Am I the only one (admittedly anal about baseball fundamentals) who caught Contreras jogging out a ground ball with the bat in his hands all the way to 1B? That's your NL All-Star starter at catcher. Not disputing his credentials, but that's bullshit. Fuck him.
I read tweets about it. Two Cub fans in particular were pissed about it and pointed out his ASG votes should be revoked.
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Look I can't see exit velocities at the stadium but I can't get the image of him standing there 2-3 seconds while the ball fell in front of him out of my head.