position but was still voted in on his name alone. This year it will be Manny Ramirez taking an outfield spot from a player that might be having the year of his life but will never make the All Star game because he plays for a small market team. I like that the fans can vote but I think the impact of fan voting should be down sized.