My All Star Game Solution

Here is a copy of a letter I sent electronically to Buster Olney of ESPN…the media has a way of taking things and running with them so I figured…what the Hell

Here is the text of the letter…

So Buster…I think I have a solution for the All Star game issues…send me some feedback.

Instead of All Stars…lets revise the title to “First Team All MLB” that way we would automatically have ” Second Team all MLB”…The Second Team All MLB would rectify perceived “snubs” of deserving players. Also, it would allow these “2nd Tier” All Stars to participate in things like Home Run Derby (Like Giambi). Finally, the Second Team All MLB are eligible to play in the actual All Star Game…but only in extra inning situations.

The possibilities are endless.

Please respond with your thoughts to my email at 100yi@live.com.

I posted a copy of this open letter to you on my website…100yearitch.wordpress.com.

Thanks for your time.

MLB First Half Awards / Second Half Predictions

Open it up for Discussion. 100yi is handing out it’s first half awards and including second half predictions. As a bonus we will predict the finish of the regular season and playoff participants. We will save the actual “winner of the whole lot” for September.

First Half NL Awards

• MVP – Chase Utley  – Really it is Berkman, but since the Astros are going nowhere we couldnt…could we/.
• CY – Tim Lincecum  – Do I really need to explain myself?
• ROY – Geovany Soto  – Not going to be a homer…Soto is a stud…you tell me who is better!
• MOY – Tony La Russa  – Suprise of the NL…Is he really managing the THIRD best team in the NL

AL First Half Awards

• MVP – Josh Hamilton – Could just as easily be Ian Kinsler
• CY – Cliff Lee – First Half….probably wont last though.
• ROY – Evan Longoria – Is anyone else even close?
• MOY – Joe Maddon – The Rays….enough said

Will things change by the end of the year?

Final NL Awards

• MVP – Albert Pujols  – No Clearcut candidates will emerge – so it will come down to VALUE as the cards will be in the hunt for the WC until the very end.
• CY – Tim Lincecum 
• ROY – Geovany Soto 
• MOY – Lou Piniella – Getting the Cubs back to the Playoffs has been undoable in back to back years

Final AL Awards

• MVP – Josh Hamilton –
• CY – Mariano Rivera – Lee will come back down to earth /Lifetime acheivement award for Mo
• ROY – Evan Longoria
• MOY – Joe Girardi – All of the injuries and a big second half run will make NYY forget about Torre

Final NL Predictions

East – Philadelphia Phillies
Central – Chicago Cubs
West – Los Angeles Dodgers
Wild Card – Milwaukee Brewers

Final AL Predictions

East – Boston Red Sox
Central – Detroit Tigers (CWS Arent as Good as their Record)
West – Los Angeles Angels 
Wild Card – New York Yankees

Discuss…

Str- UGGGGGLA -ing

Props to nwilson26 from TBL board for coining the phrase.

I do not know how many readers there are of this blog quite yet….yeah we had a banner day logging more than 120 views…not bad for a four day old site…but – this is a Cubs site. And as such…not one of the EIGHT five Cubs players did anything to impact the game. This game was best summed up by a simple scouting plan for the AL.

Hit it at Dan Uggla.

So, with the 4-3 AL victory, out went the possibility of the WS home opener at Wrigley….I know, we have to get there first. I know we all were thinking the same thing. So, without going into jinx territory, Ill end it that way. You want real reacaps, I am pretty sure you arent coming here for it.

First half awards / second half predictions coming Wednesday and Thursday. Live Chat on Friday / Saturday.

Look for our next post tomorrow afternoon after this late night.