Up until first pitch, use the comments section to predict who you think will be the Sunburst Player of the Game. (be sure to use a valid email address while leaving the comment). The commenter that correctly predicts who we will name the Sunburst Player of the Game the most times prior to the all-star game, will win two tickets to a second-half game. Runners-up get their choice of a t-shirt. [Click HERE for rules]
Check Marc Topkin’s blog for the starting lineups.
Below is the list of players named Sunburst Pimp Daddy PoG. You can find the updated leaderboard after the jump…
- Evan Longoria 7.5 (he and Garza tied in one game)
- Carlos Pena 6
- Carl Crawford 5
- Ben Zobrist 4
- James Shields 2
- Andy Sonnanstine 2
- Jason Bartlett 2
- BJ Upton 2
- Matt Garza 1.5
- Lance Cormier 1
- Aki Iwamura 1
- Dioner Navarro 1
- Scott Kazmir 1
23 Comments
I’m going with our star fourth baseman, Evan Longoria.
Longo
Niemann – why not
ZORILLA I cant in good conscience go with Niemann as much as i would like to see him get it together, Im a King David fan
Niemann’s been dominating left handed hitting so far this year with an ERA of 2.04 against LHB in 17.2 IP, and an ERA of 9.00 against RHB in 16IP. With Giambi, Cust, Buck, and Sweeney all being lefties, the only thunder in the lineup Niemann has to worry about from the right side of the plate is Holliday. I’m going with The Giraffe.
Zobrist
I’m gonna go with Pena
I have to go with the guy from St. John Bosco High School (my favorite saint and the founder of the Salesians) Evan Longoria. I felt the need for the long intro to maybe give him some luck tonight in getting the win and the sunburst player of the game.
Aybar
Maddon screws up the lineup again, providing the opportunity for Niemann to hit for the cycle.
On second thought, I’ll go with Bartlett.
Just the thought of Niemann with a bat scares me… the 6’9″ Giraffe taking hacks, sounds almost as bad as Randy Johnson batting… He’ll be the new “Long Unit”.
pena
tonights actual 3rd basemen, longo
Zorilla
Neimann
Longo
I’ll take Pena.
BJ UPTON!
Evan Longoria
Melvin Emmanuel Upton AKA THE BOSSMAN
C. C. for me
Longo
Chuck Pena. He is due.