Intentional Blog on Balls

I saw the Padres official web site is touting Adrian Gonzalez as a dark-horse ASG candidate.  I’d like to ask that Padre fans not vote for any Padres this year.  There isn’t one position player on this roster deserving of a spot on the National League All-Star team.  Adrian Gonzalez, arguably the most deserving Padre position player (least undeserving might be more accurate),  is not even top five among National League first basemen.  And yes, that’s with the park accounted for.  Brian Giles, the next most valuable in the bunch, is just barely inside the top twenty of NL outfielders.  The rest of the team is barely keeping their heads above water with almost every last one of them hovering at replacement level or below.  While I doubt many Padre fans were enthusiastic enough to bother voting this year anyway, I just thought I’d remind those of you considering it that you shouldn’t.