1st July 2007

Five Tigers named All-Stars

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As announced on TBS:

Starting Tigers:

C Pudge Rodriguez

2B Placido Polanco

OF Magglio Ordonez

Bench Tiger:

SS Carlos Guillen

Pitching Tiger:

SP Justin Verlander

To be named?

Jeremy Bonderman may be voted on for the at-large spot.

My thoughts:

Gary Sheffield probably deserved it too, but it’s great that those five guys made the team. Jim Leyland did not select a single Tiger, all were picked by fans and players. So I think that’s pretty cool, too.

Update: The more I think about it, the more I think Curtis Granderson deserved it. I thought I mentioned that to begin with and noticed I didn’t. He added a 15th triple to his season total midway through the year. He’s on pace for 31. He also has 11 homers, the fifth most runs scored in the AL and the sixth highest slugging percentage. I think he’s too young to get his due — although I think Grady Sizemore was getting his at the same year in the league. But the Tigers had better make darn sure to put him on the ballot next year, because his play at the plate and in the field is truly deserving. I don’t think that alone kept Grandy from being voted in by fans or players, but he should be quickly gaining the name recognition for his play, and the ’star’ recognition for being all over the media. Grandy really is my definition of an All Star.

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  1. 1 On July 2nd, 2007, tbsgc said:

    Looking back it seems like they made a huge mistake putting Monroe on the ballot ahead of Granderson. Monroe hasn’t done much to speak of offensively this season, although he has made some great throws this year.

    Sheffield definitely deserved to be on the team in my mind, but with five Tiger all stars already named by the fans and players, someone was bound to get left out.

    I was most disappointed that Bonderman didn’t make it.

  2. 2 On July 2nd, 2007, Stacey said:

    Anyone else notice the reports that Granderson got more than 300,000 write in votes? I think that’s pretty impressive.

  3. 3 On July 2nd, 2007, Ian C. said:

    If Curtis keeps up this kind of production into next year, I think he’ll get on the team in 2008 because of what he’s done this season. This is his year of serving notice to the rest of the major leagues, and if the fans don’t reward him, I think the players will.

    And 300,000 write-in votes IS an impressive total.

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