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He was already on the team before Shark was traded. Rizzo didnt lost out on a all star bid because of Castro. He lost out to Dee Gordon or Daniel Murphy.
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The numbers Rizzo is putting up are even more impressive when you look at the lineup around him
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National League position players who are invited to the 85th All-Star Game as a result of Player Balloting are catcher Jonathan Lucroy of the Milwaukee Brewers; first baseman Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves; second baseman Dee Gordon of the Los Angeles Dodgers; shortstop Starlin Castro of the Chicago Cubs; third baseman Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds; and outfielders Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins, Charlie Blackmon of the Colorado Rockies and Hunter Pence of the San Francisco Giants.
N.L. pitchers who have made the 2014 All-Star Game as a result of the Player Ballot include starters Johnny Cueto of the Reds; Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals; Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers; Madison Bumgarner of the Giants; and Jeff Samardzija, who was traded from the Cubs to the Athletics this weekend. Though Samardzija has been traded to an A.L. Club, he will be considered a member of the N.L. squad and will receive full All-Star honors in Minnesota, but will be inactive for the All-Star Game. Per Matheny's selection, Samardzija will be replaced by Julio Teheran of the Braves. The relievers who are All-Stars via the Player Ballot are Craig Kimbrel of the Braves; Francisco Rodriguez of the Brewers; and Aroldis Chapman of the Reds.
Matheny's nine selections, in conjunction with MLB, included five pitchers: starter Zack Greinke of the Dodgers; starter Tyson Ross of the San Diego Padres; starter Jordan Zimmermann of the Washington Nationals; reliever Pat Neshek of the Cardinals; and reliever Tony Watson of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The four position players who are among Matheny's selections are catcher Devin Mesoraco of the Reds; infielders Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets and Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals; and Pirates infielder/outfielder Josh Harrison, who is the first utility player named to the N.L. All-Star squad since Atlanta's Omar Infante in 2010.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140706&content_id=83426280&vkey=pr_mlb&c_id=mlb
So, Castro and Gordon were voted in. Matheny chose either Mesoraco, Murphy, or Carpenter over Rizzo.
N.L. pitchers who have made the 2014 All-Star Game as a result of the Player Ballot include starters Johnny Cueto of the Reds; Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals; Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers; Madison Bumgarner of the Giants; and Jeff Samardzija, who was traded from the Cubs to the Athletics this weekend. Though Samardzija has been traded to an A.L. Club, he will be considered a member of the N.L. squad and will receive full All-Star honors in Minnesota, but will be inactive for the All-Star Game. Per Matheny's selection, Samardzija will be replaced by Julio Teheran of the Braves. The relievers who are All-Stars via the Player Ballot are Craig Kimbrel of the Braves; Francisco Rodriguez of the Brewers; and Aroldis Chapman of the Reds.
Matheny's nine selections, in conjunction with MLB, included five pitchers: starter Zack Greinke of the Dodgers; starter Tyson Ross of the San Diego Padres; starter Jordan Zimmermann of the Washington Nationals; reliever Pat Neshek of the Cardinals; and reliever Tony Watson of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The four position players who are among Matheny's selections are catcher Devin Mesoraco of the Reds; infielders Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets and Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals; and Pirates infielder/outfielder Josh Harrison, who is the first utility player named to the N.L. All-Star squad since Atlanta's Omar Infante in 2010.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140706&content_id=83426280&vkey=pr_mlb&c_id=mlb
So, Castro and Gordon were voted in. Matheny chose either Mesoraco, Murphy, or Carpenter over Rizzo.
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The two will never team up on this... because typically, fans of one hate the other... hard to convince meatball Cubs fans to vote in a Sox and vice-versa.
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And it's stupid. The organizations should be above this. Me as a fan? No. But I think it's bad that both teams can't get along.
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Why would I vote in any Sox? Why wouldn't I vote for the players who deserve to be in the AS game, regardless of who they play for?
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True, a true fan should vote for the best candidates. It just happens that this time around it's Rizzo and Sale
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They really have no reason to affiliate for things like this... they are the other's largest business competitors as they compete for the same set of fans... Personally, I feel it is completely moronic for fans to hate the other since they both represent Chicago and only play each other four times a year, hardly affecting each other... but they are business competitors so helping the other's image may not be up their alley.
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It's probably a numbers game. The Tigers have more than double the followers the White Sox have
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I think the teams would be in for a rude awakening if either left the city/burbs area. They need each other more than is known IMO
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well i dont give a fuck. vote is for sale and rizzo. il take those 2 all day over any of the others.
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well the cubs did send a congrats on the wrigley sign when we won the ws.
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Intracity rivalry is stupid and both deserve to go period.
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Agreed... I've put in like a million votes for each of them today... everyone else should, too... :yep:
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I just like to fuck around on the cubs board when it comes to :fap: fests. I do it with the hawks fans too and I am a die hard hockey fan.
There is no rivalry. It is dumb. Arguing about attendance and who has better food gets old. Meet in the World Series a few times and maybe that will spark something. Other than that everything else is just foolish.
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Agreed neither team has any effect on the either making the postseason in a real way and therefore not that particularly interesting.
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I've voted #TargetSale #VoteRizzo over 100 times so far
