If one Chicago Cubs fan gets his way, we might see baseball’s version of John Scott hijack this summer’s All-Star game. It would be David Ross, the Cubs’ 39-year-old journeyman of a backup catcher who is retiring after this season.
MLB All-Star voting is already underway (yes, for real and, yes, Opening Day was only a few weeks ago). One thing we’ve learned about All-Star voting in the past, both in baseball and in other sports, fans in the Internet era love to muck it up with shenanigans.