By Jordan Guinn
Baseball's All-Star game is set to take place next week and we here at Unsportsmanlike Conduct relish and look forward to the festivities every year. We could rail against the laughable stipulation to the game that requires the winning league to receive home field advantage during the World Series, but that topic has been done more than Kate Hudson (no easy feat). With the exception of one final player for each team, the rosters have already been announced. That's right, thanks to the Sprint Final Vote, the San Francisco Giants had the possibility to send three players to the Midsummer Classic in St. Louis.
I wouldn't be doing my job as aGiants fan if I hadn’t voted endlessly for Pablo Sandoval while I still had the chance. The charismatic 22-year-old is versatile and among the league leaders in most offensive categories. He is fourth in batting average, tied-fifth in doubles and third in multi-hit games. This is his first full season in The Show and he has put on a clinic after starting the season off slumping horribly. He has exceeded expectations and is one of the main reasons the Giants ever score runs.
Kung Fu Panda would be a household name if he played in New York or Boston. His stats warrant an All-Star selection and he should have been selected by the players, or by the fans. Shane Victorino has earned a right to be there as well, but it would have been nice to see a big fella like the Panda in the game: If it’s for the fans, shouldn't we have at least one player there who looks like one of us?
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