Dan Uggla, worst All-Star performance ever?

[Steak Snabler]

Originally posted this on the running All-Star game thread, but thought it deserved its own ...

Is Dan Uggla's performance (three errors, three strikeouts, one GIDP) the worst in All-Star history?

Has he finally supplanted Atlee Hammaker as the all-time, All-Star goat?

Or do people just not care as much about such things anymore?

 

[cranberry]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

I hope he gets to play in another one just so that game won't be his only memory of playing in the All-Star Game. He was selected in '06 but didn't get into the game.

 

[Eagles1 in London]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

pretty rough night, made rougher by fox telling the world it was his dream to have his dad see him play there, etc...

but in the end, most people will forget by tomorrow (in fact most people werent even awake to see a lot of it to begin with).

 

[zebracoy]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Might be the worst ever, but I don't think that anyone cares.

If I was him, I wouldn't.

 

[goalmouth]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

AP gamer on ESPN this a.m. just had to say that Uggla made "two uggly errors." Since fixed, but still.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Maybe worst performance in an All-Star Game, but to call him the worst All-Star ever when Cristian Guzman was his teammate reeks of sports-radio schlock.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

When was the All-Star game?

 

[forever_town]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Maybe worst performance in an All-Star Game, but to call him the worst All-Star ever when Cristian Guzman was his teammate reeks of sports-radio schlock.

At least Guzman didn't make errors on balls I've seen 9 and 10 year olds make routinely.

 

[crusoes]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Not until I get to play in the game. Then we decide.

 

[Angola!]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Maybe worst performance in an All-Star Game, but to call him the worst All-Star ever when Cristian Guzman was his teammate reeks of sports-radio schlock.

At least Guzman didn't make errors on balls I've seen 9 and 10 year olds make routinely.

What does that even mean?

I'm guessing the 9 and 10 year olds you've been watching didn't have the pressure of extra innings, Yankee Stadium and major league hitters hitting the balls at them.

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Maybe worst performance in an All-Star Game, but to call him the worst All-Star ever when Cristian Guzman was his teammate reeks of sports-radio schlock.

Bite me!!
Why didn't Guzman deserve to be there? Because he's a Nat? It isn't the first time he's made the team.
Guzman is nobody's idea of a future Hall of Famer but he's a solid player having an all-star year.
And he didn't make three errors.

Uggla may have blown last night but he's never been an all-star fielder. I'd still take him in a minute.

 

[Lieslntx]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Isn't it possible that the guy just had an off night? Surely if we look back at every All-Star game ever played there is at least one player who didn't play to their expected potential.

I had never even heard of this guy until last night, so I really have no clue as to who he is or how well he might play normally. Which means I could be completely wrong. But it sure seems like a possibility to me.

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

You don't much follow baseball?

 

[bigpern23]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

I wouldn't say he's the worst All-Star ever, but that was by far the worst All-Star performance I've ever seen.

 

[king cranium maximus IV]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Cristian Guzman: 764 OPS

Kelly Johnson in a completely meh season: 777 OPS

So, to answer this question:

Why didn't Guzman deserve to be there?

Because he's lousy. As evidenced by the complete brain fart against Kazmir and the inability to put down a sac bunt. A slap-n-speed hitter who can't bunt. Awesome.

Because he's a Nat?

Also that. If the ASG Counts(TM), then no players from lousy teams should be there without a clear reason (as in, are having an awesome season, which Guzman isn't).

but he's a solid player

Guzman, 2005: 219/260/314. Dude's the rich man's Neifi Perez.

With that being said, Uggla was definitively awful.

 

[Lieslntx]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

You don't much follow baseball?

No I much don't, outside of the team I directly care about. But that's not my point. Baseball season is 160+ games. Sometimes it just feels like people expect some players to play perfect every time they get on the field. And I believe that to be impossible. There will be bad games and bad days for every one of them. That's just the way I see it.

But I did say that I could be completely wrong.

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Hurt, bad eyes *** if he's your definition of lousy, there's a lot of lousy players on major league rosters. A lot of them.


And "lies," you are not wrong at all. Clearly a bad day. I was just surprised you hadn't heard of him.
It doesn't make you a bad person. At least you are not a Guzman hater.

 

[king cranium maximus IV]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Hurt, bad eyes *** if he's your definition of lousy, there's a lot of lousy players on major league rosters. A lot of them.

That's correct.

 

[Prince of Persia]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Hurt, bad eyes *** if he's your definition of lousy, there's a lot of lousy players on major league rosters. A lot of them.


And "lies," you are not wrong at all. Clearly a bad day. I was just surprised you hadn't heard of him.
It doesn't make you a bad person. At least you are not a Guzman hater.

He probably hasn't heard of Guzman either. ;D

 

[forever_town]

Re: Dan Uggla, worst All-Star ever?

Guzman, 2005: 219/260/314. Dude's the rich man's Neifi Perez.

Now let me get this straight. You're using Guzman's 2005 numbers to justify why he doesn't belong on the 2008 All Star Team? In what universe does that make sense?

If you want to change the rules of the All Star Game to allow baseball to do away with its every team must have at least one player rule, good luck. It may not be a perfect rule, but it at least ensures that people who otherwise wouldn't give a **** have some rooting interest in watching the game.

Power displays in the Home Run Derby might come around fairly often, but players capturing the imagination of the baseball public the way Josh Hamilton did doesn't happen often.