Papi on WEEI

[mtbykr]

He will be on WEEI's Big Show today a little after 4:00pm. The main focus of the interview will be his decision to be removed from the MLB All Star ballot for 1st baseman, so that Youk can be put on. (this will only affect the players ballot not the fans)

 

 

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http://www.surfmusic.de/radio-station/weei-850-am,6068.html

[yeszir]

I didn't know he did that. That's awesome.

[schillingouttheks]

Ortiz is the man.

[Cityofchampions33]

So does that mean Youk can take all of Papi's votes? or does he have to start from scratch with way less time to amount votes?

[redsoxrules]

So does that mean Youk can take all of Papi's votes? or does he have to start from scratch with way less time to amount votes?

 

thats what i was thinking .... if he cant take papi's vote then theres no sense of papi doing that

[schillingouttheks]

It's not the fans' ballot. Papi's name is still there. It's for the players' ballot.

[mtbykr]

It won't change the fan vote, just the players vote...I don't know if that has taken place yet.

[mtbykr]

Here's the story:

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2903072

 

 

 

There are just 15 full days remaining in the fan balloting. In the most recent ballot results announced by MLB, Ortiz is by far the leading vote-getter among AL first basemen, with 1,055,260 votes, more than double the second-leading vote-getter, Minnesota's Justin Morneau.

Because it appears that Ortiz will be the starting first baseman for the AL, based on the fans' voting, the team asked Ortiz if he would be OK with it if Youkilis could be listed on the ballot sent to players.

 

"He was all for it," said one Major League Baseball source, "and excited about Youkilis' chances."

 

Major League Baseball does not require that the same players who are listed on the fans' ballot appear on the ballots given to players.

[Soxfan1]

Ortiz is awesome. I'm sure he'd give up his spot for youk any day.

[mtbykr]

Papi on WEEI now!

[mtbykr]

Great interview!

[br3ds0x]

I'm not all that educated on the all-star voting, but I thought it was the fans that chose who would be in the game. What do the players vote for?

[Cocos Disciples]

Players vote for the reserves I think.