First off, Zack Greinke is a legitimate All-Star, and not a pity-representative. That feels good. (See? Now this post IS sorta Royals-related!) At my other blog, Getting to First Base, I looked at a bunch of position players who are also legitimate All-Stars, whom the voters chose correctly. Check it out and/or tell me I’m an idiot in the comments, if you’d like.
A post or two will come soon for all the players whose famous names got them voted in, and which other players should have gotten the nod.
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David Taylor
July 7, 2009 at 1:28 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Here are some Greinke Facts for you:
When umpires make a call, they turn to Zach Greinke and say, “If that’s alright with you, sir.”
When Zack Greinke pitches, the first baseman wears a catcher’s mitt.
Teams recently started employing the Zack Greinke shift when he bats, in which all eight fielders stand in the bleachers and the pitcher stands behind the batting practice screen.
Liberty Memorial was actually changed from a WWI memorial to a memorial to all the players beaned by Zack Greinke.
Zack Greinke can strike you out in ONE pitch.
When Zack Greinke pitches, the radar gun reads, “Ouch”.
Zack Greinke leads Major League pitching in every statistic, including DBs, Dead Batters.