All-Star justice for Sandoval, Bochy

[Upton]

What does it mean? Very little that we didn't already know. It simply confirms that pretty much everything continues to break right for Bruce Bochy in the baseball world, and that if you give the game enough time, things usually work themselves out to everyone's general satisfaction.

As the Giants/National League All-Star manager, Bochy really wanted Sandoval to be on the team, but the injury that cost Sandoval a month made it a hair too sketchy for the Skipper to name him last Sunday. Not that Bochy is afraid of a little backlash, but that would have been inviting too much.
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Meanwhile, Sandoval's hitting streak gained steam to the point that it's almost expected for him to bang something off the nearest wall every time he steps into the box. He's very much playing like an All-Star, he was snubbed a couple of years ago, and he's a great personality for MLB to showcase: an over-sized kid with a cute nickname who swings the bat like a beast.

So boom. No backlash for Bochy, delayed justice for Sandoval and everyone's happy.

http://www.csnbayarea.com/07/10/11/img-srchttpcsnbayareacomcommonglobal_ima/landing_urban_v3.html?full_args=07/10/11/img-srchttpcsnbayareacomcommonglobal_ima/landing_urban_v3&blockID=540350&feedID=2539&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+csnbayarea_topstories+%28CSNBayArea.com+Top+Stories%29

I don't always agree with Michael Urban, but he's right on target here...this selection is delayed justice for Pablo.

[Kingofalldems]

1. Lame. What happened 2 years ago is history.

Fat Baby Huey gets into his little all star game. Is he happy now?

[Upton]

2. Worked up aren't we?

:rofl:

Hey, you know Bochy originally had chosen Jim Riggleman as one of his All Star coaches....which is an honor in itself. The Nationals would have been represented on the coaching staff, something not every team can say. It's not Bochy's fault he went and quit.

[Serve The Servants]

5. Oh, I think he's just pissed

that after spending all that money Jayson turned out to be Werthless and papa Riggleman left in the middle of the night, never to come back, and he didn't even say "goodbye".

[TZ]

6. Bochy is a jackass with no credibility outside California

I'm sorry but putting someone hurt a 3rd of the year on the roster shows he's an idiot.

[Iggo]

9. He's making sure his boy gets an allstar bonus.

That's ALL this is. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Delete. I was wrong about McCutchen

As was Bochy putting the undeserving Panda on the team.

[Upton]

4. Update..

The Giants are also saying that Sandoval will be designated as Bruce Bochy’s utility guy on the NL team, meaning he can return to the game after being removed. Two other offshoots: Sandoval ensures the Giants are not the first World Series champion since the 1965 Cardinals to lack a position player in the All-Star Game the following year. And with five All-Stars, the Giants have their greatest player contingent since the 1966 squad sent six — Hart, Mays, McCovey, Haller, Marichal, Perry.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2011/07/10/pablo-sandoval-will-be-an-nl-all-star-brother-says/

Go Pablo!! Go Giants!!

[TZ]

7. I hope the NL team loses 11-0

Bochy disgusts me. Like I needed another reason to hate the Giants

[Upton]

10. Your admitted hatred of the Giants is rather odd..

I mean, the Giants aren't a rival or a threat to the Nats. The Bonds era is long over...by 4 years. And you now have a team in San Francisco made up of truly likeable guys. Most of their top players are homegrown..they didn't, like so many other clubs these days, buy their WS title. They are the true definition of a team.

I can only conclude your hatred of the Giants stems from personal issues. I hope, for your sake, you work them out..

[Iggo]

8. Eff justice.

If there was any justice, we wouldn't need any justice.

Or something...