From what the Mets fans have been saying about Wagner on WFAN, his approval rating is lower than Bush's, so I suspect electoral outlook is bleak. Yankee fans hate him, too, because he walks in from the bullpen to the same song that Mariano Rivera uses.
The voting for the last spot is exclusively online.
I would think Nomar Garciaparra has the edge in the NL race because of name recognition and popularity with his home fans. Wagner and Abreu aren't popular with their teams. Capuano and Young don't have enough name recognition.
In the AL, I think Travis Hafner would be the guy to bet on.
MLB.com says that you can vote by cell phone (for 30 cents a pop!) and teams that are home will have a short code available to use to vote for a particular player.
You would have to think that a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd on July 4 will turn out a few votes for him.
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I would think Nomar Garciaparra has the edge in the NL race because of name recognition and popularity with his home fans. Wagner and Abreu aren't popular with their teams. Capuano and Young don't have enough name recognition.
In the AL, I think Travis Hafner would be the guy to bet on.
MLB.com says that you can vote by cell phone (for 30 cents a pop!) and teams that are home will have a short code available to use to vote for a particular player.
You would have to think that a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd on July 4 will turn out a few votes for him.
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