Football
17y

All-Star crossings

Sometimes broadcasters say the darnedest things. Saturday afternoon, I'm minding my own business (i.e., working on my next book) and watching the Giants-Yankees game on TV, when Thom Brennaman said this:

Let's take a look at the All-Star voting. We'll begin in the National League, where Carlos Beltran is the leading vote-getter, followed closely by Junior, and Alfonso Soriano. Soriano does not deserve to be there. David Wright at third. Jose Reyes does not deserve to be the starter; that should be J.J. Hardy. No quarrels on the right side: Chase Utley and big Prince Fielder, and there is no debate that Russell Martin should be the catcher.

Fortunately, there was sanity in the booth, in the person of Joe Girardi, who said (as tactfully as possible), "Now, I might disagree with you about Jose Reyes. I think he deserves to be there ... as the starter."

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