Don't forget to vote for the All-Star Game.
My ballot (with the assistance of ESPN.com's sortable statistics) has, on the AL side, two Red Sox, two Blue Jays, one Ranger, one Mariner, one Athletic, one Oriole, one White Sox and no Yankees; on the NL side, I've got two Marlins, two Cardinals, one Rocky, one Expo, one Brave, and one Giant.
And speaking of baseball, howzabout Greg Maddox and the Season of Doom? Back at the beginning of the season, I noted that Maddox had gotten off to a rough start, but he apparently bounced back after that.
Well.... after getting roughed up by the Marlins last night, Maddox is 6-8 with a (for him) astronomical 4.84 ERA. He's only throwing 82.5 pitches per start, but the flip side is that he's averaging less than 6 innings per start. About the only really positive thing you can say about this season is that he's on track to start 38 games this year, which would be a personal best.
In case you were wondering, my full All-Star ballot:
AL:
1B C. DELGADO 2B B. BOONE SS N. GARCIAPARRA 3B H. BLALOCK C G. MYERS OF M. RAMIREZ OF E. BYRNES OF M. MORA DH F. THOMAS
NL:
1B T. HELTON 2B J. VIDRO SS A . GONZALEZ 3B M. LOWELL C J. LOPEZ OF B. BONDS OF J. EDMONDS OF A. PUJOLS
Greg Myers? Eric Byrnes? Are you freaking high?!?!?
1st Base C. DELGADO 2nd Base B. BOONE Shortstop A RODRIGUEZ 3rd Base A. HUFF Catcher J. VARITEK Outfield M. RAMIREZ Outfield I. SUZUKI Outfield V. WELLS DH E. MARTINEZ
1st Base D. LEE 2nd Base A. BOONE Shortstop A . GONZALEZ 3rd Base M. LOWELL Catcher J. LOPEZ Outfield B. BONDS Outfield J. EDMONDS Outfield A. PUJOLS