anthmilliu
High School Draftee
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ml...eman-all-star-game.ap/?sct=hp_t2_a6&eref=sihp
Tough luck for Freddie
Tough luck for Freddie
Would love to see Mac take Freeman's place. He certainly deserves an all-star selection.
McCann's selection is his 7th in 9 seasons. Pretty damn impressive. Chipper was selected just 8 times in his entire career.
Chipper was unfortunate to play with a pretty great crop of 3B in his time, Rolen, Wright, for a few years Zimmerman (2 really), Ramirez, Lowell had some great years, etc. And generally they carry 2 or 1 3B so Chipper wouldn't get voted in he didn't have much shot.
Chipper went in 2001 and then didn't go back until 2008. I know a couple of those years he played the OF because of Vinny Castilla but that's still a long time to go between ASG appearances. But I doubt it's close to a record.
Using the standard measuring stick for the ASG, first half performance (wish you could sort but first 2 months since that seems a better indicator)
2002 - He was borderline for the OF, 2003 he was probably a no for the OF, 2004 wasn't qualified in PA, even if he was ROlen and Beltre clearly earned it, 05 didn't qualify, 06 he was clearly bested by Rolen, Wright, Miggy, and Sanchez, 07 he should have made it as the backup to Wright.