We all know the MLB All-Star Game voting process is a bit flawed. After all, you can vote online up to 35 times, which leads to “stuffing,” which is even worse when everyone knows there are ways around that 35 limit. Fans still vote for hitters only, which is still confusing if MLB supposedly trusts the fans. In any case, because teams have to submit their player lists before the season, we have one of the best players not on the list for votes.
Sure, you can write-in votes, but here we go trusting fans again (more on that in a minute) and from what I can find (maybe you can help if I’m wrong) the last write-in player to actually have enough votes to make the All-Star Game happened in 1974, when Steve Garvey also won the All-Star Game MVP.