A couple weeks ago, I was watching a Reds game and Amir Garrett was brought in to pitch. Reds announcer Thom Brennaman voiced his displeasure that Garrett wasn’t voted to the All-Star Game, which is understandable. Garrett’s having a fine year. But Brennaman evoked the rule that each team needs to have at least one representative in the All-Star Game and said something along the lines of “You look at Will Smith of the Giants and Smith is having a good season, but Smith’s numbers are not Garrett’s numbers.”
He’s right!