It seems almost every year the manager of the NL all star team does something either stupid or controversial. A few years ago it was Tony La Russa opting not to use his guy Albert Pujols in a pinch hit situation in the last inning of a very close game, instead using Nationals 1B Dmitri freakin’ Young. Last year it was Charlie Manuel’s controversial decision to name utilityman extraordinaire Omar Infante to the All Star team ... well, this year it's Bruce Bochy putting two of his own guys Tim Lincecum & Ryan Vogelsong on the roster, even though there are about 3-4 others more deserving candidates. This is the most egregious of the recent bad decisions by the NL All Star manager, in my opinion. Vogelsong is a close pick. He’s 6-1 with a 2.13 ERA, which would rank second in the NL, if he had the eligible innings pitched … but he doesn’t have the eligible innings pitched, so he’s taking up a spot of guys who’ve had almost as good ERAs in more games. Vogelsong’s ERA could easily be worse than those guys had he pitched the same amount of games. Tim Lincecum is an all star with a losing record. Sure, his 3.14 ERA is all star worthy, but a pitcher with a losing record, Lincecum is 6-7, should never be an all star. Bochy is giving his guys a break here, when more worthy guys (and there are plenty of ‘em) like Tommy Hanson, Kyle Lohse & Ian Kennedy are snubbed. That’s a joke.
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