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Home » Baseball » Baseball Knowledge Base Article

Typical All-Star Selection Process

By: BILL LEYDON
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I ran and was elected president of our league for the sole purpose of making the selection to the all star team fair.What we adopted was:
PLAYER SELECTION
ELIGIBLE VOTERS CONSIST OF;

1. ALL ELEVEN AND TWELVE YEAR OLDS MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS.
2.THE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM MANAGERS.
3.THE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM ASSISTANT COACH (ONE PER TEAM).
EACH TEAM HAS A TOTAL OF THREE VOTES FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE TOURNEMENT TEAM PLAYERS. THE THREE VOTES WILL BE THE MANAGERS VOTE, THE ASSISTANTS VOTE AND THE TABULATED AND COMBINED VOTE OF THE PLAYERS.
TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SEASON ALL ELIGBLE VOTERS ARE GIVEN A ROSTER CONTAINING ALL ELIGIBLE PLAYERS.THEY VOTE FOR TWELVE PLAYERS THEY DEEM OF THE CALIBER TO REPRESENT THEIR LEAGUE IN TOURNEMENT PLAY. ANY TIES WILL BE BROKEN BY VOTE OF THE TEAMS MANAGERS AND ASSITANTS. THE ACTUAL TEAM SELECTION MUST BE HELD AT A PUBLIC PLACE (WE USED THE LEAGUES REFRESHMENT STAND) THE MANAGERS AND ASSISTANTS MUST BE PRESENT TO VOTE. THE MEETING IS ATTENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TEAM MANAGERS AND ASSITANTS. THE ACTUAL MANAGER OF THE TOURNEMENT TEAM IS SELECTED BY THE PLAYERS ELECTED TO THE TEAM. THEIR SELECTION IS LIMITED TO MAJOR LEAGUE COACHES WHO VOLUNTEERED TO COACH THE TOURNEMENT TEAM. THE ELECTED MANAGER WILL THEN SELECT WHO HE OR SHE WANTS TO ASSIST AS COACHES.
LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE USED THIS AND IT WAS ALSO THE ONLY YEAR THERE WAS NO FIGHTING OVER THE SELECTION OF THE TEAM. SOME OF THE KIDS VOTES WERE OBVIOUS POPULARITY CONTEST BUT THE SHERE NUMBERS OF VOTES OVER CAME THIS. THE KIDS LIST WHEN COMPARED AFTER THE VOTE WAS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE COACHES/MANAGERS VOTES.
THE BEST PARTS OF THIS WAS THE KIDS HAD INPUT FOR THEIR REPRESENATIVES AND THE TOURNEMENT TEAM MANAGER COULD NOT PUT HIS KID ON THE TEAM (IN MOST CASES THE KID WILL PROBALLY BE WORTHY BUT NOT ALWAYS).THE KIDS VOTE ALSO ELIMINATED THE ACCUSATIONS THAT A FEW LOUD WELL CONNECTED FATHERS SWAYED THE VOTE.

GOOD LUCK
BILL

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