Two more all-stars

The fans voted for the final* AL and NL all-star players, sensibly choosing Dodger Nomaaaaaaaah Garciaparra in the NL but stupidly choosing A.J. Pierzynski (over, for example, Francisco Liriano and Travis Hafner!) in the AL. At least one wrong has now been righted, but the choice in the AL was simply assinine. Pierzynski is having a fine year, but he was the worst of the 5 AL candidates, and he is having nowhere near the year that Hafner and Liriano are. (I will readily admit that the White Sox PR department did a great job in promoting Pierzynski. This is discussed in ESPN's article.

Despite the above, the main reason for this post is the following "awesome" quote by Pierzynski:

"Obviously the Sox fans get out and vote, they have computers and they know how to use the Internet," Pierzynski said. "Some people were questioning that, but I think they did a great job of showing what their support is all about."


Yeah, I was questioning that White Sox fans know how to use the Internet---because everybody knows that the residents of Chicago are all neanderthals. Right.


* This does not include replacements for injuries. We already know that Pedro Martinez won't be there (he just got put on the DL), which should allow Chris Capuano to go. Hopefully, Liriano and Hafner will be at the game.