So now teams from the AL and NL are teaming up to promote each other's players for the All-Star final vote. Philadelphia and Toronto are encouraging their fans to vote for both Freeman and Delbar (which has the Puigites, including ESPN, all up in arms), and San Francisco and Detroit are pushing for both Pence and Benoit. This is so tacky at so many levels, and just reinforces what a joke fan votes are. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...nership-keep-yasiel-puig-out-of-all-star-game
I'm pretty sure this happened last year with the final vote as well. Teams co-promoting (an AL and an NL team with a player on the ballot). Quick google search turns up: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120703&content_id=34379130&vkey=news_stl&c_id=stl I think there were other such "alliances" too.
Touche... I was unaware. I suppose his performance this year is because he's cheating and getting away with it?
I guess the only reason I heard about it this time is because of the Puig aspect to it. What complete crap - in what universe could this possibly represent quality in any sense of the word? Interleague play already made the All-Star Game less interesting, and this kind of thing just makes it a complete joke.
He may or may not be taking them right now, but he is certainly still benefiting from having used them recently.
I'm not sure Magic Johnson knows how the final vote works. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130709&content_id=53210120&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
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Guess it worked. Freeman and Delabar won the final vote. The real race was the NL, with people trying to keep Puig out. Freeman had more than twice as many votes as Delabar. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130711&content_id=53458190&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
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