Jose Bautista sets all-star votes record!!!

G $MONEY$ · Jul 3, 2011

Baseball fans have rallied behind Jose Bautista in a big way -- sending the Toronto Blue Jay to the all-star game and the top of the American League lineup.

Bautista netted a record-breaking 7,454,753 fan votes for the honour, beating the previous record of just over 6,069,688 set by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1994.

I guess this just proves that even though he is playing in Canada, Baseball fans are taking notice of him.

I was truly shocked that he has broken a record that was held by the highly popular Ken Griffey Jr. Not only did he break Griffey Jr's record, he destroyed it by well over 1 million votes :shock: .

http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20110703/jos ... 10703.html

TBTwinsFan · Jul 3, 2011

I forgot to vote, but I would have voted for him. He is fun to watch play.

mannyramirezcollec · Jul 3, 2011

I heard like 3-4 players broke Griffeys record this year

Brewer Andy · Jul 3, 2011

One might say that Griffey's previous record is even more impressive given the current ease of online voting

G $MONEY$ · Jul 3, 2011

Brewer Andy said:
One might say that Griffey's previous record is even more impressive given the current ease of online voting

That's true too and its ironic i was just thinking about this a few minutes ago as well.

How many people were voting on the internet back in 1994? I know i wasn't.

tramers · Jul 3, 2011

former local minor leaguer

1988RedSox · Jul 3, 2011

It's astonishing that Griffey's 6 million votes might have been those paper ballots.

G $MONEY$ · Jul 3, 2011

tramers said:
former local minor leaguer

did you get his auto when he was there?

any pics to share?

tramers · Jul 3, 2011

if i do it's on a baseball - only have 350 plus signed by player that hit it .no pictures

kdailey4315 · Jul 3, 2011

I was completely 100% wrong about Bautista. I thought there was no way he would be able to duplicate last year. What he's doing is pretty astonishing.

wolfmanalfredo · Jul 3, 2011

Brewer Andy said:
One might say that Griffey's previous record is even more impressive given the current ease of online voting

Thats what I was thinking.

Griffey's votes were almost exclusively from the ballpark ballots which is Beyond amazing.(I mean...beyond beyond)

Congrats for Bautista though, he certainly more then deserves to be the top vote getter. Its refreshing to see that he is on his way to duplicating or increasing overall numbers from last year including close to 100 points higher in AVG.

I'll look it up, and I know there is still half the season to go, but when was the last time a player who was not suspected of steroids bombed 50+ HR 2 years in a row?

alabamalongsnake · Jul 3, 2011

heck he might make a serious run at 60 homers. i think he will fall a few short but he could do it.

G $MONEY$ · Jul 3, 2011

wolfmanalfredo said:
I'll look it up, and I know there is still half the season to go, but when was the last time a player who was not suspected of steroids bombed 50+ HR 2 years in a row?

I would imagine it would be Griffey Jr. as well.

nofrills · Jul 4, 2011

I spent most of the weekend cheering on the Jays.
Picked this up yesterday. Probably my only chance since they aren't back in town until after the AS Game.

And I'm not sure how I managed to get this one, but believe it or not, this is the pitch he hit for a home run on July 1st.

Casebusters · Jul 4, 2011

G $MONEY$ said:
Baseball fans have rallied behind Jose Bautista in a big way -- sending the Toronto Blue Jay to the all-star game and the top of the American League lineup.

Bautista netted a record-breaking 7,454,753 fan votes for the honour, beating the previous record of just over 6,069,688 set by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1994.

I guess this just proves that even though he is playing in Canada, Baseball fans are taking notice of him.

I was truly shocked that he has broken a record that was held by the highly popular Ken Griffey Jr. Not only did he break Griffey Jr's record, he destroyed it by well over 1 million votes :shock: .

http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20110703/jos ... 10703.html

Well,
Not saying he doesn't deserve it, but Canada only has 1 team and if every baseball fan in Canada voted for him, then he should win

sebpoo · Jul 4, 2011

Baseball isn't as popular in Canada than USA... and i'm even not sure the Blue Jays are the most popular team in Canada :?

I read here a few days ago that he has the misfortune of playing in Canada and makes it almost invisible in the eyes of collectors...

ChasHawk · Jul 4, 2011

wolfmanalfredo said:
Brewer Andy said:

One might say that Griffey's previous record is even more impressive given the current ease of online voting

Click to expand...

Thats what I was thinking.

Griffey's votes were almost exclusively from the ballpark ballots which is Beyond amazing.(I mean...beyond beyond)

Congrats for Bautista though, he certainly more then deserves to be the top vote getter. Its refreshing to see that he is on his way to duplicating or increasing overall numbers from last year including close to 100 points higher in AVG.

I'll look it up, and I know there is still half the season to go, but when was the last time a player who was not suspected of steroids bombed 50+ HR 2 years in a row?

just playing devil's advocate here, but he is suspected by quite a few people.

bigpapiMA32 · Jul 4, 2011

Griffey's total is far more impressive. This year I voted for Bautista 25 times with the rest of my ballot, all from my couch. For Griffey I would have voted maybe twice, when I went to an MLB game and used the paper ballot.

Hallsgator · Jul 4, 2011

chashawk said:
wolfmanalfredo said:

Brewer Andy said:

One might say that Griffey's previous record is even more impressive given the current ease of online voting

Click to expand...

Thats what I was thinking.

Griffey's votes were almost exclusively from the ballpark ballots which is Beyond amazing.(I mean...beyond beyond)

Congrats for Bautista though, he certainly more then deserves to be the top vote getter. Its refreshing to see that he is on his way to duplicating or increasing overall numbers from last year including close to 100 points higher in AVG.

I'll look it up, and I know there is still half the season to go, but when was the last time a player who was not suspected of steroids bombed 50+ HR 2 years in a row?

Click to expand...

just playing devil's advocate here, but he is suspected by quite a few people.

With absolutley no proof or evidence. He does have 15 passed drug tests the past 3 years though.

RL24 · Jul 4, 2011

Hallsgator said:
With absolutley no proof or evidence. He does have 15 passed drug tests the past 3 years though.

They don't have a test for reindeer antler velvet yet.

I can't believe he was even voted onto the team, what a sham this years voting was. Tex didn't make it Russ Martin almost won but got beat at the last second. I thought for sure 6 of the 8 positions voted on would go to Yankees. At least Jeter made it, I was worried when he went down with the injury. He's only hitting .260 and hit 2 home runs. For a second I thought they might give it to somebody who's having an All Star type season, but no. Whew! Close one.

I'm going to start encouraging people to vote for ALL yankees next year. Maybe if all 8 positions are just automatically Yankees no matter how terrible the player is doing that year, they will change the way it's done. It seems to get more stupid every year.

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