I hate to say it because I'm such a fan of the Angels pitching, but if I were to tell you that I thought any of the Angels pitchers that went to the All Star game last year deserve to go this year I'd be lying. Bryan Fuentes is obviously the only Angels pitcher that I believe deserves to go to the All Star game this year. Don't get me wrong, I got much love for the rest of the pitching staff, but I just can't consider them All Stars this year. I was happy to see both rookies go to the All Star game last year, but I just can't see either Saunders, Santana, or Lackey getting in this year, even though they are all solid pitchers.

So I just finished filling out the first of the 25 ballots I plan on submitting this year and am happy to say that I voted for all Angels to go to the All Star game and decided to write in GMJ over Bobby. Bobby's great, but I just feel like I want GMJ to go to the game even more.

No Snider

I only wish that there were some sort of negative voting system so we could vote for those we do not want to see go to the All Star game, because, I will eat my Angels hat and Hunter jersey is Snider from the Blue Jays makes it to the All Star game. My disdain for Snider all started when my wonderful girlfriend Ashly (or Ash-Gnar) bought some tickets to some not so cheap seats for my birthday. On our way into the game we unfortunately had a bad encounter with some overzealous police officers who ended up putting a damper on our Angels experience. So naturally, me and my petty nature entered the stadium with something to prove and upon seeing that Toronto was already up 7 to 0 against my beloved Halos, someone had to pay, and it was Snider's bad luck that he was the closest Blue Jay.