Figgy Added to All-Star Game Roster

Well it’s the day of the All-Star Game, and it seems that the Angels will have 2 representatives on the American League squad after all.

Chone Figgins, that same man who we all were lobbying for in the Final Vote, will replace Tampa Bay Rays 3rd baseman Evan Longoria on the AL All-Star team after Longoria had to withdraw due to an infected right ring finger.

Figgy will join Brian Fuentes in St. Louis, and had he been healthy, Torii Hunter as well.

This is Figgy’s first All-Star Game, and during the Final Vote voting period, Figgy came up with a motto: “Flip for Figgy, and I’ll flip for you,” referring to the symbolic backflip that former Cardinals’ great shortstop Ozzie Smith used to so often do for St. Louis.

Smith was an idol to Figgins growing up and now, with baseball fans all across America watching, Figgy might get his moment to honor The Wizard with some acrobatics of his own.

Congratulations Chone. We all know this was well-deserved.

Now go get ’em!

LET’S GET CHONE FIGGINS INTO THE 2009 ALL-STAR GAME!!!

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As much as I’m happy that the play of Torii Hunter and Brian Fuentes didn’t go unnoticed by players and coaches, I just can’t seem to understand how they turned a blind eye and left Chone Figgins off the team.

The speedster atop the Halo lineup has been the table-setter all year long and has been hitting the ball great as well as playing Gold Glove-caliber defense over at the hot corner.

On the season, Figgy and all 5’8″ of him (that’s what they list him at… I’m not buying it) are hitting .312 with 1 homer and 26 RBI, to go along with 24 steals on the basepaths. Entering today’s final game with the Orioles, Chone was tied for 1st in the American League in runs with 60 and had the 8th best on-base percentage mark in the AL as well.

Halo fans, we NEED to get our boy Chone to St. Louis for the All-Star game… we all know he deserves it!

Vote as many times as you can! Tell your friends to vote as many times as they can! Let’s get it done!

I can’t stand to have Figgy’s numbers go overlooked… again!

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Hunter and Fuentes Selected to ’09 All-Star Team

After today’s All-Star team rosters were announced, I’m proud to say that two very deserving Angels made the squad, those two being the Halos’ first half Superman in Torii Hunter, and first-year closer Brian Fuentes.

In 75 games played, Torii has posted a .304 batting average, along with a club-best 17 home runs and 63 RBI to go along with some stellar center field play (still 0 errors on the season… hopefully this won’t jinx him!). He’s been on fire all year long, and without his hot bat during Vlad’s DL stint, who knows where the Angels would be. One thing’s for sure, they sure as heck wouldn’t be sitting atop the AL West.

He will be making his 3rd All-Star appearance, as he finished 4th in outfield voting, barely missing a starting spot behind Seattle Mariner hit machine Ichiro Suzuki, Boston Red Sox slugger Jason Bay, and the Texas Rangers’ comeback kid in Josh Hamilton, who has only played in 35 of the team’s 80 games this year (but I guess that’s what you get when the fans vote).

And for Fuentes, he’s been successful on 24 of 27 possible save opportunities this year, and that 24 saves is tops among all MLB closers. After a rocky start to the season (blowing 2 of his first 7 save opportunities), Fuentes has been in a groove, shutting the door in 19 of his past 20 opportunities. He hasn’t given up a run since May 30th and in 10 appearances during the month of June, he allowed no runs and only surrendered 3 hits to opposing lineups.

Fuentes was selected in by the players and coaches, with this being his 4th All-Star appearance of his career (All-Star from 2005-2007 with the Colorado Rockies).

The 2009 All-Star game takes place on Tuesday July 14th under the Gateway Arch in beautiful St. Louis, Missouri.