Working for The Morning V.I.P (www.morningvip.com) on Fox Sports Radio for a Cincinnati Reds affliate, we have to deal with some pretty stupid fans. And by stupid, I mean play Russian Roullete with myself stupid. We have been getting calls all week and all of this past weekend from Reds' fans going livid that their beloved Ken Griffey Jr. did not make the All-Star game. It's ridiculous. Wake up Reds' fans! Griffey is having a bad year! Yeah, he reached the 600 home run mark. Congrats to him on that! But he's barely batting .240 with 11 home runs, 38 RBI's, 39 R, and 0 SB. Those are not All-Star numbers! They are not even close! How Griffey even received as many votes as he did is beyond me. Reds' fans: I am currently drinking a gallon of giraffe ####. Why? Well if you think it makes sense for Griffey to be on the All-Star game, than me drinking a gallon of giraffe #### makes sense as well. Before you jump the bandwagon and say I have it out for Griffey, I don't. I've actually had the chance to meet and talk with Ken before and he is a great guy, great baseball player, and a great dad. But stats are stats.

(That was not directed at all Reds' fans, just the stupid ones.)

I am one of the few who is against fans voting for All-Stars because lets face it, when it comes to voting for all stars, it's a name game, not a stats game. It is very relieving to know that the players and coach's have pretty much the final say, even if they do vote in a highly slumping Jason Varitek. You could pretty much make an argument for any of the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield, and why Corey Hart has not been considered is beyond me as well. There's a lot of arguments as to why Soriano was voted in. I agree that he shouldn't be on the team, but while the guy was playing he put up good numbers so the recognition should be there. Jason Giambi getting consideration is beyond me, and I am a die hard Yankees fan. Sure, I would like to see as many Yankee players as possible in there, being the game is at Yankee Stadium, but let's be honest, the guy has been clutch, but that's really about it. David Ortiz should not have received any votes as well. Let's face it, the guy isn't the best first baseman and like we've discussed on The Morning V.I.P, if the AL didn't have the DH, Ortiz would probably not amount to anything at all.

I do look foward to seeing the All Star Game and it should be a great game. However, I do not see the American League losing this one. Sorry NL fans. Be sure to catch The Morning V.I.P every Saturday from 8-10am CST. Visit www.morningvip.com and check out what's going on with the show.